Critical Mass
Book description
In New York Times best-selling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid—kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance.
When unforeseen circumstances during an…
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2 authors picked Critical Mass as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a science fiction book and hence might seem an odd choice for a list of books about global warming.
However, this book does a great job describing what might happen in coming decades if we don’t take rapid action on climate change, so I think it can help inspire people to make sure that we do indeed act soon. I also loved the way the book shows how exploration of space can be part of the long-term solution to climate change, something that I also deeply believe in.
From Jeffrey's list on the science, consequences, and solutions to global warming.
I couldn’t wait for this book to come out in 2023 because it’s the sequel to my #1 favorite book of 2022, Delta-V.
Sometimes sequels don’t live up to their predecessor, but Daniel Suarez did well with this one. After AI, all things rocketry and space are my other big interests, and in this book, Suarez spins up some believable, near-future, hard space science and wraps it into a thriller-style plot that kept me reading when I should’ve been working.
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