Editing Ben Bova (section)

==Career==
[[File:Amazing stories 196201.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Bova's novella ''The Towers of Titan'' was the cover story in the January 1962 issue of ''[[Amazing Stories]]'', illustrated by [[Ed Emshwiller]].]]

Bova worked as a [[technical writer]] for [[Project Vanguard]] in the 1950s and later for the [[Avco]] Everett Research Laboratory<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/feb/14/ben-bova-we-need-more-kantrowitzs-impure-research/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320071111/http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/feb/14/ben-bova-we-need-more-kantrowitzs-impure-research/|url-status=dead|title=Ben Bova: We need more of Kantrowitz's 'impure research'|first = Ben|last = Bova|date =February 14, 2009|work = Naples Daily News|archive-date=March 20, 2012}}</ref>

In 1972, Bova became editor of ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact|Analog Science Fact & Fiction]]'', after [[John W. Campbell]]'s death in 1971. At ''Analog'', Bova won six [[Hugo Award]]s for [[Hugo Award for Best Professional Editor|Best Professional Editor]].<ref name="ws791020"/>

Bova served as the science advisor for the television series ''[[The Starlost]]'' (1973)'',''<ref name="ws791020"/><ref>{{Cite news|date=November 2, 1979|title=Sci-fi author critical of TV|pages=31|work=Star-Phoenix|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64339006/sci-fi-author-critical-of-tv/|access-date=November 30, 2020|via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}}}}</ref> resigning as he lacked the "contractual right to remove his name from the credits."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Patterson|first=William H. Jr.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MQPHAgAAQBAJ|title=Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with His Century, Volume 2: The Man Who Learned Better (1948–1988)|date=June 3, 2014|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=978-1-4299-8796-7|pages=349|language=en}}</ref><!-- Unsourcable:and left in disgust after the airing of the first episode (1973) --> His novel ''The Starcrossed'', loosely based on his experiences, featured a characterization of his friend and colleague [[Harlan Ellison]] as "Ron Gabriel".<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Weil|first1=Ellen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XvaIuzLV41gC&pg=PA120|title=Harlan Ellison: The Edge of Forever|last2=Wolfe|first2=Gary K.|date=2002|publisher=Ohio State University Press|isbn=978-0-8142-0892-2|pages=120–121|language=en}}</ref><!-- trivia and unsourced:Bova dedicated the novel to "Cordwainer Bird", the pen name Ellison uses when he did not want to be associated with a television or film project. --> In 1974, he co-wrote the screenplay for an episode of the children's [[science fiction|science-fiction]] television series ''[[Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)|Land of the Lost]]'', titled "The Search".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Erickson|first=Hal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8uUyBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA131|title=Sid and Marty Krofft: A Critical Study of Saturday Morning Children's Television, 1969–1993|date=March 13, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0784-9|pages=131|language=en}}</ref> After leaving ''Analog'' in 1978, Bova went on to edit ''[[Omni (magazine)|Omni]]'', from 1978 to 1982.<ref name="ws791020" />

Bova held the position of President Emeritus of the [[National Space Society]] and served as President of [[Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America]] (SFWA).<ref>{{Cite web|title=National Space Society Governor Ben Bova Biography|url=https://space.nss.org/national-space-society-governor-ben-bova-biography/|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=National Space Society|date=August 3, 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=March 6, 2001|title=Ben Bova|pages=88|work=News-Press|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64340388/ben-bova/|access-date=November 30, 2020|via=[[Newspapers.com]] {{open access}}}}</ref>

In 2000, he attended the [[58th World Science Fiction Convention]] (Chicon 2000) as the Author Guest of Honor.<ref name="csun000827">{{cite news|last=Halevi|first=Charles Chi|date=August 27, 2000|title=Science fiction is fun for fen|page=28|work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]]}}</ref> In 2007, [[Mary Parent|Stuber/Parent Productions]] hired him as a consultant to provide insight into what the world may look like in the near future, for their film ''[[Repo Men]]'' (2010) starring [[Jude Law]] and [[Forest Whitaker]]. Also in 2007 he provided consulting services to [[Silver Pictures]] on the [[Altered Carbon#Film adaptation|film adaptation]] of [[Richard K. Morgan]]'s [[hardboiled]] [[cyberpunk]] science-fiction novel ''[[Altered Carbon]]'' (2002). He was awarded the [[Robert A. Heinlein Award]] in 2008 for his work in science fiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Heinlein2008.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423023607/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Heinlein2008.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 23, 2010|title=The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2008 Robert A. Heinlein Award|date=2008|publisher=[[Locus Publications]]|access-date=November 21, 2016}}</ref>