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Seafaring metaphors have been applied to space travel for as long as I can remember. The title evokes the image of using a spyglass from atop a ship’s Crow’s Nest to assess where we are going, or what’s coming over the horizon. The spyglass, the sextant, the astrolabe and star maps are all tools of sea navigation. Ultimately the sea becomes a metaphor for both outer space and the uncharted territory of the collective unconscious. This column exists to search through the past and to look into the future of science fiction. It is a magnificent fishing expedition designed to