Well, since I am only 21, I suppose its the train of a slightly different age.
I am pretty sure I have read some of his short stories as part of school, but I don't remember them as making huge lasing impressions. Tonight I decided to delve in and I dowloaded "Saturn" and "Titan," from Audible.com
What am I to expect? What is the best of the Bova codex? What are his politics and what is his history? I honestly know nothing about him.
Posted by Atlantis (Member # 8788) on :
I almost bought one of his books yesterday, but decided not to because I honestly know nothing about him, much like yourself.
I'd be interested to know a little myself.
Posted by OlavMah (Member # 756) on :
I loved Mars when it came out; I was only 15 or so, though, and a friend of mine who read it last year pointed out some flaws in the science. Still, I loved the story. Death Dream had some major flaws in the science (VR technology) that I couldn't get past, and the Moon books... I think I only got through the first one.
He's a good writer, though, and he was a professional scientist. I'm not always a big fan of his characters, and the "New Morality" movement that is in his later books seems a little flat to me. But I'd recommend him to anyone interested in some decent hard-SF.
Here's a piece of trivia for you: his wife is OSC's agent.
Posted by Atlantis (Member # 8788) on :
This only goes further to prove my theory that all SF writers are part of a secret community that spends its time mocking mere mortals such as ourselves.
Damn those SF writers...* raises fist*
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
So does anybody have any Bova info? What's his game, who are the players? What are the series?
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
I liked the 'Orion' series, but I can do without the rest of his opus. Pretty flat, really.