Great sample! Can't wait to read the rest of it. :-)

Delighted to have have the opportunity to read this short sampler. And yet it's almost TOO short to entice me in any real capacity making it difficult to feel any connection to the characters.

Although I could possibly see the cantankerous spaceman's role developing into something quite amusing, I really can't imagine anyone getting *that* swearily offensive to a twelve year old girl asking a perfectly innocent question about his momentous journey to Mars.

While a part of me was eager to learn what has made him so socially irritable and volunteer for what could theoretically be a one way trip, the remainder was not sufficiently moved by his actions to compel me to discover more.

I've rated this 3 out of 5 for originality as the theme showed potential, even though it lacked the opportunity to shine. I believe this to due to the brevity of the sampler rather than the story itself, which from the summary sounded like something that would be right up my street.