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It's just cooler to assume non-rotational artificial gravity, I guess.

Edit: And I do love Watts' design, because it handles the acceleration to coast transition so well.

Additionally, the implications of non rotational artificial gravity are more significant in a science fiction context. In foundation, Asimov regards "gravitics" as the pinnacle technological achievement of man (psychohistory notwithstanding).

True. And inertia management, which allows arbitrarily high acceleration, with no internal effects. Reynolds and Banks, for example. And they're an interesting juxtaposition, in that Reynolds tended to paint AIs as evil, while Banks' Minds are overall decent.

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