Prairie and Stars is a novelette of about 10,300 words.
Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, SciFi, short story, novelette, space travel, interstellar travel, FTL travel, space exploration, grass, prairie, life on other planets, extraterrestrial life, grass in space, grass on other planets, terrestrial life on other planets, vegetation on other planets, bamboo, life extension, biological immortality, live forever, loneliness, depression, in a slump, in a funk, purpose, finding purpose in life, homestead, space colony, colonizing other planets, exploration, mystery
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