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Ben Bova

1932 - 2020

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Benjamin William Bova (November 8, 1932 – November 29, 2020) was an American writer and editor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ben Bova has received more than 450,818 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Ben Bova is the 5,297th most popular writer (down from 4,663rd in 2019), the 7,690th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,717th in 2019) and the 603rd most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 450k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Privateers
Space industrialization, Privateering, Fiction
1985
Mars
Fiction, Space flight, Astronauts
1992
Kinsman
Fiction in English, Space flight, Fiction
To Chet Kinsman, space held the promise of peace and beauty that Earth denied him - yet it was Kinsman who stained the purity of space with murder. His atonement shaped his life and the destiny of his planet - and drew him inexorably to use, and finally betray, those closest to him.
1979
brothers
Fiction, Genetic engineering, Brothers
1995
Millennium
Millennialism, Fiction, Fiction in English
1976
Voyagers
Ex-astronaut turned physicist Keith Stoner knows that the signals he's picking up at his space station are anything but random. The fiery object heading toward Earth is an alien spacecraft. Yet the world may never know for Keith is trapped in an iron cordon of secrecy: his discovery had shattered the world power balance, setting off a brutal struggle for supremacy that raged within the sacred halls of the Vatican to the corridors of the Kremlin and the Pentagon. The powers that be would use anything at their command - fear and treachery and any other weapon from mind war to sabotage to keep the world in darkness about Stoner's discovery.
1981

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ben Bova ranks 5,297 out of 7,302. Before him are Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Duygu Asena, Halina Poświatowska, Joanne Harris, Giorgi Leonidze, and Shere Hite. After him are Majit Gafuri, Vikenty Veresaev, Gilles Perrault, Jan de Hartog, Justine Musk, and Teresa de la Parra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Ben Bova ranks 377. Before him are Edward O. Thorp, Alma Cogan, Barbara Loden, István Kausz, Gavril Dejeu, and Rokurō Naya. After him are René Bliard, François Deguelt, Bronius Kutavičius, Pak Ui-chun, Katy Bødtger, and Sidney Verba. Among people deceased in 2020, Ben Bova ranks 474. Before him are Ahmed Radhi, Julio Anguita, Ron Tauranac, Ivan Král, Diane di Prima, and Shere Hite. After him are Tomisaku Kawasaki, Nelly Kaplan, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Sam Lloyd, Benny Chan, and Ivan Bohdan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ben Bova ranks 7,690 out of 20,380. Before him are Vince Carter (1977), Russell Simpson (1880), Shere Hite (1942), Jon Avnet (1949), Angus Scrimm (1926), and Alex Rodriguez (1975). After him are Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Howard Valentine (1881), Metacomet (1639), Michael K. Williams (1966), Hal David (1921), and Elda Emma Anderson (1899).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ben Bova ranks 603. Before him are Chester Himes (1909), Holly Black (1971), Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick (1950), James Dashner (1972), Diane di Prima (1934), and Shere Hite (1942). After him are Elizabeth Gilbert (1969), David Peoples (1940), Peter Gould (1950), David Brown (1916), Julie Garwood (1946), and David S. Goyer (1965).

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