Interesting and educational.
Erin has a great voice and knows how to make very complicated concepts approachable for sci fi fans.
However, I don't watch as much sci fi as I read, so I literally didn't know about 99% of the examples she uses. Even then, this was very enjoyable and I did learn a lot. Also, I now have more tv shows added to my tbw.

This is actually a podcast series bundles as an audiobook. I have no problem with that: I am binge-hearing the series and content was planned for audio presentation as opposed to print. I think I learned more about media (games like Mass Effect and series like "Firefly") than science (tachyons, branes, etc.) but I enjoyed the enthusiastic and accessible exploration of these topics.

Brightly coloured and designed to encourage questions and further discussion, My First Book of Space was written by astrophysicist and official Star Trek science advisor Erin Macdonald. I think it is most appropreiate for Toddlers and preschoolers. The text doesn't speak down to kids but rather playfully states facts. And the illustrations tie in with Star Trek which is cute and fun. There are plenty of opportunities to reflect on the text and ask questions - which is great for engaging show more children. show less

Enjoyable listen comparing real science to science fiction. In general (though not entirely) this is space-themed, so there are a lot of sci-fi topics that it doesn't cover. However, for a 4-hour Great Courses lecture series, it still managed to fit in a lot of topics.