Sarah in the Serenity

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

'LOST IN SPACE Reading Challenge'


Challenge Begins: January 1, 2020
Challenge Ends: when you finish your journey

✪ After signing up, you will receive your own thread.
✪ In that thread, there will be a list of the planets in our Solar System and our Sun.
✪ Each planet and the Sun will have a set of tasks.
✪ In your thread you will request the tasks for a specific planet or the Sun. The planets and the Sun can be requested in any order.
✪You will chose one task to read for that planet or the Sun and then report on the reporting thread when you have completed the assignment.
✪ In your report you will request the next planet or the Sun.
✪ You continue until you have read a task for each of the planets and the Sun.

Please follow this format for your Completion Posts.
Completion Report:
Planet or the Sun:
Task:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
How My Book Fit the Task:
Next Planet or the Sun:

Rules:
Books must be 140 pages.
Re-reads and audio books are okay.
Page count for audio books will be determined by the hardcover issue. If there is no hardcover, then paperback issue. Where there is more than one edition, the one with the highest number of ratings will be used.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

List of Planets and the Sun

Pluto
Neptune
Uranus
Saturn
Jupiter
Mars
Earth
Mercury
Venus
the Sun

[Sarah]

I'd like to start with Pluto!

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Pluto:
1. Read a science fiction book.
2. Pluto is also a Disney character. Read a book that was made into a movie.
3. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. Read a book with a author's name starts with 'C' or 'T'.
4. The New Horizons spacecraft performed a flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015. Read a book first published in 2015.
5. Pluto was the 9th planet from the Sun. Read the 9th book in a series.

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Don't forget that the challenge doesn't start until January 1st :)

[Sarah]

Completion Report:

Planet or the Sun: Pluto
Task: Read a science fiction book
Book: Recursion
Author: Blake Crouch
Date Read: 1/3/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: MPG Science Fiction
Next Planet or the Sun (if applicable): Neptune

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Neptune:
1. Read a science fiction book.
2. Neptune is also the Roman god of the sea. Read a book with water on the cover.
3. There was a heated nationalistic rivalry between the French and the British over who deserved credit for the discovery. Read a book set in France or Great Britain.
4. Shortly after its discovery, Neptune was referred to simply as "the planet exterior to Uranus". Read a book that has been published under a different name.
5. Neptune is the 8th planet from the Sun. Read the 8th book in a series.

[Sarah]

Completion Report:

Planet or the Sun: Neptune
Task: Read a science fiction book
Book: A Closed and Common Orbit
Author: Becky Chambers
Date Read: 1/26/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: MPG Science Fiction
Next Planet or the Sun (if applicable): Uranus

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Uranus:
1. Read a science fiction book.
2. Uranus is called the "ice giant". Read a book set during the wintertime.
3. In 1986, images from Voyager 2 showed Uranus as an almost featureless planet. Read a book without a person on the cover.
4. The Uranian system has a unique configuration because its axis of rotation is tilted sideways. Its north and south poles, therefore, lie where most other planets have their equators. Read a book set in a different hemisphere than you.
5. Uranus is the 7th planet from the Sun. Read the 7th book in a series.

[Sarah]

Completion Report:

Planet or the Sun: Uranus
Task: Read a science fiction book
Book: Exhalation
Author: Ted Chiang
Date Read: 2/8/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: MPG Science Fiction
Next Planet or the Sun (if applicable): Saturn

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Saturn:
1. Read a science fiction book.
2. Saturn is known as the "Ringed Planet". Read a book where the main character is married.
3. The Cassini–Huygens space probe entered orbit around Saturn on 1 July 2004. Read a book that was published in July.
4. The continued exploration of Saturn is still considered to be a viable option for NASA as part of their ongoing New Frontiers program of missions. Read a book by an author that is new to you.
5. Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun. Read the 6th book in a series.

[Sarah]

Completion Report:

Planet or the Sun: Saturn
Task: Read a science fiction book
Book: The Book of M
Author: Peng Shepherd
Date Read: 2/21/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: MPG Science Fiction
Next Planet or the Sun (if applicable): Jupiter

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Jupiter:
1. Read a science fiction book.
2. Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System. Read a book with 400+ pages.
3. The best known feature of Jupiter is the Great Red Spot, a persistent storm. It rotates counterclockwise, with a period of about six days. Read a book from start to finish within 6 days.
4. In 1955, bursts of radio signals were detected coming from Jupiter. Listen to an audio book.
5. Jupiter is the 5th planet from the Sun. Read the 5th book in a series.

[Sarah]

Completion Report:

Planet or the Sun: Jupiter
Task: Read a science fiction book
Book: The Road
Author: Cormac McCarthy
Date Read: 3/1/2020
How My Book Fit the Task: MPG Science Fiction
Next Planet or the Sun (if applicable): Mars

[Lanelle, Production Chief]

Mars:
1. Read a science fiction book.
2. Mars is called the "Red Planet". Read a book with a red cover.
3. The fashionable idea that Mars was populated by intelligent Martians exploded in the late 19th century. Read a historical book.
4. Mars is scarred by a number of impact craters: a total of 43,000 craters have been found. Read a book with a scarred main character.
5. Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun. Read the 4th book in a series.