Saturn Run

Takes too long to get going - too many technical details and political space race stuff.

A good sci-fi thriller with some science sprinkled in. If you love “The Martian”, I'm sure you'll enjoy this too.

A pretty standard “hard” sci-fi plot, though it was written in a style that made it more entertaining to read than many. The first contact aspect wasn't as interesting as the dynamics between characters which isn't necessarily what I expected given the genre.

A 4 star book with a 2.5 star ending.

[b:Saturn Run 24611668 Saturn Run John Sandford https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1429666760s/24611668.jpg 44222814] is hard science fiction – the good kind of hard science fiction with lots of geeky real science and real tech. It also tells a suspenseful and exciting story.An intern at Caltech was doing some routine image work to recalibrate a newly repaired space telescope when he spotted an anomaly. An object was approaching Saturn and it was decelerating. It could only be a spaceship and it wasn't from Earth. This effectively put the cat among the pigeons. The world's two superpowers, China and the USA, both started crash programs to go to Saturn and investigate. The race was on. It wouldn't be safe and it wouldn't be friendly. Alien tech of immeasurable value was at stake and both governments wanted it for their own.Good book; a high-tech, hard-science thriller filled with interesting characters. A solid four stars.

I'd rather fall into a black hole than read this book again.

I didn't know what to expect (Mr. Sandford is new to me) but I needn't have worried. The experience was enjoyable from beginning to end. It had: a race to Saturn with competing technologies, technology adequately explained (but not over-explained), aliens, political plotting and counter-plotting, believable persona (on both sides of the equation) and a wonderful twist at the end. I understand this is John Sandford's first “science fiction” book; I would encourage him to write more! The Sol system is a big place...

I received a copy from Netgalley, to read and review.

I've read almost all of John Sandford's Prey series, so was excited to read this book from him. Very different from his regular books.

This book sucked me in from the start and I couldn't put it down. I stayed up til 2am to finish reading it! The Storyline and characters grabbed you and didn't let go.

awesome read!