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I remember back in the seventies when I rescued this book from being pelted by the rain from the back yard of my 6th grade teacher. I brought it home, dried it out, and read it over and again throughout the summer. Asimov's writing, particularly in the area of science is exhilarating, adventurous, deliberate, and amusing. His explanations of astrophysics, and planetary geology enhance the experience of black and white photos/diagrams/captions even though many of the facts, figures and labels may be out of date. And, it certainly did not stop me from reading it again this summer- 30 years later.

I still remember how excited I was after finding this book back in the early seventies. Up to that time it was the only popular book on planetary geology. I remember that the section on Mars was especially interesting and extensive. Of course, thorough as always, Asimov also speculated on the nature of the environments of the other terrestrial planets and the moons of the gas giants. It was quite well illustrated with black and white illustrations.

This book fueled an interest in planetary geology in me that persists to the present day. I'm sorry that I let my old copy slip away somewhere along the line.