Brute Orbits

"Like his previous tales of technocratically engineered futures (Macrolife; Stranger Suns; etc.), Zebrowski''s latest evokes the pioneering SF of social philosopher Olaf Stapledon... In the 21st century, Earth incarcerates its undesirables in mined-out asteroids launched into new orbits for the duration of their sentences. "This use of distance as a better prison wall" is more than just an ingenio...