Would you like to go to Mars? I know I would. But would you want to immigrate there? If so, this book is chock-full of information on how to get there, how to live there, how to work there, how to start slavery there, how our world kind of sucks, how America started but isn’t going so well, and how to get around on our neighbor, the Red Planet.
Are you getting a puppy? Is it your first puppy? Do you want to be a responsible puppy parent? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, good for you! We happened to answer “yes” to all three! Except the first question should have been, “Did you already get a puppy?” Some of these chapters would have been more helpful had we read them before getting him, but better late than never, amirite?!
I hope we’re not alone in the universe. When I look up at the stars, I like to imagine that there is life orbiting quite a lot of them. Like in Star Trek. Which is referenced heavily throughout this book. And you know what? I’m here for it!
I’ve gone along for many years hearing about The Power of Myth and The Hero’s Journey. But it wasn’t until the year 2024, some 36 years after it was originally published, that I finally got to hear Campbell and Moyers’s discussion for myself.
Another pick of The Planetary Society Book Club – this for April 2024. As the cover states, this book features firsthand astronaut accounts from all 135 missions. It’s loaded with photos too!
I never thought I’d be a person who enjoyed coffee table books, but I’m starting to build up quite a collection. Some are better than others, but Titan Books is on kind of a roll with their Star Trek coffee table books.
This is a book that I picked for Black History Month 2024 by looking at what books other black authors thought were powerful. This one stuck out to me when I saw it. And I’m so glad I picked it up! As far as non-fiction books go, it’s always nice to have one that’s got a through-story weaving it all together. What makes this book so good is that it has three through-stories of people that, while they never meet, the themes and overall story connects them in ways that the individuals in question never could have anticipated. If you want a great historical read, this is fantastic!
We landed on the Moon! Like, today – as I write this! Intuitive Machines, a US-based company, successfully landed the Odysseus lander on the Moon. This is the first private company to land on the Moon and the first US landing on the Moon in over 50 years! That may be why this book is the Planetary Society book club pick for February 2024.
For my second Black History Month 2024 pick, I chose an audiobook by a black author, read by that same author. I tend to try to go about life without getting too political, but I’m also fascinated by people who come to fame through politics. I’ve always been interested in reading this particular book, and I’m so glad I did!
Looking for a book about space, but you don’t have “space” in your schedule to sit down and read a huge friggin’ textbook? Let Neil deGrasse Tyson, this generation’s Carl Sagan, be your guide through the cosmos. Want something even better? Have the author read it right to you! In more of a hurry than even the audiobook can handle? Speed that bad boy up to 2x and listen to this in under 2 hours!
