Voyage (Stephen Baxter)
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Voyage is a 1996 hard science fiction novel by British author Stephen Baxter. The book depicts a manned mission to Mars as it might have been in another future where John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt on him in 1963.
The book is a part of what is known as the "NASA trilogy" (consisting of Voyage, Titan, and Moonseed) in which Stephen Baxter explores what might have become of the American space program if certain circumstances had been different. Voyage won a Sidewise Award for Alternate History.
Plot summary
The novel is written with two tracks, one following the Ares mission to Mars, and one following primarily Natalie York in her struggle towards becoming an astronaut, but also other people preparing for the mission.
Characters in \"Voyage\"
- Natalie York: A geologist training to become an astronaut. She is aboard the Mars Mission
- Ben Priest: York's boyfriend and fellow astronaut
- Gregory Dana: Rocket Scientist and Nazi camp survivor
- Lee(JK): Director of Columbia Aviation
| Books by Stephen Baxter ([edit]) |
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| Xeelee Sequence: Raft - Timelike Infinity - Flux - Ring - Vacuum Diagrams - Reality Dust - Riding the Rock |
| Destiny's Children Series: Coalescent - Exultant - Transcendent - Resplendent |
| Manifold Trilogy: [[Manifold: Time|Time]] - [[Manifold: Space|Space]] - [[Manifold: Origin|Origin]] - Phase Space |
| The Mammoth Trilogy: Silverhair - Longtusk - Icebones |
| A Time Odyssey Series: Time's Eye - Sunstorm - Firstborn |
| The Web Series: Gulliverzone - Webcrash |
| Time's Tapestry Series: Emperor - Conqueror |
| Others: Anti-Ice - The Time Ships - Voyage - Titan - Moonseed - The Light of Other Days - Traces - Evolution |
| Non-fiction: Deep Future - Omegatropic - Ages in Chaos |
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