Redemption Ark

by Alastair Reynolds

He had never lost that mingled combination of awe and terror that welled up in him when confronted by the routinely huge distances of space.

Yeah that' how I feel when I really think about the distances involved and how far, far,far apart planets are from each other.

The air in the ship was horribly warm and humid, with a rotten taste to it. It was like breathing someone else’s stomach gas.

Eww...but nice allusion there.