

Voyage
Author: Stephen Baxter
Series: NASA Trilogy #1
Narrator: Kevin Kenerly
Unabridged: 26 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/29/2021
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction
Author: Stephen Baxter
Series: NASA Trilogy #1
Narrator: Kevin Kenerly
Unabridged: 26 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/29/2021
Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction
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.
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.
It is difficult to classify the genre of this novel--but it comes closest to "alternate history". In this story, J.F. Kennedy does not die, and Richard Nixon chooses not to develop the space shuttle program, but instead to launch a manned spacecraft to Mars. The story is jam-packed with engineering......more
The seeds to all good literature lies in two words : what if ? Take an occurrence in human history and imagine an alternative outcome to it and voila ! you have material for a good book in your hands. These flights of fantasy are what makes alternative history books some of my favorite reads. Here......more
Baxter draws on meticulous research to weave a convincing narrative of what would have happened if NASA had attempted to put an astronaut on Mars instead of building the great white elephant that was the Space Shuttle. A fascinating slice of speculative fiction for anyone still pining for the flying......more
This is an alternate history novel that I enjoyed years ago, with some caveats. I will immediately digress and admit that my thinking of this book is changing, thanks to H. Honsinger's insightful review, letting us know of Baxter's alleged plagiarism. That allegation, which I believe is well grounded......more
Definitely my favorite Baxter. Unlike most Baxter fare, there is no “big thinking”, no Xeelee, no looming destruction of the universe. It is, quite simply, a novel of what might have been (and very nearly was) if NASA had been allowed to continue in the footsteps of Apollo all the way to Mars. It is......more
“Baxter’s excellent what-if novel about a 1986 Mars landing accomplishes its mission. The premise is brilliant…There’s plenty of imagination on display here:” Publishers Weekly