Ben Bova
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Ben Bova

Sci-Fi & Fantasy | Science & Technology | Mysteries & Thrillers

The author of more than 100 futuristic novels and nonfiction books,
Dr. Ben Bova has been 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. Earlier, he was an award-winning editor of ANALOG and OMNI and an executive in the aerospace industry.
Dr. Bova is a frequent commentator on radio and television and popular lecturer.
His website is: http://www.benbova.com

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    • The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 1, 1929–1964

    • The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of All Time Chosen by the Members of the Science Fiction Writers of America
    • By: Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and others
    • Narrated by: Oliver Wyman, L. J. Ganser, Richard Ferrone
    • Length: 28 hrs and 10 mins
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    This book contains 26 of the greatest science fiction stories ever written. They represent the considered verdict of the Science Fiction Writers of America....

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    • CHAPTER LIST to Help Find Stories

    • By Lance on 06-07-18

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    • The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-A

    • The Greatest Science Fiction Novellas of All Time Chosen by the Members of The Science Fiction Writers of America
    • By: Theodore Sturgeon, Ben Bova - editor, Lester del Rey, and others
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    • Length: 24 hrs and 53 mins
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    This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964, containing 11 great classics....

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    • The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. 2-B

    • By: Ben Bova, Isaac Asimov, others
    • Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto, Vivienne Leheny, Gabriel Sloyer, and others
    • Length: 22 hrs and 45 mins
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    This last volume in the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas published between 1929 and 1964 contains 11 great classics. No anthology better captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field....

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    • AUDIO SPACE VACATION!

    • By Giavanna on 08-06-18

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    • Mars

    • By: Ben Bova
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 18 hrs and 55 mins
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    Half-Navajo geologist Jamie Waterman has been selected for the ground team of the first manned expedition to our mysterious neighbor planet....

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    • By Ben on 05-21-09

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    • Return to Mars

    • By: Ben Bova
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    • Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
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    Six years after the first manned Martian expedition, a second has been announced, this one motivated purely by its profitable potential....

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    • Fun continuation of Mars, but has Editing Issues

    • By J on 10-07-13

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    • Survival

    • The Star Quest Trilogy, Book 3
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    • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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    When a human team is sent to scout a few hundred light-years in front of the death wave, it encounters a civilization far in advance of our own....

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    • A bit Disappointing

    • By Anonymous User on 08-02-18

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    • Apes and Angels

    • The Star Quest Trilogy, Book 3
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    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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    Humankind headed out to the stars not for conquest, nor exploration, nor even for curiosity. Humans went to the stars in a desperate crusade to save intelligent life wherever they found it....

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    • Inconsistencies kill the last quarter of the story

    • By Roy on 06-02-17

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    • Moonrise

    • By: Ben Bova
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 18 hrs and 20 mins
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    A 21st century U.S. aerospace company has developed the first permanent human settlement on the Moon....

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    • A worthy read / listen

    • By Brian on 09-03-13

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    • End of Exile

    • The Exiles Series, Book 3
    • By: Ben Bova
    • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
    • Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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    Born and brought up on a spaceship that is slowly deteriorating, Linc discovers its secrets and the way to get the remaining occupants to their ultimate destination....

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    • Empire Builders

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    Dan Randolph never plays by the rules. A hell-raising maverick with no patience for fools, he is admired by his friends, feared by his enemies, and desired by the world's loveliest women....

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    • By Jan Saell on 04-05-12

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