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A review by bookwomble
Fantastic Voyage by Isaac Asimov
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
A fun novelisation of the 1966 movie by Asimov, who does what he can within the sci-fi premise to include realistic science as problems to be solved by the crew of scientists and technicians, miniaturised in a nuclear-powered submarine and injected into the bloodstream of a defecting physicist with an inoperable brain tumour, to save his life and the knowledge he has in order to maintain a cold war stalemate.
Some nods to the Manhattan Project, deconstruction of super-spy tropes, critique of sexism in science (which Asimov then forgets), wrapped up in a neat race-against-time adventure.
Some nods to the Manhattan Project, deconstruction of super-spy tropes, critique of sexism in science (which Asimov then forgets), wrapped up in a neat race-against-time adventure.