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2240 Return to Planet Earth
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bookshelves: alt-history, contemporary, freelance-client, funny, sci-fi, personal-favorite, smart-nerdy
Mar 09, 2021
bookshelves: alt-history, contemporary, freelance-client, funny, sci-fi, personal-favorite, smart-nerdy
Read 2 times. Last read March 9, 2021.
I'm very proud to say that I helped author Daniela Morassutti get this book into shape as her freelance editor, and I'm thrilled to see it finally out. It's an old-fashioned space adventure story about late-teen astronauts, VERY much in the straightforward, swashbuckling style of Robert A. Heinlein's 1950s juvenilia tales, but mixed with Joss Whedon-type soap opera angst over romantic partners, ex-romantic partners and potential new romantic partners. It's delightfully gung-ho, earnest and funny, hitting exactly that kind of crowdpleasing level as, say, a perpetual author guest-of-honor at sci-fi conventions -- not the best or most famous writer but the one who's most fun to hang out with. Although Daniela initially self-published this to start building an audience, she's currently submitting it to bigger places like Tor, Pyr and Orbit, so who knows? Maybe you'll see her at those conventions soon after all! In the meanwhile, I recommend checking this out when you have a chance, a lighthearted space opera where the heroes all proudly wear their white hats.
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March 9, 2021
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alt-history
March 9, 2021
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contemporary
March 9, 2021
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freelance-client
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funny
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sci-fi
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personal-favorite
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smart-nerdy
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Finished Reading
January 7, 2024
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