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Originally Posted by HarryT
Just finished "Voyage" by Stephen Baxter, one of the best SF novels I've read in a very long time.
Like many of Baxter's novels, this is an "alternate history" novel, the premise of which is that Kennedy was crippled, but not killed, in 1963, and that following the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969 he became the leading advocate for a NASA mission to Mars. The book tells the story of the successes and failures of the subsequent development programme, the politics and infighting, the lives and careers of the astronauts between 1969 and the planned Mars landing in 1986. An absolutely riveting read for anyone at all interested in manned spaceflight. Highly recommended.
Baxter is, in my view, one of the best living "hard SF" authors around.
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The fellow sounds interesting. I just downloaded a sample of
Time's Eye, which he co-authored with Arthur C. Clark.
He's also one of a growing number of authors who have collaborated with Terry Pratchett.