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Titan
Titan rolled slowly in its stately orbit around the ringed planet Saturn just as it had for billions of years, as dark and benighted beneath its shroud of ruddy auburn clouds as a blind beggar groping his unlit circuit through a cold, pitiless universe. But this slow dawn was different. A new kind of day was beginning...
Titan Alpha has landed: the most complex man-made object to reach Saturn’s largest moon. The ten thousand men and women of Habitat Goddard are once more at the frontier of science.
From their huge, artificial paradise hanging in orbit above Saturn, some of them dream of landing on Titan’s surface. Others will do anything to prevent such a landing. And yet others have darker, secret plans.
But almost immediately, Titan Alpha goes silent. And minor, inexplicable faults start to affect Goddard. Is there a basic design flaw that could threaten the lives of everyone on board? Or has one of the many malcontents exiled to space decided to sabotage the probe or even the whole expedition?
The newest chapter in Ben Bova’s epic of space exploration brings to vivid, awe-inspiring life a barren world of swirling smog, frozen methane seas - and perhaps even a new sentient life form. It is both a thrilling novel of adventure and danger, and a keenly perceptive story of men and women making decisions that will change our future.
`The science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the world. Ray Bradbury
Mars
`A splendid book ... of his many books, Mars must be the most important: Arthur C. Clarke
`Extraordinary ... this kind of story is the reason science fiction exists in the first place: Orson Scott Card
Venus
`Fun, thought-provoking, pacy and stylish ... Gives a good read while turning your eyes to what might be in the not so distant future, just like Clarke and Asimov used to do so well: SFX
`Vivid, poetic and wonder-provoking.’ Foundation
The Rock Rats
‘Bova is a masterful storyteller and the narrative is compelling, almost hypnotic’ Vector
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Mercury
The closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is an airless, heat-scorched world where temperatures rise to four times higher than the boiling point-of water.
But this vision of hell is also a planet with unlimited solar power - worth a fortune to the space tycoon Saito Yamagata if he can find a way to harness it. He has hired the enigmatic Dante Alexios to establish a research station on the surface of the planet and find a way to turn that solar energy into portable power satellites.
But Yamagata is secretly preparing the way to a very different dream: he wants to travel to the stars themselves. And Alexios has his own obsession, a plot to lure an old enemy to this hellhole of a world and take his revenge for one of the worst disasters in human history.
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`A masterful storyteller’ Vector
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The Silent War
The Asteroid Wars End in a Holocaust of Violence
The Asteroid Wars: III
Martin Humphries, wealthy, ruthless and obsessed, has exiled his rival Lars Fuchs to the depths of space and taken Fuchs’ wife, Amanda Cunningham, for his own. Now he rules space exploration almost unchallenged.
But for Humphries, nothing short of total domination will ever be enough. He wants a son - Amanda’s son. He wants Fuchs to die. He wants to control the Moon. And if the free space prospectors of the asteroid Ceres stand in his way, he promises to destroy them.
But another power is building its strength in secret, waiting for a chance to seize the Humphries empire.
‘The science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the world Ray Bradbury
‘An internationally acknowledged SF master. Books Magazine
As in Greek tragedy, there’s deception gory murder, exile and planned revenge ... a hard-charging continuation of the battle for the Asteroid Belt begun in The Precipice. Publishers Weekly
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The Rock Rats
The Asteroid Wars II
Millions of chunks of rock and metal float silently, endlessly, through the deep emptiness of interplanetary space. They contain more metals and minerals, more natural resources, than the entire Earth . . .
The story of the men and women who risk everything to mine the riches of the asteroids began in The Precipice. It continues in
The Rock Rats
Martin Humphries - the fabulously wealthy, coldly ruthless owner of the greatest space-based industrial giant - has been checked, but his malice and ambition remain.
He still dreams of bankrupting the rival space exploration company Astro Manufacturing and bringing the independent prospectors who are beginning to stake claims on large and small rocks of the Asteroid Belt under his control. And most of all, he wants to capture the love of beautiful Amanda Cunningham, the woman who spurned his money, and take his revenge on Lars Fuchs, the space prospector who both defied Humphries and married Amanda.
His weapons will be piracy, sabotage and murder.
The Asteroid Wars have entered a violent new era
'His not-too-distant 21st century seems almost at hand, with achievable technology and logical scenarios of the Earth/Moon system's ecological, political and social landscape' Locus
Return to Mars
'A superb story by a first-class writer' Daily Telegraph
'The science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the world.' Ray Bradbury
Mars
'A splendid book... of his many books, Mars must be the most important.' Arthur C Clarke
'Extraordinary... this kind of story is the reason science fiction exists in the first place.' Orson Scott Card
Death Dream
'The prophetic vision of one of the world's great masters of the genre of science fiction.' Books
Brothers
'Plenty of excitement... an effective mix of science, politics and family struggle.' Kirkus Reviews
Moonrise
'Heady oxygen is breathed into old bones as Bova colonises the moon.' Scotland on Sunday
'Bova's picture of life on the moon is highly believable.' Publishers Weekly
Moonwar
'What happens to Moonbase and its inhabitants is as exciting as the future that could be ours.' Tampa Tribune and Times
Venus
`Fun, thought-provoking, pacy and stylish . . . Gives a good read while turning your eyes to what might be in the not so distant future, just like Clarke and Asimov used to do so well.’ SFX
`Venus is an epic adventure, full of twists and turn and genuine surprises. It should easily be in the running for the highest awards.’ Hartford Courant
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Saturn
Ten thousand men and women, exiled from Earth, are riding a man-made habitat to the planet Saturn. They form a volatile community - one that needs only a spark to set off an explosion that could end in disaster.
Some are innocents like Holly Lane, revived after dying many years ago from cancer, or Manuel Gaeta, a stunt man who intends to land on the surface of Saturn’s biggest moon, Titan.
Others are idealists, like Edouard Urbain, the habitat’s chief scientist, opposed to allowing any human to set foot on Titan.
And some have much more dangerous plans. Malcolm Eberly, a swindler who was freed from prison by agents of the Holy Disciples, has been placed aboard the Saturn-bound habitat to take over its government.
Once again, Ben Bova has brought the future to thrilling, dangerous life in a story that weaves together scientific fact and an unputdownable story.
About The Author
An award-winning editor, President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, Ben Bova is also the author of more than one hundred futuristic novels and non-fiction books. Jupiter and The Precipice – the first volume in the Asteroid Wars sequence – are the most recent.
Ben Bova holds degrees from the State University of New York and Temple University, Philadelphia, and most recently received his Doctor of Education degree from California Coast University. In 2001, he became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has taught writing at Harvard University and at the Hayden Planetarium in New York, and lectures regularly on topics dealing with high technology and the future. He and his wife live in Florida.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
Titan
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2006)
Mercury
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2005)
Hodder Pbk Aug 05
The Silent War
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2004)
NEL Pbk Aug 04
The Rock Rats
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2002)
NEL Pbk Aug 02
Saturn
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2002)
NEL Pbk Jul 03
The Precipice
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2001)
NEL Pbk Aug 01
Jupiter
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2000)
NEL Pbk Feb 01
Venus
(Hodder & Stoughton,
2000)
NEL Pbk Jul 00
Are We Alone in the Cosmos?
(Ibooks Pbk,
2000)
Return to Mars
(Hodder & Stoughton,
1999)
NEL Pbk Dec 99
Titan
by Ben Bova
