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50 Ways to Die in Space
Space: the final frontier.
Beautiful. Intriguing. Mysterious.
But if you go there, YOU WILL DIE!
The human body is perfectly adapted to the conditions on Earth. But blast that fragile body into the extreme and varying environments of space and it won't fare so well – and that’s only if you survive the take-off!
From scorching million degree temperatures, to pressures that would instantly squish you to the size of a ping pong ball, O'Hely and O'Sullivan present – in excruciating and scientifically accurate detail! – the physics and physiology of existing (and ceasing to exist) in deep space.
Beautiful. Intriguing. Mysterious.
But if you go there, YOU WILL DIE!
The human body is perfectly adapted to the conditions on Earth. But blast that fragile body into the extreme and varying environments of space and it won't fare so well – and that’s only if you survive the take-off!
From scorching million degree temperatures, to pressures that would instantly squish you to the size of a ping pong ball, O'Hely and O'Sullivan present – in excruciating and scientifically accurate detail! – the physics and physiology of existing (and ceasing to exist) in deep space.
- GenresGraphic Novels
166 pages, Paperback
Published April 9, 2025
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October 6, 2025
50 Ways To Die In Space is an upper middlegrade graphicnovel for all the cool and curious kids who seek answers to the questions mum and dad have to Google; and they have a great sense of humour!
Readers who enjoyed The Bad Guys books by Aaron Blabey will love this one!
I read it in one sitting. Couldn’t put it down! The illustrations jump off the page with so much personality, I could hear the characters speaking. And the dialogue and comic book style is fun and alive with accurate information on how the human body would DIE if met with the sun, stars, planets, black holes, and everything else in space!🪐☀️☄️💫
Thank you to Hawkeye Publishing author Eileen O'Hely for providing me with an eBook! I loved this one!
Readers who enjoyed The Bad Guys books by Aaron Blabey will love this one!
I read it in one sitting. Couldn’t put it down! The illustrations jump off the page with so much personality, I could hear the characters speaking. And the dialogue and comic book style is fun and alive with accurate information on how the human body would DIE if met with the sun, stars, planets, black holes, and everything else in space!🪐☀️☄️💫
Thank you to Hawkeye Publishing author Eileen O'Hely for providing me with an eBook! I loved this one!
February 1, 2025
A beautifully written and illustrated story to teach the children that—“What can I say? Space is a dangerous environment.” And that we are so lucky to be able to eat chocolate cakes safely on our Spaceship Earth.
Marvellous and funny descriptions of the impossible conditions for a human life on the planets surrounding us.
Marvellous and funny descriptions of the impossible conditions for a human life on the planets surrounding us.
May 25, 2025
This contains a lot of awesome information about space which is a really cool but sometimes too much information as I had to put it down occasionally. It's also quite funny as well.
January 29, 2026
A fun graphic novel exploring just a ~few of the ways you could DIE in space. Perfect for curious minds with wicked senses of humour.
February 6, 2026
Not just clever and original. My grandchildren are raving about 50 Ways to Die in Space.
July 21, 2025
Giggling loudly in the library, I wanted to interrupt strangers and say “You HAVE to look at this – it’s so FUNNY and CLEVER!”
The graphic novel, 50 Ways to Die in Space written by Eileen O’Hely and illustrated by Nico O’Sullivan must have been created especially for me – and probably you too. It’s full of ACTION, SPACE and SCIENCE. All explained in a hilarious way without using too many words. And that makes it extra clever and fabulous fun.
The book begins with one of our favourite poems. Then, ludicrous surprises such as sharks, snakes and smithereens show up, just where you’d least expect them. The gruesome parts about dying are made all the more grotesquely funny by Nico’s captivating illustrations. By the end of the story, I felt so joyously connected with these two characters, I gave them both names – Putty and Gruff.
At one point, Putty says to Gruff “I did not know that. You know, some of the things you say are quite informative”. And that’s what I thought too!
I wonder what names you’ll choose for these two comical characters?
The graphic novel, 50 Ways to Die in Space written by Eileen O’Hely and illustrated by Nico O’Sullivan must have been created especially for me – and probably you too. It’s full of ACTION, SPACE and SCIENCE. All explained in a hilarious way without using too many words. And that makes it extra clever and fabulous fun.
The book begins with one of our favourite poems. Then, ludicrous surprises such as sharks, snakes and smithereens show up, just where you’d least expect them. The gruesome parts about dying are made all the more grotesquely funny by Nico’s captivating illustrations. By the end of the story, I felt so joyously connected with these two characters, I gave them both names – Putty and Gruff.
At one point, Putty says to Gruff “I did not know that. You know, some of the things you say are quite informative”. And that’s what I thought too!
I wonder what names you’ll choose for these two comical characters?
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