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Proxima Rising

Proxima, Book 1

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Late in the 21st century, Earth receives what looks like an urgent plea for help from planet Proxima Centauri b in the closest star system to the Sun.

Astrophysicists suspect a massive solar flare is about to destroy this heretofore-unknown civilization. Earth's space programs are unequipped to help, but an unscrupulous Russian billionaire launches a secret and highly-specialized spaceship to Proxima b, over four light-years away.

The unusual crew faces a Herculean task—should they survive the journey. No one knows what to expect from this alien planet.

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A proof read by someone scientifically literate would have helped.
Also did the text really say " conversation of momentum " instead of "conservation of momentum " or did the reader slip up ?
still I enjoyed the story.

interesting story with occasional howlers.

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with a riveting story n excellent narration i was captivated from the start...cant wait to finish the trilogy....
I highly recommend....
.....MAJESTIC 311...

great concept ....

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No wormholes, no teleportation devices or inventive technologies to manipulate the fabric of space time, and certainly no alien invasion to fend off, at least not yet. No, this is the vast bleak distance of space travel done the hard way. It is hard science constructed from credible technology a few short steps ahead of what is currently available.

The basic premise includes a nuanced reworking of Old Testament Genesis. It is a creation story without the attendant organised religion, and with a seemingly altruistic creator that remains absent yet omnipotent throughout.

Unquestionably, the truly colossal distances involved in space travel will be monotonous. It does not lend itself to the short span of human lifetimes or readers that require quick entertainment and conclusions. But the story cleverly distracts us by alluding to a developing mystery, leading us to believe that our patience will be rewarded if we stay the course.

The book is well written, and the narration is good. However, the foreboding menace that felt promised is never adequately rewarded in this first volume, and the reader must plan for the long haul. This is not necessarily a criticism, but I feel the author might have been a tad more generous with this first instalment to encourage me to follow.

The first lap of a very long run

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Some really neat ideas, I personally quite enjoyed the ideas of wildlife described on the planet Proxima B. My biggest and possibly only gripe is that the amount of time spent on the actual journey to Proxima B is too long (although even here I did enjoy a lot of the imagined solutions to some serious issues biological life would have to endure in Interstellar travel).

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If you do not care for the science part of sci-fi, maybe give a miss as there is a lot of talking about how to deal with the flares from the star Proxima Centauri(the star is known to be a flare star) and also the science of how life would have to have evolved to adapt to the high amount of UV radiation that hits Proxima B.

The narrator gave a solid performance, so no qualms there. Overall I would recommend giving this a go if you, like me, love all things sci-fi.

Solid sci-fi story

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I'm sure the narrator, in trying to sound as he were an AI reincarnation (of a Russian inventor, but with a mid-Atlantic voice 🤔) meant to sound somewhat flat, but unfortunately it killed the flow and significantly reduced (my) interest. This book shows that more than a handful of characters are needed to sustain momentum; and those trees...

Monotonous

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