Nova by Fanie Viljoen
Nova (Afrikaans Young-Adult Science Fiction, Nova Book 3)
The third Nova novel: Afrikaans young-adult science fiction set on a secretive army base (Nova: Bloedbroers)
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Nova: Bloedbroers
- Author: Fanie Viljoen
- Publisher: LAPA Uitgewers, Pretoria
- Publication Date: 2012
- ISBN-13: 9780799354904
- Edition Details: Derde druk (third printing), 2016. Softcover trade edition, Nova series, book 3.
- Binding: Publisher's illustrated card wrappers, perfect bound, glossy dark blue cover with series number 3 to the spine.
- Physical Format: Trade-size softcover, roughly 200 x 135 mm.
- Language: Afrikaans
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Near Fine (NF)
- Exterior / Wraps: The glossy dark blue illustrated card wrappers are clean and bright. Front, back and spine show no creases or tears, the corners are sharp, and the fore-edge, head and tail are clean.
- Interior: The text block is clean, white and unmarked, and the binding is tight. No ex-library marks, stamps or markings are present.
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
Synopsis & Historical Value
Nova: Bloedbroers is the third book in Fanie Viljoen's Nova series, Afrikaans science fiction written for young readers. It continues the story of Lucas and his friends, who have been abducted by aliens, had strange objects implanted in their heads and gained unusual powers.
In this instalment the group is left grieving the death of Ayanda in a plane crash, while strange events begin to unsettle the army town of Nova. Lucas wishes he could forget the spaceship, the beings and the crash, but the military base is full of secrets, and the question is whether he and his friends are ready to uncover the biggest one of all.
Afrikaans science fiction is a small field, and the Nova series is one of its few youth-oriented examples. The individual paperbacks are now out of print, which makes a clean copy of a later volume a useful find for readers and collectors of modern Afrikaans youth fiction.
Author Profile: Fanie Viljoen
Fanie Viljoen was born in Welkom on 2 January 1970 and is now based in Bloemfontein. He matriculated at Hoërskool Goudveld, studied graphic design at the Tegniese Kollege Welkom and completed a BA in Social Sciences through Unisa in 2002. He worked as a training consultant at Sanlam from 1990 to 2006, and since 2006 has been a full-time author and artist.
He has twice won the Sanlam Prize for Youth Literature, as well as the M.E.R. Prize, and has won numerous ATKV children's book awards. His other works include Onderwêreld, Breinbliksem, Pynstiller and Leeus met Letsels, the last of which appeared in English as Scarred Lions and was nominated for the IBBY Honour Roll in 2014.
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