Shuttle People

by George Bishop

A Breed Apart

They were called the Shuttle People; men and women bred in space, free from the pressures of Earth's gravity, Earth's morality, Earth's laws. Nothing could stop them from using their new powers to control the world. Until they committed a murder; and a cop named Ted Royce dared to stand in their way.

Genres: Science Fiction

210 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

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Reviews

[Randal · Rating 1 out of 5]

It can be a challenge to justify a one-star review. I'll give it a shot:

Early on, it is established that the legs of humans living on space stations atrophy through lack of use. But all that blood from their hearts has to go somewhere ... to their genitalia. Yup, spacemen all have enormous ... schwanstuckers. And use them, in somewhat sadomasochistic but detailed sex scenes.

At this point, I would like to apologize to everyone I ever accused of writing the worst sex scenes ever committed to print, because I have a new candidate, and is it ever a doozy ... .

[Phil · Rating 2 out of 5]

Intrigue at the space program. A few long term astronauts begin to believe that their adaptations to space make them superior to earthlings. A couple of murders later, our police officer gets involved and there's a sticky bit of jurisdiction to deal with. Not a terrible read but his women characters are very cliché.

[Josh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found in a little free library. Compelling enough to get through but the writing style is odd. Can't recommend it. Sorry!

[James]

rare paperback

[Larry · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cheesy but fun 1985 SF/detective story. Extrapolates from where the
space shuttle program was at that time, so to us in 2014 it's sort of an
alternate history story. The author throws in Gus Grissom and John Glenn
in an attempt to create some continuity between his fanciful world and the
real world US space program. Remember when they used to throw in sex
scenes to boost sales? There are some of them in this book (PG-ish).

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found there were way too many characters involved and so many of them were the same. This book although had a premise to be a good science fiction murder mystery/thriller, it turns out to be just some generic murder mystery and that's it. If you can keep track of the characters.

[SciFiOne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grade B-