Power Challenges, Ben Bova
Power Challenges, Ben Bova
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Power Challenges

Author: Ben Bova

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 6 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/12/2021

Synopsis

It is time to start colonizing the solar system. Ex-astronaut, current space advisor, and all-out troubleshooter for the President, Jake Ross, is determined to make it happen.And what better way than to return to America’s glory by returning to the moon and setting up a permanent moon-base which can then serve as the launching pad for Mars and beyond.But as usual, political intrigue and conflicting priorities are threatening the whole program. Add to that a President who is about to die, a strong contingent in the legislative body which thinks that money spent on a moon-base is money wasted, and the general apathy of the public, and you have an almost impossible task.Even NASA, natural enthusiasts of a project like this, are dragging their feet because they have lost control of the top-spot in the project.But none of those opposing forces have contended with the resolve and the skill of Jake Ross. He will create the base on the moon. He will send humans out to many worlds.

About Ben Bova

Ben Bova (1932–2020), American author of more than one hundred books of science fact and fiction, was awarded posthumously the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award. His work earned six Hugo Awards. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and his novel Titan won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel of 2006. In his early career, he was a technical editor for Project Vanguard, the United States’s first effort to launch a satellite into space in 1958. He then was a science writer for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, which built the heat shields for the Apollo 11 module. He held the position of president emeritus of the National Space Society and served as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than five thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than nine hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices in 2012.

About Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom, CBE, is an English film and stage actress, known for leading roles in plays such as Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll’s House, and Long Day’s Journey into Night, along with nearly sixty films and countless television roles, during a career spanning over six decades. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 Queen’s birthday honors for services to drama.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anthony on June 20, 2021

The Review While it is heartbreaking to lose a truly powerful voice within the science fiction community, this final novel from the author is the perfect example of why Ben Bova always had one hand on the pulse of this exhilarating genre. For the majority of this novel, the author took great detail i......more

Goodreads review by David on January 06, 2022

I have never before read a published book with as many editorial mistakes as Power Challenges. For example, at one point a character answers himself. I don't remember the exact text, but it was something like, "What are you doing?" said Andrew. "Nothing," replied Andrew. Also, there was a character......more

Goodreads review by Tom on March 31, 2022

Not one of his best. I usually enjoy Bova’s work, though I’m not a great fan of Sci-Fi, but I found the plot derivative, drawing from many other Political potboilers with a few references ripped from the front pages. It was well written and fairly entertaining, but nothing to write home about. Three S......more

Goodreads review by Kelly F Hawkins on October 20, 2024

Terrific story about overly ambitious men and women in a space setting. Terrific action space story of efforts to make the whole earth safe from nuclear war by a small group of people while another small group of less noble humans try to take over the world.......more

Goodreads review by Kirk on December 06, 2021

Hard to believe that this sloppily-written novel was written by a 6-time Hugo winner. Female characters are weak and badly written. A good guy on the Federal payroll openly accepting huge gifts of stock from a client? (I’m an ex-Fed. Never wanted to be criminally charged and lose my career.)......more

Quotes

“Far-thinking ideas and the characters’ determination to grab the last hope are characteristic. Fans won’t want to miss this coda to Bova’s prolific literary life.” Publishers Weekly

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