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 Books
| The Star Conquerors | (1959) |
  
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| Star Watchman | (1964) |
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| The Dueling Machine | (1969) |
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Publication Order of Exiles Books
| Exiled from Earth | (1971) |
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| Flight of Exiles | (1972) |
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| End of Exile | (1975) |
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Publication Order of Kinsman Books
| Millennium | (1976) |
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| Kinsman | (1979) |
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Chronological Order of Kinsman Books
The chronological order of the Kinsman Saga is the reverse of its publication order.
Publication Order of Voyagers Books
| Voyagers | (1981) |
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| The Alien Within | (1986) |
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| Star Brothers | (1990) |
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| The Return | (2009) |
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Publication Order of Orion Books
| Orion | (1984) |
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| Vengeance of Orion | (1988) |
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| Orion in the Dying Time | (1990) |
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| Orion and the Conqueror | (1994) |
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| Orion Among the Stars | (1995) |
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| Orion and King Arthur | (2012) |
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Publication Order of Grand Tour Books
| Privateers | (1985) |
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| Mars | (1992) |
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| Empire Builders | (1993) |
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| Return to Mars | (1999) |
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| Venus | (2000) |
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| Jupiter | (2000) |
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| Saturn | (2003) |
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| Mercury | (2005) |
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| Powersat | (2005) |
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| Titan | (2006) |
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| Mars Life | (2008) |
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| Leviathans of Jupiter | (2011) |
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| Farside | (2013) |
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| New Earth | (2013) |
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| Death Wave | (2015) |
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Publication Order of To Save The Sun Books
| To Save the Sun | (1992) |
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| To Fear the Light | (1994) |
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Publication Order of Sam Gunn Collections
| Sam Gunn, Unlimited | (1992) |
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| Sam Gunn Forever | (1998) |
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Publication Order of Moonbase Saga Books
| Moonrise | (1996) |
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| Moonwar | (1997) |
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Publication Order of Asteroid Wars Books
| The Precipice | (2001) |
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| The Rock Rats | (2002) |
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| The Silent War | (2004) |
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| The Aftermath | (2007) |
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Publication Order of Billionaire’s Club Books
| Mars, Inc. | (2013) |
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Publication Order of Jake Ross Books
| Power Play | (2012) |
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| Power Surge | (2015) |
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Weathermakers | (1967) |
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| Out of the Sun | (1968) |
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| Escape! | (1970) |
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| THX 1138 | (1971) |
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| As On a Darkling Plain | (1972) |
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| The Winds of Altair | (1972) |
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| When the Sky Burned | (1973) |
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| Gremlins, Go Home! | (1974) |
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| The Starcrossed | (1975) |
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| City of Darkness | (1976) |
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| The Multiple Man | (1976) |
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| Colony | (1978) |
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| Test of Fire | (1982) |
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| Peacekeepers | (1988) |
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| Cyberbooks | (1989) |
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| The Trikon Deception | (1992) |
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| Triumph | (1993) |
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| Death Dream | (1994) |
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| Brothers | (1995) |
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| The Green Trap | (2006) |
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| The Immortality Factor | (2009) |
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| Able One | (2010) |
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| The Hittite | (2010) |
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| Transhuman | (2014) |
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| Rescue Mode | (2014) |
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Publication Order of Short Stories
| The Next Logical Step | (2009) |
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Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Forward in Time | (1973) |
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| Maxwell's Demons | (1979) |
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| Escape Plus | (1984) |
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| The Astral Mirror | (1985) |
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| Prometheans | (1986) |
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| Battle Station | (1987) |
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| Future Crime | (1990) |
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| Challenges | (1993) |
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| The Future Quartet: Earth in the Year 2042 | (1994) |
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| Twice Seven | (1998) |
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| The Towers of Titan and Other Stories | (2010) |
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| Bloodless Victory | (2011) |
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| The Callahan Kids: Tales of Life on Mars | (2012) |
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| New Frontiers | (2014) |
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| The Best of Bova, Volume I | (2016) |
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| The Best of Bova, Volume II | (2016) |
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Publication Order of Analog Anthologies
| Analog 9 | (1973) |
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| Analog Annual | (1976) |
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| Analog Yearbook | (1979) |
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| The Best of Analog | (1979) |
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Publication Order of 3 Short Stories Anthologies
| Aliens | (1977) |
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| Exiles | (1977) |
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| Novella 3 | (1978) |
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Publication Order of Nebula Anthologies
| The Best of the Nebulas | (1989) |
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| Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 | (2008) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
| The Many Worlds of Science Fiction | (1971) |
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| Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2A | (1973) |
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| Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Short Stories | (1975) |
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| Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction | (2014) |
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| The Milky Way Galaxy: Man's Exploration of the Stars | (1961) |
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| Giants of the Animal World | (1962) |
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| Reptiles Since the World Began | (1964) |
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| The Uses of Space | (1965) |
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| Planets, Life and LGM | (1970) |
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| In Quest of Quasars | (1971) |
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| The Amazing Laser | (1971) |
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| Man Changes the Weather | (1973) |
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| The New Astronomies | (1973) |
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| The Weather Changes Man | (1973) |
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| Starflight and Other Improbabilities | (1973) |
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| The Fourth State of Matter: Plasma Dynamics and Tomorrow's Technology | (1974) |
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| Analog Science Fact Reader | (1974) |
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| Workshops in Space | (1974) |
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| Through Eyes of Wonder | (1975) |
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| Notes to a Science Fiction Writer | (1975) |
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| Science: Who Needs It? | (1975) |
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| Viewpoint | (1977) |
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| Closeup: New Worlds | (1977) |
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| The Seeds of Tomorrow | (1977) |
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| The High Road | (1981) |
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| Vision of the Future: The Art of Robert McCall | (1982) |
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| Assured Survival: Putting the Star Wars Defense in Perspective | (1984) |
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| Star Peace Assured Survival | (1986) |
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| Welcome to Moonbase | (1987) |
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| Interactions: A Journey Through the Mind of a Particle Physicist and the Matter of This World | (1988) |
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| The Beauty of Light | (1988) |
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| Immortality: How Science is Extending Your Life Span and Changing the World | (1990) |
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| First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence | (1990) |
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| Are We Alone in the Cosmos?: The Search for Alien Contact | (1992) |
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| The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells | (1994) |
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| Space Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Science of Interplanetary and Interstellar Travel | (1997) |
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| 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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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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