Mars Life By Ben Bova

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Have you heard of Ben Bova?  He’s won the Hugo six times.  I only won that award once, maybe twice (ok, that was a bold faced lie… I have never won it).  He’s written more than a hundred works of science fiction and fact.  His new book, Mars Life is out, and it is a stunner.

Mars Life is the conclusion of a trilogy which began with Mars (1992) and Return to Mars (1999). It is enjoyable without having read the first two in this series.  However, if you do love award-winning story telling, and love science fiction like I do, I suggest you check out all three.  I put some links to Amazon below.

Here is a brief description of the book from Amazon:

“Jamie Waterman, who discovered cliff dwellings during his first trip to Mars, is struggling to acquire funding for continued research on the long-dead Martians, but his efforts are severely compromised by the increasing influence of religious fundamentalists. Their rise coincides with a global environmental crisis, giving the U.S. government another rationale for shifting resources away from Waterman’s work. Even the discovery of a Martian fossil can’t ensure the project’s viability, and Waterman and his wife return to the red planet in a last-ditch effort to keep the exploration going.”

If you are interested in this book or others, check out the bibliography on Bova’s official site by clicking here.

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