Titan

Name: Titan
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Stephen Baxter
ISBN: 9781665111348

Author: Stephen Baxter

Series: NASA Trilogy #1

Narrator: Kevin Kenerly

Unabridged: 22 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 08/17/2021

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Signs of life have been found on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.A group of visionaries led by NASA’s Paula Benacerraf plan a daring one-way mission that will cost them everything. Taking nearly a decade, the billion-mile voyage includes a ‘slingshot’ transit of Venus, a catastrophic solar storm, and a constant struggle to keep the ship and crew functioning.But it is on the icy surface of Titan itself that the true adventure begins. In the orange methane slush, the astronauts will discover the secrets of life’s origins and reach for a human destiny beyond their wildest dreams.

About Stephen Baxter

Stephen Baxter is an acclaimed, multiple-award-winning author whose many books include the Xeelee Sequence series, the Time Odyssey trilogy (written with Arthur C. Clarke), and The Time Ships, a sequel to H. G. Wells's classic The Time Machine. He lives in England.

About Kevin Kenerly

Kevin Kenerly, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, earned a BA at Olivet College. A longtime member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he has acted in more than twenty seasons, playing dozens of roles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nick

I enjoyed this one a lot but I usually enjoy Baxter's books. Titan is the second book in the NASA trilogy (Voyage being book 1 and Moonseed being book 3). A great story about finding signs of life on Saturn's largest moon Titan. We are treated to a bunch of fascinating science, which is per usual as......more

Goodreads review by Peter

It´s... strange. You´ll have to read first. But it has something to learn from- and it teaches. About the endurance of life. Simply read.......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Serious. Very serious. As plausible a book I've read about near-future space exploration, with a decent stab at second-guessing our species' behaviour on THIS planet over the next few years. Whilst it's ultimately positive about mankind's ability to adapt to and occupy different environments (trying......more

Quotes

“Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and Robert Heinlein succeeded…and now Stephen Baxter joins their exclusive ranks, writing science fiction in which the science is right…[and] a sheer pleasure to read!” New Scientist, praise for the author