Odyssey (novel)

Odyssey is a science fiction novel by Jack Mcdevitt. It was a Nebula Award nominee for 2007.^[1][2] It's set in the 23rd century and "explores the immorality of big business and the short-sightedness of the American government in minimizing support for space travel."

Literary significance and reception

Carl Hays reviewing in Booklist said "McDevitt's energetic character-driver prose serves double duty by exploring Earth's future political climate and forecasting the potential dangers awaiting humanity among the stars".^[3] Kirkus Reviews was slightly more critical calling it "a low-key, reasonably surprising and involving tale, although not among McDevitt's best."^[4] Jackie Cassada reviewing for Library Journal said "the author of Chindi and other novels featuring the academy succeeds in visualizing a believable future of space exploration as well as believable personalities whose lives and loves put a human face on scientific speculation."^[5]

Odyssey was nominated for both the Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards in 2007.^[2]

Notes

1. ^ "2007 SFWA(R) Final Nebula Awards(R) Ballot -- Public edition". Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. http://www.webcitation.org/5bXga0ZEc. Retrieved 2008-10-13. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "2007 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=2007. Retrieved 2009-08-04. 
3. ^ Hays, Carl (October 1, 2006). "Odyssey". Booklist 103 (3): 45. ISSN 00067385. 
4. ^ "ODYSSEY". Kirkus Reviews 74 (18): 934. September 15, 2006. ISSN 00426598. 
5. ^ Cassada, Jackie (October 15, 2006). "Odyssey". Library Journal 131 (17): 54–55. 

External links

• Odyssey at Worlds Without End