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    Mercury
    Mercury
    Mercury
    Audiobook10 hours

    Mercury

    Written by Ben Bova

    Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki, Arte Johnson and Moira Quirk

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A tale of revenge and technological endeavor set on our solar system's most desolate stage

    Despite Mercury's desolateness, there are still those who hope to find diamonds in the rough. Saito Yamagata thinks Mercury's position will make it an ideal orbit point for satellites that could someday create enough power to propel starships into deep space. He hires Dante Alexios to bring his dreams to life. Astrobiologist Victor Molina thinks the water at Mercury's poles may harbor evidence of life, and hopes to achieve fame and glory by proving it. Bishop Elliot Danvers has been sent by the religious sect, "The New Morality," to keep close tabs on their endeavors, which threaten to produce results that contradict biblical teachings.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateMay 1, 2005
    ISBN9781593977078
    Mercury
    Author

    Ben Bova

    Dr. Ben Bova has not only helped to write about the future, he helped create it. The author of more than one hundred futuristic novels and nonfiction books, he has been involved in science and advanced technology since the very beginnings of the space program. President Emeritus of the National Space Society, Dr. Bova is a frequent commentator on radio and television, and a widely popular lecturer. He has also been an award-winning editor and an executive in the aerospace industry.

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    • 2/5
      Spawned lovers in intergalactic feud, is a potential tabloid headline for Mercury. It's science fiction elements are but a backdrop to the cast of rather unlikeable astronauts. In tone this feels more like a novel from Bova's Asteroid Wars than an entry in the Grand Tour, due to the overstretched plot and overarching coincidences that stitch the story together. Brilliant series however this entry is a little bit below par.
    • 2/5
      Rerated, as I reread it. The science is incidental, and the story is disjointed to an extent that made it hard to get through. The huge historical diversion in the middle destroyed the flow of the story, and considering the level of societal controls in Bova's Planets'verse, the entire vengeance plot was contrived at best, kludgy at worst.
    • 4/5
      I thought that a book called Mercury would actually be about Mercury. But, the planet only takes a small portion of the book's length. The rest is a revenge plot, most of which unwinds in flashback. Is it a tragedy or a love story, or both? The plot has shades of twisted romantic love, career, greed, and religion gone awry. In the end, i found myself looking for the Count of Monte Christo.
    • 5/5
      As I slowly work my way through Bova's Grand Tour, I really liked Mercury. Is it a tragedy or a love story, or both? What makes men and women do the things they do? Romantic love, love of career, love of money, love of a child, or love of one's god? Engineering genus Mance Bracknell has brought together (or engineered) four people to Mercury: the Japanese billionaire financing his solar power operation, the astrobiologist eager to find life on the planet, the New Morality bishop trying to save reluctant souls, and his old love. The stage is set -- let the play begin.