Book of the Day, Sat, 21 Aug 2021 09:11:01

Today’s choice is J. Darris Mitchell’s “Fireflies and Cosmos” (https://t.co/h5HNLZjij3). Fireflies is the best choice we can think of at the moment, an exhilarating sci-fi title, and if we’re going to get through all amazing items in all the niches of sci-fi, we are aware this one deserves its place as #1 today. Without hesitation, we found a plot you’ll think is convincingly effortless in its gifts. If you like a good book, you’ve got to appreciate how sci-fi readers react. According to one reader, “A sci-fi story about a scientific crew and their mission to explore and categorize seeded planets. Part Star Trek, part Starship Trooper, and part Margaret Atwood and Henry David Thoreau’s writing- all in a bite-size format. J Darris has great knowledge about the natural world and incorporates some of his biological background to write scifi about terraforming and astrobiology. The plants and animals that the author has created are novel and interesting. So is the overarching mystery and background story of the original planetary seeders and the Corporations. There’s even a bit of romantic spice to mix things up. I enjoyed reading about the universe that the author has created and cannot wait to read the next series and see where the crew of the Artemis ends up next!” If you read this post, you ought to continue your quest and search for a copy of the book yourself. If not, continue watching this space until we discover the next Asimov or Clarke. We all expect we’re getting close!