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Venus: Daedalus One Paperback – May 10, 2012

by Jeffrey Morris (Author, Illustrator), Chaz Truog (Illustrator), and Fuzzy Duck Studios (Illustrator)
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Welcome to Venus. With searing temperatures, crushing pressures, and storms of scalding sulfuric acid, our deadly sister world has remained shrouded in myth and mystery--until now. Daedalus One is a year-long voyage to Venus to explore the planet's surface and atmosphere via an amazing floating research station. Its international crew includes five astronauts and four cybernetic lifeforms called "ExoSpheres."

Aside from witnessing a once-in-an-eon geological event--the melting and reforming of Venus' entire surface--the goal is to test whether people and A.I.s can live and work together on a claustrophobic, long-duration mission. The outcome may determine if dangerous and expensive human spaceflight to the planets will continue at all.

After a catastrophic arrival, the team is forced to overcome their differences if they hope to survive and unravel the puzzle of why Venus has become the hellish environment it is today. Why was there a runaway greenhouse effect? What happens to internal heat when there are no plate tectonics? Is there life floating at the planet's cloud tops? It's up to them to find out.

Venus: Daedalus One is a realistic interplanetary adventure that combines spectacular art, plausible science, and futuristic technology. It is a must for fans of comics and hard science fiction.

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  1. Print length
    124 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Tumblehome Learning
  4. Publication date
    May 10, 2012
  5. ISBN-10
    0985000848
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0985000844
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"[Jeffrey Morris] is getting back to the roots of real science fiction and is giving us back out future!" --Buzz Aldrin, astronaut.

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Jeffrey Morris is a Minneapolis-based writer, film director, and production designer. He has created an award-winning space science curriculum and has brought Hollywood-style storytelling and visuals to educational outreach programs from the Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA's Master Teachers Program, and the International Space University.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Tumblehome Learning; First Edition (May 10, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 124 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0985000848
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0985000844
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.8 ounces
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Jeffrey Morris

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Jeffrey Morris (aka FutureDude) is a writer, director, and production designer.

Jeffrey currently serves as the creator and co-writer of a number of science-fiction properties including Parallel Man, Brainstorm, and Oceanus - the first two of which are comic book mini-series. Oceanus: Act One, a short live-action film which he directed, debuts in the Summer of 2015. He also serves as production designer on all of the FutureDude properties - building worlds from the ground up through illustration and art direction.

In the past decade, Jeffrey created Alpha Prime - a science curriculum that won an award from the National Science Teachers Association. He also helped bring Hollywood-style storytelling to education and public outreach for the Jet Proppulsion Laboratory, NASA's Master Teachers Program, the International Space University, and Lockheed Martin. Jeffrey serves as a member of the New Horizons Message Initiative and will provide art direction for aspects of that project.

His previous publications include the illustrated screenplay Slingshot which featured a foreword by astronaut Buzz Aldrin and Venus: Daedalus One which engineer/author Homer Hickam called "prodigious!" Additionally, he is the holder of a technology patent for the futuristic Apple iOS calendar app, Timesphere.

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NPK
2.0 out of 5 stars disappointed.
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2013
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I bought this after getting references from kickstarter and seeing the great reviews.

waste of money.

i give a lot of importance to the art in graphic novels. if i wanted to read dialogues, i would buy a novel. the so-so story could have been so much better if it was clearly illustrated. Pictures should convey what is happening.. i dont want to "read" sound effects superimposed on dialogue boxes superimposed on the scence. Thats plain awful.

authors / artists of the book : if you want some good references for clear and precise drawing, please refer to herge.
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dishpandan
4.0 out of 5 stars a thriller on the second rock from the sun
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2013
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Nobody had written a review for this graphic novel so I wanted to try and give it a boost.

I picked this up because I was interested to check out "hard" (more realistic) sci-fi, and learn about Venus.

I liked the story a lot. It throws you into a believable prediction of our future and makes sense. It presents its points in an exciting way and you care about the characters and what happens to them.

If it succeeds you will finish reading it and then get on Wikipedia to learn more about Venus! Looking forward to more output from this creative team.
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jon
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent example of Hard Sci-Fi: You will learn something!
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2013
A plausible science fiction story backed by real science is bolstered by a smart team that obviously knows its comics. I would say this graphic novel would be accessible to anyone with a 8th grade reading level and interesting for folks of all ages. The reason I jump to the K-12 metric is that I can't imagine a better companion piece for a middle-school science curriculum. Getting kids interested in science is a huge challenge here in the states and this graphic novel does it with style. Banish your expectations about "educational young adult fiction" with its unfortunate reputation for ham-handedness and forced explication of educational material. The creators know how to package great educational content in an emotionally mature, action-packed and entirely non-patronizing fashion.

Its a great gift for family members and friends and can start great conversations about science, technology and the current state of our society's ambitions.
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