Jupiter

Ben Bova (1932-2020) was the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Transhuman, Orion, the Star Quest Trilogy, and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. His many honors include the Isaac Asimov Memorial Award in 1996, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award “for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature” in 2008.

Dr. Bova was President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni. As an editor, he won science fiction’s Hugo Award six times. His writings predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more.

In addition to his literary achievements, Bova worked for Project Vanguard, America’s first artificial satellite program, and for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, the company that created the heat shields for Apollo 11, helping the NASA astronauts land on the moon. He also taught science fiction at Harvard University and at New York City’s Hayden Planetarium and worked with such filmmakers as George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry.

Christian Noble's narration credits include several Ben Bova titles, including The Rock Rats, Jupiter, and Silent War. His film appearances include Human Desires, Sorceress II: The Temptress, The Killing Jar, and South Beach.

David Warner is a distinguished stage, film and television actor.  He made a name for himself with his performance as the doomed King Henry VI in The Wars of the Roses, one of the Royal Shakespeare Company's most celebrated shows to this day.  In 1965, he became the most talked about Hamlet of his generation.  His many films include Titanic, Straw Dogs, The Omen, Time After Time, Tron, Star Trek VI, Titanic and Planet of the Apes.  In 1981, he won an Emmy for his supporting performance in Masada.  He also has numerous voice-over credits in television, film, and audiobooks.  He has narrated works by Arthur Conan Doyle, Ben Bova, and Edgar Allan Poe.