Outland
Author: Dennis E. Taylor
Genre: Sci-fi
Released: 02 January 2015
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When physics students accidentally create a portal to an uninhabited parallel Earth, their biggest concern is Nobel Prizes and easy money. Then the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts on their Earth, and they have one afternoon to save as many people as they can. A gripping and surprisingly grounded survival story that asks what a handful of unprepared students would actually do when faced with the end of civilisation.
In stark contrast to the last book I read, I absolutely loved Outland. This came as a recommendation on Mastodon, and I'm really glad I took the advice.
It's a short book, at only 300 or so pages, but it's such an interesting read. I like the way Taylor focusses on the challenges the students have as they are responsible for hundreds of refugees all of a sudden. They're basically making it up as they go along, and having to constantly think outside the box. These aren't heroes, they're just kids trying to do the best they can, and everyone loves an underdog, right?
I can't wait to get started on the second book.
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