An informational text with some spice. Spicy informational space book. The artwork and photographs used within are pleasant on the eyes and fit nicely with the sass. Reads easy and makes information about space accessible which is fxcking great.

This book NEEDS to be on your coffee table. Full of beautiful illustrations, pictures from space, and a lot of fucks, it is perfect. This is the primer every student of the stars needs to understand space. I have so many good things to say about this book, but I'd rather you read it yourself to find out the additional wonders it contains.

It is a science book written in language that two teens use after booze. It is unrestrained and carries hintsbof sarcasm and hilarious tones.
It covers most astounding facts about space and space exploration science.
A very interesting and informative book that can be easily recommend to any science buff person or otherwise.
A heavy dose of F wird, nice art and astounding pictures are highlight of the book.
A very informative and interesting book.

Back in college, I took a single semester of Astronomy to fulfill a requirement for my major. Despite the professor's best attempts, the class was dry, basic, and totally dull, and yet I was hooked. I have always been fascinated by space, astronauts, and the stars. This book totally scratched that itch for me. There's a lot of information here, but it's explained in a simple accessible (and yes, profane) style. You don't need to be a scientist to appreciate this book.

There are some stunning graphics in this book. Unfortunately, many of them are not particularly related to the subject matter. There are some spectacular space photos in this book, but I would have preferred more photographs and diagrams related to the subject matter, rather than some of the cartoons, collages, and art projects in the book, as cool as they were. Still, I would recommend this book to anyone who has a sense of curiosity and wonder about the mysteries and science of space.

Thank you to NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing for providing me with an ARC of this book in return for an honest review.

Finally, a condensed but thorough and equally humorous and graphic book on space! A lot of technical terms are liable to go over my head, but Howells provides easy to understand explanations, often accompanied by amusing adult language and graphics - photographs mixed with sketches even! The pace of the book is perfect for a casual but interested reader and isn't overly dense at all.

Astronomy has always been one of my favourite subjects to learn about. I've been studying it since 6th grade so I am already very familiar with the topics in this book but the reading experience was enjoyable nonetheless. I think this book would be a great place for one to learn some of the basic concepts. Information is well organized and easy to digest, with lots of beautiful pictures. Pretty f*cking cool if you ask me.

If someone doesn't buy me this book as a gift, then they don't know me. This is exactly the kind of space book I need. I laughed so hard reading this one and had to pause my reading to re-read what I had just read out loud to my husband. I absolutely loved this book and I need more things like this from the author. I can't recommend this book enough!

The latest entry into the growing field of profanity-laden "real guides," Space Is Cool as F*ck serves as a sort of list of factoids about space. The language choices are intended to be more accessible and the facts provided seem accurate (this is not my specialty area). Perhaps the most intriguing part of the book are the illustrations, which come from 40 young people artists around the world. In addition to being an interesting platform for featuring the art of young people, the takes different artists have on the concept of space is fascinating.

I am OBSESSED with space. It makes me so happy and I love love love learning about it. Most of the time though, I get overwhelmed and don't understand what I'm reading when it comes to learning about space. This book explains everything in such a flawless, easy to understand way!! Can we also talk about the outstanding artwork in this book?! It is STUNNING! Highly recommend to space lovers

I might be the target audience for this book and I'm really not mad about it.

I'm a millennial that grew up on Bill Nye, magic school bus, and pretty much any science book I could get my hands on. I love space, and I love to cuss (I think all of these things could be blamed on my mom)

The artwork is stunning. It's a gorgeous coffee table book that'll you'll actually want to read and not just put cold cups of coffee on. The writing is funny and witty and definitely easy to read but still very informative.

I love it so muc

I love space.. Not this book.

The writing is awful and I don't just mean all the tacky, disrespectful and unnecessary swearing. The tone is juvenile and cringey.

Another reviewer already said it, this book feels 'dirty'.

It is written by, "enthusiasts not experts." Enough said..

Thank you for the ARC. I loved reading all about the mystery that is space. There are tons of tidbits in this book to make you ponder the universe around us. There are also lots of great NASA photos to keep your attention. I did cringe quite a bit when I turned a page only to see some strange psychedelic art. Most of the art was completely out of place and seemed irrelevant to the text which was fairly off putting. The content is good, just skip past the weird stuff. #SpaceIsCoolasFck #NetGalley

I was disappointed in this book. I requested an ARC of it so that my 13 y/o son and I could both look it over since he loves anything science and space related. I expected cussing, but it's one of those books that goes way over the top in trying to be cool and the result is that cussing is more the star than space. Every few pages there's a text box with the caption "Check this sh*t out!" and then there are sections like "MATTER: What the f*ck is all this sh*t?" (not censored in the book) and sentences like "So anyway, if matter is just a clusterf*ck of atoms...". It gets old.

There are some great photos but there's also a ton of weird modern art that I guess is supposed to represent space, and fluff like a gratuitous (very long) interview and fan piece about Bill Nye. Bill Nye is a master of his own PR but he's not an expert on space or any type of science. His degrees are honorary other than a bachelors in mechanical engineering. He's a TV star who is really good at self promotion, and I was surprised to see the author fan-girling about him in a book that's supposed to be about space. Bill Nye, ever the respected "scientist" answered some of the questions about the Big Bang with lines like "Nobody knows, man." In response to a question about whether we're all f*cked because of global warming, he answered that you have to be optimistic or "you ain't gonna do nothin'" but that "a lot of us are f*cked." He also says that archeologists have proof that the slaves who built the pyramids weren't really slaves because "everyone was just into it" and they were provided with food and tents and stuff (he says he knows this because one of his science writers from his tv show found a bunch of records and we can trust him because he now works for Microsoft). WTAF? I don't even know what to say to that.

Shrug. The short bursts of information and heavy use of graphics and swearing will appeal to some, but it's not a book I'd recommend. The author is trying to sell books by inserting every four-letter word she knows every other sentence in order to seem cool. Frankly, space is cool enough not to need that and the book would have been better if it was the main star.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

I really really enjoyed this book. It is a short collection of interesting stuff about space. The only problem I had with it is that there were some cases where swear words were absolutely unnecessary. Otherwise, I loved the language, that it wasn't too scientific and anyone could understand it. It was really short and surface level stuff but just enough to make you interested in further study of space. I loved this one.

Long ago, when I was but a wee college freshman, I signed up for an astronomy survey course, thinking it would be the most fun, fascinating thing I would take that first semester of college.

Spoiler alert: It was not fun. It was not fun at all. It was boring, mostly math-based, and took all the fun out of what should have been a hugely entertaining topic for a class.

Space Is Cool as Fuck is exactly what I wanted that class to be. Challenging and informative, but also loads and loads of fun.

The author got the tone of the book exactly right. I didn’t necessarily need all the curse words (the informal, snappy tone was plenty), but the approach and delivery is bang-on perfect for explaining this topic to astronomy amateurs who are interested in space and all its trappings but don’t want to/can’t process a more textbook-like dissemination of the information.

But perhaps the coolest part of this book is the artwork. 40+ different artists contributed pieces to this book, and the variety of styles makes for an exceptionally neat visual read. Alexandra English’s collage-style work was my personal favorite, but there’s much to like across the board, from photography to illustration.

I absolutely loved Space is cool as F*ck. I will definitely be using the content in class (edited the language for my 5th graders of course.) Every piece of information is given in an easy to understand and grasp short blurb. As a teacher I greatly enjoyed the simplified scientific explanations of the wonders of our universe. The illustrations were fantastic and paired well with the mind bending facts that were given throughout the book. I really enjoyed the book and will definitely return to it again and again.

Space is Cool as F*ck is a fun coffee table style book that covers deep-dive physics subjects in an easy to understand, fun style.
The style is unapologetically bold. If you hate profanity, this is not the book for you. SiCaF has no apologetically soft tone found so often in science writing.
The science itself is interesting and probably on a level able to be understood by most adults.
My only complaint is that while the pictures were cool, they rarely had to do with the subject being covered.
Overall, this would be a good addition to a library if someone wants to read about really cool space stuff but doesn't want to read a textbook.

I received a copy of this book from Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley.

This was a very short and very fun read. I enjoyed the humor immensely.

From the title, you can guess what to expect to find in this book, and I expected something similar. I would say the author is targeting young people. The author simply explains space facts, and there is some useful information in this book. Reading about space shouldn't be difficult, and this kind of content should be for all. Here I agree, but unfortunately, the style is not to my taste. So I would give this 2.5 stars rounded to 3.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this! All opinions are my own.

"Space is for everyone" we're told – well this book isn't. For t*ssers who feel the need to f**king swear every mutha-second. Punctuated by completely spurious visualisations, where echt space imagery gets replaced by some kind of modern art adoption of the same, every paragraph, every title, every box-out has to have some cussing in – and here, the C-word does not mean "comet". I seldom dip to giving a one star, as that under any rating can only mean the worst of the worst, and it is indeed hard to work out how this ever got greenlit. It makes you feel dirty – as if the child snickering at school about the name Uranus was down a K-hole for his space science exam.

Leave "cool as f**k" to Inspiral Carpets T-shirts.