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Saturn Run

*originally published Feb 2016

Saturn Run review

Author: John Sandford

When I walked into my local Barnes & Noble (sorry, indie bookstores. I would visit you if there were one within a 25 mile radius of my house) to find my “first book you see in a bookstore” challenge book. I blocked my peripheral vision so I didn’t end up with a cookbook or an origami book or a how to draw cars book. My only rule was that the first book I saw couldn’t be the book in the middle of a series, and it couldn’t be a book that I had already read. And there on the bottom shelf was Saturn Run. A science fiction book. I hate science fiction. Hate. Ugh.

And rather than spending $20 on a book I did not want to read, I put it on hold at the library. There were a few people ahead of me, so after several weeks, I got the email that this book was ready for download. And because there were people behind me on the reserve list, I got the book for 2 weeks only. It was happening. I had to read it. So, I set myself a 10% daily goal so I would have a little wiggle room. And I was so sucked into the book that I finished my daily goals with no problem. This was an excellent book.

The author, John Sandford, writes thrilllers, namely the Prey series. I had never heard of this guy until I picked up Saturn Run. But he apparently writes pretty decent books. On his twitter page, Stephen King is quoted saying “If you haven’t read Sandford, you’re missing one of the great summer-read novelists of all time.” This sounds like a back handed compliment to me, but if Sandford has it on his homepage, I guess he appreciated it. I believe he has 22 Prey books out.

So, for an author who normally writes thrillers, to delve into science fiction, there must be a little carryover of the original genre. And thankfully for this sci-fi disliking reader, there was. Imagine this book to be a fair combo of both. The story lagged in the middle for me, but once they got to Saturn (I don’t think it’s a spoiler, given the title) the plot picked up the pace. The characters were pretty thin, but with good female roles, so I can’t complain. Finding the “alien race” is one of my least favorite plots in any genre of book, but this book was really not about that as much as the science of getting to and from Saturn (assuming they do…. 😉 ).

I was pleasantly surprised by this one and will be checking out the Prey series at some point. It might take me a few years to read them all, but I am willing to bet they make great audio reads.

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Saturn Run by John Sandford, Ctein torrent

The year is 2066. A Caltech intern inadvertently notices an anomaly from a space telescope—something is approaching Saturn, and decelerating. Space objects don’t decelerate. Spaceships do.

A flurry of top-level government meetings produces the inescapable conclusion: Whatever built that ship is at least one hundred years ahead in hard and soft…

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My fav character just died and I'm trying so hard to not cry. Fuck. Fuck this book.

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Saturn Run by John Sandford and Ctein- 2.5/5

In John Sandford’s newest release, a groups of American and Chinese astronauts race to Saturn after evidence of aliens is discovered on one of the planet’s moons. Taking place in the far future, this hard scifi narrative has a compelling plot and main cast of characters, but tries to balance too many threads of story. The plot of the first 2/3s of the book is slow to the point of boredom, the next 1/6th is compelling and paced perfectly, and the last 1/6th feels as if Sandford is attempting to shove all the plot he forgot about into the final few chapters. The main characters are well-developed and compelling, but the peripheral characters are numerous and flat, showing up once or twice then disappearing. Stylistically, the book is a nightmare- it reads like a science textbook with a few snippy quotes copy and pasted in. I would recommend this book to those who are very interested in science, as it tries it’s best to stay accurate- not being a theoretical physicist myself, I wouldn’t know- but not to anyone looking for a light fun read, or a deep and riveting narrative.

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Saturn Run by John Sandford and Ctien

Sandy peered at the piece of paper in his hand, as if he were having trouble reading it, and said, “The computer said there’s a critical anomaly. It says there is an object approaching Saturn, that it is real, that it is kilometers long and across, that its spectra is UV-rich-hot, and that it is emitting hydrogen. Oh yeah, it’s decelerating, and it will achieve Saturn orbit in thirteen hours.”

The Chinese are all set for a mission to Mars when a strange object is seen approaching Saturn. They immediately change their focus from Mars to Saturn. The United States must do everything they can if they want to arrive at Saturn before the Chinese. THE RACE IS ON!

This is definitely my favourite book so far this year. I love massive science-fiction based novels. This one was rich in science (not that I understood any of it), rich in characters, plot and humour, and was undeniably a thrilling read. You don’t have to be a lover of science fiction to enjoy this novel; you just have to be a lover of a great novel.

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