Sam Gunn, Unlimited - Softcover

Bova, Ben

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553562894 ISBN 13: 9780553562897

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1993

Synopsis

Sam Gunn--visionary, scoundrel, lover, liar, and the twenty-first century's biggest capitalist pig--vows to go where no one has gone before and bring back a profit. Original.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Bova ( Mars ) takes us on a trip to a part of the universe where the men are real men and the women are willing. Bova's latest is a kind of pastiche of stories about Sam Gunn: former NASA employee, astronaut, entrepreneur and interstellar rascal. When not hitting the sack in zero gravity with an evil seductress, he's out convincing Earthside moneybags to buy up interplanetary real estate. But although Sam is a swashbuckler, he is also politically correct (sort of): he befriends and goes into business with Malone, the first person to recover from AIDS. "Sam could be a true friend, caring, understanding, bringing out the best in a man," Malone reminisces to Jade, a young journalist on Sam's trail. Her interviews with his pals and business partners form the structure of this space opera. Though Sam's shenanigans (such as getting drunk for days on the moon) are wild and often wacky, he remains engaging, if a bit glib. He seems light-years apart from the serious professionals Bova envisioned trailblazing Mars. Sam is too lively a hero to hear about second-hand. The question is, how will this hero, who ostensibly disappeared into a black hole, survive to a clearly intended sequel?
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About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0553562894
• ISBN 13: 9780553562897
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352