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  2. Skylark (series) - Wikipedia

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    Skylark is a science fiction/space opera series by American writer E. E. Smith.In the first book, The Skylark of Space (first published in Amazing Stories in 1928), a scientist discovers/accidentally invents a space-drive, builds a starship, and flies off with three companions to encounter alien civilizations and fight a larger-than-life villain.

  3. Sleep in space - Wikipedia

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    Sleeping in space requires that astronauts sleep in a crew cabin, a small room about the size of a shower stall. They lie in a sleeping bag which is strapped to the wall. [5] Astronauts have reported having nightmares and dreams, and snoring while sleeping in space. [6] Sleeping and crew accommodations need to be well-ventilated. [7]

  4. Manifold Trilogy - Wikipedia

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    The Manifold Trilogy is a series of science fiction books by British author Stephen Baxter.The series was published from 1999 to 2003. It consists of three novels and an anthology of short stories relating to the three.

  5. Data Facility Storage Management Subsystem (MVS) - Wikipedia

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    All releases of OS/VS2 were available to no charge because the software cost was bundled with the hardware cost. OS/VS2 Release 3.8 was the last free release of MVS. In the late seventies and early eighties IBM announced: 5740-XE1 MVS/System Extensions (MVS/SE) MVS/SE improves the performance and RAS of OS/VS2 (MVS)

  6. Space travel in science fiction - Wikipedia

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    Rocket on cover of Other Worlds sci-fi magazine, September 1951. Space travel, [1]: 69 [2]: 209–210 [3]: 511–512 or space flight [2]: 200–201 [4] (less often, starfaring or star voyaging [2]: 217, 220 ) is a science fiction theme that has captivated the public and is almost archetypal for science fiction. [4]

  7. Orphans of the Sky - Wikipedia

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    The Book of the Long Sun, by Gene Wolfe "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky", an episode of the original Star Trek with a similar premise "Mission of the Darians", an episode of Space: 1999 with a similar premise; The Starlost, a Canadian-produced science fiction television series devised by writer Harlan Ellison and broadcast ...

  8. Voyage of the Space Bubble - Wikipedia

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    The Looking Glass, or Voyage of the Space Bubble, [citation needed] series is a military novel series created by author John Ringo and centering on the creation of trans-space portals known as "looking glasses" (due to their mirror-like appearance) and the effect their discovery and the discovery of things via the portals have on life on Earth and off it. [1]

  9. Job Entry Subsystem 1 - Wikipedia

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    In MFT a reader task could be delayed by interpreting tasks; in OS/VS1 the interpretation is done when the job is initiated. The JOB Card JCL was given a new option: TYPRUN=SCAN, whereby a job could be submitted for quick feedback, and - if no errors were detected - be submitted again (without TYPRUN=SCAN on the JOB Card. [ 2 ] : 399