List of published works by or about American
hard science fiction
Hard science fiction is a category of science fiction characterized by concern for scientific accuracy and logic. The term was first used in print in 1957 by P. Schuyler Miller in a review of John W. Campbell's '' Islands of Space'' in the Novem ...
author
Ben Bova
Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of '' Analog Science Fiction and F ...
(1932–2020).
Novels
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* ''Escape!'' (1969)
* ''THX 1138'' (with
George Lucas
George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...
) (1971), based on the film ''
THX 1138
''THX 1138'' is a 1971 American social science fiction film co-written and directed by George Lucas in his directorial debut. Produced by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written by Walter Murch, the film stars Robert Duvall and Donald Pleasence, wit ...
''
*''As on a Darkling Plain'' (1972)
* ''When the Sky Burned'' (1972)
* ''Gremlins, Go Home!'' (with
Gordon Dickson) (1974)
* ''The Starcrossed'' (1975)
* ''The Multiple Man'' (1976)
* ''
City of Darkness'' (1976)
* ''Test of Fire'' (1982) (A revised version of ''When the Sky Burned'')
* ''The Winds of Altair'' (1973) (Revised 1983)
* ''Peacekeepers'' (1988)
* ''Cyberbooks'' (1989)
* ''The Trikon Deception'' (with
Bill Pogue) (1992)
* ''Triumph'' (1993), (
alternate-history work, set at the end of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, in which
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...
plots the assassination of
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
, and in which
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...
lives past 1945)
* ''Death Dream'' (1994)
* – expanded edition later republished as ''The Immortality Factor''
* ''The Green Trap'' (2006)
* ''Laugh Lines'' (2008) (A collection of short stories, 'The Starcrossed' and 'Cyberbooks')
* – earlier shorter edition published as ''Brothers''
* ''The
Hittite'' (2010) (A retelling of the ''Iliad'', linking Homer's text with known history of the
Hittite Empire
The Hittites () were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara (before 1750 BC), then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-centra ...
)
* ''Able One'' (2010)
* – a "parallel" version of the exploration of Mars, where private enterprise (and not a government program) drives the conquest.
* ''Transhuman'' (2014)
* ''Rescue Mode'' (with Les Johnson) (2014)
* ''Space Station Down'' (with Doug Beason) (2020)
;''Exiles'' series
* ''Exiled from Earth'' (1971)
* ''Flight of Exiles'' (1972)
* ''End of Exile'' (1975)
;''Grand Tour'' series
Bova's ''
Grand Tour
The Grand Tour was the principally 17th- to early 19th-century custom of a traditional trip through Europe, with Italy as a key destination, undertaken by upper-class young European men of sufficient means and rank (typically accompanied by a tuto ...
'' series of novels presents a fictional treatment of human colonization of the
Solar System
The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar S ...
in the late 21st century. Following Bova's suggested chronology, these are:
Bova also published a short story collection including stories that span much of the timeline, called ''Tales of the Grand Tour'' (2004)
[
;''Sam Gunn'' series
* ''Sam Gunn, Unlimited'' (1993) (short-story collection)
* ''Sam Gunn Forever'' (1998) (short-story collection)
* ''Sam Gunn Omnibus'' (2007)
* ''Sam Gunn, Jr'' (2022) (posthumous)
;''Chet Kinsman'' series
* ''The Weathermakers'' (1967)
* ''Millennium'' (1976)
* ''Colony'' (1978)
* ''Kinsman'' (1979)
* ''The Kinsman Saga'' (1987) (combines ''Millennium'' (1976) and ''Kinsman'' (1979); includes introduction and narrative by Bova explaining the reworking of these two novels)
;''Jake Ross'' series
* ''Power Play'' (2011)
* ''Power Surge'' (2015)
* ''Power Failure'' (2018)
* ''Power Challenges'' (2021)
;''Orion'' series
*'' Orion ''(1984)
* '' Vengeance of Orion'' (1988)
* '' Orion in the Dying Time ''(1990)
* ''Orion and the Conqueror'' (1994)
* ''Orion Among the Stars ''(1995)
* ''Orion and King Arthur ''(2011)
;''To Save the Sun'' series
* ''To Save the Sun'' (with A.J. Austin) (1992)
* ''To Fear the Light'' (with A.J. Austin) (1994)
;''Voyagers'' series
* '' Voyagers'' (1981, volume I)
* ''The Alien Within'' (1986, volume II)
* ''Star Brothers'' (1990, volume III)
* ''The Return'' (2009, volume IV)
;''Watchmen'' series
* '' The Star Conquerors'' (1959)
* ''Star Watchman'' (1964)
* ''The Dueling Machine'' (1969)
;''Star Quest'' series
* ''New Earth'' (2013)
* ''Death Wave'' (2015)
* ''Apes and Angels'' (2016)
* ''Survival'' (2017)
]
Short fiction
;Collections
* ''Forward in Time'' (1973)
* ''Maxwell's Demons'' (1979)
* ''E'' (1984)
* ''The Astral Mirror'' (1985)
* ''Prometheans'' (1986)
* ''Battle Station'' (1987)
* ''Future Crime'' (1990)
* ''Challenges'' (1994)
* ''Twice Seven'' (1998)
* ''New Frontiers'' (2014)
* ''Best of Bova: Volume 1'' (2016)
* ''Best of Bova: Volume 2'' (2016)
* ''Best of Bova: Volume 3'' (2017)
* ''My Favorites'' (2020)
;Anthologies (edited)
* ''The Many Worlds of Science Fiction'' (1971),
* ''The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two
''The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two'' is an English language science fiction two-volume anthology edited by Ben Bova and published in the U.S. by Doubleday (publisher) , Doubleday in 1973, distinguished as volumes "Two A" and "Two B" ...
'', (1973), Volume two A and Volume two B
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* ''The Best of the Nebulas'' (1989),
* ''The Future Quartet –— Earth in the Year 2042'' (1995)
* '' Nebula Awards Showcase 2008'' (2008)
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;Stories
Non-fiction
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* ''Man Changes the Weather''. 1973.
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* ''Starflight and Other Improbabilities''. Westminster Press. 1973.
* ''Notes to a Science Fiction Writer''. Houghton Mifflin. 1975.
* ''The High Road'' Houghton Mifflin. 1981.
* ''Assured Survival: Putting The Star Wars Defense In Perspective''. 1984. UG743.B68
* ''Welcome to Moonbase''. Ballantine. 1987.
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* ''The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells''. Writers Digest Books. 1994.
* ''Immortality''. 1998.
* ''Are We Alone in the Cosmos?''. 1999.
* ''The Story of Light''. 2001.
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* ''Faint Echoes, Distant Stars: The Science and Politics of Finding Life Beyond Earth''. 2004.
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Critical studies and reviews of Bova's work
;Carbide tipped pens
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References
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