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title = "Ad Astra - Jack Campbell"
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date = 2019-12-28
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tags = ["books", "reviews", "scifi", "5 stars"]
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23766830-ad-astra):
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In Jack Campbell’s New York Times bestselling Lost Fleet series, Campbell’s
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hero Captain Black Jack Geary explores the furthest reaches of space. Here,
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Campbell explores what kinds of problems mankind might face as our horizons
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expand. The third in a series of collections of Campbell’s short stories
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includes some of Campbell’s favorite stories, and some of his earliest. A
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brand new author’s note accompanies each story.
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{{ stars(stars=5) }}
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While short stories may not give a general sense of the whole -- 'cause they
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are, after all, short -- the stories here are very interesting, and very good
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sci-fi.
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Honestly, it's really hard to give some indication of how the stories go
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without going into spoilers.
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But, again, there are very good stories, some even touching, some discussing
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social issues (without being "in your face", like any good Star Trek episode).
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And the narration is pretty good too. Easy to read, easy to keep going.
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