The Last Astronaut

I definitely enjoyed The Last Astronaut much more than David Wellington's zombie book, Positive. Astronaut gave me some strong Alien/Contact/The Martian/Arthur Clarke vibes from it, but I absolutely wanted it to lean far far more into the body horror dread and existential nightmare fuel potential the plot could have offered. Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream came to mind at times, but it seemed like Wellington struggled a little bit when it came to juggling the large cast, thus resulting in some underwhelming sections that could have been scrapped in order to give more suspense/action. Don't let that dissuade you though, as this was a very fun and gripping scifi/horror book that I'd very much like a sequel to.

FANCAST:

- Mission Commander Sally Jansen (Charlize Theron)

- Roy McAllister (Tim Robbins/Jodie Foster)

- Dr. Sunny Stevens (Dylan O'Brien)

- Dr. Parminder Rao (Garaldine Viswanathan/Lou Llobell)

- Major Winston Hawkins (Alan Ritchson)

- Charlotte Harewell (Rebecca Ferguson)

- Kyung-Leonard (Song Kang-ho)

- Commander Willem Foster (Garret Dillahunt)

- Mission Specialist Sandra Chaniron (Eiza Gonzalez)