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Ben Bova

(1932–2020) Screenwriter United States

21 quotes in 166 categories

Ben Bova was a screenwriter from the United States, best known for Again, Dangerous Visions.

Quick Facts About Ben Bova

Born: November 8, 1932
Died: November 29, 2020
Nationality: United States
Profession: Screenwriter
Notable works: Again, Dangerous Visions

About Ben Bova

Benjamin William Bova was an American writer and editor. During a writing career of 60 years, he was the author of more than 120 works of science fact and fiction, an editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, for which he won a Hugo Award six times, and an editorial director of Omni; he was also president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Inkpot Award Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor

Quotes by Ben Bova

A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not [about] political prestige…

Contests

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In science there is a dictum: don't add an experiment to an experiment. Don't make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the…

Add

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Omni is not a science magazine. It is a magazine about the future...Omni was sui generis. Although there were plenty of science…

Firsts

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“The art of fiction has not changed much since prehistoric times. The formula for telling a powerful story has remained the same:…

Art

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Up here [in space], you're free. Really free, for the first time in your life. All the laws and rules and prejudices…

Astronaut

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Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.

Admire

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Red tape has killed more people than bullets...

Bullets

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I think it's perfectly OK to exploit the moon. Largely for two reasons: there's no life there, and it is close enough…

Analysis

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“A fanatic who is willing to die for his cause thinks nothing of killing you for his cause.”

Willing to die

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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…

Eastern

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“When we do this thing, we admit failure. We admit fear—yes, terror. We are terrified of a new idea, a new scientific…

Failure

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The Old Ones knew that life is not rare, but precious; not fragile, but vulnerable. Life is as deep as the seas…

Born

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When I started understanding how science works, it occurred to me that there just is no evidence that there is a God.

Evidence

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“My first sight of the fabled warrior was a surprise. He was not a mighty-thewed giant, like Ajax. His body was not…

Achilles

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My first published novel was written for teenagers, and there were rules laid down by the publisher: no sex, no smoking, no…

Billions

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“There was precious little nobility in the features of the High King's fleshy face. Like his body, his face was broad and…

Agamemnon

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“He did not appear to be a very tall man; what I could see of legs seemed stumpy, though heavily muscled. His…

Black hair

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A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not about political prestige…

Civilization

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The problem is that Americans would like to be independent of the rest of the world ... Except the world ain't that…

America

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Feeding the starving poor only increases their number.

Feeding

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“He was close enough so that I could see his face clearly, even with his helmet's cheek flaps tied tightly under his…

Brown eyes

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