Authors: Ben Bova
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
FARSIDE
Copyright © 2013 by Ben Bova
All rights reserved.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Bova, Ben, 1932–
Farside / Ben Bova. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”
ISBN 978-0-7653-2387-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-4299-4941-5 (e-book)
1. Astronomical observatories—Fiction. 2. Science fiction. I. Title.
PS3552.O84F37 2013
813'.54—dc23
2012037367
e-ISBN 9781429949415
First Edition: February 2013