Leviathans of Jupiter, Ben Bova
Leviathans of Jupiter, Ben Bova
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Leviathans of Jupiter
The Grand Tour Series

Author: Ben Bova

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell, Gabrielle de Cuir, Samantha Eggar, Rosalyn Landor, Stefan Rudnicki, and Judy Young

Unabridged: 15 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/01/2011

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

What secrets lurk in the depths of Jupiters oceans? In Ben Bovas novel Jupiter, physicist Grant Archer led an expedition into Jupiters planetwide ocean, attempting to study the unusual and massive creatures that call the planet their home. Unprepared for the hostile environment and crushing pressures, Grants team faced certain death as their ship malfunctioned and slowly sank to the planets depths. However, one of Jupiters native creaturesa citysized leviathansaved the doomed ship. This creatures act convinced Grant that they were intelligent, but he lacked scientific proof. Now, several years later, Grant prepares a new expedition to prove it once and for all. The new team faces dangers from both the hostile environment and from humans who will do anything to make sure the mission is a failureeven if it means murdering the entire crew.

About Ben Bova

Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Leviathans of Jupiter, and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and in 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature." He is President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni. As an editor, he won science fiction's Hugo Award six times. Dr. Bova's writings have predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more. He lives in Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dirk on November 25, 2021

It was like walking on the face of the deep. And then, as the station slowly rotated, massive Jupiter rose majestically into view. The planet loomed huge, immense, its varicolored clouds churning and whirling before [her] staring eyes. It filled her vision, engulfed her senses like a true god, encom......more

Goodreads review by Jonathan on September 27, 2024

I think it's safe to say that Ben Bova has secured himself a spot on my top authors of all time list. Now I need to read a few more books to see where he is on the list, but this book was another incredible entry in the series. As always, he just has an excellent way of depicting hopeful space explor......more

Goodreads review by Michael on January 10, 2015

This book was the first Ben Bova book I've read, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Most sci-fi is basically fantasy ---- so far in the future that it's far off in another time or other part of the galaxy. This one was set in this century --- however, mankind has somehow managed to conquer space as surel......more

Goodreads review by AndrewP on January 13, 2019

This is a direct sequel to 'Jupiter' and takes place some 20 years after the events in that book. Technology has advanced a bit and it's now considered safe enough to attempt another dive deep into Jupiters' atmosphere/ocean and investigate the huge living creatures that dwell there. Once again, Bova......more

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