Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in Space Anthony Award for Best First Novel (2009) thought-provoking and with an unerring

thought-provoking and with an unerring eye for human frailty not least his own

emotionally complex ‘reading-group’ novel that delves into why Cassandra burned a treasure trove of letters written by her sister

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Elena Ferrante’s piercingly honest portrait of two girls’ path into womanhood is also the story of a nation and a meditation on the nature of friendship itself

Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in Space Anthony Award for Best First Novel (2009) thought-provoking and with an unerringThe best selling author of Stiff and Bonk explores the irresistibly strange universe of space travel and life without gravity. Space is a world devoid of the things we need to live and thrive: air, gravity, hot showers, fresh produce, privacy, beer. Space exploration is in some ways an exploration of what it means to be human. How much can a person give up? How much weirdness can they take? What happens to you when you cant walk for a year? Have sex?