Short and sweet, with a large side of humor, this is a story about "two geeks in space". Juan and Victor are both extremely qualified for their jobs, and with Victor, an engineer with a PhD, designing the telescopes for Juan, an astronomer with a PhD, to use for his deep-space research projects, they are a perfect fit.

Juan, from warm Puerto Rico, may be interested in researching stars in deep space, but he certainly does not like living on a space station. It is too cold for him by far, and he cannot wait until they finish the telescope's adjustment and can move it, and themselves, to the human base on the Moon. All his grumbling and distraction thinking about things that might warm him up lead to him not planning his next step, and he has an accident.

Victor, from Idaho, may be all grumbly on the outside and seem like a cold professor, but he loves Juan deeply and takes excellent care of him. Up to and including figuring out how they can use Juan's hoverchair a little more creatively...

If you like stories about men in space, if you enjoy reading about geeks and how they manage their relationships, and if you're looking for a very entertaining read, then you will probably like this short story.


NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinnr Press for the purpose of a review.


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