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Big Red
"A rollicking Sci-Fi ride that hits all the right notes, with a touch of horror, and a barrel-load of laughs along the way." -- Amanda Bidgeman, Author of THE SUBJUGATE
In Space… no one cares if you break up. Join the crew of the Chronos One, Earth's first colonisation mission to Mars, led by fan favourite Captain Quinn Nyquist and the sardonic First Mate Allegra Sadoka – chosen by you, the audience.
Allegra has decided that Quinn is not exactly the man she wants to spend eternity with, and certainly not someone she wants to breed mutant Mars Babies with either.
Unfortunately, when their journey goes off course and the crew starts to turn on each other, this desperate group of reality TV show wannabes will need to fight to survive on this big red rock.
Crashed and stranded, they will need to learn that the greatest threat to their existence is each other and their toxic obsessions. Oh… and they are not alone.
Big Red is a satirical sci-fi that looks for a glimmer of hope amongst the worst humanity has to offer.
In Space… no one cares if you break up. Join the crew of the Chronos One, Earth's first colonisation mission to Mars, led by fan favourite Captain Quinn Nyquist and the sardonic First Mate Allegra Sadoka – chosen by you, the audience.
Allegra has decided that Quinn is not exactly the man she wants to spend eternity with, and certainly not someone she wants to breed mutant Mars Babies with either.
Unfortunately, when their journey goes off course and the crew starts to turn on each other, this desperate group of reality TV show wannabes will need to fight to survive on this big red rock.
Crashed and stranded, they will need to learn that the greatest threat to their existence is each other and their toxic obsessions. Oh… and they are not alone.
Big Red is a satirical sci-fi that looks for a glimmer of hope amongst the worst humanity has to offer.
285 pages, Hardcover
First published March 7, 2023
6 people want to read
About the author
Aaron McCann
4 books5 followersAaron McCann is an Irish born (Australian raised) filmmaker, who has worked in the Australian film industry for over a decade. He reached international success with online series: Henry & Aaron’s 7 Steps to Superstardom (2010), Horror short film: Perished (2011), and feature films: Top Knot Detective (2017) and Koko: A Red Dog Story (2019).
Online his videos have (collectively) gathered more than 37 million+ views.
He was a cast member on the International Emmy Award-winning ABC2 series: #7DaysLater, and contributed writing to the ABC series The Heights (2019-2020) and At Home Alone Together (2020).
In 2018, he became a semifinalist in the 2019 Academy Nicholl’s Fellowship with his sci-fi/comedy screenplay: Big Red with co-writer Dominic Pearce which is now being transformed into a debut novel of the same name.
Aaron continues to be a multi-hyphenate, including producing and directing the award-winning web-series ‘Hug the Sun’ with Melbourne based comedy troupe, Aunty Donna, and is currently in development on a slate of projects through his production company, Banshee Hills, and frequent collaborator PiNK PEPPER.
A list of his current credits can be found here: www.imdb.me/aaronmccann
Online his videos have (collectively) gathered more than 37 million+ views.
He was a cast member on the International Emmy Award-winning ABC2 series: #7DaysLater, and contributed writing to the ABC series The Heights (2019-2020) and At Home Alone Together (2020).
In 2018, he became a semifinalist in the 2019 Academy Nicholl’s Fellowship with his sci-fi/comedy screenplay: Big Red with co-writer Dominic Pearce which is now being transformed into a debut novel of the same name.
Aaron continues to be a multi-hyphenate, including producing and directing the award-winning web-series ‘Hug the Sun’ with Melbourne based comedy troupe, Aunty Donna, and is currently in development on a slate of projects through his production company, Banshee Hills, and frequent collaborator PiNK PEPPER.
A list of his current credits can be found here: www.imdb.me/aaronmccann
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August 24, 2023
A really fun book, humorous and has several plot twists that managed to take me by surprise. I'll be keeping an eye out for more from these authors
June 10, 2023
A great read. This is a comedic book in the style of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which does not outstay it's welcome. It also has extra blood, guts, and swearing - in a good way, and not just for the sake of cheap thrills. Hopefully this is the first of many books for these great writers of stories (on the screen and the page) from Australia.
April 25, 2023
I really enjoyed this book. It was very easy and fast to read, with some very unexpected - but somehow nonchalant - twists. Which is a complement to the humour weaving the story together. I would definitely recommend reading this one!
March 1, 2023
I mean... I'm biased, I did write this with Dominic Pearce.
Feel free to give this a read and shoot us a rating for yourselves. We really hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed writing it, it was very much a labor of love, blood, sweat and tears... mainly the latter.
If you like Red Dwarf and other comedic sci-fi novels, then we really hope you enjoy this one.
It not... well that's ok too, we're just happy that you helped out two authors jumping into the self-publishing game.
Happy reading.
Feel free to give this a read and shoot us a rating for yourselves. We really hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed writing it, it was very much a labor of love, blood, sweat and tears... mainly the latter.
If you like Red Dwarf and other comedic sci-fi novels, then we really hope you enjoy this one.
It not... well that's ok too, we're just happy that you helped out two authors jumping into the self-publishing game.
Happy reading.
April 19, 2023
If you love a comedic Sci-Fi that was written during the pandemic, then give this a shot and don’t forget to leave a review - we self published this and any love and support is much welcomed from you all.
Happy reading :)
Happy reading :)
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