I loved this book because it dares to be different. Science fiction is a big place - not all space wars, brutal emperors, or aliens who want to eat us. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge these two characters face figuring out how to navigate a strange world that seems to have been constructed with a series of portals, but there’s no one there to explain.
They start out as strangers and become friends, planning an expedition as thoughtfully as they can when entering the unknown. They cleverly deal with the mysteries they discover, which leads to a fascinatingly plausible, and delightful, ending. If I entered a strange world, I'd want these people with me.
Two adventurous people. A strange world. One goal. Unravel the mystery.
The handwritten note on the dashboard read: Not Abandoned.
When Thomas set out for a hike he had done many times before, he never expected to find himself with a stranger, navigating through a newly discovered world hidden from view at the end of the trail.
Getting to the bottom of the mystery might be difficult, but getting to the bottom of the cliff will be their first challenge as they begin their adventure. Only their physical fitness and combined knowledge will get them through everything they may encounter,…
This story is set on a world inside Earth’s moon, which isn’t really a moon. It’s an alien spacecraft. But don’t waste any effort figuring out timelines vs history. This book is a fun, goofy read.
The author borrows ideas from popular sci-fi, and she does so joyfully. You can tell her sources by some of the characters’ names: Kirk, O’Neil, Sheldor. You don’t have to be a fan of Star Trek, Stargate, or The Big Bang Theory to enjoy the story, but if you are, you’ll get more chuckles.
I did learn something important: Don’t touch alien technology before checking with one of the aliens.
An overconfident pilot with a stolen spaceship must fix an alien device before time runs out.. An asteroid’s collision with the moon ignites a desperate quest. Sheldor, the moon’s guardian AI, awaits a hero of Newtonian descent to unlock his controls so he can save the Earth. To that end, he teleports the first person he can find with enough Newtonian DNA to complete the task.. “Adventures Inside the Moon” blends wit, action, and sci-fi homage into a compelling space saga. It’s the first installment in a series that promises more cosmic adventures for Kirk and his crew.. For people…
This series is wildly popular, and I ran across it more than once. Finally, I had to read Book 1, even if the title does sound silly to me. But, as I discovered, it fits perfectly with humor and loads of sci-fi tropes. Read it for fun.
Bob’s head is cryo-preserved after his death, and he wakes up far in the future to discover he’s been downloaded (uploaded?) to a super-computer. Earth has become a seriously dystopian place, but the story doesn't linger on worries about ethics. His story is not a downer. Bob can turn his emotions on and off, and after one good cry, he’s his old chipper, smart-alec self. Bad guys try to stop him on Earth and destroy him in space, but he outwits them easily because he’s a way-smart engineering nerd.
You'll find references to 1980-1990s scifi TV and movies as Bob builds out his world, mines asteroids, replicates loads of robots, and generates copies of himself (each with his own ship, and each a little different, thanks to, you know, quantum effects.) Like one of those world-building games in space. Good fun.
Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and is looking forward to a life of leisure. There are places to go, books to read, and movies to watch. So it's a little unfair when he gets himself killed crossing the street.
Bob wakes up a century later to find that corpsicles have been declared to be without rights, and he is now the property of the state. He has been uploaded into computer hardware and is slated to be the controlling AI in an interstellar probe looking for habitable planets. The stakes are high: no less than the first…
A fragile foothold on a vast frozen plain. A crashed spaceship’s pilot may have been murdered, and suspicion divides the settlers.
Determined to explore with her robots, Emma Winters leaves Earth forever and makes the one-way journey. She trained with her friends for the planet’s deadly challenges, but living on Mars drives them apart. The corporation that sent them has no answers as conflicts escalate toward catastrophe.
Her allies falter and clues to survival remain beyond Emma’s grasp. Can she discover the truth, or will the first humans on Mars be the last?
