Science fiction author and editor Ben Bova has passed away from COVID related pneumonia and a stroke. Bova was born on in 1932. He was 88. In addition being the author of a number of series (Grand Tour, Sam Gunn, Orion, among others) Bova had the unenviable task of assuming the editorship of Analog after the death of John W. Campbell, Jr.

Bova’s fiction tended to be hard science fiction, although he wrote quite a bit of humorous sf. He will be missed. Futures Past and Present extends condolences to his family and friends.