Aurora

This is on the surface a very sciency book about the challenges of traveling to other worlds, with a strong message about our place in Earth's ecosystem and the beauty of our little blue world. On that level it succeedes, but that is purely a vehicle for the real narrative, without spoiling anything this book is truly about the double question of “What is life?” and “What is love?”. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying that this is a SF book with a romantic subplot - no this book seriously delves into the philosphical aspects of these questions to the extent that this would better be called Philo-Fi rather than Sci-Fi. If you enjoy empasssioned questioning soliloquies about the meaning of life - this book is for you. Personally I loved it.