His first novel, The Star Conquerors, was published in 1959, and I remember reading it when I was still in grade school. He went on to publish many short stories before becoming editor of Analog in 1971. After leaving Analog, he wrote many novels, mostly about space exploration. From Tor.com:
Bova’s best-known works involved plausible sciences about humanity’s expansion into the universe, looking at how we might adapt to live in space with novels such as 1992’s Mars, about the first human expedition to the red planet. He followed that novel up with additional installments, forming the Grand Tour series, which explored all of the solar system’s major bodies. The latest installment, Uranus, was published in July, and was scheduled to be the first of a trilogy. The second installment, Neptune, is scheduled for release next year. The ESF notes that “the straightforwardness of Bova’s agenda for humanity may mark him as a figure from an earlier era; but the arguments he laces into sometimes overloaded storylines are arguments it is important, perhaps absolutely vital, to make.”
File 770 has a longer obituary listing some of his many carreer accomplishments.
I met him a few times at conventions; he was a regular guest at Toronto's Ad Astra. He was always friendly and generous with his time. He even gave me a short article for my fanzine, Torus, in the late '80s.
He will be missed.
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