Neptune

I received this to read via NetGalley. Glad I didn't spend any money on it. Oh boy. Do not come for character development or realistic relationship building. The overall narrative is interesting enough and the theory that drives the second half of the plot itself is fine. But the scientific consequen......more

I'm making allowances for the fact that this book was, sadly published posthumously. I am sure Ben Bova could have put more polish and detail into it, had he had time. As the adventure stands, it reads like a Golden Age SF book, an expedition to frozen oceans on the planet Neptune, to try to find a......more

Neptune is the twenty-fifth (yes, you read that right!) novel in Ben Bova's The Grand Tour series. For the sake of honesty, I have to confess that I have not read the rest of this series. However, I was too curious to pass up the opportunity to give it a try regardless! Set in a far future where hum......more

3.4/5 There is Pluto as the final trilogy, regarding an announcement by Ben Bova's admin, for those who are curious.......more

The late Ben Bova's last novel is one of his most concise...and it certainly moves at light-speed, with an ominous premise that could have been followed-up if he had lived. However, I can't grant this higher than a 3-star rating, because the first third of the book is smeared with an unpleasant & un......more