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Critical Mass : A Novel by Daniel Suarez (2023, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100593183630

ISBN-139780593183632

eBay Product ID (ePID)26057260833

Product Key Features

Book TitleCritical Mass : a Novel

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Thrillers / Technological, Science Fiction / Space Exploration

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorDaniel Suarez

Book SeriesA Delta-V Novel Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.5 in

Item Weight23.7 Oz

Item Length9.3 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2022-017530

Reviews"Daniel Suarez's deft narrative skills, genuine concern for humanity's fate, and prodigious research have produced a stem-winding thriller about a potentially feasible future... Critical Mass explains as thoroughly as it entertains, leaving you hoping we can live up to its promise." --Alan Weisman, New York Times bestselling author of The World Without Us and Countdown "Thoroughly researched and brilliantly written, Daniel Suarez integrates the technology, intrigue, chaos and the human drama of the next 'giant leap' with rare scientific and operational literacy. Haunting, bold and inspirational, this deep space tale resonates on every level." --James Logan, MD, former NASA Chief of Flight Medicine on Delta-v "Daniel Suarez's hugely impressive Delta-v fuses the real world with sci-fi, giving the space genre a new boost and new hope." --Tom Shippey, The Wall Street Journal on Delta-v "High finance and asteroid mining on the High Frontier--terrific!" --Greg Bear, New York Times bestselling author on Delta-v "Biopunk has been waiting for its William Gibson, to bring a whole new vision of the future as Mr. Gibson did for cyberpunk, and Daniel Suarez has done it. . . . Exhilarating, alarming--Daniel Suarez plays the two great thrills of sci-fi against each other, and not just for fun. He thinks this is coming, and he means it. Read it and wonder." -- The Wall Street Journal on Change Agent "The depth and sophistication of Suarez's dystopian world--not to mention his facility at making complex science intelligible to the nonexpert--rivals anything Michael Crichton ever did." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Change Agent "Terrifyingly plausible." --Time on Change Agent "Enthralling, convincing." --Time on Influx "So frightening, even the government has taken note." --Entertainment Weekly on Influx "Perfectly blending nail-biting suspense with accessible science, bestseller Suarez establishes himself as a legitimate heir to Michael Crichton with this gripping present-day thriller." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review) on Kill Decision, "It''s nice to see some hard science fiction now and then. This novel focuses on engineering marvels in high-tension situations, casting forward to a near future that will repeat Earth''s cycles of exploration, exploitation and warring powers." -- Den of Geek "A dazzling, high-tech tour de force, with details so vivid, you''ll feel swept straight into orbit. In Critical Mass , Suarez has created a near-future with such meticulous detail that it feels as if he''s actually lived it." --Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of Gravity "Daniel Suarez''s deft narrative skills, genuine concern for humanity''s fate, and prodigious research have produced a stem-winding thriller about a potentially feasible future... Critical Mass explains as thoroughly as it entertains, leaving you hoping we can live up to its promise." --Alan Weisman, New York Times bestselling author of The World Without Us and Countdown "Suarez''s follow-up to Delta-V describes a world in which science helps humanity rise above its petty political squabbles to enter an exciting new space age, where the bounty of the heavens can solve problems much closer to home... The book gives a fascinating look at how the challenge of space exploration will meet the realities of a politically divided world. It will appeal to audiences who have wondered how humanity can ever hope to explore space, given the political and environmental problems holding us back. This is a fantastic tech-minded sci-fi in the vein of Kim Stanley Robinson." --Jeremiah Rood, Library Journal "Thoroughly researched and brilliantly written, Daniel Suarez integrates the technology, intrigue, chaos and the human drama of the next ''giant leap'' with rare scientific and operational literacy. Haunting, bold and inspirational, this deep space tale resonates on every level." --James Logan, MD, former NASA Chief of Flight Medicine on Delta-v "Daniel Suarez''s hugely impressive Delta-v fuses the real world with sci-fi, giving the space genre a new boost and new hope." --Tom Shippey, The Wall Street Journal on Delta-v "High finance and asteroid mining on the High Frontier--terrific!" --Greg Bear, New York Times bestselling author on Delta-v "Biopunk has been waiting for its William Gibson, to bring a whole new vision of the future as Mr. Gibson did for cyberpunk, and Daniel Suarez has done it. . . . Exhilarating, alarming--Daniel Suarez plays the two great thrills of sci-fi against each other, and not just for fun. He thinks this is coming, and he means it. Read it and wonder." -- The Wall Street Journal on Change Agent "The depth and sophistication of Suarez''s dystopian world--not to mention his facility at making complex science intelligible to the nonexpert--rivals anything Michael Crichton ever did." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Change Agent "Terrifyingly plausible." --Time on Change Agent "Enthralling, convincing." --Time on Influx "So frightening, even the government has taken note." --Entertainment Weekly on Daemon "Perfectly blending nail-biting suspense with accessible science, bestseller Suarez establishes himself as a legitimate heir to Michael Crichton with this gripping present-day thriller." -- Publisher''s Weekly (starred review) on Kill Decision "Greatest. Techno-thriller. Period. " --William O''Brien, former White House director of Cybersecurity on Daemon "The characters are vivid, the pacing is perfect, the villain is capital-E evil, and the author''s near-future world is so well developed that you completely buy his wildest speculations. A magnificent tour de force. " -- Booklist on Influx "Suarez once again mixes science and fiction perfectly. " -- Publishers Weekly on Influx, "Daniel Suarez's deft narrative skills, genuine concern for humanity's fate, and prodigious research have produced a stem-winding thriller about a potentially feasible future... Critical Mass explains as thoroughly as it entertains, leaving you hoping we can live up to its promise." --Alan Weisman, New York Times bestselling author of The World Without Us and Countdown "Thoroughly researched and brilliantly written, Daniel Suarez integrates the technology, intrigue, chaos and the human drama of the next 'giant leap' with rare scientific and operational literacy. Haunting, bold and inspirational, this deep space tale resonates on every level." --James Logan, MD, former NASA Chief of Flight Medicine on Delta-v "Daniel Suarez's hugely impressive Delta-v fuses the real world with sci-fi, giving the space genre a new boost and new hope." --Tom Shippey, The Wall Street Journal on Delta-v "High finance and asteroid mining on the High Frontier--terrific!" --Greg Bear, New York Times bestselling author on Delta-v "Biopunk has been waiting for its William Gibson, to bring a whole new vision of the future as Mr. Gibson did for cyberpunk, and Daniel Suarez has done it. . . . Exhilarating, alarming--Daniel Suarez plays the two great thrills of sci-fi against each other, and not just for fun. He thinks this is coming, and he means it. Read it and wonder." -- The Wall Street Journal on Change Agent "The depth and sophistication of Suarez's dystopian world--not to mention his facility at making complex science intelligible to the nonexpert--rivals anything Michael Crichton ever did." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) on Change Agent "Terrifyingly plausible." --Time on Change Agent "Enthralling, convincing." --Time on Influx "So frightening, even the government has taken note." --Entertainment Weekly on Daemon "Perfectly blending nail-biting suspense with accessible science, bestseller Suarez establishes himself as a legitimate heir to Michael Crichton with this gripping present-day thriller." -- Publisher's Weekly (starred review) on Kill Decision "Greatest. Techno-thriller. Period. " --William O'Brien, former White House director of Cybersecurity on Daemon "The characters are vivid, the pacing is perfect, the villain is capital-E evil, and the author's near-future world is so well developed that you completely buy his wildest speculations. A magnificent tour de force. " -- Booklist on Influx "Suarez once again mixes science and fiction perfectly. " -- Publishers Weekly on Influx

Dewey Edition23

Series Volume Number2

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisIn New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid--kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance. When unforeseen circumstances during an innovative -- and unsanctioned -- commercial asteroid-mining mission leave two crew members stranded, those who make it back must engineer a rescue, all while navigating a shifting web of global political alliances and renewed Cold War tensions. With Earth governments consumed by the ravages of climate change and unable to take the risks necessary to make rapid progress in space, the crew must build their own nextgen spacecraft capable of mounting a rescue in time for the asteroid's next swing by Earth. In the process they'll need to establish the first spin-gravity station in deep space, the first orbiting solar power satellite and refinery, and historic infrastructure on the moon's surface -- all of which could alleviate a deepening ecological, political, and economic crisis back on Earth, and prove that space-based industry is not only profitable , but possibly humanity's best hope for a livable, peaceful future., In New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez's latest space-tech thriller, a group of pioneering astropreneurs must overcome never-before-attempted engineering challenges to rescue colleagues stranded at a distant asteroid-kicking off a new space race in which Earth's climate crisis could well hang in the balance. When unforeseen circumstances during an innovative - and unsanctioned - commercial asteroid-mining mission leave two crew members stranded, those who make it back must engineer a rescue, all while navigating a shifting web of global political alliances and renewed Cold War tensions. With Earth governments consumed by the ravages of climate change and unable to take the risks necessary to make rapid progress in space, the crew must build their own nextgen spacecraft capable of mounting a rescue in time for the asteroid's next swing by Earth. In the process they'll need to establish the first spin-gravity station in deep space, the first orbiting solar power satellite and refinery, and historic infrastructure on the moon's surface - all of which could alleviate a deepening ecological, political, and economic crisis back on Earth, and prove that space-based industry is not only profitable , but possibly humanity's best hope for a livable, peaceful future.

LC Classification NumberPS3619.U327Cr 2023