A father, an astrophysicist dreaming of starships, contrasts with his son, a dropout building a canoe in the wilderness.
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A father, an astrophysicist dreaming of starships, contrasts with his son, a dropout building a canoe in the wilderness.
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Originally published in 1978, The Starship and the Canoe is the remarkable story of a father and son: Freeman Dyson is a world-renowned astrophysicist who dreams of exploring the heavens and has designed a spaceship to take him there. His son George, a brilliant high school dropout, lives in a treehouse and is designing a giant kayak to explore the icy coastal wilderness of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
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Romance & sex
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Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Minor themes of contrasting ideologies between space exploration and environmentalism.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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