BOVA, BEN — The High Road

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0395312884. This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but has several smallish semi-closed edge tears, and spots of rubbing, mostly to the top edge and corners. "Bova worked as a technical writer for Project Vanguard in the 1950s and later for the Avco Everett Research LaboratoryIn 1972, Bova became editor of Analog Science Fact & Fiction, after John W. Campbell's death in 1971. At Analog, Bova won six Hugo Awards for Best Professional Editor. Bova served as the science advisor for the television series The Starlost (1973) , resigning as he lacked the "contractual right to remove his name from the credits." His novel The Starcrossed, loosely based on his experiences, featured a characterization of his friend and colleague Harlan Ellison as "Ron Gabriel". In 1974, he co-wrote the screenplay for an episode of the children's science-fiction television series Land of the Lost, titled "The Search". After leaving Analog in 1978, Bova went on to edit Omni, from 1978 to 1982. " (from Wikipedia). Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket .