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In the slim book "Orbital," gorgeous prose describes one day in the International Space Station. Two cosmonauts (from Russia) and four astronauts (from the United States, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Japan) orbit the Earth sixteen times over the course of one day. The sixteen chapters show Earth's beauty as the space station travels over different areas of the Earth. The book is also a reflection on geopolitical and environmental concerns that threaten the Earth and humanity.
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I was curious for this book as I read very mixed reviews, but I am very happy to have read it.
It is a slow story, one that needs concentration and thinking, not a book to read in one or two hours. There is very little action in the book so some people better stay away from it:-)
I found it a fascinating read as it revealed the thoughts of the people on a space ship. How would we feel sitting somewhere in space watching a heavy tyfoon on earth and worrying for the people down there. And how wou ...more
It is a slow story, one that needs concentration and thinking, not a book to read in one or two hours. There is very little action in the book so some people better stay away from it:-)
I found it a fascinating read as it revealed the thoughts of the people on a space ship. How would we feel sitting somewhere in space watching a heavy tyfoon on earth and worrying for the people down there. And how wou ...more
I must have a thing for science writing (in this case, a barely fictionalized trip aboard the International Space Station) juxtaposed with highly literary writing. Orbital gave me a similar frisson to John McPhee's writing in Annals of the Former World, which takes an artistic, philosophic eye to geology and the origin of our physical world. Likewise, Samantha Harvey takes her six astronauts on a philosophic spin (on 16, in fact) around the earth, sometimes dialing in the microscope to their rel
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I quit reading about 33%. I really wasn’t enjoying the stream of consciousness style. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again � I need a plot in the books I read, not just the mundanity of every day life � even if it’s of astronauts on a space station orbiting the Earth.
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