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| Original Title: | Voyage |
| ISBN: | 0061057088 (ISBN13: 9780061057083) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | NASA Trilogy #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Arthur C. Clarke Award Nominee (1997), Sidewise Award for Long Form (1996) |
Stephen Baxter
Paperback | Pages: 784 pages Rating: 3.83 | 1761 Users | 113 Reviews
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| Title | : | Voyage (NASA Trilogy #1) |
| Author | : | Stephen Baxter |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 784 pages |
| Published | : | October 3rd 1997 by Harper Voyager (first published November 1996) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Alternate History. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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The space mission of a lifetime An epic saga of America's might-have-been, Voyage is a powerful, sweeping novel of how, if President Kennedy had lived, we could have sent a manned mission to Mars in the 1980s. Imaginatively created from the true lives and real events., Voyage returns to the geniuses of NASA and the excitement of the Saturn rocket, and includes historical figures from Neil Armstrong to Ronald Reagan who are interwoven with unforgettable characters whose dreams mirror the promise of a young space program that held the world in thrall. There is: Dana, the Nazi camp survivor who achieves the dream of his hated masters; Gershon, the Vietnam fighter jock determined to be the first African-American to land on another planet; and Natalie York, the brilliant geologist/astronaut who risks a career and love for the chance to run her fingers through the soil of another world.Rating Appertaining To Books Voyage (NASA Trilogy #1)
Ratings: 3.83 From 1761 Users | 113 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books Voyage (NASA Trilogy #1)
Would be better except, as one reviewer points out, many passages, especially the dialogue of astronauts during fictional flights in the novel's world, are taken almost verbatim from transcripts of historical space flights. None of the astronaut characters in the book says, "Houston, we have a problem," but if you've read any of the better histories of the Apollo program, you'll recognize a great deal of the dialogue and plot. Strictly speaking, you could call this plagiarism, as the at leastFascinating alternate history of a race into space that never happened post Apollo-11. Also, hellishly detailed and armed to the teeth with acronyms and jargon designed to reinforce the sense of reality alongside passing references to mid-70s and early 80s pop culture. Baxter's prose reads like that of a modern airport thriller, always moving tersely onward, his characters tested as thoroughly as the components in the rockets they build, fly, and dream of. Both characters and components must bow
As a published Science Fiction author with two books out in the market and more on the way, I have made a choice not to review other Science Fiction novels on Goodreads, if only because I don't want there to be any possible perception that I am running down my competition. I make an exception in this case only because the book represents specific acts of intellectual theft--I'm really not reviewing the writer's story telling as much as I am making a comment on his integrity.My command of the
Voyage is a well-written, fun and entertaining alternate history novel. In 1962, then-president John F. Kennedy stood on a podium and proclaimed WE CHOOSE TO GO TO THE MOON! However, a year later, he was shot and killed. While the country was still able to arrive at the moon in 1969, this novel explores an alternate chapter of history- the bullet misses JFK and he survives.This novel begins in the late 1960s- when the Apollo missions land on the moon, just as in our timeline. As time goes on,
In contrast to my experience with Homer Hickam's "Back to the Moon," I quite enjoyed Stephen Baxter's "Voyage." As the subtitle mentions, this is a compelling alternate history of what might have been had a few key events gone differently. To sum up the main divergences in history without spoiling anything, John F. Kennedy survives the assassination attempt but is rendered an invalid, who publicly twists Richard Nixon's arm during the televised Apollo 11 moonwalk to redirect space exploration
Baxter's alternate history tale of a manned mission to Mars is interesting but reads somewhat dry. Much of the book is told from the point of view of Natalie York who becomes (in this alternate history) America's first woman in space along with the first person to set foot on Mars. It's an interesting book and tries to look at both the benefits and disadvantages to the space program if Nasa had proceeded down that path. Worth reading but a little depressing given that in the 16 years since it's
This book blatantly recycles events that happened in the real space program; and literally rips off events and characters wholesale from other books, most notably ANGLE OF ATTACK by Mike Gray. JK Lee is Harrison "Stormy" Storms; right down to the wife who tries to commit suicide by overdosing on meds; or how he keeps the program going by cheating on his time cards.
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