A look at colonising other planets - through literature

Mar 20, 2017

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Siobhan Lyons looks at how literature has explored colonising space, and what it could mean in the real world. Image: REUTERS/NASA/Greg Shirah/Handout

Siobhan Lyons

Tutor, Macquarie University

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