Book Review: Reality Check
Category: Nonfiction Reviewed by: Dale Skran Title: Reality Check Authors: Brad Wieners and David Pescovitz Format: Paperback Pages: 161 Publisher:
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Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Susan Raizer Title: Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet Author: Steven W. Squyres NSS Amazon link
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Old Man’s War Author: John Scalzi NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 320 Publisher: Tor
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Faraway Worlds: Planets Beyond Our Solar System Author: Paul Halpern, PhD Illustrator: Lynette R. Cook Reading Level:
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Gina Hagler Title: Home on the Moon: Living on a Space Frontier Author: Marianne J. Dyson Reading Level: Ages 8-12
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides Reprinted from Ad Astra Spring 2007 Title: Space on Earth: Saving Our World by Seeking Others Author: Charles
Category: Fiction Reviewed by: Allen G. Taylor Title: Red Lightning Author: John Varley NSS Amazon link for this book Format: Paperback Pages: 368 Publisher: Ace
Category: Children’s Book Reviewed by: Marianne Dyson Title: Greetings from Planet Earth Author: Barbara Kerley Reading Level: Ages 9-12 NSS Amazon link for this book
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: The Exploration of Mars Author: Wernher von Braun and Willey Ley Illustrated by: Chesley Bonestell NSS Amazon link
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: Conquest of the Moon Author: Wernher von Braun, Willey Ley, Fred Whipple. Edited by Cornelius Ryan. Illustrated by:
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: Across the Space Frontier Author: Wernher von Braun, Willey Ley, Fred Whipple, Joseph Kaplan, Heinz Haber, Oscar Schachter.
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Masse Bloomfield Title: Science, Society and the Search for Life in the Universe Author: Bruce Jakosky NSS Amazon link for this
Category: Non-Fiction Reviewed by: David Brandt-Erichsen Title: Where Is Everybody? Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox Author: Stephen Webb Format: Hardcover Pages: 288 Publisher: Copernicus
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