BEN BOVA's short fiction, as collected in Tales of the Grand Tour, further explores the subject matter of novels like Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Titan, The Precipice and The Rock Rats. It focuses on the wars and rivalries, the outsize individuals, public crusaders and private passions that will drive mankind as our civilization expands into the Solar System. Listen to "Sam and the Flying Dutchman," featuring the redoubtable Sam Gunn, the global warming parable "Greenhouse Chill," the lunar circus tale "The Man Who Hated Gravity" and the ultimate daredevil stunt, "High Jump."

Ben Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction. In addition to his six Hugo Awards, he is also the former editor of both Analog and Omni, and a past president of the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America. Stephen Hoye and Stefan Rudnicki are award-winning audiobook narrators, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. starred in The FBI and 77 Sunset Strip.

Genre: Science Fiction