Ben Bova. (2008). Mars. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing.

Ben Bova. 2008. Mars. Blackstone Publishing.

Ben Bova, Mars. Blackstone Publishing, 2008.

Ben Bova. Mars. Unabridged Blackstone Publishing, 2008.

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     Ben Bova (1932–2020), American author of more than one hundred books of science fact and fiction, was awarded posthumously the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award. His work earned six Hugo Awards. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and his novel Titan won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel of 2006. In his early career, he was a technical editor for Project Vanguard, the United States's first effort to launch a satellite into space in 1958. He then was a science writer for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, which built the heat shields for the Apollo 11 module. He held the position of president emeritus of the National Space Society and served as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

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This grand epic adventure from six-time Hugo Award–winning author Ben Bova tells the irresistible story of man's first mission to that great unconquered frontier, Mars—a planet pocked by meteors, baked by ultraviolet light, and covered by endless deserts the color of dried blood. Technically plausible and compellingly human, Bova's story explores the political, scientific, and social repercussions of our greatest quest yet: the search for evidence of life beyond Earth's boundaries.

Half-Navajo geologist Jamie Waterman has been selected for the ground team of the first manned expedition to our mysterious neighbor planet. Joining an international team of twenty-five astronauts and scientists, he endures the rigors of training, the dangers of traveling an incredible distance in space, the challenges of an alien landscape, and the personal and political conflicts that arise when the team must face the most shocking discovery of all.

Mars is an unforgettable portrait of space, politics, science, and humanity that captures for all time the mystery and wonder of an alien frontier.

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   • content: Bova's 1992 novel follows Jamie Waterman--a Navaho geologist--on the first manned mission to Mars. The multinational expedition is wrought with political and personal strife, as well as a mysterious illness that strikes the entire land crew and nearly brings the project to a halt. The earnestness and longing of the lead character comes through in Stefan Rudnicki's voice as he narrates the story of Waterman's dogged search for signs of life on the Red Planet. Whether or not there's life beneath the frozen surface of Mars, Rudnicki's spellbinding baritone brings all the members of the international crew to life, providing believable accents for Russian, Brazilian, English, Japanese, and Israeli members of the landing team. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
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   • content: Ben Bova is one of science fiction's most important figures. Here he gives us a novel about a near-future trip to Mars manned by an international team of 25. The story gives us a vivid, smart, and entertaining picture of what such a trip could be like. Harlan Ellison shows he is not only a great writer himself, but also a great narrator. He performs several different accents throughout the production, and his narration is infectiously energetic. S.D. (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

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