Moonrise by Ben Bova
Brilliant, driven, visionary, former astronaut Paul Stavanger seizes his chance to colonize the last frontier, creating a viable, flourishing, nearly self-sufficient community at Moonbase. And when his son Douglas comes of age, his determination to carry on where his father left off brings him to Moonbase, and a crisis that can only be resolved by his triumph - or its destruction. Harsh, dangerous, strangely beautiful, the Moon becomes a living presence, leading the Stavangers and their enemies onwardds to glory, to disaster and ultimately, to a new future for mankind.
Heady oxygen is breathed into old bones as Bova colonises the Moon* Scotland on Sunday, 15.12.96 *
An award-winning editor, President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a Fellow of the British Interplanetary Society, Ben Bova is also the author of more than ninety futuristic novels and non-fiction books. He and his wife live in Florida.
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ISBN 13 | 9780340682494 |
ISBN 10 | 0340682493 |
Title | Moonrise |
Author | Ben Bova |
Series | The Moonbase Saga |
Condition | Unavailable |
Binding type | Paperback |
Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
Year published | 1997-05-15 |
Number of pages | 613 |
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