'endless universe'

endless universe by Marion Zimmer Bradley is a science fiction work written in 1975. Bradley is known for the Darkover novels which I will be looking into soon. This book is about the explorers on the spaceship Gyspy Moth. The time is the future where there are explorers that discover new planets, set up transmitters, and move on to the next planet never really returning to previously discovered planets. To be an explorer you are taken at birth and grow up on the spaceship you'll spend your life on. It is interesting because you learn how they age differently from non-explorers because of space travel as well how they are a family unit yet not a family by blood ties. You also feel the contempt of non-explorers towards them for how they get new explorers. The book takes you through the discovery of a few planets and the development of Gildoran, the main character's, views as an adult and explorer. He is challenged with life and death decisions as captain and it makes him think. It is an interesting take on space travel and how humans and other beings would exist if there were transmitters to step into and a few minutes later you'd walk out onto a different planet. The transmitter reminds me of the stargate from the television show; just another way for humans to travel through space.