Omni is not a science magazine. It is a magazine about the future...Omni was sui generis. Although there were plenty of science magazines over the years...Omni was the first magazine to slant all its pieces toward the future. It was… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not [about] political prestige or military… — Ben Bova Copy Share
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… — Ben Bova Copy Share
Omni is not a science magazine. It is a magazine about the future...Omni was sui generis. Although there were plenty of science magazines over… — Ben Bova Copy Share
“The art of fiction has not changed much since prehistoric times. The formula for telling a powerful story has remained the same: create a… — Ben Bova Copy Share
Up here [in space], you're free. Really free, for the first time in your life. All the laws and rules and prejudices they've been… — Ben Bova Copy Share
Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story. — Ben Bova Copy Share
I think it's perfectly OK to exploit the moon. Largely for two reasons: there's no life there, and it is close enough and rich… — Ben Bova Copy Share
“A fanatic who is willing to die for his cause thinks nothing of killing you for his cause.” — Ben Bova Copy Share
As long as we're tied to Middle Eastern oil we're tied to Middle Eastern politics. We're hostages to the terrorists and nutcases who want… — Ben Bova Copy Share
“When we do this thing, we admit failure. We admit fear—yes, terror. We are terrified of a new idea, a new scientific discovery. The… — Ben Bova Copy Share
The Old Ones knew that life is not rare, but precious; not fragile, but vulnerable. Life is as deep as the seas in which… — Ben Bova Copy Share
When I started understanding how science works, it occurred to me that there just is no evidence that there is a God. — Ben Bova Copy Share
“My first sight of the fabled warrior was a surprise. He was not a mighty-thewed giant, like Ajax. His body was not broad and… — Ben Bova Copy Share
My first published novel was written for teenagers, and there were rules laid down by the publisher: no sex, no smoking, no swearing. I… — Ben Bova Copy Share
