A few days ago, I read the book Red Thunder by John Varley. This book is about 7 American misfits. The book takes place a little ahead of our time, just when the next space race begins. This race is to Mars, and with everyone accepting the fate that the NASA maned space ship, Ares Seven would reach second place behind the Chinese, the 7 misfits set out to do what everyone thinks is impossible... to build a space ship and have it reach Mars in under four days.This book was one of the best books ever. I would give it a 10 out of 10. Not only did it inspired me of thinking of new ways of making a space ship, (Which the thought has crossed my mind several times before) it also presented all the problems in a way that I could see them clearly without brushing them aside. I really hope this author writes another book in the same time line.
