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Benjamin William "Ben" Bova (born November 8, 1932- November 29th, 2020) was an American ScienceFiction author, most well-known for his ''Grand Tour'' series of novels dramatizing the colonization of the Solar system through the 21st century. After the death of John Campbell in 1972, he was the editor of ''Magazine/Analog'' magazine from 1972 to 1978. He then was the first editor of ''OMNI'' magazine (1978 to 1982). Bova won the UsefulNotes/HugoAward for Best Professional Editor five times for his work at ''Analog'', and a sixth for his combined work at ''Analog'' and ''OMNI''.

He was science advisor for Creator/HarlanEllison 's ill-fated SF TV series ''Series/TheStarLost''.

His story "Zero Gee" was included in Creator/HarlanEllison's anthology ''Literature/AgainDangerousVisions''.

He died on November 29th, 2020 due to complications caused by a stroke and Covid-19.

!!!In order of publication, the ''Grand Tour'' series consists of:
# ''Privateers'' (1985)
# ''Mars'' (1992)
# ''Empire Builders'' (1993)
# ''Moonrise'' (1996)
# ''Moonwar'' (1998)
# ''Return to Mars'' (1999)
# ''[[Literature/{{Venus}} Venus]]'' (2000)
# ''The Precipice'' (2001)
# ''Jupiter'' (2001)
# ''The Rock Rats'' (2002)
# ''Saturn'' (2002)
# ''The Silent War'' (2004)
# ''Powersat'' (2005)
# ''Mercury'' (2005)
# ''Titan'' (2006), winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (no relation to ''[[Literature/GaeaTrilogy that Titan]]''.)
# ''The Aftermath'' (2007)
# ''Mars Life'' (2008)
# ''Leviathans of Jupiter'' (2011)
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