Aurora

Short review: This is a book that is intentionally pushing against the hopeful history of sci-fi space exploration that older sci-fi authors championed. Robinson is has a long and depressing (but fascinating) books on why space exploration is hopeless.

I link to two spoiler filled, but descriptive reviews in my longer review on my blog. Both explain the problems with the book.

In the end I am glad I read it. I appreciated some of the push back against overly enthusiastic space exploration. But I also though there were some holes in the book that were unnecessary.

My full review (no spoilers so a bit vague) is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/aurora/