The Grand Tour: New Earth (Paperback)

from tajohnson

The first speculative science fiction I have read in a log time that I have really enjoyed. Not hard sci fi but good entertaining story with a deeper speculative story of first contact and the survival of mankind.

from buffalogr

This book has persons with strong and varying motivations for their actions and decisions--I found this book to be extremely interestingip for that reason...a leadership challenge. The development of the relationships between the humans and the scientifically-advanced aliens is fascinating. Some ...

from utbw42

This was better than I thought it would be, and yet it went in a really different direction than I anticipated. The 80-year mission to explore an earthlike planet discovered orbiting the star Sirius C, some 8+ light years away, brings a team of scientists an unexpected discovery: the planet is ju...

from DLMorrese

A nice bit of positive science fiction set in the same world as several of Bova's other novels (e.g. The Rock Rats).

from Cataloger623

The plot of New Earth is on its surface simple. Its a first contact story. After discovering an earth like planet in the Sirus system, as told in Bova's earlier novel Farside, send a group of 11 scientists, and one administrator to explore it. To everyone's surprise the planet is already populate...