The official text for my class is the 3rd edition of Fraknoi, Morrison and Wolff's "Voyages Through The Universe". The reading assignments (shown below) are based on its chapter organization, so using any other text will probably be confusing and unsatisfactory.
     The current Media Update version of the text is available in the LBCC Bookstore, but it costs about $150 new, and not much less used. Although this is considered "reasonable" for textbooks nowadays, you can save a considerable amount of money if you buy the current textbook online (or even more if you purchase one of the older versions discussed below), and use other materials to keep up with the class until your copy arrives. (Note: the CD-ROM which comes with the text has nothing to do with the contents of the book or this class, so copies without the CD-ROM are as satisfactory as copies with it.)
     Warning: No matter where you get the text, be sure to get the correct one. Similar-sounding texts by the same authors -- "Voyages Through The Solar System", "Voyages To The Stars And Galaxies", and "Voyages Through The Universe, Part 1" (or Part 2) -- only cover half the material, and are not suitable substitutes. If you get a text anywhere other than the ASB Bookstore or through the links provided on this website, send me its ISBN, so I can verify whether it will 'do'.
     Students who are in financial difficulty should consider buying the (2000) Second Edition of the text, which can be purchased for just a few dollars. Although the Second Edition is a little older, its chapter organization is the same as the Third Edition, and any deficiencies in its content are adequately covered by my Online Astronomy Text.
     Aside from the links provided on this page, my publisher has a textbook page in its eStore (texts are actually provided by Amazon.com, as Erindale Publishing only sells fiction; the textbook page was created at my request, for the convenience of my students). Aside from the link in this paragraph, the textbooks page can be accessed through the Textbooks link in my site's banner.

Cover of the (2003) 3rd edition of the text (usually $35 to $100 plus tax and shipping). Though a couple of years older, it is almost identical to the Media Update edition sold in the Bookstore.