Reviews for Eros in orbit

The average rating for Eros in orbit based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-14 00:00:00 Darlene Carroll The hardbound printing of this book somehow found its way into the Park Ridge Public Library. I remember that when I was first allowed into the adult section of the library they gave me an "8th grade" stamp which allowed me to check out something called "young moderns", any nonfiction not in the restricted case, and ANY science fiction. Before 1973, S.F. had no sexual content whatever. "Stranger in a Strange Land" was as racy as it got. So this book shows up in the science fiction section. Fortunately, I was a high school junior by then. I didn't check it out. I read it in the library. The stories were all more or less smutty. None of them were all that memorable. The concept of the book was more interesting than the implementation. I remember that there was a Tom Swift parody featuring a robotic car with sex toys built in, and another story featuring a male sex robot that could squirt out flavored yogurt. Ron Goulart's story was one of the better ones. It was while I was reading Goulart's novel Wildsmith: Wildsmith that I remembered that this book existed. It isn't a milestone in science fiction by any means.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-03-18 00:00:00 Pedro Thomo Not his best work, but a fun novel about time traveling. Jim Carpenter is a time traveler. He's not a glamorous one though, because he drives triceratops-shaped tank and does nature holo-photography. One day he is sent back to check on why a human skeleton was found in the fossil record long before it should even exist. He finds two young children, who claim to be Mars royalty. The only thing is, the kids are hunted, and now a very unlikely protector has to save them. There's a little sweetness to the book that feels rare in modern science fiction. It's obvious Jim is a lonely man who is quite taken with the young kids who fall into his care, and the kids grow to adore him. Some fun invention, too: let's just say Mars isn't where you'd expect it to be, and tricera-tanks and pteradon bombers are neat ideas. However, it's a little too weird for its own good, and the ending is a rehash of his other works. It would have done better as a short story. It's enjoyable, but he's written better.