The Story of the Asteroid Voyage

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The film is set in both 2019 and 2060. It's revealed pretty early on that Emilio is the sole survivor of a mission that did not go super well. And again, like the thing where traveling at near light speed makes time go slower for you or something. What's what six or seven months for the crew on this asteroid is like 17 years for people on earth.

We're back to sci-fi this week, but we take a break from the politics-heavy universe of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow instead uses science fiction to discuss anthropology, colonialism, and theology. There's some genuinely funny and warm stuff in this book, but there's a shadow hanging over the proceedings from the outset: eight people set out to explore the first known alien planet inhabited by sentient life, but only one comes back, and he's much worse for the wear.

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