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    Pantropy is a hypothetical process of space habitation or space colonization in which, rather than terraforming other planets or building space habitats...
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  • their descendants into something that can survive. (Blish coined the term pantropy to refer to this concept.) They create a race of microscopic aquatic humanoids...
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    earlier short stories) that human survival on Jupiter would necessitate pantropy, i.e. modifying the humans to adapt them to the alien environment. In the...
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    Reality Television Space colonization Colonization of the Moon Ecumenopolis Pantropy Other planets Desert planet Mars Terraformed planets Space stations and...
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  • the adaptation of humans to alien environments (a process Blish called pantropy). "Seeding Program" (F&SF 1956) "The Thing in the Attic" (If 1954) "Surface...
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    engineering, biotechnology and cybernetic enhancements. This is known as pantropy. There is a philosophical debate within biology and ecology as to whether...
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    James Benjamin Blish (May 23, 1921 – July 30, 1975) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his Cities in Flight novels...
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    known as pantropy, appears in the 1976 novel Man Plus by Frederik Pohl but has otherwise been sparsely depicted. The conflict between pantropy and terraforming...
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    decreased; to avoid extinction, they seeded uninhabited planets by means of pantropy and avoided any conflict as much as possible. This action included the...
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    with information, if at all possible. (One of the first stories about Pantropy). "Paradise" Astounding Science Fiction June 1946 A volunteer has returned...
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