Venus
by Ben Bova | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 031287216x Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 031287216x Global Overview for this book
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I found this review on the internet:
"Venus", set in the near future, a ruthless tycoon offers an even $10 billion to the first person who can retrieve the remains of his eldest son from the ruthless surface of never-colonized Venus. Martin Humphries's first son died while trying to land on Venus years ago. His surviving son, Van, is a whiny, spoiled brat who suffers from a rare and incurable anemia. In a stroke of genius, Bova makes Van (as unsympathetic a character as you can get) the hero. Van is no fearless strapping pioneer - he explores planets using VR goggles - but his love for his dead brother draws him to Venus. (Van also needs the prize money, since Humphries has cut off Van's stipend to pay for it.) Because of his love for his brother, and hatred of his father, winning the prize seems the best way to achieve two aims - all Van must do is reclaim his brother's remains...from the surface of a planet that approximates hell itself."
This book was registered as part of the Never Judge a Book by It's Cover Challenge. Week 35-Flying Craft
I found this review on the internet:
"Venus", set in the near future, a ruthless tycoon offers an even $10 billion to the first person who can retrieve the remains of his eldest son from the ruthless surface of never-colonized Venus. Martin Humphries's first son died while trying to land on Venus years ago. His surviving son, Van, is a whiny, spoiled brat who suffers from a rare and incurable anemia. In a stroke of genius, Bova makes Van (as unsympathetic a character as you can get) the hero. Van is no fearless strapping pioneer - he explores planets using VR goggles - but his love for his dead brother draws him to Venus. (Van also needs the prize money, since Humphries has cut off Van's stipend to pay for it.) Because of his love for his brother, and hatred of his father, winning the prize seems the best way to achieve two aims - all Van must do is reclaim his brother's remains...from the surface of a planet that approximates hell itself."
This book was registered as part of the Never Judge a Book by It's Cover Challenge. Week 35-Flying Craft
Journal Entry 2 by Karats at Safeway - College And The Yelm Hwy in Olympia, Washington USA on Saturday, August 20, 2005
Released 18 yrs ago (8/20/2005 UTC) at Safeway - College And The Yelm Hwy in Olympia, Washington USA
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