Uranus

#1 Outer Planets

Ben Bova

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Miscellaneous
19 July 2020

Science fiction; Aliens; First Contact; Hard Science Fiction

Series: Outer Planets

"Ben Bova, author of Earth, continues his exploration of the future of a human-settled Solar System with the science fiction action adventure Uranus, the first of his Outer Planets trilogy.

On a privately financed orbital habitat above the planet Uranus, political idealism conflicts with pragmatic, and illegal, methods of financing. Add a scientist who has funding to launch a probe deep into Uranus's ocean depths to search for signs of life, and you have a three-way struggle for control.

Humans can't live on the gas giants, making instead a life in orbit. Kyle Umber, a religious idealist, has built Haven, a sanctuary above the distant planet Uranus. He invites ""the tired, the sick, the poor"" of Earth to his orbital retreat where men and women can find spiritual peace and refuge from the world.

The billionaire who financed Haven, however, has his own designs: beyond the reach of the laws of the inner planets Haven could become the center for an interplanetary web of narcotics, prostitution, even hunting human prey.

Meanwhile a scientist has gotten funding from the Inner Planets to drop remote probes into the ""oceans"" of Uranus, in search of life. He brings money and prestige, but he also brings journalists and government oversight to Haven. And they can't have that."

By: Ben Bova
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781250296542
ISBN 10: 1250296544
Series: Outer Planets
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 19 July 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

BEN BOVA is a six-time winner of the Hugo Award, a former editor of Analog, former editorial director of Omni, and a past president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America. Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Apes and Angels and Earth. He lives in Florida.

Reviews for Uranus (#1 Outer Planets)

"Praise for Ben Bova ""Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways."" --The New York Times ""[Bova's] excellence at combining hard science with believable characters and an attention-grabbing plot makes him one of the genre's most accessible and entertaining storytellers."" --Library Journal"