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Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Astrobiology Author: Fred Bortz Ages: 9-12 NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover (Library binding) Pages:

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Bart Leahy Title: The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology Author: Ray Kurzweil NSS Amazon link for this book Format:

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ted Spitzmiller Title: The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must Author: Robert Zubrin,

DVD Review: Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Robert Z. Pearlman Reprinted from Ad Astra Summer 2007 Title: Spacecraft Films Apollo DVD Sets Author: Spacecraft Films/NASA Out

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Earthseed Author: Pamela Sargent NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 304 Publisher: Tor Date: 2007

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Spacer and Rat Author: Margaret Bechard Reading Level: Young Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format:

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Stephen Adamczyk Title: Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir Author: Bryan Burrough NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Hurricane Moon Author: Alexis Glynn Latner NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 399 Publisher: Pyr

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Sky Horizon Author: David Brin Reading Level: Young Adult NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover

Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Foreigner Author: C. J. Cherryh NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 432 Publisher: Daw Date:

Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Janice Van Cleave’s Engineering for Every Kid Author: Janice Van Cleave Reading Level: Ages 9-12 NSS

Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Ben Bova Title: Space and Astronomy: Decade by Decade Author: Marianne J. Dyson NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Hardcover

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