The Winds of Altair

Name: The Winds of Altair
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Ben Bova
ISBN: 9781482911398

Author: Ben Bova

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 06/15/2013

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Earth is an old planet, and her teeming masses are running out of resourcesand time. It is up to men such as Jeff Holman to discover a haven for Earths millions. Altair VI is one such planet, and Holman is determined to transform this world into one where the human race can survive. Star probes long ago informed Earth that Altair VI had a flourishing ecology with one very tough beast at the top of the food chain, one that will have to be dealt with before the human colony ships arrive. The beast is not only tough, it is as smart as a man. Holman is faced with a soul-wrenching decisionfor to make Altair VI habitable for humans, all native life must die.

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 Brent on August 24, 2017

I am so excited about finding this book! Ever since I watched the movie Avatar I have been scraping my memory trying to the remember the name of the book that I read in grade school with the six-legged tigers on the hostile planet and the kids that run them telepathically. Well guess what? It's call......more

Goodreads review by Malcolm on July 15, 2014

Winds of Altair is my second venture into the works of acclaimed sci-fi writer Ben Bova. I have heard from a few sources that it heavily inspired Avatar, so I was willing to take an 8-hour shot at it. Afterwards, I felt disappointed at the wasted potential, but do give credit to the story for inspir......more

Goodreads review by Cheryl on July 09, 2012

Before there was "Avatar" there was "The Winds of Altair" and the wolfcats of Windsong. While not a direct correlation to James Cameron's blockbuster there were enough similarities to make me appreciate both the book and the movie a lot more.......more

Goodreads review by Leisha on February 25, 2009

Clash between desperate, religious colonists and ferocious, six-legged native predators. Sketchy characters, fair-to-middling alien action (no sex), and a completely unbelievable conclusion. I can't recommend it, even as a beach read for a sci-fi addict.......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on July 03, 2018

Good detail does a great job describes the world but, the characters are flat. I mean the most important moments in story arch you just knew nothing bad would happen. I thoughg it was ok book.......more