Order of Ben Bova Books

Ben Bova is an American author of science fiction and non-fiction books. He is the author of the Exiles Trilogy, Grand Tour, Sam Gunn, Chet Kinsman, Voyagers, Orion and Watchmen series. He is a six-time Hugo Award winning author. In 1972, he took over for John W. Campbell as editor of Analog Science Fiction. Following that run, he went on to work as the editor for Omni magazine for four years.

Ben Bova became a published author with his debut novel, The Star Conquerors (published in 1959). Since then, he has written well over 100 books. Below is a list of Ben Bova’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Watchmen/The Others Books

The Star Conquerors	(1959)
Star Watchman	(1964)
The Dueling Machine	(1969)

Publication Order of Exiles Books

Exiled from Earth	(1971)
Flight of Exiles	(1972)
End of Exile	(1975)

Publication Order of Kinsman Books

Millennium	(1976)
Kinsman	(1979)

Chronological Order of Kinsman Books

Kinsman	(1979)
Millennium	(1976)

Publication Order of Voyagers Books

Voyagers	(1981)
The Alien Within	(1986)
Star Brothers	(1990)
The Return	(2009)

Publication Order of Orion Books

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)

Publication Order of The Grand Tour Books

Privateers	(1985)
Mars	(1992)
Empire Builders	(1993)
Return to Mars	(1999)
Venus	(2000)
Jupiter	(2000)
Saturn	(2003)
Mercury	(2005)
Powersat	(2005)
Titan	(2006)
Mars Life	(2008)
Leviathans of Jupiter	(2011)
Farside	(2013)
New Earth	(2013)
Earth	(2019)

Publication Order of Star Quest Trilogy Books

Death Wave	(2015)
Apes and Angels	(2016)
Survival	(2017)

Publication Order of Outer Planets Books

Uranus

(2020)

Publication Order of To Save The Sun Books

(with A.J. Austin)

To Save the Sun	(1992)
To Fear the Light	(1994)

Publication Order of Sam Gunn Books

Sam Gunn Unlimited	(1992)
Sam Gunn Forever	(1998)

Publication Order of Moonbase Saga Books

Moonrise	(1996)
Moonwar	(1997)

Publication Order of The Asteroid Wars Books

The Precipice	(2001)
The Rock Rats	(2002)
The Silent War	(2004)
Aftermath	(2007)

Publication Order of Billionaire's Club Books

Mars, Inc.

(2013)

Publication Order of Jake Ross Books

Power Play	(2012)
Power Surge	(2015)
Power Failure	(2018)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Weather-Makers	(1967)
Out of the Sun	(1968)
Escape!	(1970)
THX 1138 (With: George Lucas)	(1971)
As On A Darkling Plain	(1972)
The Winds of Altair	(1973)
When the Sky Burned	(1973)
Gremlins Go Home (With: Frank Kelly Freas)	(1974)
The Starcrossed	(1975)
City Of Darkness	(1976)
Multiple Man	(1976)
Colony	(1978)
Test of Fire	(1982)
The Peacekeepers	(1988)
Cyberbooks	(1989)
The Trikon Deception (With: William R. Pogue)	(1992)
Triumph	(1993)
Death Dream	(1994)
Brothers	(1995)
The Green Trap	(2006)
The Immortality Factor	(2009)
Able One	(2010)
The Hittite	(2010)
Transhuman	(2014)
Rescue Mode (With: LesJohnson)	(2014)
Space Station Down	(2020)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Next Logical Step

(2010)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Forward In Time	(1973)
Maxwell's Demons	(1978)
Escape Plus	(1984)
Astral Mirror	(1985)
Prometheans	(1986)
Battle Station	(1990)
Future Crime	(1990)
Challenges	(1993)
The Future Quartet: Earth in the Year 2042	(1994)
Twice Seven	(1998)
The Towers of Titan and Other Stories	(2010)
The Callahan Kids (With: )	(2012)
New Frontiers	(2014)
Mercury and Prometheans	(2015)
The Best of Bova	(2016)
The Best of Bova, Volume II	(2016)
The Best of Bova, Volume III	(2017)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

The Milky Way Galaxy	(1961)
Giants of the animal world	(1962)
Reptiles since the world began,	(1964)
The uses of space,	(1965)
Planets, Life & Lgm	(1970)
In Quest of Quasars	(1971)
The Amazing Laser	(1971)
Man Changes the Weather	(1973)
The New Astronomies	(1973)
The Weather Changes Man	(1973)
Starflight and Other Improbabilities,	(1973)
The Fourth State of Matter	(1974)
Analog Science Fact Reader	(1974)
Workshops in Space	(1974)
Through Eyes of Wonder	(1975)
Notes to a Science Fiction Writer	(1975)
Science--Who Needs It?	(1975)
Viewpoint	(1977)
Closeup, New Worlds	(1977)
The Seeds of Tomorrow	(1977)
High Road	(1981)
Vision of the Future	(1982)
Assured Survival	(1984)
Star Peace	(1986)
Welcome to Moon Base	(1987)
Interactions	(1988)
The Beauty of Light	(1988)
Immortality	(1990)
First Contact (With: Byron Preiss)	(1990)
Are We Alone In The Cosmos? The Guide To The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence	(1992)
The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells	(1994)
Space Travel (With: Anthony R. Lewis)	(1997)
The Story of Light	(2001)
The Living Universe	(2002)
Faint Echoes, Distant Stars	(2004)

Publication Order of Nebula Awards Books

Nebula Awards 1 (By:Damon Knight)	(1966)
Nebula Awards 2 (By:Brian W. Aldiss)	(1966)
Nebula Awards 3 (By:Roger Zelazny)	(1968)
Nebula Awards 4 (By:Karen Anderson)	(1968)
Nebula Awards 5 (By:Alexei Panshin)	(1969)
Nebula Awards 6 (By:Thomas D. Clareson)	(1971)
Nebula Awards 7 (By:Theodore Sturgeon,Lloyd Biggle Jr.)	(1972)
Nebula Awards 8 (By:Isaac Asimov)	(1973)
Nebula Awards 9 (By:Kate Wilhelm)	(1974)
Nebula Awards 10 (By:James Gunn)	(1975)
Nebula Awards 11 (By:Craig Kee Strete)	(1976)
Nebula Awards 12 (By:Gordon R. Dickson)	(1978)
Nebula Awards 14 (By:Robin Malkin)	(1980)
Nebula Awards 15 (By:Frank Herbert)	(1981)
Nebula Awards 16 (By:Kim Stanley Robinson)	(1982)
Nebula Awards 17 (By:Joe Haldeman)	(1983)
Nebula Awards 18 (By:Bruce Sterling)	(1983)
Nebula Awards 19 (By:Marta Randall)	(1984)
Nebula Awards 20 (By:George Zebrowski)	(1985)
Nebula Awards 21 (By:George Zebrowski)	(1985)
Nebula Awards 22 (By:George Zebrowski)	(1988)
Nebula Awards 23 (By:Michael Bishop)	(1989)
Nebula Awards 24 (By:Michael Bishop)	(1990)
Nebula Awards 25 (By:Michael Bishop)	(1991)
Nebula Awards 26 (By:James K. Morrow)	(1992)
Nebula Awards 27 (By:James K. Morrow)	(1993)
Nebula Awards 28 (By:James K. Morrow)	(1994)
Nebula Awards 29 (By:Pamela Sargent)	(1995)
Nebula Awards 30 (By:Pamela Sargent)	(1996)
Nebula Awards31 (By:Pamela Sargent)	(1997)
Nebula Awards 32 (By:)	(1998)
Nebula Awards 33 (By:Connie Willis,Jane Yolen,Jerry Oltion,Nancy Kress)	(1999)
Nebula Awards 34 (2000) (By:Gregory Benford)	(2000)
Nebula Awards 35 (2001) (By:Daniel Keyes)	(2001)
Nebula Awards 36 (2002) (By:Kim Stanley Robinson)	(2002)
Nebula Awards 37 (2003) (By:Nancy Kress)	(2003)
Nebula Awards 38 (2004) (By:Vonda N. McIntyre)	(2004)
Nebula Awards 39 (2005) (By:Ruth Berman)	(2005)
Nebula Awards 40 (2006) (By:ChristopherRowe)	(2006)
Nebula Awards 41 (2007) (By:Mike Resnick)	(2007)
Nebula Awards 42 (2008) (With: Ruth Berman)	(2008)
Nebula Awards 43 (2009) (By:Ellen Datlow)	(2009)
Nebula Awards 44 (2010) (By:Bill Fawcett)	(2010)
Nebula Awards 45 (2011) (By:Kevin J. Anderson)	(2011)
Nebula Awards 46 (2012) (By:John Kessel)	(2012)
Nebula Awards 47 (2013) (By:Catherine Asaro)	(2013)
Nebula Awards 48 (2014) (By:Kij Johnson)	(2014)
Nebula Awards 49 (2015) (By:Greg Bear)	(2015)
Nebula Awards 50 (2016) (By:Mercedes Lackey)	(2016)
Nebula Awards 49 (2017) (By:Julie E. Czerneda)	(2017)
Nebula Awards 50 (2018) (By:Jane Yolen)	(2018)
Nebula Awards 51 (2019) (By:Kim Stanley Robinson)	(2019)

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Many Worlds of Science Fiction	(1971)
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A	(1973)
Science Fiction Hall Of Fame	(1973)
Analog 9	(1973)
Cosmic Laughter; Science Fiction for the Fun of It	(1974)
Analog Annual	(1976)
Aliens	(1977)
Study War No More	(1977)
Analog Yearbook	(1978)
Novella 3	(1978)
The Best of the Nebulas	(1989)
The Best Of Analog	(2002)
Nebula Awards 42 (2008)	(2008)
Carbide Tipped Pens	(2014)

Notes: The To Save the Sun series is co-authored by A.J. Austin. Gremlins, Go Home! is co-authored with Gordon R. Dickson. The Trikon Deception is co-authored with Bill Pogue. Rescue Mode is co-authored by Les Johnson. The anthology Carbide Tipped Pens was edited with Eric Choi.

The Future Quartet: Earth in the Year 2042 also contains stories by Frederik Pohl, Jerry Pournelle and Charles Sheffield. The Callahan Kids: Tales of Life on Mars also contains stories by Michael Carroll, Jim Denney, Marianne Dyson, Brian Enke, Tom Hill and Rebecca Rowe.

Closeup: New Worlds is co-authored with Trudy E. Bell. Physicist and the Matter of This World is co-authored by Sheldon Glashow. First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is co-authored by Byron Preiss. Faint Echoes, Distant Stars was also published as The Living Universe.

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