Walking to Aldebaran

Posted on 03 March 2017 by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Chilling story of a lost astronaut on an alien artefact from Arthur C Clarke award winning Adrian TchaikovskyMy name is Gary Rendell I m an astronaut When they asked me as a kid what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said, astronaut, please I dreamed astronaut, I worked astronaut, I studied astronaut.I got lucky when a probe sent out to explore the Oort Cloud found a strange alien rock and an international team of scientists was put together to go and look at it, I made the draw.I got even luckier When disaster hit and our team was split up, scattered through the endless cold tunnels, I somehow survived.Now I m lost, and alone, and scared, and there s something horrible in here.Lucky me.Lucky, lucky, lucky. Free Download Walking to Aldebaran by Adrian Tchaikovsky For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Aldebaran is a red star whose name comes from the Arabic word for follower, because it seems to follow the Pleides Interesting choice, although like others, my reading eye slurred it to Alderaan, Princess Leia s world, and I had to wonder if Tchaikovsky is playing with us, just a little In this novella, scientists have discovered an unusual object and sent a team to explore It contains some of the best of sci fi astronauts, exploration, discovery Oh, and some of the worst of what can Aldebaran is a red star whose name comes from the Arabic word for follower, because it seems to follow the Pleides Interesting choice, although like others, my reading eye slurred it to Alderaan, Princess Leia s world, and I had to wonder if Tchaikovsky is playing with us, just a little In this novella, scientists have discovered an unusual object and sent a team to explore It contains some of the best of sci fi astronauts, exploration, discovery Oh, and some of the worst of what can happen.I have no idea how to review this without spoilers That s probably okay, as the person telling the story puts spoiler warnings in as well which was hysterical.I was riveted.I ll re read it.Any comparisons may well turn out to be spoilers, so I hesitate to say what this book reminds me of For those that want an atmospheric idea from other books view spoiler I d say The Yellow Wallpaper by Plath crossed with The Martian crossed with Leviathan I...3.5 Well shit this was a stranger short novella with a nice twist to itThat was really well played NOT what I was expecting It s kind of like we started out with Mark Watney from The Martian, lost and alone, and with a sardonic sense of dark humor But then the story evolved into something farstrange and horrifying Gary Rendell is in deep space, separated from his crewmates, and wandering alone inside of an alien artifact in the area of Neptune, trying to find his way back It s a nightmarish place, dark and dangerous, with lots of things that want to That was really well played NOT what I was expecting It s kind of like we started out with Mark Watney from The Martian, lost and alone, and with a sardonic sense of dark humor But then the story evolved into something farstrange and horrifying Gary Rendell is in deep space, separated from his crewmates, and wandering alone inside of an alien artifact in the area of Neptune, trying to find his way back It s a nightmarish place, dark and dangerous, with lots of things that want to eat you The chapters alternate between his current wanderings meeting other alien inhabitants of the artifact and the backstory of how he got to where he is now.Major kudos to Tchaikovsky for all the literary references, including T.S Eliot and the one that s in the spoiler below Sci fi doesn t often challenge my vocabulary, but this one did, with words like pareidolia, floriate, and anagnorisis I was thankful for the Kindle dictionary function And I never knew befo...Scientists were baffled when the Kaveney probe, sent to investigate a new planet in the Kuiper belt, turned up nothing The math checked out There was definitely something out there yanking gravity s chain, and the prime candidate was one of those elusive far out planets, yet the probe s instruments showed nothing, nada, zilch A project years in the making for nothingthan a little comet dust and a cosmic whiff of disappointment But then the probe began to send back pictures all on its o Scientists were baffled when the Kaveney probe, sent to investigate a new planet in the Kuiper belt, turned up nothing The math checked out There was definitely something out there yanking gravity s chain, and the prime candidate was one of those elusive far out planets, yet the probe s instruments showed nothing, nada, zilch A project years in the making for nothingthan a little comet dust and a cosmic whiff of disappointment But then the probe began to send back pictures all on its own, and what they revealed was evenbaffling than all that nothingness They appeared to show some kind of alien artefact Further testing was inconclusive the results were maddeningly odd and confusing, but th...You know those times when you are reading Harlan Ellison and you say to yourself, Where are all the newer writers doing DARK FREAKING TWISTS in their SF, full of humor, horror, and anxiety Ah, good news, ya ll This one fits the bill In fact, I think I should make a little bookshelf named MUAHAHAHAHAHA.Yep Expect a first contact scenario playing out in flashback, wry and disturbing humor as we catch up with our poor pedestrian walking through the halls of the Frog God, and explore dista You know those times when you are reading Harlan Ellison and you say to yourself, Where are all the newer writers doing DARK FREAKING TWISTS in their SF, full of humor, horror, and anxiety Ah, good news, ya ll This one fits the bill In fact, I think I should make a little bookshelf named MUAHAHAHAHAHA.Yep Expect a first contact scenario playing out in flashback, wry and disturbing humor as we catch up with our poor pedestrian walk...This is dark and quirky scifi noir as astronaut Garry Rendell finds himself lost in an alien labyrinth Part of a combined nations space mission to explore an artifact discovered in the Oort cloud beyond Pluto, Rendell, separated from the rest of the exploration team, recounts his wanderings through the never ending tunnels, and his encounters with fellow wanderers Although he has maintained his sense of humour, the experience has clearly transformed him Original and imaginative with a twist o This is dark and quirky scifi noir as astronaut Garry Rendell finds himself lost in an alien labyrinth Part of a combined nations space mission to explore an artifact discovered in the Oort cloud beyond Pluto, Rendell, separated from the rest of the exploration team, recounts his wanderings through the never ending tunnels, and his encounters with fellow wanderers Although he has mainta...Bwahahahahahaha Do you happen to know the movie The Cube and or maybe it s sequel What started out as a relatively straightforward space adventure turns into quite similar mindfuckery.Gary is one of a number of astronauts from all kinds of countries on Earth that are sent to a mysterious Artifact that looks a bit like a frog face It s huge and somehow not entirely abiding by the laws of physics and we ve discovered it behind Pluto.As these things go, once we finally get over our usual squabb Bwahahahahahaha Do you happen to know the movie The Cube and or maybe it s sequel What started out as a relatively straightforward space adventure turns into quite similar mindfuckery.Gary is one of a number of astronauts from all kinds of countries on Earth that are sent to a mysterious Artifact that looks a bit like a frog face It s huge and somehow not entirely abiding by the laws of physics and we ve discovered it behind Pluto.As these things go, once we finally get over our usual squabbling, we re still not really technologically advanced enough for any of this but like in the movie Prometheus we don t care and just wing it because this is always a good idea, right.Anyway, shit goes wrong, of course, and we follow Gary through the maze that is the interior of the froggy face, slowly piecing together what has happened and therefore, maybe, what...I had read a couple of this author s books already so I was expecting good things when I took up this one and I was not disappointed Not by a long shot It was exceptionally good.I loved the main character, Gary Rendell from Stevenage, with his snarky, sarcastic comments, his self deprecation and his spoiler alerts The concept of the tunnels leading to other universes was just brilliant and I enjoyed all the aliens including the Egg people and the Pyramid people Gary failed to attend the lec I had read a couple of this author s books already so I was expecting good things when I took up this one and I was not disappointed Not by a long shot It was exceptionally good.I loved the main character, Gary Rendell from Stevenage, with his snarky, sarcastic comments, his self deprecation and his spoiler alerts The concep...Brilliant As hilarious as it is terrifying.Somehow it reminded me watching Happy you end up hysterically laughing in the most inappropriate gruesome moments.Recommend to everyone who likes sci fi, horror and dark humour.I absolutely loved this novella from the moment I picked it up to the moment I put it down It starts out very light The protagonist is a funny guy He s lost on an alien artifact humans have been calling the Crypts The story is told in two timelines, present and past The past timeline outlines how he came to be lost in the Crypts and tells us a little about the state of the world before he left earth In the present, he s wandering the Crypts encountering all manner of alien life.The writin I absolutely loved this novella from the moment I picked it up to the moment I put it down It starts out very light The protagonist is a funny guy He s lost on an alien artifact humans have been calling the Crypts The story is told in two timelines, present and past The past timeline outlines how he came to be lost in the Crypts and tells us a little about the state of the world before he left earth In the present, he s wandering the Crypts encountering all manner of alien life.The writing was very good I enjoyed the stream of consciousness style here, and...

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03 March 2017

Adrian Tchaikovsky