I’m not a big sci-fi fan. I like the Alien movies, Predator was good when it came out. And I love when they combined the two, well, up until the last one. That was kind of a dud.

But I have never read an actual science fiction book before. It just never interested me for some reason. I always read Koontz when I was a teenager and non-fiction after I left high school, so I didn’t eve know who Isaac Asimov was when I picked up his book, Nemesis, in a second hand store.

I bought it for.50 cents, and the store owner tried to give me more for free because he was closing his store and needed to get rid of all the junk he had collected. But I took just Nemesis and the other three titles (that I never ended up reading, by the way). I left the store and tossed the handful of books into the back of my van (where I was living at the time) and took off down the road.

Later, half way through the book, which was by then sitting in a pile in the corner of my room, I discovered who Isaac was. I was shocked to discover he was the writer to think up I, Robot (loved that movie) and he was quite legendary in the sci fi world. So I picked the book back up (actually, downloaded the audio book) and finished the second half of a really good story.

I found myself captivated as I listened to it. I grew to love the passion Marlene had for a foreign world – someone jealous of her ability to live in on a new planet and have a great adventure. I liked the romance seeming to form between Crile and Tessa, as well as the one re-sparked between Eugenia and Siever.

While I was reading (listening to) Nemesis, I was also finishing the Short History of Nearly Everything. The two seemed quite comfortable with each other, and, I have to say, my interest in science has been perked.

Will I read another sci-fi book? I doubt it. Grad school will most likely be taking all my attention for the next two years, so I probably won’t have time. But I will always think fondly of the tiny star Eugenia named Nemesis, and its even smaller moon, Erythro. I would definitely recommend this book.

Source by Steven Veach