Oxygen (Oxygen, #1)

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Valkerie Jansen is tough, beautiful, and has an uncanny knack for survival But that doesn t explain why NASA picks her to be part of a two man, two woman crew to Mars or does it Bob Kaganovski, the ship s mechanic, is paid to be paranoid and he s good at it After a teeth rattling launch, Bob realizes that his paranoia hasn t prepared him for this trip He can deal with a banged up ship, but how s he going to survive the next five months with HER just a flimsy partition away Halfway to the Red Planet, an explosion leaves the crew with only enough oxygen for one All evidence points to sabotage and Valkerie and Bob are the obvious suspects.Oxygen is a witty, multi award winning roller coaster ride, with a plot that moves at the speed of light.The authors had hoped to work in some cool controversy on science, faith, the meaning of life, the existence of God, and possibly even the Coke versus Pepsi debate, but they were having so much fun writing the story that they forgot to offend anyone.This is the second edition of Oxygen, released in September, 2011 It includes four bonus appendices that will specially interest aspiring authors and readers who want to know the story behind the story Learn how John and Randy sold this novel to a publisher in less than 7 weeks without an agent See the exact proposal they used to sell the book And read their hilarious critiques of each other s first scene. 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Olson – kino-fada.fr Oxygen by John B Olson and Randy Ingermanson is a great new science fiction thriller NASA wants to send a crew of four to Mars, two men and two women While they are on their way to the Red Planet an explosion seriously damages their ship Now the question is, who did it And why I really enjoyed this novel Christian fiction is not genre I normally read, and although there are religious questions throughout the book, I didn t feel like it was being crammed down my throat The questions were Oxygen by John B Olson and Randy Ingermanson is a great new science fiction thriller NA...Originally I first heard of this book when I was fishing for tips on how to write novels and I came across Randy Ingermanson s Snowflake Method Then I noticed this book and thought I d give it a read after having seen glowing ratings and compliments about its pace and story Upon finishing, my personal review was not one of glowing stars and meritorious comments The beginning of the novel sucked Sure, I was thrown right into the fray with our protagonist, Valkerie fighting for her life, that Originally I first heard of this book when I was fishing for tips on how to write novels and I came across Randy Ingermanson s Snowflake Method Then I noticed this book and thought I d give it a read after having seen glowing ratings and compliments about its pace and story Upon finishing, ...Ok, so I was really disappointed in this book, despite its heralded, award winning reputation Maybe I m just not as big a sci fi fan as I once was, or maybe I m too selective in this genre, but I grew tired of it quickly and just wanted to get to the end simply to see who survived and how My biggest complaint was too many conflicts one after the other, after the other I couldn t keep myself in crisis mode and still maintain caring for the characters The author strove to impress on us the Ok, so I was really disappointed in this book, despite its heralded, award winning reputation Maybe I m just not as big a sci fi fan as I once was, or maybe I m too selective in this genre, but I grew tired of it quickly and just wanted to g...Hard science fiction isn t my usual reading, but one of the authors of Oxygen, Randy Ingermanson, developed a popular outlining method for writers the Snowflake method and I found out about Oxygen on his site I ll admit that what grabbed me was the romance aspect of science fiction romance , but I ended up thoroughly enjoying everything about this book.The story follows a team of four, two men and two women, who are to be the first astronauts on Mars NASA is short on funds and has had to tu Hard science fiction isn t my usual reading, but one of the authors of Oxygen, Randy Ingermanson, developed a popular outlining method for writers the Snowflake method and I found out about Oxygen on his site I ll admit that what grabbed me was the romance aspect of science fiction romance , bu...A while ago I took advantage of a cheap Kindle download of John B Olson and Randy Ingermanson s 2001 novel Oxygen though I m not a fan of its genre near future scientific thriller , I wanted to see if Snowflake guru Ingermanson could actually write fiction and was attracted by the Bonus Goodies For Aspiring Authors included in this edition.The story is about a space mission to Mars We meet the characters the astronauts when...Oxygen is a well researched and crafted, near future, Christian science fiction novel Published in 2001, the story is set in 2014 during the first manned mission to Mars Microbial ecologist Valkerie Jansen is assigned to the Ares 10 as late replacement This alone would cause strain for the crew but her faith adds another level of tension When a near catastrophic explosion occurs the crew of two men and two women must learn to trust each other or perish in the cold of space While I pray that Oxygen is a well researched and crafted, near future, Christian science fiction novel Published in 2001, the story is set in 2014 during the first manned mission to Mars Microbial ecologist Valkerie Jansen is assigned to the Ares 10 as late replacement This alone would cause strain for the crew but her faith adds another level of tension When a near cat...I was surprisingly impressed by this book since sci fi and Christian fiction are not usually a very good combination.ddddrrrraaaaawwwwwnnnnnnn out, way out.Beginning is good, middle gets tedious, ending fairly good Could give five stars but for the middle.Been many years since I read this book but I do remember I enjoyed it I like sci fi if it is properly written and this was.

Oxygen (Oxygen, #1)
  • English
  • 24 October 2017
  • ebook
  • 621 pages
  • John B. Olson
  • Oxygen (Oxygen, #1)