Read Starry Messenger several months after I finished writing it. Always an edifying thing to do.
This allowed me to reflect in its content as reader rRead Starry Messenger several months after I finished writing it. Always an edifying thing to do.
This allowed me to reflect in its content as reader rather than as a writer -- two different assignments, of course.
I'd delighted to report that Starry Messenger accomplishes exactly what I set out to do: offer persistent and diverse ways for the reader to see the world differently -- to see the world as a scientist does, especially one who carries a cosmic perspective.
There are doses of humor and pop culture, added only where they could also advance the ideas of a chapter. And I'm proud to say that the book is relatively short, making a fast read.
The page-count in the publisher's listings is 260+. But when you subtract the index and the end notes (which are extensive), it's a 204 page book in a smaller binding format, similar to that of Astrophysics for People In A Hurry.
So I'm proud of this addition to the portfolio. And I thank those of you in the Goodreads Universe who expressed early interesting in this work.
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