My Next Life As A Spaceship

Over the weekend, Matt Farrer (AKA the Shira Calpurnia scribe and general literary bad-ass) did a small thing on twitter where he’d write a description of a spaceship named after you. It roughly coincided with one of those rare moments when I scanned my carefully curated twitter lists, so naturally, I signed on.

I am rather pleased with my star faring namesake.

Its official designation is "Human Lifepoint Pietro 47-R-Delta" but most Capellans refer to the spherical scaffold of O'Neill cylinders as "the Peter Ball". Famours for its libraries, festivals and zero-gee gardens, it is the only source of bio-grown coffee in the sector.

— Matthew Farrer (@FullyNocturnal) September 1, 2019

Naturally, about 30 seconds after I nabbed the embed code for this, Twitter started up the outrage engines and I retreated lest madness find me. On the other hand, Matt’s whole list of ships is spectacular, and worth following all the way to the end.

Fortunately, the nice thing about blogging it here is the ability to skip straight to his original post and follow the thread, therefore avoiding Twitter’s latest attempt to monetise my outrage.