{"product_id":"tales-of-the-grand-tour-short-stories-paperback","title":"Tales of the Grand Tour: Short Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Bova\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e New tales of humanity's near-future exploration of the Solar System, from a science fiction master and award-winning author Ben Bova\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn novels like \u003ci\u003eMars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMoonbase\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVenus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJupiter\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSaturn\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003ePrivateers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Precipice\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Rock Rats\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 Bova has made dramatic use of our newest knowledge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBova has written short fiction about some of the same characters and events--Sam Gunn, Martin Humphries, Klaus Fuchs, Dan Randolph, the Asteroid Wars. Now, in \u003ci\u003eTales of the Grand Tour\u003c\/i\u003e, those stories are collected in book form for the first time, creating a volume that is a landmark of modern SF.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Bova\u003c\/b\u003e (1932-2020) was the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including \u003ci\u003eAble One, Transhuman, Orion\u003c\/i\u003e, the Star Quest Trilogy, and the Grand Tour novels, including \u003ci\u003eTitan\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. His many honors include the Isaac Asimov Memorial Award in 1996, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award \"for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature\" in 2008. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Bova was President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of \u003ci\u003eAnalog\u003c\/i\u003e and former fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eOmni\u003c\/i\u003e. As an editor, he won science fiction's Hugo Award six times. His writings predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to his literary achievements, Bova worked for Project Vanguard, America's first artificial satellite program, and for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, the company that created the heat shields for Apollo 11, helping the NASA astronauts land on the moon. He also taught science fiction at Harvard University and at New York City's Hayden Planetarium and worked with such filmmakers as George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.48 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52583654818099,"sku":"9780765310446","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/r-eYHzJryY9780765310446.webp?v=1761562407","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/tales-of-the-grand-tour-short-stories-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}