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The Cassandra Project (2012)

by Jack McDevitt(Favorite Author)

3.37 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1937008711 (ISBN13: 9781937008710)

languge

English

genre

Science Fiction

publisher

Ace Hardcover

review 1: It's a few years from now, NASA is a ghost of it's past glories. The public sector decides it's time to get back into space and plans an audacious trip to the moon. Now if the book was just about that, I think it might have been good. Instead, the story is an endless chase after clues that America had landed an Apollo craft on the moon before Neil Armstrong and had covered up the story all these years. The chase for clues, largely fruitless, and boring, is most of the book. What could the government have possibly been covering up? Well, what do you think? I'll give you a clue, it's not a monolith like in "2001: A Space Odyssey", but pretty close. Granted, there's a twist, but not a very original twist.The book is so slow moving, that about 50 pages from the end, I was conv... moreinced that the secret was not going to be revealed until a sequel. At least the story came to an end although a sequel looks inevitable. If you like McDevitt (I do) this is still a semi-interesting story (probably would have been a better short story), and worth the read (if you find the book at the used bookstore for $2).
review 2: Set in the extremely near future, 2019, Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick’s book The Cassandra Project leads the reader on a hunt for the truth to a secret NASA has been holding for 50 years, and they’re not giving a clue to anyone. If you enjoyed The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown or The Camel Club by David Baldacci, you will defiantly enjoy this book. The characters are interesting, and the plot moves at a good pace after chapter 5. I found the twist ending thought provoking, but a little rushed. Once the twist was revealed the book ended within fifteen pages. However, I found myself smiling as I continued to think about the book as a whole. less

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