Apollo Quartet: Adrift on the Sea of Rains (Series #1) (Edition 2) (Paperback)

from pjfarm

I don't know how to give a synopsis of this book and provide more information than can be found in the blurb about the book without leaving spoilers, so I'm not going to try. I will say that it is thought provoking and I found the technical background interesting. At fifty-some pages, that's enou...

from antao

Literary-Hard-SF: "Adrift on the Sea of Rains" by Ian SalesPublished 2013 I've been getting pushes from a lot of my SF buddy-reading friends to tackle the Quartet series (the 4 books). Here I'm limiting myself reviewing-wise to just the first book for now (more later on). What we have here is SF ...

from CliffBurns

Outstanding alternate-history by a Brit author leaving the "up-and-comer" status and about to achieve far bigger and better things. ADRIFT ON THE SEA OF RAINS is science fiction for smart, literate readers; the science is sound and credible, the characters believable and nuanced, the story intrig...

from Surtac

Adrift on the Sea of Rains is a poignant and quietly powerful tale of an Apollo space program that never quite was the one that we, who lived through it, remember. In this alternate history, the Cold War is much hotter and a militarised Apollo program has established a small moonbase that houses ...

from SusieBookworm

Interesting alternate-history premise, great writing and development. I'm reminded to some degree of Ray Bradbury. Though short, the length fits the story; this novella feels like neither a too-long short story or a too-short novel. The rather muted style was refreshing, as this could just as eas...