Omon Ra
1992 • 166 pages

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Average rating3.7

15

A satire about the Soviet space program finds Omon, who has dreamed of space flight all of his life, enrolled as a cosmonaut only to learn that his task will be piloting a supposedly unmanned lunar vehicle to the Moon and remaining there to die


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Rather bizarre story of Soviet space exploration. Omon Ra is trained as a heroic cosmonaut to fulfill a mission on Moon. Turns out things aren't quite as he expects. The book is weird and hilarious.

January 21, 2015

Story: 5.5 / 10
Characters: 4
Setting: 2.5
Prose: 3

June 20, 2018

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