3.5
Titan
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Possible signs of organic life have been found on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. A group of visionaries led by NASAs 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 secret of life's origins—and reach for a human destiny beyond their wildest dreams.
"Excellent . . . the premise is brilliant." —
"Gripping . . . sharply intelligent." —
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“Rating: C
What a long book.
Humanity sends an expedition to Saturn to investigate life on the moon, Titan. Unfortunately, it will take about 6 years to get there, and the expedition is likely going to be one way. In the meantime, the politics of the USA are changing and a new, religious president is in power. He removes support of space-faring programs within the USA, leaving the crew of the Titan-bound ship abandoned.
This book was certainly interesting. There were some typos in the book, which, I mean given that it was 1995, I guess can be reasonable. I kind of hoped that there was more focus on the space stuff vs the politics on Earth. They were such a drag and definitely made the book longer. I found them very tiring and repetitive. Plus there was a lot of suspect content in this book - it's like the hallmark of a man writing a book with female characters in it.
- There has to be a scene where a woman is sexually assaulted almost.
- There has to be a scene where two characters who hate each other have sex.
- There is a scene where two women are talking and one says to the other, "Good girl", when a sequence is followed correctly.
She felt her sense of place and time shift around her. It was as if the landscape of Titan was reaching her, through the isolating layers of her suit; she started to get a sense that she was truly here, alive and sentient, on this ethane lake, a billion miles from her birthplace.
"How can I die? How can the world keep turning without me? I'm unique, Paula. The centre of the universe. The one true sentient individual in an ocean of shapes and noises and faces. How can I die? It's a cruel joke”
Erica Wagner
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