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      Red Thunder

      by John Varley
      Published
      Apr 2003
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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      416
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      Thunder and Lightning Book 1

      About This Book

      The loss of the Mars-bound Ares Seven ship was the final blow to the U.S. space program. Everyone's accepted that the Chinese will be the first to reach the Red Planet.

      Well, almost everyone.

      In a deserted Daytona warehouse, seven suburban misfits are constructing a spaceship out of old tanker cars, determination, and all-American guts. They call her Red Thunder, and they've geared the beautiful beast to rescue Ares Seven and beat the Chinese to Mars--in just under four days. That's over three million miles an hour. It would sound like history in the making if it didn't sound so insane. Is it possible? Anything's possible.

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      Speculative Fiction

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      Science Fiction

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      Technology

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      Apr 2004 Ace ISBN13 9780441011629 ISBN10 0441011624
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