title: The Physics and Astronomy of Science Fiction: Understanding Interstellar Travel, Teleportation, Time Travel, Alien Life and Other Genre Fixtures
author:  Steven D. Bloom 
description: "extremely unique in that it is more a book about physics and astronomy than about science fiction...although that may seem counterintuitive, this should not keep people from reading the book because Steven D. Bloom makes the information simple and easy to understand for those who do not have a background in physics and/or astronomy"--<i>Communications Booknotes Quarterly</i>.
zlib_text: My dear mouse friends,
  
  Have I ever told you how much I love science
  
  fiction? I’ve always wanted to write incredible
  
  adventures set in another dimension, but I’ve never
  
  believed that parallel universes exist . . . until now!
  
  That’s because my good friend Professor Paws
  
  von Volt, the brilliant, secretive scientist, has
  
  just made an incredible discovery. Thanks to some
  
  mousetropic calculations, he determined that there
  
  are many different dimensions in time and space,
  
  where anything could be possible.
  
  The professor’s work inspired me to write this
  
  science fiction adventure in which my
  
  family and I travel through space
  
  in search of new worlds.
  
  We’re a fabumouse crew:
  
  the spacemice!
  
  I hope you enjoy this
  
  intergalactic adventure!
  
  PROFESSOR
  
  PAWS VON VOLT
  
  Geronimo Stilton
  
  GRANDFATHER
  
  WILLIAM STILTONIX
  
  ROBOTIX
  
  BENJAMIN
  
  S
  
  TILTONIX
  
  AND
  
  BUGSY
  
  W
  
  UGSY
  
  GERONIMO
  
  S
  
  TILTONIX
  
  TRAP
  
  S
  
  TILTONIX
  
  THEA
  
  S
  
  TILTONIX
  
  Scholastic Inc.
  
  ALIEN ESCAPE
  
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