> “war pigs” by Black Sabbath War pigs is positively cheerful compared with Titan! At least Titan sort-of avoided another Stephen Baxter trope that annoyed me

> “war pigs” by Black Sabbath War pigs is positively cheerful compared with Titan! At least Titan sort-of avoided another Stephen Baxter trope that annoyed me when it kept appearing: how humanity's first star ship, last-chance rescue ark, etc always somehow gets taken over by a gang of lowlife characters who were included for bizarre plot reasons / sneaked onboard at the last minute / etc. Although in Titan, instead of stowaways, madness due to increased radiation exposure turns one of the crew into the deranged psycho who has to be managed by the others. Many of his books also include a disgruntled ex-astronaut partnered with some all-knowing alien / robot / immortal / etc that provides exposition / info dumps as required when Baxter decides to 'tell' rather than 'show'.