Jupiter - Ben Bova

Jupiter

By Ben Bova

  • Release Date: 2001-01-06
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 4
4
From 84 Ratings

Description

Grant Archer only wanted to study astrophysics. But the forces of the "New Morality," the coalition of censorious do-gooders who run 21st-century America, have other plans for him.

To his distress, Grant is torn from his young bride and sent to a research station in orbit around Jupiter, to spy on the scientists who work there. Their work may lead to the discovery of higher life forms in the Jovian system-with implications the New Morality doesn't like at all.

What Grant's would-be controllers don't know is that his loyalty to science may be greater than his desire for a quiet life. But that loyalty will be tested in a mission as dangerous as any ever undertaken-a mission to the middle reaches of Jupiter's endless atmosphere, a place where hydrogen flows as a liquid, and cyclones larger than planets rage for centuries at a time.

What lurks there is more than anyone has counted on...and stranger than anyone could possibly have imagined.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Reviews

  • Good Sci-Fi

    4
    By StrangeloveM5
    I enjoyed the book (occasional typo In the e-book aside). It combined exploration of a planet I've always found fascinating with the struggle between religion and science - fanaticism and reason - which mirrors the same conflict in modern society. For anyone who likes classic sci-fi, it's a pretty good read.
  • Splendid

    5
    By Tdtffuchjdfgdgffg
    This is one of my favorite books. It is a must get. Once you get it you won't put it down.