Earth is an old planet, and her teeming masses are running out of resources—and time. It is up to men such as Jeff Holman to discover a haven for Earth's millions. Altair VI is one such planet, and
Holman is determined to transform this world into one where the human race can survive.
Star probes long ago informed Earth that Altair VI had a flourishing ecology with one very tough beast at the top of the food chain, one that will have to be dealt with before the human colony
ships arrive. The beast is not only tough, it is as smart as a man.
Holman is faced with a soul-wrenching decision—for to make Altair VI habitable for humans, all native life must die.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“Avatar,
like most sci-fi films, lets us see with our eyes what the great writers of
science fiction long since imagined and wrote down in words. Nowhere is this
clearer than with Ben Bova’s The Winds of
Altair—this is the book to read in order to understand the heart and bones
of the story Avatar tried to tell.” —Orson Scott Card
“Stefan
Rudnicki’s deep, serious voice is a perfect match for a sci fi tale that
focuses on the moral dilemmas that arise when humans attempt to conquer
the planet Altair VI to escape a dying earth. He breathes life into the
various characters, giving them unique qualities and convincing
accents…This story is just as fresh today as it was in 1983, when it
was first published. Rudnicki’s melancholy tone builds suspense and
leaves listeners with food for thought.” —AudioFile
Ben Bova (1932–2020) was an American author of more than one hundred books of science fact and fiction. His work has earned six Hugo Awards. He received the Lifetime Achievement
Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and his novel Titan won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel of 2006. In his early career, he was a
technical editor for Project Vanguard, the United States’s first effort to launch a satellite into space in 1958. He then was a science writer for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, which built the
heat shields for the Apollo 11 module. He held the position of president emeritus of the National Space Society and served as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
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