Summary Bibliography: Ben Bova

Author: Ben Bova Author Record # 184
Legal Name: Bova, Benjamin William
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthdate: 8 November 1932
Deathdate: 29 November 2020
Language: English
Webpages: benbova.com, IMDB, SFE, tor.com, Wikipedia-EN, X/Twitter
Used These Alternate Names:
Бен Бова^?Ben Bova
, Ben Nova, Oxford Williams
Author Tags: science fiction (58), near future (9), immortality (7), mars (7), nanotechnology (5), asteroid belt (5), hard sf (4), ipulpfiction (3), recursive sf (NESFA index) (3), Anatomy of Wonder 1 Core Collection (3), thriller (3), only humans (2), Librivox (2), alternate history (2), astronaut (1), rescue (1), exploration (1), Merril10 (1), laws of physics (1), moon (1) and 46 additional tags. View all tags for Ben Bova

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Fiction Series

Exiles (Ben Bova)
- 1 Exiled from Earth (1971) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Exilados da Terra [Portuguese] (1973)
  - Translation: Exilados da Terra [Portuguese] (1978)
  - Translation: I condannati di Messina [Italian] (1981)
  - Serializations:
  - Exiled from Earth (Part 1 of 2) (1971)
  - Exiled from Earth (Part 2 of 2) (1971)
  - Translation: I condannati di Messina (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1972)
- 2 Flight of Exiles (1972) also appeared as:
  - Translation: L'astronave dei 20.000 [Italian] (1981)
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: L'astronave dei 20.000 (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1977)
- 3 End of Exile (1975) also appeared as:
  - Translation:
    La grande dérive^?La grande derive
    [French] (1979)
  - Translation: Ritorno dall'esilio [Italian] (1981)
  - Translation: Im Exil [German] (1982)
- The Exiles Trilogy (1980) [O/1,2,3] also appeared as:
  - Translation: L'astronave dell'esilio [Italian] (1981) [O/1,2,3]
Jake Ross
- 1 Power Play (2012)
- 2 Power Surge (2015)
- 3 Power Failure (2018)
- 4 Power Challenges (2021)
Kinsman
- 1 Kinsman (1979) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Kinsman [German] (1983)
  - Translation: A Saga de Kinsman: Volume 1 [Portuguese] (1987)
- 2 Millennium: A Novel About People and Politics in the Year 1999 (1976) also appeared as:
  - Variant: Millennium (1977)
  - Translation: Millennium [Italian] (1978)
  - Translation: Jahrtausendwende [German] (1978)
  - Translation: A Saga de Kinsman: Volume 2. Milénio [Portuguese] (1991)
- Test in Orbit (1965) [SF]
- The Weathermakers (1967) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Projekt Tornado [German] (1968)
- Fifteen Miles (1967) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Translation: Nur fünfzehn Meilen [German] (1967)
  - Translation: Vijftien mijl [Dutch] (1977) [as by Ben Nova]
  - Translation: Glavni junak [Croatian] (1977)
- Zero Gee (1972) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Translation: Bestežinsko stanje [Serbian] (1986)
- Build Me a Mountain (1974) [SF]
- The Lieutenant and the Folksinger (1978) [SF]
- Kinsman (excerpt) (1979) [SF]
- The Kinsman Saga (1987) [O/1,2]
Orion
- 1 Orion (1984) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Orion steigt herab [German] (1987)
  - Translation: Orion [Italian] (1995)
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: Orion (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1986)
- 2 Vengeance of Orion (1988) also appeared as:
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: La vendetta di Orion (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1989)
- 3 Orion in the Dying Time (1990) also appeared as:
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: Orion e la fine del tempo (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1993)
- 4 Orion and the Conqueror (1994)
- 5 Orion Among the Stars (1995) also appeared as:
  - Serializations:
  - Orion Among the Stars (Part 1 of 4) (1995)
  - Orion Among the Stars (Part 2 of 4) (1995)
  - Orion Among the Stars (Part 3 of 4) (1995)
  - Orion Among the Stars (Part 4 of 4) (1995)
  - Translation: Orion tra le stelle (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1998)
- 6 Orion and King Arthur (2011)
- Floodtide (1977) [SF]
- Legendary Heroes (1996) [SF]
- The Quest for Steel (1998) [SF]
- Charger (1999) [SF]
- Dux Bellorum (1999) [SF]
- Power & Glory (2000) [SF]
- Enchantment (2001) [SF]
- Guinevere's Fate (2003) [SF]
Sam Gunn
- 1 Sam Gunn, Unlimited (1992)
- 2 Sam Gunn Forever (1998) [C]
- Sam Gunn (1983) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Translation: Il Vecchio Sam [Italian] (1984)
  - Translation: Sam Gunn [German] (1985)
- Isolation Area (1984) [SF]
- Diamond Sam (1988) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Translation: Diamanti in orbita [Italian] (1989)
- A Can of Worms (1989) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Translation: Un carico di problemi [Italian] (1990)
- Einstein's Law (1990) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Variant: Einstein (2007)
- Vacuum Cleaner (1991) [SF]
- The Long Fall (1991) [SF]
- Sam's War (1994) [SF]
- Acts of God (1995) [SF]
- Nursery Sam (1996) [SF]
- Sam and the Prudent Jurist (1997) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Variant: The Prudent Jurist (2007)
- The Mark of Zorro (1998) [SF]
- Tourist Sam (1998) [SF]
- Afterword: Aboard Torch Ship Hermes (1998) [SF]
- Introduction: Aboard Torch Ship Hermes (1998) [SF]
- Statement of Clark Griffith IV (1998) [SF]
- Statement of Juanita Carlotta Maria Rivera y Molina (1998) [SF]
- Statement of Lawrence V. Karsh (1998) [SF]
- Statement of Steven Achernar Wright (1998) [SF]
- Statement of the Rt. Hon. Jill McD. Meyers (1998) [SF]
- Sam and the Flying Dutchman (2003) [SF] also appeared as:
  - Variant: The Flying Dutchman (2007)
- Piker's Peek (2005) [SF]
- Takes Two to Tangle (2006) [SF]
- Armstrong Spaceport (2007) [SF]
- Asteroid Ceres (2007) [SF]
- Bridge Ship Golden Gate (2007) [SF]
- Bridge Ship Golden Gate [2] (2007) [SF]
- Decisions, Decisions (2007) [SF]
- Disappearing Act (2007) [SF]
- Grandfather Sam (2007) [SF]
- Habitat New Chicago (2007) [SF]
- Lagrange Habitat Jefferson (2007) [SF]
- Orchestra(ted) Sam (2007) [SF]
- Pierre D'Argent (2007) [SF]
- Reviews (2007) [SF]
- Selene City (2007) [SF]
- Selene City [2] (2007) [SF]
- Solar News Headquarters, Selene (2007) [SF]
- Solar News Offices, Selene City (2007) [SF]
- Space Station Alpha (2007) [SF]
- Space University (2007) [SF]
- Statement of Juanita Carlotta Maria Rivera y Queveda (2007) [SF]
- Steven Achernar Wright (2007) [SF]
- Surprise, Surprise (2007) [SF]
- The Audition (2007) [SF]
- The Hospital and the Bar (2007) [SF]
- The Maitre d' (2007) [SF]
- The Pelican Bar (2007) [SF]
- The Sam Gunn Omnibus (2007) [C]
- The Sea of Clouds (2007) [SF]
- The Show Must Go On! (2007) [SF]
- The Supervisor's Tale (2007) [SF]
- Titan (2007) [SF]
- Torch Ship Hermes (2007) [SF]
- Torch Ship Hermes [2] (2007) [SF]
- Two Years Before the Mast (2007) [SF]
- Zoilo Hashimoto (2007) [SF]
- Sam Below Par (2012) [SF]
- Rare (Off) Earth Elements (2015) [SF]
Star Watch / Watchmen
- 1 The Star Conquerors (1959) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Bezwinger der Galaxis [German] (1966)
- 2 Star Watchman (1964) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Der Mann von der Sternenwache [German] (1966)
- 3 The Dueling Machine (1969) also appeared as:
  - Variant: The Duelling Machine (1971)
  - Translation: Die Duellmaschine [German] (1980)
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: Duellomacchina (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1971)
- The Watchmen (1994) [O/2,3]
The Best of Bova
- 1 The Best of Bova: Volume 1 (2016) [C]
- 2 The Best of Bova: Volume II (2016) [C]
- 3 The Best of Bova: Volume III (2017) [C]
The Grand Tour
- 1 Powersat (2005)
- 2 Empire Builders (1993)
- 4 Mars (1992) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Mars [Serbian] (1995)
  - Translation: Mars [German] (1999)
  - Translation: Mars [French] (2001)
- 6 Return to Mars (1999) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Rückkehr zum Mars [German] (2001)
  - Translation: Retour sur Mars [French] (2003)
- 8 Jupiter (2000) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Jupiter [German] (2002)
  - Translation: Júpiter [Portuguese] (2005)
- 11 Saturn (2003) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Saturn [German] (2004)
- 12 Titan (2006) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Titán [Spanish] (2009)
- 14 Mercury (2005)
- 15 Mars Life (2008)
- 16 Venus (2000) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Venus [German] (2002)
  - Translation:
    Vénus^?Venus
    [French] (2005)
- 18 Leviathans of Jupiter (2011)
- 19 Farside (2013)
- 20 Earth (2019)
- Muzhestvo (1992) [SF]
- Mount Olympus (1999) [SF]
- Red Sky at Morning (1999) [SF]
- Leviathan (2000) [SF]
- Death on Venus (2000) [SF]
- Tales of the Grand Tour (2004) [C]
- A Grand Tour Collection (2018) [O/10N+1C]
- 5 Moonrise
  - 1 Moonrise (1996)
  - 2 Moonwar (1997)
- Outer Planets Trilogy
  - 1 Uranus (2020)
  - 2 Neptune (2021)
- Star Quest Trilogy
  - 1 New Earth (2013)
  - 2 Death Wave (2015)
  - 3 Apes and Angels (2016)
  - 4 Survival (2017)
- The Asteroid Wars
  - 1 The Precipice (2001) also appeared as:
    - Translation: Der Asteroidenkrieg [German] (2003)
    - Translation: Asteroidenkrieg [German] (2003)
    - Serializations:
    - The Precipice (Part 1 of 4) (2001)
    - The Precipice (Part 2 of 4) (2001)
    - The Precipice (Part 3 of 4) (2001)
    - The Precipice (Part 4 of 4) (2001)
  - 2 The Rock Rats (2002) also appeared as:
    - Translation: Asteroidensturm [German] (2004)
  - 3 The Silent War (2004) also appeared as:
    - Translation: Asteroidenfeuer [German] (2005)
  - 4 The Aftermath (2007)
  - The Asteroid Wars (2004) [O/1-3]
To Save the Sun
- 1 To Save the Sun (1992) with A. J. Austin
- 2 To Fear the Light (1994) with A. J. Austin
Voyagers (Ben Bova)
- 1 Voyagers (1981) also appeared as:
  - Translation: Erstkontakt [German] (1982)
  - Translation: Giove Chiama Terra [Italian] (1998)
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: Giove chiama Terra (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1982)
- 2 The Alien Within (1986) also appeared as:
  - Serializations:
  - Translation: Ritorno da Giove (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1987)
- 3 Star Brothers (1990)
- 4 The Return (2009)

Novels

Out of the Sun (1968)
THX 1138 (1971) also appeared as:
- Translation: Das Drogen-Paradies [German] (1975)
- Translation: THX 1138: Das Drogen-Paradies [German] (1975)
- Serializations:
- Translation: THX 1138 (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1979)
As on a Darkling Plain (1972) also appeared as:
- Translation: Die dunklen Wüsten des Titan [German] (1975)
When the Sky Burned (1973) also appeared as:
- Translation: Als der Himmel Feuer fing [German] (1982)
The Winds of Altair (1973) also appeared as:
- Translation: Der Planet der Katzenwölfe [German] (1975)
- Translation:
  Gefahr auf dem Planeten der Katzenwölfe^?Gefahr auf dem Planeten der Katzenwoelfe
  [German] (1980)
Gremlins, Go Home! (1974) with Gordon R. Dickson also appeared as:
- Variant: Gremlins Go Home (1974)
The Starcrossed (1975)
City of Darkness (1976) also appeared as:
- Translation: Gefangen in New York [German] (1978)
- Translation:
  Les oubliés de New York^?Les oublies de New York
  [French] (1978)
The Multiple Man (1976) also appeared as:
- Translation: Der Mehrfach-Mensch [German] (1977)
- Serializations:
- Translation: Il presidente moltiplicato (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1977)
Colony (1978) also appeared as:
- Translation: De kolonie [Dutch] (1980)
- Translation: Colonie: Tome I [French] (1980)
- Translation: Colonie: Tome II [French] (1980)
- Translation: Die Kolonie [German] (1980)
Test of Fire (1982) also appeared as:
- Translation: Feuerprobe [German] (1991)
- Serializations:
- Translation: La prova del fuoco (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1983)
Privateers (1985)
Peacekeepers (1988) also appeared as:
- Serializations:
- Translation: I guardiani del mondo (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1994)
Cyberbooks (1989)
The Trikon Deception (1992) with Bill Pogue
Triumph (1993)
Death Dream (1994) also appeared as:
- Serializations:
- Translation: Sogno mortale (Complete Novel) [Italian] (1997)
Brothers (1995) also appeared as:
- Variant: The Immortality Factor (2009)
The Green Trap (2006)
Able One (2010)
Mars, Inc. (2013) also appeared as:
- Variant: Mars, Inc.: The Billionaire's Club (2013)
Transhuman (2014)
Rescue Mode (2014) with Les Johnson
Space Station Down (2020) with Doug Beason
Sam Gunn Jr. (2022)