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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Alien Life Imagined: Communicating the Science and Culture of Astrobiology Author: Mark Brake NSS Amazon link for this

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Red Planet Blues Author: Robert J. Sawyer NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover and Kindle

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Robert A. Lee Title: Flood Author: Stephen Baxter NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Mass Market Paperback Pages: 496 Publisher:

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk From Ad Astra Summer 2013 Title: Forever Young: A Life of Adventure in Air and Space Author: John W.

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Summer 2013 Title: The Cosmonaut Who Couldn’t Stop Smiling: The Life and Legend of Yuri

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Star Wars: A Galactic Pop-up Adventure Author: Matthew Reinhart Ages: 7 and up NSS Amazon link for

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Across the Universe Author: Beth Revis NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 448 Publisher: Razorbill

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Clifford R. McMurray From Ad Astra Spring 2013 Title: But for the Grace of God: An Autobiography of an Aviator and

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Charlene Brusso From Ad Astra Spring 2013 Title: The Visioneers: How a Group of Elite Scientists Pursued Space Colonies, Nanotechnologies, and

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: The Seven Stars of Matariki Author: Toni Rollerston-Cummins Illustrator: Nikki Slade-Robinson Ages: 4 and up NSS Amazon

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Steve Adamczyk Title: Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit: The Eighties and Early Nineties Author: Ben Evans NSS Amazon link for this

  Emily Carney is a writer, space enthusiast, and creator of the This Space Available space blog, published since 2010. In January 2019, Emily’s This

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