 After publishing my video about Space Skimmer, I felt the need to revisit the subject again because of a thought that I had while I was making the video. The story of Space Skimmer again is about this guy named Mass, M-A-S-S, who is searching for the ancient lost Earth Empire and the old starships that they had built. And he's traveling from system to system, vast distances between. It's taking many years. He's searching for remnants and ruins of the old Earth Empire. Sometimes there are actual ruins. Sometimes there's the remains of a civilization that has fallen into medieval times. Sometimes there's just an ancient computer terminal sticking up out of the jungle with hostile animals wandering around. Occasionally he'll come across an isolated outpost occupied by one lonely alien whose language he doesn't understand. And all the while he's getting closer and closer each step to what he thinks is the center of the lost Earth Empire. What does it sound like I'm describing here? Yeah, it's No Man's Sky. That's word for word, I was describing No Man's Sky. While I was making the video the other day, I realized that I was picturing No Man's Sky in my head while I was describing the first half of the book. I'm not changing my review of the book. I still have to give it a thumbs down, ultimately, because the second half of the book was such a huge fail. Space Skimmer is one of those books you've heard me mention before where I can show you the exact page where the book goes sour. It gets to a certain point and then turns on a dime and it's just gone after that. So Space Skimmer, again, is still a giant fail, but the first half of the book is really good science fiction. Please remember to press that like button. It helps my videos get seen. And then subscribe so you can come back next time. I do science fiction book, TV, and movie reviews all the time. And please consider becoming a patron. There's a link in the description below. When you pledge at the $20 level, I will send you a random science fiction book in the mail every month.