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October 31, 2022

REVIEW: Return to Glory by Jack McDevitt

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsaliens / astronomy / physics / Sci-fi / short stories / space travel / Time-TravelNo Comments

Jack McDevitt’s passion for astronomy was recognized in 2008 when the International Astronomical Union put his name on an asteroid. NASA has given him an award for “keeping the science in science fiction.” Stephen King described Jack as the “natural heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.” Life is ... more >

October 12, 2022

REVIEW: Dinner on Mars by Lenore Newman and Evan D.G. Fraser

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From Impossible Burgers to lab-made sushi, two witty, plugged-in food scientists explore leading-edge AgTech for the answer to feeding a settlement on Mars — and 9 billion Earthlings too. Feeding a Martian is one of the greatest challenges in the history of agriculture. Will a Red Planet menu involve cheese ... more >

December 24, 2021

REVIEW: Safety Protocols for Human Holidays by Angel Martinez

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsaliens / Christmas / f/f romance / Hanukkah / holiday novella / Kwanzaa / LGBTQIAP+ / novella / POC / Sci-fi / SF romance / Solstice / space travel2 Comments

Someone has to fix their broken human. Raskli’s not sure why it has to be her. As a security officer on an interspecies ship, Growlan Raskli’s experienced in heading off species-specific aberrant behaviors in order to keep the peace. But when her captain asks her to find out what’s bothering ... more >

May 7, 2021

JOINT REVIEW: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

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Janine: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir’s latest science fiction novel, opens when astronaut Ryland Grace wakes up aboard a spaceship named the Hail Mary with no memory of how he got there. He realizes quickly that his two crewmates died en route (they were all put in comas on the ... more >

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January 7, 2020

What Janine is reading: SFF read in 2019

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsbeing true to oneself / biracial heroine / clones / diversity / epistolary / flashbacks / genre-bender / hidden identity / LGBTQIAP+ / murder mystery / necromancer / POC / portal fantasy / queer / Reading lists / romantic-elements / Science Fiction / space travel / story-within-a-story / sword fighter / YA science fiction6 Comments

Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty A spaceship crew of six clones wake up in a cloning vat missing twenty-five years of memories. Of their much older previous incarnations, five are dead and one is comatose. Additionally, the spaceship has changed course. It quickly becomes apparent that one of the clones ... more >

April 4, 2018

REVIEW: Rocket Men by Robert Kurson

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsastronaut / NASA / non-fiction / space flight / space travel7 Comments

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The riveting inside story of three heroic astronauts who took on the challenge of mankind’s historic first mission to the Moon, from the New York Times bestselling author of Shadow Divers. By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to ... more >

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