Encounter with Tiber, Buzz Aldrin & John Barnes

Encounter with Tiber, by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes is intended to be a look at how the excitement of space travel can take the next leap forward by encountering another race of beings.  This is a substantial 600 page book.

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.