Do You Dream of Terra-Two?
Books | Fiction / Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction
3.5
Temi Oh
An NPR favorite book of 2019 Winner of the ALA/YALSA Alex Award When an Earth-like planet is discovered, a team of six teens, along with three veteran astronauts, embark on a twenty-year trip to set up a planet for human colonization—but find that space is more deadly than they ever could have imagined. Have you ever hoped you could leave everything behind? Have you ever dreamt of a better world? Can a dream sustain a lifetime? A century ago, an astronomer discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star. She predicted that one day humans would travel there to build a utopia. Today, ten astronauts are leaving everything behind to find it. Four are veterans of the twentieth century’s space-race. And six are teenagers who’ve trained for this mission most of their lives. It will take the team twenty-three years to reach Terra-Two. Twenty-three years locked in close quarters. Twenty-three years with no one to rely on but each other. Twenty-three years with no rescue possible, should something go wrong. And something always goes wrong.
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Author
Temi Oh
Pages
544
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Published Date
2019-08-13
ISBN
1534437401 9781534437401
Ratings
Google: 5
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"Boring and annoying. Mostly whiny teens making stupid decisions."
Sarah Brown
"A masterful work of fiction that knows exactly what it wants to be. The way I grew attached to every character in such a short amount of time was impressive, and I felt genuinely connected to each and every one. The cast was diverse, and showed an interesting angle through points of view you don’t often get to see. I absolutely loved the ending, and the message of the book overall. "
Zenith
"Spectacular from start to finish. And a debut! I can’t wait to read what Temi Oh writes next!<br/><br/>This is a great read for anyone who loves hard sci-fi without losing anything in terms of strong character development and storyline."
Reading into the Void
"This book was way too slow and boring for me - the first really exciting to occur in the book happened around the 76% mark. Most of the book was just the teen characters arguing and complaining about everything. It doesn't make sense to me that any of these people were cleared to fly. They all have extremely obvious issues, their personalities clash constantly (they will have to live together in a confined space for 23 years!) and they always seem to take the opportunity to make a bad decision. The religious aspects were also really off-putting to me, and it's weird how the writing leans so hard into psychological issues but always seems to shy away from racism and colonialism when they come up.<br/><br/>There were a few quotes I liked (plus the one exciting thing and a couple of the adult characters) but it's not enough to ever recommend this to anyone."
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"Loved this book. Very unique perspective. "
Meagz Oh Canada
"Fantastic read, highly recommend!!!"
Eilish