Voyage
by Stephen Baxter
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Book Summary Information
Author: Stephen BaxterEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-02
ISBN: 0563524235
Publisher: BBC Radio
Book Reviews of Voyage
Book Review: An alternative history that reads lke a factual account
Summary: 5 Stars
On the twenty-fifth anniversary of Neil Armstrong's historic moonwalk, former astronaut Jim Lovell discussed NASA's overall decline since that time. Bemoaning America's lack of support for continued manned space exploration, he said, "It's like Columbus discovering the New World and nobody bothering to follow up." Until now, those of us who agreed with that sentiment have had to be content with the space shuttle program. With the publication of Stephen Baxter's Voyage, however, we can get a taste of what might have been.
In Baxter's alternate history, John F. Kennedy survives Oswald's assassination attempt. Crippled by the shooting, Kennedy remains a popular advocate of the space program. Due in large part to Kennedy's unwavering support for space exploration, America continues on past the moon and sets its sights on Mars.
Voyage tells the story of this heroic effort. Alternating between an account of the first flight to Mars in 1985 and the back story of this historic event, the book provides a compelling, gripping account of America's journey to the red planet, one that will keep even the most jaded reader turning pages.
Baxter's alternative history of the space program reads like a factual account, containing just enough cultural touchstones to make it familiar to those of us who lived during that time. Similar to James Michener 's Space and Tom Wolfe's The Right Stuff, the reader is immersed in the lore of the space program. Baxter provides insights into the people, politics, and scientific achievements involved, chronicling the triumph and tragedy involved in putting an astronaut on Mars. Highly recommended.
Summary of Voyage
Creates a recent past in which President Kennedy survives an assassination attempt to set in motion the next great NASA mission, a manned voyage to Mars, in a story of NASA's detailed plans to visit the red planet--if they had ever been realized.Kennedy survived. Like many alternate history stories, that's the premise of Stephen Baxter's Voyage. But in Baxter's version of the past, that one altered fact is the propellant that drives humanity into space, beyond the primitive lunar landings of the 1960s. Spurred by a JFK who champions space flight and a Nixon administration that backs NASA, humans reach Mars in 1986. But this is a tragic tale as well as a triumphant one, for Baxter's relentless realism chronicles the perils of extended space flight as well as its glamorous achievements, making for a gritty, true-to-life story.
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