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Jupiter

The Grand Tour
by Ben Bova
Jupiter (The Grand Tour) by Ben Bova
★ 8.00 / 1
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Grant Archer only wanted to study astrophysics. But the forces of the "New Morality," the coalition of censorious do-gooders who run 21st-century America, have other plans for him. To his distress, Grant is torn from his young bride and sent to a research station in orbit around Jupiter, to spy on the scientists who work there. Their work may lead to the discovery of higher life forms in the Jovian system - with implications the New Morality doesn't like at all.

What Grant's would-be controllers don't know is that his loyalty to science may be greater than his desire for a quiet life. But that loyalty will be tested in a mission as dangerous as any ever undertaken - a mission to the middle reaches of Jupiter's endless atmosphere, a place where hydrogen flows as a liquid, and cyclones larger than planets rage for centuries at a time.

What lurks there is more than anyone has counted on... and stranger than anyone could possibly have imagined.

 

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Release date: 2001

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Ben Bova

Benjamin William Bova (1932–2020) was an American writer. He was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, six-time winner of the Hugo Award, an editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, an editorial director of Omni; he was also president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America.

As of February 2016, Bova had written over 124 books in various genres. He edited several works, including The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two (1973) and Nebula Awards Showcase 2008. He wrote the Grand Tour novel series about exploration and colonization of the Solar System by humans. Reviewing a collection of 12 of the series published in 2004, The New York Times described Bova as "the last of the great pulp writers".

The Grand Tour

The Grand Tour chronicles humanity's struggles to colonize our solar system in the late 21st century.

The Grand Tour consists of 11 total books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

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Venus (The Grand Tour)
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Jupiter (The Grand Tour)
★ 8.00 / 1
Saturn (The Grand Tour)
★ 6.00 / 1
Tales of the Grand Tour (The Grand Tour)
★ 8.00 / 1
Mercury (The Grand Tour)
★ 6.00 / 1
Powersat (The Grand Tour)
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Titan (The Grand Tour)
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Mars Life (The Grand Tour)
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Leviathans of Jupiter (The Grand Tour)
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New Earth (The Grand Tour)
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Earth (The Grand Tour)
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