Reading with Style discussion

In celebration of First Contact Day (April 5th), the day Vulcans establish first contact with humanity, and Towel Day (May 25th), a day when fans carry a towel with them to demonstrate their love for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Read a book that features space travel.

Please post any questions or comments about task 10.6 in this thread.

Now is your chance to jump on the Murderbot (Martha Wells ) bandwagon!!

This is a hard question to ask without giggling. In Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder by Jo Nesbø, the title character invents a powder that propels someone who eats it into outer space.

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« What about the fartonaut powder, Dad’, » Truls asked.

« Heh, heh » Mr Trane laughed. « I’ve already talked to someone in the US, in Houston, who’s very interested in an invention that can send people right into space without having to build a rocket a rocket»

Would this qualify for 10.6?

I couldn’t resist reading it or asking this question. Amazing what you can find when looking for Scandanavian mysteries. They still might eat cake, if not.

Mary wrote: "This is a hard question to ask without giggling. In Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder by Jo Nesbø, the title character invents a powder that propels someone who eats it in..."

Haha! But do they actually *get* to outer space? :-)))

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Mary wrote: "This is a hard question to ask without giggling. In Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder by Jo Nesbø, the title character invents a powder that propels someone w..."

That is actually unclear at most it is for a few minutes. . Once I finished the book, it sounds like the is a possibility of it being used but in this story, there is not a totally effecctive blast off. And no 🍰 :( fun book anyway. A 10 year old boy would love it but I don’t think it fits this season!