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The Asteroid
Suppose that you’re on board a small space station orbiting the Earth and you learn that an Asteroid of mammoth size is about to collide with the planet. No one can stop because it is too close and coming too fast. You can’t be rescued because there is no way to get a launch vehicle ready in time. All you can do is monitor the destruction and watch as civilization collapses as everything that had been built is ruined.So there you are, safe, on the space station… except, your supplies are limited. You air is limited. And you won’t be going home soon. How do you handle the problem of survival?
232 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 24, 2012
About the author
Kevin D. Randle
147 books31 followersUfologist and historic fiction & science fiction writer.
Within the UFO community he is often regarded as one of the preeminent experts on the reported crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947.
A professional writer with more than 80 books to his credit, Randle is perhaps best known for his books about UFOs and the Roswell story.
Within the UFO community he is often regarded as one of the preeminent experts on the reported crash of a UFO near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947.
A professional writer with more than 80 books to his credit, Randle is perhaps best known for his books about UFOs and the Roswell story.
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September 4, 2025
Thoroughly enjoyed this adventure.
August 15, 2016
Tired old plotline...
Ho,hum. The Donner Party... again. This time with an asteroid as the bad guy. The movie "Alive," about the Uruguayan rugby team... again. This time, an asteroid. Ho, hum.
It could fly if it had an ounce of true creativity to it. But the characters are SO dull. SO predictable. The situation SO unrealistic. And the author only hinted at the cannibalism. He substituted suicide (murder?) and blatant stupidity as factors driving the plot. And trust me... THOSE kinds of personalities would NEVER make it in the space program.
Sorry. Did i imply there was an actual plot here. There isn't.
When I started writing the review I gave it two stars. As I thought carefully about it I reduced that to one. I might expect this sophomoric trash out of an English 101 writing class, but not as a published work. I wonder if the editor has ever read any serious apocalyptic Sci-Fi. Try Larry Niven... Lucifer's Hammer. That story has the science, the plot and the characters to carry the reader into another reality.
This one is just hackneyed drivel.
Ho,hum. The Donner Party... again. This time with an asteroid as the bad guy. The movie "Alive," about the Uruguayan rugby team... again. This time, an asteroid. Ho, hum.
It could fly if it had an ounce of true creativity to it. But the characters are SO dull. SO predictable. The situation SO unrealistic. And the author only hinted at the cannibalism. He substituted suicide (murder?) and blatant stupidity as factors driving the plot. And trust me... THOSE kinds of personalities would NEVER make it in the space program.
Sorry. Did i imply there was an actual plot here. There isn't.
When I started writing the review I gave it two stars. As I thought carefully about it I reduced that to one. I might expect this sophomoric trash out of an English 101 writing class, but not as a published work. I wonder if the editor has ever read any serious apocalyptic Sci-Fi. Try Larry Niven... Lucifer's Hammer. That story has the science, the plot and the characters to carry the reader into another reality.
This one is just hackneyed drivel.
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