#the javelin program

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And that's a wrap!

The Javelin Program (Time to Orbit: Unknown #1) (fan audiobook recording) : Derin Edala : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Ar

When Dr Aspen Greaves signed up for the Javelin Program, humanity's first foray into colonising deep space, they expected to wake up to life

For anyone curious, the total time stamp comes to almost exactly 18.5 hours. Phew! Enjoy!! I had fun making it! Thank you for giving folks permission to do this, @derinthescarletpescatarian!

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Queer Adult SFF Books Bracket: Round 1

Choose a book:

The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir

The Javelin Program by Derin Edala (Time to Orbit: Unknown series)

Voting ended onNov 30, 2024

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth, and others) by Tamsyn Muir

Endorsement from submitter #1: "An extremely fun, humorous romp! A heart-breaking, soul crushing catharsis inducing tragedy! A thoughtful piece on imperial structures and trauma. On queerness, Muir flawlessly and without announcement, cracks gender open like an egg and spills its disproven guts across the page. The Locked Tomb does it all also bones, bitch."

Endorsement from submitter #2: "Lesbian necromancers in space. So many fascinating, sort of fucked up sapphic relationships going on."

The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier.

Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead.

Fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, humor, series, adult

The Javelin Program by Derin Edala (Time to Orbit: Unknown series)

When Dr Aspen Greaves signed up for the Javelin Program, humanity's first foray into colonising deep space, they expected to wake up to life in a thriving colony on a distant planet. Instead, they find themself five years away from their destination on a broken spaceship full of complex mysteries, dead astronauts, and a very unhelpful AI.

Aspen wasn't trained for any of this. But if they can't keep themselves alive, get the ship in working order, and find out what went wrong by unravelling a chain of mysteries leading all the way back to distant Earth, then neither Aspen nor the five thousand sleeping passengers in their care will ever see a planet again.

Science fiction, mystery, series, adult

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Have you read The Javelin Program by Derin Edala (2024)?

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Voting ended onNov 25, 2025

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read in 2025: sci-fi honorary mentions

(also in a bit more of a scififantasy direction for some)

Demon Engine

The Javelin Program/The Antarctica Conspiracy

Hammajang Luck

A Necessary Chaos

These Fragile Graces, This Fugitive Heart

This Gilded Abyss

The Cosmic Color

Cage of Starlight

Magica Riot

read in 2025

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Dr. Aspen Greaves from Time to Orbit: Unknown is aromantic!

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@derinthescarletpescatarian - finally picked up my Christmas gift to myself today, and I must say, the Javelin Program cover art looks especially nice on the eInk screen.

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listen i need y’all to know that @derinthescarletpescatarian is a genie with words & you should go read this sci-fi epic, like, Right Now. i haven’t had this much fun with a sci-fi book since i read the first expanse.

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Bookclub Review: Time To Orbit: Unknown

Derin Edala’s Time to Orbit: Unknown, featuring The Javelin Program and The Antarctica Conspiracy, are a science fiction duology that was a

Hello everyone, I read all of Derin Edala -- @derinthescarletpescatarian -- Time to Orbit: Unknown series in a week, because that's how good it is! The review is one of my longer ones (19 minutes 😬) BUT only because I had so much to gush about! So please give it a read, and also, send me some fanart of it because I can't find any 😅