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Alastair Miles

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Alastair Miles was born in Kent in the 70s, which seems like an increasingly long time ago. He works as a design engineer, or a close approximation of one, and he loves all things space related. He combines elements of humour, space exploration, science fiction, philosophy and adventure in his works. His writing competes with other interests in whatever spare time life is prepared to grant him.

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Average rating: 4.17 · 29 ratings · 10 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sub-Luminal 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Going Afterlife 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jupiter 34: Euporie by Alastair Miles (Goodreads Author), Dominic de Mattos, Jack Davidson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Armies of Light and Dark (Babylon 5: Legions of Fire, #2)

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Alastair Miles is currently reading Armies of Light and Dark (Babylon 5: Legions of Fire, #2) by Peter David	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Alastair Miles rated a book it was ok The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) by Patricia Highsmith	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Tom Ripley is a a schizophrenic murderer. He wants money, success and the good life and he's willing to kill for it - should the mood take him. This is a book that was recommended to me - and I went for it because it's not the sort of thing I normally ...more
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Alastair Miles rated a book it was amazing Into the Black by Rowland White (2016-04-26) by Rowland White	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I bought a copy of this book alongside Mike Mullane's Riding Rockets. I'd been recommended the former and this came up as a companion read. I admit I was a little sceptical. Mike Mullane's book is an emotional rollercoaster, funny and tragic from page ...more
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Alastair Miles rated a book liked it Slide by Michael Day (17-Jan-2003) Paperback by Michael Day	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I picked this up at my office's reading library as it looked fun and the idea is intriguing. It does come across as something that was supposed to be a film or possibly a TV series. The author is brilliant at painting a scene with a deft sentence or t ...more
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Alastair Miles rated a book really liked it The Secret (Jack Reacher #28) by Lee Child (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Many years ago, my mother, by chance, happened to meet Lee Child's mother at some function or other. They got to talking and LC's mum mentioned that her son's first book had done rather well and he was writing more. She thought they were a bit violen ...more
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Alastair Miles rated a book it was ok Purgatory Mount by Adam Roberts	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
What a pity. Going off the back cover it looks like a cracking read. I found the start to be a bit frustrating, in that it doesn't grab you from the get go. In fact, if this was a first novel, I suspect it wouldn't have made it past the slush pile. H ...more
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Alastair Miles rated a book really liked it Failure is Not an Option: Mission Control From Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond by Gene Kranz	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I'm a fan of accounts of about space exploration so I was happy to read this. It's really interesting to hear about the mission control perspective. There are also a few stories I was unaware of. I don't want to spoil anything, but read this to learn ...more
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