Title: Mercury
Title Record # 167787
Author: Ben Bova
Date: 2005-02-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Grand Tour
Series Number: 14
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Ben Bova
Date: 2005-02-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Grand Tour
Series Number: 14
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: From the front flap of the Tor first edition: "The closest planet to our Sun, Mercury is a rocky, barren, heat-scorched world. But there are those who hope to find wealth in its desolation.
Saito Yamagata thinks Mercury's position will make it an ideal orbit point for satellites that could someday create enough power to propel starships into deep space. He hires Dante Alexios to bring his dreams to life. Astrobiologist Victor Molina thinks the water at Mercury's poles may harbor evidence of life, and hopes to achieve fame and glory by proving it. Bishop Elliot Danvers has been sent by the powerful Earth-based "New Morality" to keep close tabs on Molina's endeavors, which threaten to produce results contrary to fundamentalist teachings.
Three of these men are blissfully unaware of their shared history and how it ties into one of mankind's greatest tragedies. Years before, visionary engineer Mance Bracknell made his own attempt to help man progress into space by building a ladder to the stars: a glistening tower stretching thousands of miles into the air, anchored by spans of steel to a satellite in geosynchronous orbit. But technological endeavor was no match for human passions, and greed and jealousy provoked terrorists to an act of sabotage that resulted in the death of millions.
There's no telling how many more will have to die before Mance has his revenge..."
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Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Mercury | 2005-00-00 | Ben Bova | The Easton Press (Signed First Editions of Science Fiction #211) | 106-211 | 315 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | |||
Mercury | 2005-02-00 | Ben Bova | Hodder & Stoughton | 0-340-82394-1 | £18.99?£: UK pound |
370 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Mark Harrison | |
Mercury | 2005-05-00 | Ben Bova | Tor | 0-765-30412-0 | $24.95?$: US dollar |
319 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | John Harris | |
Mercury | 2005-05-01 | Ben Bova | Audio Renaissance | 1-59397-501-5 | $39.95?$: US dollar |
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks |
novel | |||
Mercury | 2005-05-06 | Ben Bova | Audio Renaissance | $20.56?$: US dollar |
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts. |
novel | John Harris | |||
Mercury | 2005-08-00 | Ben Bova | Hodder Headline | 0-340-82395-X | £7.99?£: UK pound |
370 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Mark Harrison | |
Mercury | 2006-03-00 | Ben Bova | Tor | 0-765-34314-2 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
334 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | John Harris | |
Mercury | 2006-03-07 | Ben Bova | Tor | 1-4299-1061-5 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Mercury | 2008-05-29 | Ben Bova | Paw Prints | 978-1-4352-9454-7 | $15.99?$: US dollar |
325 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | ||
Mercury and Prometheans | 2015-12-29 | Ben Bova | Tor | 978-0-7653-8724-0 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | |||
Mercury and Prometheans | 2016-01-00 | Ben Bova | Tor | 978-0-7653-8549-9 | $9.99?$: US dollar |
681 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
omni | John Harris | |
A Grand Tour Collection | 2018-07-10 | Ben Bova | Tor | 978-1-250-30553-4 | $66.32?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | |||
Mercury | date unknown | Ben Bova | Hodder & Stoughton | 978-1-4447-2358-8 | £5.49?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel |
Reviews
- Review by uncredited (2005) in Vector 243
- Review by John Howard (2005) in Interzone, #201 November-December 2005