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Ben Bova

Grand Tour is a series of 7 books by Ben Bova: 2,568 pages in the 6 with a known length, about 47 hours of reading. Shown in publication order; no numbering is on record.

7
books
2,568
pages in 6 of them
47 hours
to read those 6
95 days
at 30 minutes a day
Return to Mars 1999 10.0 h Jupiter 2000 7.6 h Venus 2000 7.5 h The Precipice 2001 6.4 h
Mercury 2005 length not known
Powersat 2005 7.3 h Mars Life 2008 8.2 h

Bar height shows length. Books without a number have no number in our records.

The books

  1. Return to Mars 1999 10.0 h

    Jamie Waterman is named commander of a second journey back to Mars, where he must overcome a destructive rivalry, emotional upheaval, and a series of deadly "accidents" to unlock…

  2. Jupiter 2000 7.6 h

  3. Venus 2000 7.5 h

    Science fiction-roman.

  4. The Precipice 2001 6.4 h

  5. Mercury 2005 length not known

  6. Powersat 2005 7.3 h

    Two hundred thousand feet up, things go horribly wrong.

  7. Mars Life 2008 8.2 h

    Jamie Waterman discovered the cliff dwelling on Mars, and the fact that an intelligent race lived on the red planet sixty-five million years ago, only to be driven into extinction…

How much is left

After Return to Mars about 37 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Jupiter about 29 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Venus about 22 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After The Precipice about 16 hours left, not counting 1 book of unknown length
After Mercury about 16 hours left
After Powersat about 8 hours left

Reading the whole series

About 47 hours 5 minutes

6 of 7 books, 2,568 pages. Estimated at 250 words a minute.

95 days (about 14 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.