I thoroughly enjoyed it and can easily see it being made into a fantastic film. Congratulations to Jonathan Ammon for a first-class, entertaining book. is a wonderful tool for exploring the solar system. Clarke might have written but I doubt very much that he could have done a better job. Review: Solar Walk 2 by Vito Technology Inc. There is enough action, double-dealing, and romance along with breath-taking scenery and mind-boggling concepts to make any sci-fi fan happy. The characters are solid, well-drawn, and believable, particularly the robot Pass-Par-2, whose French accent and growing humanity position him at the very center of the tale. The narrative is briskly paced with plenty of action and vivid descriptions of the moons and planets visited. Furthermore, he would collect rock samples from a list of asteroids, moons and planets agreed with the participants in the wager.Īround the Solar System in 80 Days is a great idea, well-written by a talented author, and the use of material from the various NASA probes to each of the destinations Fogg visits make this a brilliant work of science fiction. And so commences an epic adventure Fogg has made a wager with his fellow card players that using a new experimental engine developed on the moon, he would be able to circumnavigate our solar system in 80 days. Anticipating a fairly routine and predictable employment, he is rather taken aback when Fogg returns from his afternoon of cards at the Reform Club and instructs him to pack immediately and book tickets for a trip to the moon. Wearing a felt bowler hat, Pas-Par-2, the latest and most sophisticated robot servant to be developed, is looking forward eagerly to his first assignment as Fogg’s valet. Reviewed by Charles Remington for Readers' FavoriteĪround the Solar System in 80 Days by Jonathan Ammon is set in the year 2078, and in this re-working of Jules Verne’s classic, we find Phileas Fogg about to meet his new manservant.
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