starscapes

Nevertheless, the screens swept me back into a familiar world: of dramatic, wind-carved hillsides terraced with fields of rice, alfalfa, and cannabis, and sectioned by poplar trees on raised banks; and of courtyarded compounds where, in the intense heat and dust of late spring in southern Afghanistan, people sleep on roofs under magnificent starscapes.

Hunting the Taliban in Las Vegas 2006

Nevertheless, the screens swept me back into a familiar world: of dramatic, wind-carved hillsides terraced with fields of rice, alfalfa, and cannabis, and sectioned by poplar trees on raised banks; and of courtyarded compounds where, in the intense heat and dust of late spring in southern Afghanistan, people sleep on roofs under magnificent starscapes.

Hunting the Taliban in Las Vegas 2006

Nevertheless, the screens swept me back into a familiar world: of dramatic, wind-carved hillsides terraced with fields of rice, alfalfa, and cannabis, and sectioned by poplar trees on raised banks; and of courtyarded compounds where, in the intense heat and dust of late spring in southern Afghanistan, people sleep on roofs under magnificent starscapes.

Hunting the Taliban in Las Vegas 2006

Yes, we thrilled at those deserts full of road mutants, the starscapes of battling spaceships, the dragons and elves and their magic, but we didn't recognize those worlds.

Archive 2005-03-01 JackMangan 2005

Yes, we thrilled at those deserts full of road mutants, the starscapes of battling spaceships, the dragons and elves and their magic, but we didn't recognize those worlds.

Cyberpunk JackMangan 2005

There are other pleasures in "Revenge of the Sith" beyond this sudden growth of complexity: the lightsaber battles especially any involving Yoda; some breathtakingly gorgeous land- and starscapes on the various planets of the Republic; the John Williams score; watching Sidious/Palpatine, Vader, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Luke, Leia, and R2-D2 and C-3PO move into their assigned positions on the stage for Episode IV, feeling them click into place with what we already know will happen.

Sithing Ducks Cheryl 2005

There are other pleasures in "Revenge of the Sith" beyond this sudden growth of complexity: the lightsaber battles especially any involving Yoda; some breathtakingly gorgeous land- and starscapes on the various planets of the Republic; the John Williams score; watching Sidious/Palpatine, Vader, Obi-Wan, Yoda, Luke, Leia, and R2-D2 and C-3PO move into their assigned positions on the stage for Episode IV, feeling them click into place with what we already know will happen.

Archive 2005-05-01 Cheryl 2005

Decorating the walls were images of other starships, starscapes, and one captivating image of a molten pit spewing forth lava like a geyser.

Doors Into Chaos Robert Greenberger 2001

Comparing the high-velocity and low-velocity starscapes gives clues to possible hazards ahead - spectral absortion lines or gravitational lensings, for instance.

Starfarers Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1998

The furniture grew tentacles, and the walls opened up into pulsing starscapes.

The Black Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1994