The Vaughn is closed January 13-24. Services will resume on January 27th at our temporary site: 618 Beaser Ave.

Vaughn Public Library - Ashland

Saturn

Book Cover
Your Rating: 0 stars
Star rating for Saturn

NoveList Series:
Publisher:
Varies, see individual formats and editions
Publication Date:
Varies, see individual formats and editions

Description

Second in size only to Jupiter, bigger than a thousand Earths but light enough to float in water, home of crushing gravity and delicate, seemingly impossible rings, it dazzles and attracts us:

SATURN

Earth groans under the thumb of fundamentalist political regimes. Crisis after crisis has given authoritarians the upper hand. Freedom and opportunity exist in space, for those with the nerve and skill to run the risks.

Now the governments of Earth are encouraging many of their most incorrigible dissidents to join a great ark on a one-way expedition, twice Jupiter's distance from the Sun, to Saturn, the ringed planet that baffled Galileo and has fascinated astronomers ever since.

But humans will be human, on Earth or in the heavens-so amidst the idealism permeating Space Habitat Goddard are many individuals with long-term schemes, each awaiting the tight moment. And hidden from them is the greatest secret of all, the real purpose of this expedition, known to only a few....

Also in This Series

More Like This

More Details

ISBN:
9780312872182

Staff View

QR Code

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID9c3e8053-7f24-f348-36dc-003c6ba620b2
Grouping Titlesaturn
Grouping Authorben bova
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2025-01-08 19:25:46PM
Last Indexed2025-01-14 04:50:53AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
author
Bova, Ben, 1932-2020
author_display
Bova, Ben
display_description
id
9c3e8053-7f24-f348-36dc-003c6ba620b2
isbn
9780312872182
last_indexed
2025-01-14T10:50:53.458Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Fiction
literary_form_full
Fiction
primary_isbn
9780312872182
publishDate
2003
publisher
Tor
recordtype
grouped_work
series
Grand tour of the solar system
series_with_volume
Grand tour of the solar system|11
subject_facet
Saturn (Planet) -- Fiction
Science fiction
title_display
Saturn
title_full
Saturn / Ben Bova
title_short
Saturn

Solr Details Tables

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
ils:.b14159958BookBooksFirst editionEnglishTor2003412 pages ; 22 cm