Sam Gunn

Ben Bova: Sam Gunn, Unlimited (BantamSpectra, 1993)

Ben Bova's contribution to my reading this was his short story collection Sam Gunn, Unlimited. The books revolves around ex-NASA astronaut, "entrepreneur" (con man?) Sam Gunn as the Solar System is opened up. According to Bova's website, these stories are now part of his Tales of the Grand Tour mega-series. Fun stuff, amusing stories, fast pacing, some good characters. There's another collection of Sam Gunn stories that I've got, I'll tackle it next year.

Counts as nine stories in the 2004 Short Story Project.

The book contains several sections of bridging material between the stories plus the following stories: Space University, Two Years Before the Mast, Vacuum Cleaner, Diamond Sam, The Supervisor's Tale, The Long Fall, Isolation, and Einstein.