I’ve enjoyed almost all the JPH books I’ve read, and Voyage From Yesteryear falls solidly in there. Written in 1982, it still holds up well in 2008. Even the best authors didn’t foresee where our technology was going: people “flipping switches” to get reports. Nor have any of them foreseen the fall of the Soviet Union, or Americans molasses-like progress in exploiting the frontiers of space.

Nonetheless, the characters are well developed and consistent, the plot viable, and the pacing good. It’s an entertaining read, and I can recommend this book to anyone that enjoys hard science fiction.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I’d rate this an 8.5 or 9.

Publisher: Del Rey, Year: 1982, ISBN: 0-345-34246-1, Price: $4.99