Tales of the Grand Tour: An Intergalactic Adventure

New tales of humanity's near-future exploration of the Solar System, from a science fiction master and award-winning author Ben Bova In novels like Mars and Moonbase , and Venus, Jupiter , and Saturn , as well as Privateers , The Precipice , and The Rock Rats , Ben Bova has been telling the stories of the wars and rivalries, the outsize individuals, public crusades, and private passions that will drive us as we expand into the Solar System and make use of its vast resources. And throughout, Bova has shown our cosmic neighborhood as we know it to be, giving us a sense of Venus and Jupiter and the Asteroid Belt and Mars that's as up-to-date as the latest observations. For the last two decades have been a golden age of near-Earth astronomy and observation, and in his novels Bova has made dramatic use of our newest knowledge. But during that time Bova has also written short fiction about some of the same events and characters—-Sam Gunn, Martin Humphries, Klaus Fuchs, Dan Randolph, the Asteroid Wars. Now, in Tales of the Grand Tour , those stories are collected in book form for the first time, creating a volume that is a landmark of modern SF. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. In novels like 'Mars', 'Moonbase', 'Venus', 'Jupiter', and 'Saturn', Ben Bova has told the story of the wars and rivalries, the outsize individuals, public crusades, and private passions of the Solar System. This collection of his short fiction features some of the same events and characters. Introduction Sam and the flying Dutchman Monster slayer Fifteen miles Muzhestvo Red sky at morning Greenhouse chill High jump Death on Venus The man who hated gravity Appointment in Sinai Sepulcher Leviathan Afterword: The roads ahead. Presents a collection of stories about the exploration of the Solar System, which feature such characters and events as Sam Gunn, Lars Fuchs, and the Asteroid Wars