Ben Bova LEVIATHANS OF JUPITER 2011 1st/1st HCDJ SIGNED John Harris Sci-Fi Mylar

by Ben Bova

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First edition · Signed

Collector Features & Identification ​• ​Author: Ben Bova ​• ​Signature & Provenance: SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by Ben Bova on the title page. The inscription reads "To Rose." This directly matches the affixed "From the library of Eleanora Rose Sabin" bookplate on the front endpaper, creating a verified association copy. ​• ​Book Series: The Grand Tour Universe (Jupiter Series) ​• ​Illustrator: John Harris (Jacket Painting) ​• ​Publisher & Year: Tor Books / Tom Doherty Associates (2011) ​• ​Format: Hardcover with Dust Jacket (HCDJ) ​• ​Edition: First Edition, First Printing (Trade Edition). ​• ​Identification: Full number line present on the copyright page. ​• ​Genre: Science Fiction / Hard Sci-Fi / Space Exploration ​• ​Topics: Planet Jupiter, Grant Archer, Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Oceanography, Leviathans ​• ​Page Count: 480 Pages ​About the Book (Synopsis) ​Returning to the crushing, lethal oceans of the solar system's largest planet, Leviathans of Jupiter is a monumental chapter in Ben Bova's Grand Tour. Physicist Grant Archer knows that the massive, city-sized creatures swimming in the planet-wide ocean are intelligent—they saved his life on his last expedition. Now, he has organized a new, heavily equipped return mission to make actual contact and prove his theories. But the lethal environment of Jupiter isn't the only threat; political sabotage from earthbound factions determined to shut down the mission turns the expedition into a deadly race for survival and scientif

• Publisher: Tor Books / Tom Doherty Associates
• Year: 2011
• ISBN: 9780765317889
• Condition: Fine

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