Return to Mars

Return to Mars

Infobox Book |
name = Return to Mars


image_caption = Cover of the US paperback edition
author = Ben Bova
series = Grand Tour
genre = Science Fiction
publisher = Harper Collins
pub_date = 8 June 1999
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pages = 416 (Hardcover edition)
isbn = 978-0380976409
preceded_by = Mars

"Return to Mars" is a science fiction novel by Ben Bova. This novel is part of the Grand Tour series of novels. It was first published in 1999 and is a sequel to Ben Bova's novel "Mars".

Plot summary

Navajo Jamie Waterman returns to Mars as the mission director to explore for signs of life but Dex Trumball, son the millionaire backing the mission want to prove that money can be made from Mars by turning it into a tourist attraction.

Characters

* Jamie Waterman
* Dex Trumball
* Vijay Shektar
* Stacy Dezhurova
* Possum Craig
* Tomas Rodriguez
* Trudy Hall
* Daryl C Trumball
* Pete Connors

Literary significance and reception

Publishers Weekly said in their 1999 review that Bova made the the hard science aspects of this novel vivid and appealing. His characters were "less enchanting and the inclusion of a saboteur seems like overkill, since the environment he describes more than capable of destroying anyone for simple carelessness." [cite journal|date=1999-05-24|title=Forecasts: SF & fantasy|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume=Vol. 246|issue=Issue 21|pages=p72|issn=00000019]

Publication history

*1999, USA, EOS Harper Collins ISBN 9780380976409, Pub Date 8 June 1999, Hardcover
*1999, UK Hodder & Stoughton ISBN 9780340707951, Pub Date 1999, Hardcover
*1999, UK, New English Library ISBN 9780340707968, Pub Date 18 Nov 1999, Paperback
*2000, USA, EOS Harper Collins ISBN 978-0380797257, Pub Date 3 July 2000, Paperback

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