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The Sam Gunn Omnibus

By: Ben Bova
Narrated by: Richard Brewer,Emily Janice Card,Gabrielle de Cuir,Stephen Hoye,Hillary Huber,Don Leslie,Moria Quirk,Stefan Rudnicki
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Summary

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. But more than money, more than women, Sam Gunn loves justice—and he really does love money and women.

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 sleeve, and a weapon in his pocket.

Now, for the first time in one volume, Hugo-winner Ben Bova presents all 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.

©2007 Ben Bova (P)2007 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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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)

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Fantastic, funny, heartwarming, space opera

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Fantastic, funny, heartwarming, space opera at its best would highly recommend to a friend , made me laugh and wanted more

Who was your favorite character and why?

Sam gunn his story board was like a picture growing with every chapter, he always ends up on top

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Too many to name, his relationships with women and the competition was just enjoyable

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I could yes I would

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absolutely brilliant

wonderfully put together and a great story. if you like sci fi and Ben Bova this is a must listen!

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An enjoyable pulp biography

I came to the book knowing nothing but it was sci-fi and presumably concerned the adventures of a Sam Gunn. Rather than a bunch of stories from his perspective though I got a collection of stories from various associates of his framed through the device of the results of interviews by someone investigating his life.

It’s a fun, pulpy ride through the adventures of Sam Gunn and although at some points some of the language can seem a shade repetitive this is the result of the stories having been collected together.

The use of multiple narrators helps with the framing device and aid immersion.

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A personal favourite brought to life

An exciting adventure through a future history of space driven by a con man entrepreneur, the book has been a favourite of mine for many years, but the audio book with its multi cast recording really emfs the story. You get a different performer narrating each of the different stories of Sam Gunn, really gives it some depth, and since each character has an axe to grind, a personal bias and agenda, you don't get lost with the different stories. As to the whole story itself, it's both personal and massive, laying out an age of venturing into space, which compliments the tour of the solar system many of Ben Bova's books take us on. Can't recommend this enough.

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