Do You Dream of Terra-Two?

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Published Jan. 24, 2019 by Saga Press.

ISBN:
978-1-5344-3740-1
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3 stars (13 reviews)

Have you ever hoped you could leave everything behind?

Have you ever dreamt of a better world?

Can a dream sustain a lifetime?

A century ago, an astronomer discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a nearby star.

She predicted that one day humans would travel there to build a utopia.

Today, ten astronauts are leaving everything behind to find it.

Four are veterans of the 20th century’s space-race.

And six are teenagers who’ve train for this mission most of their lives.

It will take the team 23 years to reach Terra-Two.

Twenty-three years locked in close quarters.

Twenty-three years with no one to rely on but each other.

Twenty-three years with no rescue possible, should something go wrong.

Something always goes wrong. ([source][1])

[1]: www.theonlytemioh.com/about-the-book

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reviewed Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

bad science, great psychology

5 stars

I read the sample for this and could not stop thinking about it until I bought it. I don't think I've ever read a book with such deeply written, and carefully flawed, characters who interact and navigate each other with such realness. It was incredible. Having said that - because the characters were so well done - it was jarring when the spaceflight science didn't fit reality. Like, I don't think they'd have canned anything on a spaceship. Pretty sure they'd plan birthdays so far in advance that it would be laminated. I don't think any of these kids would have tested into this program. I don't think adults would hang back like that when lives (and millions) are on the line. And other stuff that would spoil things, but you get the gist. I should add this is a super-hetero book with christian undertones. Nary a queer, alas. It …

there certainly are characters

4 stars

the writing was fine: the characters were well fleshed out & I did empathize even with the ones I didn't like very much. The plot meanders a bit, but considering it's told from six different viewpoints and is over 500 pages long, it's actually pretty well paced.

some of the worldbuilding choices were kind of odd—instead of being set in the future, it's actually set in the recent past (the book was published in 2019, the plot starts in 2012). For it to make sense that the UK Space Agency launch an interstellar mission in 2012, the history of spaceflight is backdated to the 19th century. (Side note: I would read a whole book about that; what, were they using Analytical Engines for navigation?) Despite this radical increase in the level of technology, history apparently progressed unaffected otherwise: both world wars seem to have gone about the same, and even …

Review of 'Do You Dream of Terra-Two?' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Terra-Two is humanity's hope for the future. A new planet. A new chance at life. Ten specially selected astronauts will make the first journey and start the process of colonisation. It will take 23 years to get there, so six young adults are selected to accompany the more experienced astronauts. But things start to go wrong even before they've left Earth...

Do You Dream of Terra-Two? is a character driven exploration of what happens when you send a group of barely adult astronauts on a one-way mission. It's set in an alternate version of history, where a planet was discovered a hundred years ago which could sustain human life. That planet is Terra Two, its discovery fuelling a space race and resulting in Britain having a space programme.

The younger astronauts attended the elite school of Dalton. The story starts as they find out if they've been chosen or not. …

Review of 'Do You Dream Of Terra-Two?' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

3.5 stars.

Imagining alternative worlds, thinking about and interrogating the political and ethical components of decision-making is a political act. And it is always exciting to discover young women writers that visualise new worlds and possibilities, and write thoughtfully about the political and moral considerations of space colonisation.

Temi Oh’s debut sci-fi novel Do You Dream of Terra-Two? is a story that explores all the above issues. The Earth is dying. Humans have triggered the sixth great period of species extinction in Earth’s history. Overpopulation, climate change and the alarming depletion of Earth’s resources,is putting the continuity of humanity at risk. To address the problem, the world’s nations’ are in a new space-race to colonise Terra-Two, an earth-like planet, which it takes 23 years to travel to. Britain is the first country that prepares and sends a group of four experienced astronauts (Alphas) and six carefully selected, for their intelligence, …

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