A Pure Solar World: Sun Ra and the Birth of Afrofuturism
Book
Sun Ra said he came from Saturn. Known on earth for his inventive music and extravagant stage shows,...
Isabel Smith (34 KP) rated Obscura in Books
Jun 28, 2018
When an old colleague that now works for NASA offers her the opportunity to continue her Losian’s research with unlimited funding, she’s hesitant to take him up on the proposition because he wants something from her in return: to accompany a group into space and study the inhabitants of a United Nations space station who are experiencing neurological side effects due to working on a top-secret NASA project. Even though she hates the idea of leaving her daughter behind for six months, she knows she can’t pass up an opportunity like this and so she agrees to the terms.
Almost from the moment she steps off the space shuttle and onto the space station (or is it?) things begin to feel off. Her research assistant, Birk Lindqvist, starts experiencing major hallucinations and she is sedated once she discovers a startling truth that was initially kept hidden from her. Everything is called into question and nothing is at it seems. What’s really going on? Where is the station they’re supposed to be rendezvousing with? And why does it feel like there is a hidden presence on board with her after everyone goes into stasis?
Obscura is a heart-pounding, adrenaline-filled thriller set in the vastness of space. Is that great or what? The prospect of reading a psychological thriller combined with a space mission story is what initially attracted me to the novel. Joe Hart does not disappoint with his ability to blend the two genres seamlessly. He even tossed in the element of the ‘unreliable narrator’ with Gillian for a little while there during her opioid abuse and withdrawal periods where readers couldn’t judge which of her experiences were real and which ones weren’t. Genius! I loved every bit of it: the deception, the uncertainty, the space travel, the action scenes, the startling discoveries…everything!
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Warped on a Moon Trek
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Tomorrow is yesterday and next week may never come in this new space adventure with notes of...
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The Science of Star Wars
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Author and astrophysicist Jeanne Cavelos explores the scientific accuracy of the events portrayed in...
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NASACast: What's Up? Video Podcasts
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What's Up? -- A monthly video that gives tips for where you can find the moon, planets and stars in...