Saturn Run
Ratings13
Average rating3.9
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Ratings13
Average rating3.9
When a mid-21st-century Caltech intern discovers that a spacecraft from a technologically superior alien source is headed toward Saturn, a ragtag crew of competitors races to be the first to claim the ship and its technological advantages.
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[b:Saturn Run 24611668 Saturn Run John Sandford https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1429666760s/24611668.jpg 44222814] is hard science fiction – the good kind of hard science fiction with lots of geeky real science and real tech. It also tells a suspenseful and exciting story.An intern at Caltech was doing some routine image work to recalibrate a newly repaired space telescope when he spotted an anomaly. An object was approaching Saturn and it was decelerating. It could only be a spaceship and it wasn't from Earth. This effectively put the cat among the pigeons. The world's two superpowers, China and the USA, both started crash programs to go to Saturn and investigate. The race was on. It wouldn't be safe and it wouldn't be friendly. Alien tech of immeasurable value was at stake and both governments wanted it for their own.Good book; a high-tech, hard-science thriller filled with interesting characters. A solid four stars.
Takes too long to get going - too many technical details and political space race stuff.
