Present Books During Orbit
| Original Title: | Orbit |
| ISBN: | 074347662X (ISBN13: 9780743476621) |
| Edition Language: | English |
John J. Nance
Paperback | Pages: 408 pages Rating: 3.78 | 971 Users | 136 Reviews
Details Regarding Books Orbit
| Title | : | Orbit |
| Author | : | John J. Nance |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 408 pages |
| Published | : | March 27th 2007 by Pocket Star Books (first published January 1st 2006) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. Space. Adventure. Audiobook. Suspense |
Relation In Pursuance Of Books Orbit
In this "heart-pounding" ("Seattle Post-Intelligencer") aviation thriller, "New York Times" bestselling author John J. Nance ventures forward to 2009, taking readers on a riveting journey of life or death.His once-in-a-lifetime chance...Disillusioned with his life, when Kip Dawson wins a passenger seat on one of American Space Adventure's commercial spaceflights, it's a dream come true. Although his acceptance of the prize strikes terror in his family, Kip sets off, ready for adventure. But a successful launch quickly morphs into chaos -- a micrometeor punches through the wall of the spacecraft, leaving the radios as dead as the pilot.
...becomes a global fight for survival.
With nothing to do but wait for death, Kip composes his epitaph on the ship's laptop computer. Little does he know an audience of millions would soon discover his cries -- sparking a massive rescue mission in his honor. With no idea the world can hear him, his heroism in the face of death may sabotage his best chance of survival.
Rating Regarding Books Orbit
Ratings: 3.78 From 971 Users | 136 ReviewsDiscuss Regarding Books Orbit
Well narrated and a great story for narration. The idea of winning a lottery for a chance to ride a private company shuttle into low Earth orbit is not that far fetched. But what if the other three seats had to back out for one reason or another and it would be just you and the pilot? Would you go?What if something happened to the pilot while you were up there? Could you figure things out and bring the craft back? These are things that happen to the main character, Kip, who discovers a laptopThis was purported to me to be science fiction. Science fiction, according to my understanding, is a form of literature in which the question of what if is asked and something fantastic is inserted after the what if. It then gives a possible answer to the question. The fantastic is an object, character or event that we do not know to be possible, but is likely to be an extrapolation of what we do know to be scientifically possible. To put it another way, I once read somewhere that if you write a
Loved the story, but there were way too many typos.
In some ways this novel reminded me of the movie, Gravity. Individual trapped alone in space with little of no chance of survival.What makes this one different is the fact that Kip Dawson, in Orbit is the winner of a passenger seat on a spaceflight, sponsored by a privately-owned spacecraft company. This makes the story (written in 2006) pretty timely with today's news. When tragedy strikes, Kip and the world believe he's doomed. He begins typing a "stream of consciousness" journal about his
Interesting plot, average writing style. A man gets stranded orbiting the earth all alone in a capsule, he has five days of air and all communication is out between him and earth. He does have a laptop which he starts a journal of his life and secret thoughts into wanting posterity to find maybe 50 years after he dies and is recovered. Somehow a 12 year old computer hacker does intercept it and all of earth start following his journal in a live feed, all news networks and blog, he becomes the
I feel bad about disliking this book, since I met author John J. Nance at an ALA event a few years ago, and he autographed my copy. Still, even a signature and a platitude couldn't save this joyless, preachy, needlessly technical mess.I'm glad I read The Martian before this one, since they are both ridiculous stories of men abandoned in space and can thus be reasonably compared to one another. While Andy Weir's book (my review here) was also overcomplicated at times, at least he had some fun
Orbit, by John J. Nance, a-minus, narrated by the author, produced by Brilliance Audio, available through audible.com.This is a book with a plot guaranteed to hit the reader in the primordial fear center. Kip won a contest thereby allowing him to get a free ride with a private company offering trips into the edge of space with four orbits and a return to earth. This company had taken several such trips during the year with no problems. People were supposed to buy, for a large amount of money,
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