20 April 2010

Beyond: Visions Of The Interplanetary Probes

17. Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes by Michael Benson (4.5/5)

Seriously amazing photos of the planets, some of their moons, asteroids, and the sun. Very cool.

Not to be confused with his more recent book, Beyond: A Solar System Voyage, which is meant for younger readers.

Regardless of age, I'd still pick this one. It has loads more photos and enjoyable foreword & afterwords by Arthur C. Clarke and Lawrence Weschler, respectively. Benson's writing was much more tolerable in this book. Had I not been biased by his initial rant in the "kid's book," it would've been fine.


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