The Celestines: A Short Story
A typical Celestine will devote a large proportion of their time to passing through the inscribed sectors...
The desolate planet of Eltotsira is inhabited by the Celestines, a ghost-like people who derive all of their energy from starlight. With no need for food or sleep, they spend their time exchanging ideas, as these are all they have to accompany them in their lonely existence. They record their thoughts, at great labour, in writings in the dust. Their inscriptions cover immense tracts of the planetary surface and,...
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A typical Celestine will devote a large proportion of their time to passing through the inscribed sectors of the planet studying the writings, either alone or accompanied by companions with whom to share comments. This is a favourite pastime among them, and as they travel towards the boundaries of the inscribed regions they can watch the ongoing work of those Celestines that have been chosen to record their ideas tirelessly twisting, pausing to gather energy, then exerting themselves again; painstakingly working the same patch of dust several thousand...
This short story reads like a short academic paper documenting a fictitious race of beings known as the Celestines. You learn all about their history, physiology and culture in a matter of 20 pages. It was a remarkable piece of fiction which, as other people have noted, would work brilliantly as an entry in a collection of similar articles/... At only twenty-something pages in length, if you have half an hour to spare, you really should spend it reading The Celestines.Its no easy task to imagine a world beyond human comprehension. Writing about it is even more difficult, and yet this author certainly succeeds.The story is told in an almost essay-like format, but one which... This is a book for all you Sci-fi nerds out there. It feels like a lost chapter from a encyclopaedia of civilisations throughout the universe. It is easy to sense just how real the Celestines are from this book, it is very comprehensive, covering birth, education, procreation and death.I enjoyed reading this and I hope Luke produces...
