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The Grand Tour Series

25 primary works • 26 total works
The Grand Tour chronicles humanity's struggles to colonize our solar system in the late 21st century. Ben Bova is a Hugo Award-winning editor, author, scientist, and journalist—a modern master of near-future science fiction and a passionate advocate of manned space exploration.

The current series listing is taken directly from Ben Bova's website. P…

Book 1

Powersat
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3.52 · 1750 Ratings · 185 Reviews · published 2005 · 22 editions
Two hundred thousand feet up, things go horribly w…

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    Book 2

    Privateers
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    3.54     · 941 Ratings · 80 Reviews · published 1985 · 22 editions
    America has ceded the heavens to the tyrants--and …

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    Empire Builders
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    3.64     · 740 Ratings · 55 Reviews · published 1993 · 5 editions
    Dan Randolph never plays by the rules. A hell-rais…

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    Mars
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    3.87     · 9113 Ratings · 366 Reviews · published 1992 · 1 edition
    Encore peu connu en France, Ben Bova est l'un des …

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    Moonrise
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    3.84     · 1951 Ratings · 97 Reviews · published 1996 · 32 editions
    There is a dream called Moonbase, nurtured by ex-a…

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    Moonwar
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    3.93     · 1758 Ratings · 77 Reviews · published 1997 · 27 editions
    Ben Bova's extraordinary Moonbase Saga continues w…

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    Book 7

    Return to Mars
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    3.91     · 2674 Ratings · 111 Reviews · published 1999 · 3 editions
    Jamie Waterman is returning to the Red Planet, thi…

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    The Precipice
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    3.74     · 1672 Ratings · 98 Reviews · published 2001 · 24 editions
    Once, Dan Randolph was one of the richest men on E…

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    Jupiter
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    3.89     · 2949 Ratings · 182 Reviews · published 2000 · 25 editions
    Jupiter is a boundless ocean, ten times wider than…

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    The Rock Rats
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    3.72     · 1264 Ratings · 51 Reviews · published 2002 · 2 editions
    Visionary Dan Randolph is dead, but his protégé, p…

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    The Silent War
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    3.83     · 1051 Ratings · 41 Reviews · published 2004 · 21 editions
    When corporations go to war, standard business pra…

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    The Aftermath
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    3.79     · 712 Ratings · 45 Reviews · published 2007 · 13 editions
    In the wake of the Asteroid Wars that tore across …

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    Saturn
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    3.64     · 1475 Ratings · 124 Reviews · published 2003 · 25 editions
    Second in size only to Jupiter, bigger than a thou…

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    Book 14

    Leviathans of Jupiter
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    3.83     · 1066 Ratings · 101 Reviews · published 2011 · 15 editions
    In Ben Bova's novel JUPITER, physicist Grant Arche…

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    Titan
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    3.75     · 1732 Ratings · 98 Reviews · published 2006 · 20 editions
    Hugo Award-winning editor, author, scientist, and …

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    Mercury
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    3.72     · 1112 Ratings · 74 Reviews · published 2005 · 3 editions
    The planet closest to our Sun, Mercury is a rocky,…

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    Mars Life
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    3.80     · 1032 Ratings · 107 Reviews · published 2008 · 2 editions
    Jamie Waterman discovered the cliff dwelling on Ma…

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    Venus
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    3.77     · 3012 Ratings · 169 Reviews · published 2000 · 37 editions
    The surface of Venus is the most hellish place in …

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    The Return
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    3.72     · 483 Ratings · 46 Reviews · published 2009 · 14 editions
    In the 1980s, an alien starship visited Earth. Whi…

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    Farside
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    3.23     · 1640 Ratings · 261 Reviews · published 2013 · 14 editions
    Six-time Hugo-Award winner Ben Bova presents Farsi…

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    New Earth
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    3.39     · 2112 Ratings · 324 Reviews · published 2013 · 16 editions
    Award-winning author Ben Bova brings us New Earth,…

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    Tales of the Grand Tour: Short Stories
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    3.63     · 194 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 2004 · 12 editions
    New tales of humanity's near-future exploration of…

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    Book 23

    Earth
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    3.10     · 261 Ratings · 53 Reviews · published 2019 · 10 editions
    Earth is the latest science fiction novel by novel…

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    Book 24

    Uranus
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    3.21     · 362 Ratings · 74 Reviews · 8 editions
    Ben Bova, author of Earth, continues his explorati…

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    Book 25

    Neptune
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    3.16     · 336 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 2021 · 9 editions
    Hugo Award winner Ben Bova continues his grand tou…

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    Book 26

    Pluto
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    3.49     · 51 Ratings · 13 Reviews · 2 editions
    Hugo Award winner Ben Bova and Les Johnson complet…

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