The Gentle Giants of Ganymede

By James P. Hogan,

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Long before the world of the Ganymeans blew apart, millennia ago, the strange race of giants had vanished. All that remained of them was a wrecked ship, abandoned on a frozen moon of Jupiter. Now Earth's scientists were there, determined to ferret out the secret of the lost race. Then…

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This was the first book I ever owned that was signed by the author. As a young teenager, I was struck by the cover art and absolutely floored to find out that my father actually knew James P. Hogan from their time together at Digital Equipment Corporation.

The book’s workman-like prose was perfect for my impressionable mind and has stuck with me for over four decades.

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