Started: December 14, 2009
Completed: January 2, 2010
Recommendation: Beach type read, fun, quick, nothing to learn here.
Recommended by: Yeah, it was Buzz Aldrin the author. I'd recently been to a book signing he gave for another book and then saw this one on the shelves at a library book sale.
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Review: OK, my expectations were pretty low for this book and it far exceeded them. That doesn't make it "good" but it certainly made it readable. I enjoyed it. The authors employed a clever tool to offer the "alien" point of view (they had a book within the book that was a translated autobiography of an alien). It was a good way to change perspective and immerse you in an alien point-of-view without trying to jump into an alien head. The rest of the story was not terribly strong...arguably the best part was the description of the Earth/Mars system of getting astronauts there and back. Anyway, I enjoyed it and it was a good read in the ski cabin.
