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Ben Bova,Hardcover - First Edition, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC on 02-12-2013
Ben Bova,Hardcover - First Edition, Edition: 1, English-language edition,Pub by Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC on 02-12-2013
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780765323873 (0765323877)
Publish date: 2013-02-12
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 367
Edition language: English
Series: The Grand Tour 2 (#9)
The race is on between the nation of Selene on the Moon and the International Astronautical Authority to build a series of telescopes to view a discovered object several light years away that could potentially harbor life with similar conditions to those on the Earth. When the mirror being construct...
I picked this up at my local library, as it looked like it had an interesting premise. The writing, however, is highly pedestrian, featuring klunky dialogue and exceptionally short chapters. The characterization is very flat, often limited to the character's sex potential ("the leggy inspector," ...
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