{"product_id":"saving-proxima-travis-s-taylor-9781982125509","title":"Saving Proxima","description":"\u003cb\u003eA message from space leads to a desperate race against time and across space to our nearest stellar neighbor in a new hard science fiction thriller from Travis S. Taylor and Les Johnson. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2072. At the lunar farside radio observatory, an old-school radio broadcast is detected, similar to those broadcast on Earth in the 1940s, but in an unknown language, coming from an impossible source--Proxima Centauri. While the nations of Earth debate making first contact, they learn that the Proximans are facing an extinction-level disaster, forcing a decision: will Earth send a ship on a multiyear trip to render aid? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInterstellar travel is not easy, and by traveling at the speeds required to arrive before disaster strikes at Proxima, humans will learn firsthand the time-dilating effects of Einstein's Special Relativity and be forced to ponder ultimate questions: What does it mean to be human? What will it take to share the stars with another form of life? What if I return younger than my own children? The answers are far from academic, for they may determine the fate of not one, but two, civilizations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Travis S. Taylor: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[E]xplodes with inventive action.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e on Travis S. Taylor's \u003ci\u003eThe Quantum Connection\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[\u003ci\u003eWarp Speed\u003c\/i\u003e] reads like Doc Smith writing Robert Ludlum . . . You won't want to put it down.\"--John Ringo \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eStellaris: People of the Stars, \u003c\/i\u003ecoedited by Les Johnson: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[A] thought-provoking look at a selection of real-world challenges and speculative fiction solutions. . . . Readers will enjoy this collection that is as educational as it is entertaining.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This was an enjoyable collection of science fiction dealing with colonizing the stars. In the collection were several gems and the overall quality was high.\"--\u003ci\u003eTangent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eMission to Methone, \u003c\/i\u003eby Les Johnson: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The spirit of Arthur C. Clarke and his contemporaries is alive and well in Johnson's old-fashioned first-contact novel, set in 2068. . . . includes plenty of realistic detail and puts fun new spins on familiar alien concepts. . . . There's a great deal here for fans of early hard SF.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"With equal parts science fiction and international intrigue. . . . an exciting, fast-paced read that you will not want to put down.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eRescue Mode, \u003c\/i\u003eby Ben Bova and Les Johnson: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \". . . a suspenseful and compelling narrative of the first human spaceflight to Mars.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Travis S. Taylor, Les Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1982125500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982125509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.42w x 1.22d","brand":"Travis S. Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44044438077695,"sku":"9781982125509","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e4c1d667-47c4-4e69-92d5-2bd294f618f8.jpg?v=1684972849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saving-proxima-travis-s-taylor-9781982125509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}