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Ben Bova

Born

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The United States

November 08, 1932

Died

November 29, 2020

Website

http://www.benbova.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science

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Ben Bova was born on November 8, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1953, while attending Temple University, he married Rosa Cucinotta, they had a son and a daughter. He would later divorce Rosa in 1974. In that same year he married Barbara Berson Rose.

Bova was an avid fencer and organized Avco Everett's fencing club. He was an environmentalist, but rejected Luddism.

Bova was a technical writer for Project Vanguard and later for Avco Everett in the 1960s when they did research in lasers and fluid dynamics. It was there that he met Arthur R. Kantrowitz later of the Foresight Institute.

In 1971 he became editor of Analog Science Fiction after John W. Campbell's death. After leaving Analog, he went on to edit Omni during 1978-1982.

In 1974 he ...more

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	Mars (The Grand Tour, #4; Mars, #1) by Ben Bova, Bruno Bodin (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 9,008 ratings — published 1992 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, #2A) by Ben Bova (Editor), C.L. Moore, C.M. Kornbluth 4.31 avg rating — 4,323 ratings — published 1973 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jupiter (The Grand Tour, #9) 3.89 avg rating — 2,925 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Venus (The Grand Tour, #18) 3.77 avg rating — 2,991 ratings — published 2000 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to Mars (The Grand Tour, #7; Mars, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 2,655 ratings — published 1999 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonrise (The Grand Tour, #5; Moonbase Saga, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,937 ratings — published 1996 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Earth (The Grand Tour, #21) 3.39 avg rating — 2,093 ratings — published 2013 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moonwar (The Grand Tour, #6; Moonbase Saga, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 1,747 ratings — published 1997 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Orion (Orion, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 1,783 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Titan (The Grand Tour, #15) 3.75 avg rating — 1,721 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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