"Atmosphere was ranked among Scientific American's best fiction books of 2025, and it's easy to understand why. It's a breezy, compelling read that offers up the real history of NASA's early space shuttle program through the eyes of a fictional aspiring female astronaut. The plot weaves together elements of romance, family drama and feminist struggle against the backdrop of a space walk gone terribly awry."
"Lemming has the perhaps unique ability to write a book about a woman who gets abducted by owl-sized extraterrestrials and winds up stranded on a planet inhabited by yet more (horny) aliens and make it both serious about the science and genuinely funny. Between jokes about research funding and the scientific questions that might arise upon spotting a fuzzy pink Tyrannosaurus rex on a strange planet, Lemming uses her protagonist, Dory, to poke fun at romance tropes and graduate student woes alike."
Eight novels pair scientific rigor with romantic plots, spanning historical fiction, LGBTQ+ themes, erotica, and science fiction. Atmosphere presents the real history of NASA's early space shuttle program through the eyes of a fictional aspiring female astronaut, weaving romance, family drama and feminist struggle around a space walk gone terribly awry. I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom‑Com follows a woman abducted by owl‑sized extraterrestrials who becomes stranded on a planet of horny aliens, combining serious scientific questions with broad humor. That novel uses jokes about research funding and graduate‑student life to satirize romance tropes while maintaining scientific engagement.
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