The Space Barons by Christian Davenport

May 13, 2019 by Christina

Nonfiction – print. Public Affairs, 2018. 320 pgs. Library copy. I work on the periphery of the aerospace industry, relying on the industry to build and launch optical satellites whose imagery I can process in support of environmental monitoring and natural disaster response. Despite this proximity, my knowledge about the aerospace industry is limited to the photographs NASA shares on Instagram. Which is why I was intrigued when I saw Davenport’s book on display at my local library. Subtitled “Elon […]

Categories: 2019 Reads, Nonfiction, North America, Space, Technology, United States • Tags: Christian Davenport

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

November 29, 2018 by Christina

Fiction — print. Tor Books, 2017. 333 pgs. Library copy. In the generations since humans left Earth and settled across the galaxy, an empire known as the Interdependency has formed. Headed by the Emporx, the galaxy is economically ruled by a series of Houses — or families — who control certain segments of inter-galactic trade and rely heavily upon the Flow to move their goods. Except the Flow, an anomaly that allows for travel between planets in a matter of […]

Categories: 2018 Reads, Book Club, Fiction, Science Fiction, Space • Tags: John Scalzi