A hero without peer or scruples, Sam Gunn has a nose for trouble, money, and women-though not necessarily in that order. A man with the ego (and stature) of a Napoleon, the business acumen of a P. T. Barnum, and the raging hormones of a teenage boy, Sam is the finest astronaut NASA ever trained and dumped.
More than money and women, Sam Gunn loves justice. Whether he's suing the Pope, helping twin sisters entangled in the virtual sex trade, or on trial for his life on charges of interplanetary genocide, you can be sure of one thing: this is one space jockey who'll meet every challenge with a smile on his lips, an ace up his sleeveand a weapon in his pocket.
This Omnibus presents all of the tales of Sam Gunn to date, including three never before collected in book form. Here is the entire chronicle of Sam Gunn, trailblazer and scoundrel, as he scams his way from one end of the Solar System to the other, giving bold new meaning to the term venture capitalist.
Industry Reviews
"By far the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the science fiction world, and the world as a whole, is Ben Bova." --Ray Bradbury
"Lovers of SF romance and adventure will welcome Hugo-winner Ben Bova's The Sam Gunn Omnibus, which collects all the tales featuring his iconoclastic astronaut hero." --Publishers Weekly
"Bova has ambitiously and deftly created a three-in-one narrative that satisfies any and all readerly desires to see the life of his signature rogue assembled into coherent form.... Bova has successfully added to the storehouse of a particularly American folklore. Sam Gunn is Mike Fink and Paul Bunyan (although their opposite in size), Rockefeller and Carnegie, Sam Slick and Penrod, the plucky protagonists from Horatio Alger and the irreverent ones from Mark Twain. His exploits...are new manifestations of an eternal archetype in the American psyche." --SciFi Weekly
"Done with an engaging degree of humour. Sam's boundless energy is quite endearing. More importantly, behind it all there is Bova's grand design laid out....This old-fashioned, yet likeable, volume is a great encapsulation of Bova's writings over the past thirty years or so. Written in a style likely to appeal to fans of Heinlein or possibly John Varley, it can perhaps be seen as an entertaining alternate history these days. A lot of fun." --SFFWorld.com By far the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the science fiction world, and the world as a whole, is Ben Bova. "Ray Bradbury"
Lovers of SF romance and adventure will welcome Hugo-winner Ben Bova's "The Sam Gunn Omnibus," which collects all the tales featuring his iconoclastic astronaut hero. "Publishers Weekly"
Bova has ambitiously and deftly created a three-in-one narrative that satisfies any and all readerly desires to see the life of his signature rogue assembled into coherent form . Bova has successfully added to the storehouse of a particularly American folklore. Sam Gunn is Mike Fink and Paul Bunyan (although their opposite in size), Rockefeller and Carnegie, Sam Slick and Penrod, the plucky protagonists from Horatio Alger and the irreverent ones from Mark Twain. His exploits are new manifestations of an eternal archetype in the American psyche. "SciFi Weekly"
Done with an engaging degree of humour. Sam's boundless energy is quite endearing. More importantly, behind it all there is Bova's grand design laid out .This old-fashioned, yet likeable, volume is a great encapsulation of Bova's writings over the past thirty years or so. Written in a style likely to appeal to fans of Heinlein or possibly John Varley, it can perhaps be seen as an entertaining alternate history these days. A lot of fun. "SFFWorld.com"" "By far the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the science fiction world, and the world as a whole, is Ben Bova."--Ray Bradbury
"Lovers of SF romance and adventure will welcome Hugo-winner Ben Bova's "The Sam Gunn Omnibus", which collects all the tales featuring his iconoclastic astronaut hero." --"Publishers Weekly
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"Bova has ambitiously and deftly created a three-in-one narrative that satisfies any and all readerly desires to see the life of his signature rogue assembled into coherent form.... Bova has successfully added to the storehouse of a particularly American folklore. Sam Gunn is Mike Fink and Paul Bunyan (although their opposite in size), Rockefeller and Carnegie, Sam Slick and Penrod, the plucky protagonists from Horatio Alger and the irreverent ones from Mark Twain. His exploits...are new manifestations of an eternal archetype in the American psyche." --"SciFi Weekly"
"Done with an engaging degree of humour. Sam's boundless energy is quite endearing. More importantly, behind it all there is Bova's grand design laid out....This old-fashioned, yet likeable, volume is a great encapsulation of Bova's writings over the past thirty years or so. Written in a style likely to appeal to fans of Heinlein or possibly John Varley, it can perhaps be seen as an entertaining alternate history these days. A lot of fun." --"SFFWorld.com" "By far the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the science fiction world, and the world as a whole, is Ben Bova."-Ray Bradbury
"Lovers of SF romance and adventure will welcome Hugo-winner Ben Bova's "The Sam Gunn Omnibus," which collects all the tales featuring his iconoclastic astronaut hero." -"Publishers Weekly
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"Bova has ambitiously and deftly created a three-in-one narrative that satisfies any and all readerly desires to see the life of his signature rogue assembled into coherent form.... Bova has successfully added to the storehouse of a particularly American folklore. Sam Gunn is Mike Fink and Paul Bunyan (although their opposite in size), Rockefeller and Carnegie, Sam Slick and Penrod, the plucky protagonists from Horatio Alger and the irreverent ones from Mark Twain. His exploits...are new manifestations of an eternal archetype in the American psyche." -"SciFi Weekly"
&# " Bova is entirely equal to making the novel's personal and corporate rivalries interesting and even compelling... Well above average as hard sf and space advocacy, so that even many non-space buffs will enjoy it."
"--Booklist" on "The Rock Rats"
" Immensely entertaining... A cracking read."
"--SFX "on "The Precipice"
" Recalls the work of Heinlein in his "Destination Moon" mode, or Hal Clement in any number of stories: a day-after-tomorrow tale crafted with near-journalistic purity... It's a difficult, demanding mode to pursue, and not many choose to nowadays. But Bova does it magnificently."
--Paul Di Filippo, Scifi.com, on "Jupiter"
" With Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein gone, Bova, author of more than 70 books, is one of the last deans of traditional science fiction. And he hasn't lost his touch. "Venus" scorches."
--"Kansas City"" Star" on "Venus"
" I believe that by far the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the science fiction world, and the world as a whole, is Ben Bova."
--Ray Bradbury "Bova is entirely equal to making the novel's personal and corporate rivalries interesting and even compelling...Well above average as hard sf and space advocacy, so that even many non-space buffs will enjoy it."
"--Booklist" on "The Rock Rats"
"Immensely entertaining...A cracking read."
"--SFX "on "The Precipice"
"Recalls the work of Heinlein in his "Destination Moon" mode, or Hal Clement in any number of stories: a day-after-tomorrow tale crafted with near-journalistic purity...It's a difficult, demanding mode to pursue, and not many choose to nowadays. But Bova does it magnificently."
--Paul Di Filippo, Scifi.com, on "Jupiter"
"With Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein gone, Bova, author of more than 70 books, is one of the last deans of traditional science fiction. And he hasn't lost his touch. "Venus" scorches."
--"Kansas City"" Star" on "Venus"
"I believe that by far the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the science fiction world, and the world as a whole, is Ben Bova."
--Ray Bradbury
