Space Trip

Space Trip Universe #1

by Nick Marone

Four friends-Dave, Eddie, Jimmy, and Chuck-are fed up with their boring lives. So when Eddie builds a personal interstellar space craft, the obvious thing is to go somewhere. Little do the guys know that simply going somewhere is never quite that easy. The galaxy is a big place, full of complex worlds, people of ill repute, and unexpected events popping up at the wrong time.




Join our woefully underprepared friends as they try desperately to get to the tourist world known as Paradise. Climb aboard Liberty, Eddie's oddly shaped but perfectly functional ship, and share in their pains and joys as they press on to their goal and maybe learn a bit about themselves along the way. You deserve a break, too, and what better way to do so than to spend time with four misfits who clearly need help?




Chuck says to bring coffee when you meet them at the spaceport-don't forget!

164 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 1, 2022

About the author

Nick Marone is a science fiction author based in Australia. His short fiction has appeared in Aurealis, Etherea Magazine, Science Write Now, Space and Time Magazine, and a Deadset Press anthology called Journeys. He has a growing number of books in his humorous Space Trip Universe, Nahla Chronicles, and a standalone Drowned Earth novella.

Nick has worked for Aurealis as a slush reader and Andromeda Spaceways Magazine as a slush reader, editor, proofreader, and web manager. During his time at those pillars of Australian speculative fiction, he enjoyed helping new authors find their first sales and providing advice to writers to hone their craft.

By day, Nick works on academic policy in the higher education sector. He holds a Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice from Griffith University and a Graduate Diploma in Editing and Publishing (with Distinction) from the University of Southern Queensland.

Reviews

[Promita · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a joy ride, and a much-needed one at that! Nick Marone’s world-building is next level. He’s made me fall in love with this genre. The plot, the pace, the characters, everything is just perfect.

[Shayla Morgansen · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a fan of Douglas Adams, I thoroughly enjoyed Space Trip. Nick Marone's light-hearted and quirky brand of sci-fi humour combined with a steady pace kept me fully engaged through the unfolding adventure. Corrupted AI, ritual sacrifice by aliens, space gangsters, ex-wives and incomplete star charts - an innocent weekend getaway into space goes quickly awry. Each of the four characters was unique and brought something new to the dynamic. I'm looking forward to learning about the origins of their friendship in a future book!

[Beth Simone · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're looking for a light-hearted comedy within the realm of science fiction, then this book is for you. Offering a nostalgia of Douglas Adams humour, the misadventures of four uniquely characterised friends on their "ship trip" into outer space will have you giggling from the first page until the very last. I thoroughly enjoyed the author's interpretation of comedy in a tightly-packed sci-fi universe.

[Linda Simone · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely 💯 funny stuff. A laugh a minute with these four characters that take you on a journey across the stars and planets. Very well put together, brilliant hilarious writing in a Sci Fi universe.