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A review by literatehedgehog
The Wanderers by Meg Howrey
4.0
A supremely realistic, thoughtful science fiction.
Premise
It's the near future and we have technology and a private corporation that can get people to Mars. They embark on a extremely taxing simulation on Earth to train for their epic space journey. They and their families and their observers have a hard go of it, learn things, make some jokes, and undergo some maybe good, maybe bad changes.
What it feels like
Like, if the Martian, Omon Ra, and All Our Wrong Tomorrows met and had a beautiful, whopping science fiction baby together. The jerkiness of that guy on Mars in The Martian is tempered by the satire and loving-of-science of Omon Ra and the uplifting humor of. It feels less like science fiction - no aliens, no space battles, no jargon - and more like contemporary fiction, but we can actually send people to Mars.
Now I want to get it into the hands of many people. Go, go, go!
Premise
It's the near future and we have technology and a private corporation that can get people to Mars. They embark on a extremely taxing simulation on Earth to train for their epic space journey. They and their families and their observers have a hard go of it, learn things, make some jokes, and undergo some maybe good, maybe bad changes.
What it feels like
Like, if the Martian, Omon Ra, and All Our Wrong Tomorrows met and had a beautiful, whopping science fiction baby together. The jerkiness of that guy on Mars in The Martian is tempered by the satire and loving-of-science of Omon Ra and the uplifting humor of
Now I want to get it into the hands of many people. Go, go, go!