Ben Bova
Ben Bova
Benjamin William "Ben" Bovais an American author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, six-time winner of the Hugo Award, a former editor of Analog Magazine, a former editorial director of Omni, a past president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America. He currently lives in Florida...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth8 November 1932
believe writing add
In science there is a dictum: don't add an experiment to an experiment. Don't make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the more fantastic the tale, the plainer the prose should be. Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.
understanding working-it evidence
When I started understanding how science works, it occurred to me that there just is no evidence that there is a God.
Fortunately, they didn't find anything that contradicted what I had already written.
center incredible industrial moon truly wealth
This can happen, ... The moon is going to be the industrial center of all the things we do in space. It truly is a frontier. There is incredible wealth out there.
danger dare exchange learned lesson nuclear sudden vast
We have, I think, come through the big danger of a vast and sudden exchange of nuclear weapons, ... And I think the lesson we've learned is, if you have nuclear weapons, you probably don't dare use them.
great happening predict research trick
If you know what's happening in the research labs, it isn't all that great a trick to predict what's coming,