My trip to Alpha I
by Alfred Slote · first published 1978
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Voya-code is the most sophisticated form of interplanetary travel but a young boy finds out it is not without dangers.
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That reminds me of a book I read as a kid: "My Trip to Alpha I" by Alfred Slote [0]. [0] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3201020-my-trip-to-alpha...
on “Ex-Googler's startup comes out of stealth with simple, clever robot design” ↗In elementary school I read a kids' novel, called My Trip to Alpha I, that had precisely this as a McGuffin. The main character travels to visit his aunt and uncle by "Voya-Code", in which his consciousness is transmitted to an android body on the destination planet.
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