Challenges

Rating:
Summary: Awesome!
Review: Awesome! That's all I can say about Challenges. This is a great collection of classic Science Fiction stories that actually leaves in the science. I think Ben Bova does better short story SF than most of his novels (except Mars). There is a motley rogues gallery of characters and themes in these shorts. They make you think and more importantly, come back for more. If you can find this book I definetly say get it! It is worth the read!

Rating:
Summary: Good book
Review: Ben Bova was the editor of Analog in the 1970s. He took over for the great John W. Campbell. Ben Bova also writes a lot of his own fiction, which fits in with the type of stuff that Analog is famous for: Hard Science Fiction.

This book puts forward much hard science fiction, a little fantasy, and several non-fiction essays about science and SF. It is the non-fiction here that makes this book truly stand out though. Bova is very good at - not perditing the future, but pointing out where it is Obviously going. This is good, because very few folks rarely see the perfectly Obvious. Most politicians and so-called statesmen can not do it when it comes to science. Bova can do it. He does it in the tradition of Arthur C. Clarke and Isaas Asimov too.

Recommeneded.

Rating:
Summary: Good book
Review: Ben Bova was the editor of Analog in the 1970s. He took over for the great John W. Campbell. Ben Bova also writes a lot of his own fiction, which fits in with the type of stuff that Analog is famous for: Hard Science Fiction.

This book puts forward much hard science fiction, a little fantasy, and several non-fiction essays about science and SF. It is the non-fiction here that makes this book truly stand out though. Bova is very good at - not perditing the future, but pointing out where it is Obviously going. This is good, because very few folks rarely see the perfectly Obvious. Most politicians and so-called statesmen can not do it when it comes to science. Bova can do it. He does it in the tradition of Arthur C. Clarke and Isaas Asimov too.

Recommeneded.

Rating:
Summary: Very good collection of Short Stories
Review: There were some very good pieces in this book. It was very good to read because the stories were just the right length that i could read a couple and then take a break and then pick it up another time. The writing was very good. Also, the notes that the author put beforehand were very useful in knowing a little bit of what the stories were about. definitely is a very good book

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Summary: Challenges are Bova's short story Sci-Fi Masterpieces!!!
Review: This was a book I recieved in 1993 and have kept since. This collage of short stories (and Mars the novel) really turned me on to Ben Bova's books. In Challenges Bova manages to weave humor, tradgedy, and triumph all together in one great book. His evocative collection of short serials published earlier in magazines like Analog will really make you think. They are reflections of technology and humanity. Bova does wonders with the short story as you will see in this book. Unlike some of the characters in his more recent novels, Bova's short story characters are terrific. Bova writes that he is a writer who hates to throw old material away and I can see why. (Ben if you read this please do some more short story books or ressurect some of these characters;) My favorite story picks from this book were: Answer Please Answer (for SETI fanatics;), To Touch A Star, Sepulcher, World War 4.5, Crisis of The Month (best contemporary parallel;)

This is one Ben Bova book worth finding and reading!!