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Christopher Mari
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Brooklyn, NY , The United States
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Ocean of Storms
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2016
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The Beachhead
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2017
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The Mermaid in the Water Tower
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2015
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U.S. National Debate Topic 2011-2012: American Space Exploration and Development
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2011
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Global Epidemics
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2007
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Ten Worlds Away
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The Next Space Age
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2008
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The American Presidency: Number 4
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Current Biog Intl Yearbk 2007 (Current Biography International Yearbook)
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Richie Rich and Brighton Beach
I almost never feel like a piece of writing comes out exactly the way I imagined it, but this one is one of those exceptions to the rules. “Richie Rich and Brighton Beach” is about the bonkers trips my mom and grandma used to take us on every summer down to Coney Island.
I hope the essay makes you laugh and that you enjoy reading it as much I enjoyed writing it.
Here it is: https://www.dappledthin Read more of this blog post »
I hope the essay makes you laugh and that you enjoy reading it as much I enjoyed writing it.
Here it is: https://www.dappledthin Read more of this blog post »
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“a.m. Max Shepherd knew few people who loved working the graveyard shift. But for him, working nights at the institute was about as plum a job as he could have wished for. Just a year into his doctoral program, he had landed a position as research assistant to Dr. Elliot Seaborne, the noted seismologist currently heading up the Lunar Seismology Initiative. A NASA-sponsored project, the LSI was yet another component of the agency’s increasing desire to mount a return to the Moon. A new series of lunar missions had been talked about since Shepherd had been in grammar school. But since NASA had scrapped its shuttle program back in 2011, the Moon had become”
― Ocean of Storms
― Ocean of Storms
“CHRISTOPHER MARI was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at Fordham University. He has edited books on a wide variety of topics, including three on space exploration. His writing has appeared”
― Ocean of Storms
― Ocean of Storms
“When a new series of manned lunar missions had initially been proposed back in 2004, the plan had been to slowly phase out the reusable but tragically unreliable shuttle fleet in favor of Apollo-style one-shot capsules, with the goal of reaching the Moon sometime in the next decade.”
― Ocean of Storms
― Ocean of Storms
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Change Agent by Daniel Suarez (2017)
Use of CRISPR to alter DNA goes black market. In the news a couple weeks ago, a baby was just cured of a fetal disease this week. The black market thing probably will happen in the next decade or two.
Use of CRISPR to alter DNA goes black market. In the news a couple weeks ago, a baby was just cured of a fetal disease this week. The black market thing probably will happen in the next decade or two.
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (2021)
Better than The Martian … and every other techno-thriller I’ve read, though there is a minority of people who don’t like it. It is a little more ambitious than The Martian.
Better than The Martian … and every other techno-thriller I’ve read, though there is a minority of people who don’t like it. It is a little more ambitious than The Martian.
Critical Mass by Daniel Suarez (2023)
Mining asteroids. A “sequel” to Delta-V, but Delta-V had an ending. So, I’m expecting this will stand alone as a complete story just fine.
Mining asteroids. A “sequel” to Delta-V, but Delta-V had an ending. So, I’m expecting this will stand alone as a complete story just fine.
Upgrade by Blake Crouch (2022)
A techno-thriller about gene editing people for advantage.
A techno-thriller about gene editing people for advantage.
The Beachhead by Christopher Mari (2023)
China and US go to war when China tries to invade Taiwan. Evidently timely according to recent news.
China and US go to war when China tries to invade Taiwan. Evidently timely according to recent news.
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― Time and Again
― Time and Again
