Wayfaring Stranger – Simon Petrie

Wayfaring Stranger by Simon Petrie
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Simon Petrie is one of my favourite science fiction authors working in Australia today. A self-described ‘reformed academic’, he has a special interest in planetary and interstellar chemistry, which means his written work often includes scientifically grounded information either to inform the background and setting of his stories – and infuse them with a solid feeling of verisimilitude – or to act as a springboard for more speculative s...