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Ben Bova

(Benjamin William Bova)

(1932 - 2020)

Dr. Ben Bova wrote more than 120 futuristic novels and nonfiction books, and was involved in science and high technology since the very beginnings of the space age. President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, Dr. Bova received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, "for fueling mankind's imagination regarding the wonders of outer space." His 2006 novel TITAN received the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. In 2008 he won the Robert A. Heinlein Award "for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature."
Bova was born in Philadelphia and worked as a newspaper reporter for several years before joining Project Vanguard. His articles, opinion pieces and reviews appeared in Scientific American, Nature, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other newspapers and magazines.

Genres: Science Fiction, Historical, Thriller

Series

Watchmen
   1. The Star Conquerors (1959)
   2. Star Watchmen (1964)
   3. The Dueling Machine (1969)

Exiles
   1. Exiled from Earth (1971)
   2. Flight of Exiles (1972)
   3. End of Exile (1975)

Kinsman
1. Kinsman (1979)
2. Millennium (1976)

Voyagers
   1. Voyagers (1981)
   2. The Alien Within (1986)
   3. Star Brothers (1990)

Orion
   1. Orion (1984)
   2. Vengeance of Orion (1988)
   3. Orion in the Dying Time (1990)
   4. Orion and the Conqueror (1994)
   5. Orion Among the Stars (1995)
   6. Orion and King Arthur (2012)

Grand Tour
   1. Powersat (2005)
   2. Privateers (1985)
   3. Empire Builders (1993)
   4. Mars (1992)
   5. Moonrise (1996)
   6. Moonwar (1997)
   7. Return to Mars (1999)
   8. The Precipice (2001)
   9. Farside (2013)
   10. Jupiter (2000)
   11. The Rock Rats (2002)
   12. The Silent War (2004)
   13. The Aftermath (2007)
   14. Saturn (2003)
   15. Leviathans of Jupiter (2011)
   16. Titan (2006)
   17. Mercury (2005)
   18. Mars Life (2008)
   19. Venus (2000)
   20. The Return (2009)
   21. New Earth (2013)
   22. Tales of the Grand Tour (2004)
   23. Earth (2019)

To Save the Sun (with A J Austin)
1. To Save the Sun (1992)
2. To Fear the Light (1994)

Sam Gunn
1. Sam Gunn, Unlimited (1992)
2. Sam Gunn Forever (1998)

Asteroid Wars
   1. The Precipice (2001)
   2. The Rock Rats (2002)
   3. The Silent War (2004)
   4. The Aftermath (2007)

Jake Ross
   1. Power Play (2012)
   2. Power Surge (2015)
   3. Power Failure (2018)
   4. Power Challenges (2021)

Billionaire's Club
1. Mars, Inc. (2013)

Star Quest
   1. Death Wave (2015)
   2. Apes and Angels (2016)
   3. Survival (2017)

Outer Planets
1. Uranus (2020)
2. Neptune (2021)

Novels

   The Weathermakers (1967)
   Out of the Sun (1968)
   Escape! (1970)
   THX 1138 (1971)
   As on a Darkling Plain (1972)
   The Winds of Altair (1973)
   When the Sky Burned (1973)
   Gremlins, Go Home! (1974) (with Gordon R Dickson)
   The Starcrossed (1975)
   City of Darkness (1976)
   The Multiple Man (1976)
   Colony (1978)
   Test of Fire (1982)
   Peacekeepers (1988)
   Cyberbooks (1989)
   The Trikon Deception (1992) (with Bill Pogue)
   Triumph (1993)
   Death Dream (1994)
   Brothers (1995)
   The Green Trap (2006)
   The Immortality Factor (2009)
   Able One (2010)
   The Hittite (2010)
   Transhuman (2014)
   Rescue Mode (2014) (with Les Johnson)
   Space Station Down (2020) (with Doug Beason)

Omnibus

Hour of the Gremlins (2002) (with Gordon R Dickson)
Laugh Lines (2008)

Collections

   Forward in Time (1973)
   Maxwell's Demons (1978)
   Escape Plus (1984)
   The Astral Mirror (1985)
   Prometheans (1986)
   Battle Station (1987)
   Future Crime (1990)
   Challenges (1993)
   The Future Quartet (1994) (with Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle and Charles Sheffield)
   Twice Seven (1998)
   The Towers of Titan (2010)
   Science Fiction Gems, Volume Four (2012) (with Poul Anderson, Hugh B Cave, Randall Garrett, Fritz Leiber, Frank Belknap Long, Kris Neville, Jack Sharkey and Walt Sheldon)
   The Callahan Kids: Tales of Life on Mars (2013) (with Michael Carroll, Jim Denney, Marianne Dyson, Brian Enke, Tom Hill and Rebecca K Rowe)
   New Frontiers (2014)
   Science Fiction Gems, Volume 9 (2015) (with Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mark Clifton, Randall Garrett, John Jakes, David H Keller, Frank Belknap Long, Rog Phillips, Jack Sharkey, Robert Sheckley and Evelyn E Smith)
   Mercury and Prometheans (2015)
   The Best of Bova: Volume 1 (2016)
   The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume XV (2016) (with Karen Anderson, Poul Anderson, Eando Binder, Jerome Bixby, Robert Silverberg, Clifford D Simak, C E Smith, Evelyn E Smith and F L Wallace)
   The Best of Bova: Volume II (2016)
     aka The Best of Bova: Volume ll
   The Best of Bova: Volume lll (2017)
   The Science Fiction Collection 3 (2018) (with Alan Arkin, Alexander Blade, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Algis Budrys, Harry Harrison, Frank Herbert, Raymond F Jones, Fritz Leiber, C C MacApp, William P McGivern, Frederik Pohl and Weaver Wright)
   My Favorites (2020)

Novellas

Mount Olympus (1999)
The Next Logical Step (2011)

Series contributed to

Analog
   9. Analog 9 (1973)
   Analog Annual (1976)
   The Best of Analog (1978)
   Analog Yearbook (1979)

Science Fiction Hall of Fame
2. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2A (1973)
2. 5. The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2B (1973)

Nebula Award Stories
The Best of the Nebulas (1989)

Nebula Awards Showcase
9. Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 (2008)

Anthology series

3 Novellas
   Aliens (1977)
   Exiles (1977)
   Novella 3 (1978)

Anthologies edited

The Many Worlds of Science Fiction (1971)
Carbide Tipped Pens (2014) (with Eric Choi)

Non fiction

   The Milky Way Galaxy (1961)
   Giants of the Animal World (1962)
   Reptiles Since the World Began (1964)
   Uses of Space (1965)
   Planets, Life and LGM (1970)
   In Quest of Quasars (1971)
   The Amazing Laser (1971)
   The New Astronomies (1973)
   Man Changes the Weather (1973)
   Starflight and Other Improbabilities (1973)
   The Fourth State of Matter (1974)
   Analog Science Fact Reader (1974)
   Workshops in Space (1974)
   Notes to a Science Fiction Writer (1975)
   Science: Who Needs It? (1975)
   Through Eyes of Wonder (1975)
   Viewpoint (1977)
   Closeup: New Worlds (1977) (with Trudy E Bell)
   The Seeds of Tomorrow (1977)
   The High Road (1981)
   Vision of the Future (1982)
   Assured Survival (1984)
   Star Peace: Assured Survival (1986)
   Welcome to Moonbase (1987)
   Interactions (1988) (with Sheldon Glashow)
   The Beauty of Light (1988)
   Immortality (1990)
   First Contact (1990) (with Byron Preiss)
   Are We Alone in the Cosmos? (1992)
   The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells (1994)
   World Building (1996) (with Stephen Gillett)
   Aliens and Alien Societies (1996) (with Stanley Schmidt)
   Space Travel (1997) (with Anthony R Lewis)
   The Story of Light (2001)
   The Living Universe (2002)
   Faint Echoes, Distant Stars (2004)

Anthologies containing stories by Ben Bova

Short stories

	Answer, Please Answer (1962)
	The Next Logical Step [short story] (1962)
	The Perfect Warrior (1963) (with Myron R Lewis) aka The Dueling Machine
	Men of Good Will (1964) (with Myron R Lewis)
	Test in Orbit (1965)
	Stars, Won't You Hide Me? (1966)
	The Weathermakers [short story] (1966)
	Fifteen Miles (1967)
	The System (1968)
	Blood of Tyrants (1970)
	Brillo (1970) (with Harlan Ellison)		Hugo (nominee)
	A Slight Miscalculation (1971)
	Zero Gee (1972)
	Vince's Dragon (1981)
	Love Calls (1982)
	A Small Kindness (1983)
	Born Again (1984)
	Beisbol (1985)
	Brothers [short story] (1987)
	To Touch a Star (1987)
	Crisis of the Month (1988)
	The Man Who Hated Gravity (1989)
	Fitting Suits (1990)
	World War 4.5 (1990)
	Bushido (1992)
	Sepulcher (1992)
	Conspiracy Theory (1993)
	Interdepartmental Memorandum (1993)
	The Mask of the Rad Death (1993)
	Re-Entry Shock (1993)
	Thy Kingdom Come (1993)
	Inspiration (1994)		Nebula Awards (nominee)
	Delta Vee (1995)
	In Trust (1995)
	Life as We Know It (1995)
	Appointment in Sinai (1996)
	The Great Moon Hoax or A Princess of Mars (1996)
	Legendary Heroes (1996)
	Risk Assessment (1996)
	The Babe, the Iron Horse, and Mr McGillicuddy (1997) (with Rick Wilber)
	The Cafe Coup (1997)
	Lower the River (1997)
	Remember Caesar (1998)

Awards

	Hugo Best Short Story nominee (1971) : Brillo
	Nebula Awards Best Short Story nominee (1995) : Inspiration
	Prometheus Award Best Novel nominee (1999) : Moonwar
	John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel nominee (2007) : Titan

Ben Bova recommends

To Leuchars (2000)
Rick Wilber
"Science fiction at its unnerving, thought-provoking best, To Leuchars throws a laser-sharp light on our past, present and future."

The Free Lunch (2001)
Spider Robinson
"You get much more than you bargained for in this fun-filled-yet-serious novel. Spider's the antidote for entropy, the blahs, and the pernicious notion that humour and good grace are absent from the SF field."

Smoking Mirror Blues (2001)
Ernest Hogan
"...the most original voice to hit science fiction since Harlan Ellison."

Glass Dragons (2004)
(Moonworlds, book 2)
Sean McMullen
"Sean McMullen is one of the rare ones who can combine high technology, daring visions of future societies, and strong characters into first-rate science fiction."

Awakenings (2011)
(Guardians of Aandor, book 1)
Edward Lazellari
"A weird, wild adventure... Lazellari is a talent to watch with high expectations."

Deep Black Sea (2014)
(Deep Black Sea, book 1)
David M Salkin
"Spine-tingling terror. An exciting read!"

InterstellarNet: Enigma (2015)
(InterstellarNet, book 3)
Edward M Lerner
"A breathtakingly richly realized vision of what tomorrow's civilization may look like..."

The Children's Game (2018)
Max Karpov
"A tight, gripping tale of the men and women who face death in the hidden conflicts of superpower politics. Startlingly believable."

Venus Remembered (2020)
Ray Bradbury and Jason J Marchi
"Those benighted souls who claim that science and the arts are two separate things should read Jason Marchi’s remarkable work."

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