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Ben Bova

(Benjamin William Bova)

(1932 - )

About Ben Bova

A six-time winner of science fiction's Hugo award and past president of the SF Writers of America and the National Space Society, Ben Bova lives in Florida.

New and Forthcoming Hardbacks

Laugh Lines

Mars Life

New and Forthcoming Paperbacks

Nebula Awards Showcase 2008
(Nebula Awards Showcase, book 9)

Series

Watchmen
The Star Conquerors (1959)
Star Watchman (1964)
The Dueling Machine (1969)
The Watchmen (omnibus) (1994)

Exiles (bova)
1. Exiled from Earth (1971)
2. Flight of Exiles (1972)
3. End of Exile (1975)
The Exiles Trilogy (omnibus) (1980)

Kinsman
1. Kinsman (1979)
2. Millennium (1976)
The Kinsman Saga (omnibus) (1987)

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)

Privateers
1. Privateers (1985)
2. Empire Builders (1993)

Sam Gunn
1. Sam Gunn, Unlimited (1992)
2. Sam Gunn Forever (1998)
The Sam Gunn Omnibus (omnibus) (2007)

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

Moonrise
1. Moonrise (1996)
2. Moonwar (1997)

Ben Bova's Grand Tour of the Universe
1. Venus (2000)
2. Jupiter (2000)
3. Saturn (2003)
4. Mercury (2005)
5. Powersat (2005)
6. Titan (2006)

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

Novels

The Weathermakers (1967)
Out of the Sun (1968)
Escape! (1970)
THX 1138 (1971)
The Winds of Altair (1972)
As on a Darkling Plain (1972)
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)
Mars (1992)
The Trikon Deception (1992) (with Bill Pogue)
Triumph (1993)
Death Dream (1994)
Brothers (1995)
Return to Mars (1999)
The Green Trap (2006)
Mars Life (2008)
The Immortality Factor (2009)

Omnibus

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

Collections

Series contributed to

Analog
Analog 9 (1973)
Analog Annual (1974)
The Best of Analog (1978)

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 (1977)

Anthologies edited

The Many Worlds of SF (1971)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2A (1973)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame (1974)
Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas (1975)

Non fiction

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)
Man Changes the Weather (1973)
The New Astronomies (1973)
The Weather Changes Man (1973)
Starflight and Other Improbabilities (1973)
The Fourth State of Matter: Plasma dynamics and tomorrow's technology (1974)
Analog Science Fact Reader (1974)
Workshops in Space (1974)
Through Eyes of Wonder (1975)
Notes to a Science Fiction Writer (1975)
Science: Who Needs It? (1975)
Closeup New Worlds (1977) (with Trudy E Bell)
Viewpoint (1977)
The Seeds of Tomorrow (1977)
The High Road (1981)
Vision of the Future: The art of Robert McCall (1982)
Assured Survival: Putting the Star Wars Defense in Perspective (1984)
Star Peace: Assured Survival (1986)
Welcome to Moonbase (1987)
Interactions: A Journey Through the Mind of a Particle Physicist and the Matter of This World (1988) (with Sheldon Glashow)
The Beauty of Light (1988)
First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (1990) (with Byron Preiss)
Immortality: How Science is Extending Your Life Span and Changing the World (1990)
Are We Alone in the Cosmos?: The Search for Alien Contact (1992)
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells (1994)
Aliens and Alien Societies: A writer's guide to creating extraterrestial life-forms (1996) (with Stanley Schmidt)
World Building (1996) (with Stephen Gillett)
Space Travel (1997) (with Anthony R Lewis)
Time Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Science of Interplanetary and Interstellar Travel (1997) (with Anthony R Lewis)
The Story of Light (2001)
The Living Universe: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth (2002)
Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth (2004)

Anthologies containing stories by Ben Bova

Short stories

	Answer, Please Answer (1962)
	The Next Logical Step (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 (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 (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 (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)
	Mount Olympus (1999)

Awards

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

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Ben Bova recommends

Smoking Mirror Blues (2001) Ernest Hogan "...the most original voice to hit science fiction since Harlan Ellison."	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."	Callahan's Con (2003) (Callahan) Spider Robinson "Nobody's perfect. But Spider comes pretty damned close."
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."

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