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A review by nick_borrelli
Titan by Stephen Baxter
4.0
I enjoyed this one a lot but I usually enjoy Baxter's books. Titan is the second book in the NASA trilogy (Voyage being book 1 and Moonseed being book 3). A great story about finding signs of life on Saturn's largest moon Titan. We are treated to a bunch of fascinating science, which is per usual as Baxter likes to show his technical and scientific knowledge quite regularly in his writing. The entire trip to Titan was well done and then what happens once the team lands is worth the read in and of itself. I don't agree with people who say that Baxter's prose is dry and that he has a hard time with characterization. I have been enthralled with every book that I have read by him and consider him one of the best hard sci-fi writers up there with Vernor Vinge and Gregory Benford. My only criticism is there were a couple of times when it was a little slow-going but other than that, I loved it. On to the next Stephen Baxter book!