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A review by braydin
Firestar by Michael Flynn
3.0
A near future story about one person's quest to drive humanity into space. Firestar is the first book of a series, though it can be read as a self contained novel. It starts a bit like Stephen Baxter's Manifold series, but where Baxter eventually diverges into more futuristic and out there science fiction topics, Flynn stays with the near future practicalities of establishing a privately funded space program.
The book felt a bit long as it set up the back stories for a large group of people ranging from business executives to high school students. I will probably continue to read the series, but I can see how both the length and the some times tedious descriptions of project management would lose a casual reader. Still, for people interested in the political, scientific, and economic hurdles in the aerospace industry, Firestar makes for a good read.
The book felt a bit long as it set up the back stories for a large group of people ranging from business executives to high school students. I will probably continue to read the series, but I can see how both the length and the some times tedious descriptions of project management would lose a casual reader. Still, for people interested in the political, scientific, and economic hurdles in the aerospace industry, Firestar makes for a good read.