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Katie Mack is a theoretical astrophysicist and author. Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Cis. She/her. Dr. https://t.co/x5ErK7B0CB

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Book Cover for: A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine

A Memory Called Empire

Arkady Martine
Katie MackKatie Mack

@yunruse Definitely take a look at Martha Wells' Murderbot series (start with "All Systems Red") and Everina Maxwell's "Winter's Orbit". You might also really enjoy Arkady Martine's "A Memory Called Empire" and its sequel "A Desolation Called Peace"

Paperback, 2020

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter, Govert Schilling

The Elephant in the Universe: Our Hundred-Year Search for Dark Matter

Govert Schilling
Katie MackKatie Mack

Mr. Schilling, who has previously written about the discovery of exoplanets and gravitational waves, presents an impressively comprehensive birds-eye view of a research topic that is both many decades established and yet still at the very cutting edge of astronomy and physics.

Hardcover, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Winter's Orbit, Everina Maxwell

Winter's Orbit

Everina Maxwell
Katie MackKatie Mack

@yunruse Definitely take a look at Martha Wells' Murderbot series (start with "All Systems Red") and Everina Maxwell's "Winter's Orbit". You might also really enjoy Arkady Martine's "A Memory Called Empire" and its sequel "A Desolation Called Peace"

Paperback, 2021

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Looking, Norm Foster

Looking

Norm Foster
Katie MackKatie Mack

🎁 Looking for a holiday gift for your loved one? 🥰 What do you get for the person who has everything? The END of Everything! 😄 Purchase this lighthearted guide to ultimate cosmic destruction today! #EndOfEverythingBook http://www.astrokatie.com/book https://twitter.com/astrokatie/status/1287077173929664520

Paperback, 2017

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Ministry for the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson

The Ministry for the Future

Kim Stanley Robinson
Katie MackKatie Mack

I’ll take this heatwave moment to suggest you check out Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future” — or at least this opening chapter, for a glimpse of where we’re all headed: https://t.co/VgIJEwm4AN — and talk to your friends, family, & government about climate change.

Paperback, 2021

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking), Katie Mack

The End of Everything: (Astrophysically Speaking)

Katie Mack
Katie MackKatie Mack

I talk about it a little in my book! But the main thing is that the expansion of the universe started fast, was slowing for several billion years, and then started speeding up again about six billion years ago because of dark energy

Paperback, 2021

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Star Maker, Olaf Stapledon

Star Maker

Olaf Stapledon
Katie MackKatie Mack

Have those Webb Telescope images whetted your appetite? If so, Olaf Stapledon's 1939 novel 'Star Maker' is the forgotten sci-fi classic for you.

Paperback, 2021

$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Desolation Called Peace, Arkady Martine

A Desolation Called Peace

Arkady Martine
Katie MackKatie Mack

@yunruse Definitely take a look at Martha Wells' Murderbot series (start with "All Systems Red") and Everina Maxwell's "Winter's Orbit". You might also really enjoy Arkady Martine's "A Memory Called Empire" and its sequel "A Desolation Called Peace"

Paperback, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel, Martha Wells

Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel

Martha Wells
Katie MackKatie Mack

@coalregard @ZachWeiner Network Effect by Martha Wells. I’ve read (well, listened on Audible) the whole series several times

Hardcover, 2020

$28.99$14.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: All Systems Red, Martha Wells

All Systems Red

Martha Wells
Katie MackKatie Mack

@yunruse Definitely take a look at Martha Wells' Murderbot series (start with "All Systems Red") and Everina Maxwell's "Winter's Orbit". You might also really enjoy Arkady Martine's "A Memory Called Empire" and its sequel "A Desolation Called Peace"

Paperback, 2017

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book