The Winds of Altair

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Overview:

Title: The Winds of Altair
Author: Ben Bova
Year: 1983
ISBN-10: 0523485832
Publisher: Tor / Pinnacle
Price: $6.95
Pages: 317
Binding: Trade Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Winds of Altair
Notes:
• "First TOR printing, May 1983"; no number line • "Cover art by Walter Velez" on copyright page, the artwork is also signed • An earlier, much shorter version of this work was published by E.P. Dutton under the same title, copyright © 1973 by Ben Bova on copyright page • "Tor science fiction 31" on the spine