Saturn

A Novel of the Ringed Planet

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Saturn
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Saturn

A Novel of the Ringed Planet

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Overview: Second in size only to Jupiter, bigger than a thousand Earths but light enough to float in water, home of crushing gravity and delicate, seemingly impossible rings, it dazzles and attracts us: SATURN Earth groans under the thumb of fundamentalist political regimes. Crisis after crisis has given authoritarians the upper hand. Freedom and opportunity exist in space, for those with the nerve and skill to run the risks. Now the governments of Earth are encouraging many of their most incorrigible dissidents to join a great ark on a one-way expedition, twice Jupiter's distance from the Sun, to Saturn, the ringed planet that baffled Galileo and has fascinated astronomers ever since. But humans will be human, on Earth or in the heavens-so amidst the idealism permeating Space Habitat Goddard are many individuals with long-term schemes, each awaiting the tight moment. And hidden from them is the greatest secret of all, the real purpose of this expedition, known to only a few ...

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Cover of: Saturn
Saturn: A Novel of the Ringed Planet (The Grand Tour)
August 26, 2004, Tor Science Fiction
Mass Market Paperback in English
Cover of: Saturn
Saturn: A Novel of the Ringed Planet (The Grand Tour)
August 12, 2004, Audio Renaissance
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: Saturn: A Novel Of The Ringed Planet- And The Humans Who Explore It
Saturn: A Novel Of The Ringed Planet- And The Humans Who Explore It
Jul 13, 2004, Unknown
Cover of: Saturn (Grand Tour)
Saturn (Grand Tour)
July 21, 2003, New English Library Ltd
Paperback
Cover of: Saturn
Saturn: A Novel of the Ringed Planet
2003, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
in English
Cover of: Saturn Ben Bova's Grand Tour of the Universe
Saturn Ben Bova's Grand Tour of the Universe
May 22, 2003, Hodder & Stoughton
Cover of: Saturn
Saturn
2003, Tor Books
in English
Cover of: Saturn
Saturn
2003, Tor
in English - 1st ed.

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384

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OL37362766M
ISBN 13
9781429979207

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