Talk:Grand Tour (novel series)
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[edit] Novel Order
Okay, so Ben Bova's website says one thing:
1. POWERSAT (Tor Books 2005)
2. EMPIRE BUILDERS (Tor Books, 1993)
3. MARS (Bantam Books, 1992)
4. MOONRISE (Avon Books, 1996)
5. MOONWAR (Avon Books, 1998)
6. RETURN TO MARS (Avon Books, 1999)
7. THE PRECIPICE (Tor Books, 2001)
8. JUPITER (Tor Books, 2001)
9. THE ROCK RATS (Tor Books, 2002)
10. SATURN (Tor Books, 2003)
11. TITAN (Tor Books, 2006)
12. THE SILENT WAR (Tor Books, 2004)
13. MERCURY (Tor Books, 2005)
14. VENUS (Tor Books, 2000)
But this can't be exactly right, since events from Venus are referenced in Mercury. And what's currently up is just darned wrong--there's no way Venus could have happened before The Silent War.
- Feel free to adjust the order, then. I created this article but I've yet to read all of the books (in fact, I just purchased Mercury yesterday).--Caliga10 20:41, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
I just finished Titan and it referenses that the only flowers left in space were in humphries mansion in selene, and in the same sentence it says that, well they used to, but his mansion is gone now. In Venus Humphries son goes in his mansion. I think I can use this as an exuse to read all the books again. What do you guys think?--lithpiperpilot 21:05, 29 May 2006 (CST)
- Don't let us stop you! :) --Caliga10 19:23, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
Clearly Titan is after Silent War.
I believe Titan refrences the life found on Venus. Also, where do the Sam Gunn books go? I know they happen in the same 'universe' so where do they go?
I saw two inconsistent lists of the order of the novels, one of them without explanation. I removed that one, since there was no reason for duplication. If necessary, a second list of the chronological order should be explained. Zaslav 10:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Order in Which Novels Should Be Read
It might be useful to add the order in which the novels should be read: should they be read in the order in which they were published, or the order in which they take place in Ben Bova's universe? Or does it not matter? I have only just begun reading Venus, but now I wonder if I am reading them out of order... Spaceman21 01:24, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Vocabulary
What did the person who wrote the phrase "background pastiche" mean? It makes no sense to me. Please reword this. Thanks. Zaslav 10:31, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
