Review: Saturn's Monsters by Thomas K. Carpenter

Saturn’s Monsters by Thomas K. Carpenter

I love the premise of this story. A scientist has figured out a way to grow interstellar spaceships in the atmosphere of Saturn, but, as you might suspect, there are a few problems to be dealt with along the way. First, the scientists who run the project in Saturn’s atmosphere will all die because of the damage done to their bodies by the radiation in Saturn. Second, the ships keep taking a nose dive before they finish growing. But the biggest problem is that the head scientist, who goes to Saturn to figure out how to save the project, has gone insane with grief over the loss of her partner and their child. There’s lot of pain in this story as people struggle to make their deaths mean something to the human race. I thought the ending was predictable, but still enjoyable.