Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in Space Anthony Award for Best First Novel (2009) in many ways

in many ways

former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government

emotionally complex ‘reading-group’ novel that delves into why Cassandra burned a treasure trove of letters written by her sister

Through interviews with current and former employees

and the two dare to take pleasure in raiding it for the treasure it contains

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in Space Anthony Award for Best First Novel (2009) in many waysThe best selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you cant walk for a year? Have sex?