A multiple-caper novel, because of course the first one goes horribly awry, and the kicker is all the capers take place in a community on the moon about a hundred years from now. Great characters, lots of tech, lots of fun, and it shortened the hell out of a 5 1/2 hour plane ride from…
The Martian by Andy Weir Astronaut Mark Watney is left for dead on the surface of Mars as the rest of his crew escapes a deadly dust storm. But he’s not dead, and now he has to figure out how to let NASA back on earth know he’s still alive and how to get home.…
Read more Like Mark isn’t cooler than all of the Apollo astronauts put together.
I was a guest on Coffee Table on KBBI this morning, keeping company with Shady Grove Oliver and Terry Rensel as we talked about our favorite reads with people who call in. It was a blast, as always–thanks, guys!–and without further ado, here’s the books we talked about on the air. Caroline Cow Woman of…
