{"name": "Ben Bova", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Benjamin William Bova is an American science-fiction author and editor.\r\n\r\nBova has drawn on his experiences to create fact and fiction writings rich with references to spaceflight, lasers, artificial hearts, nanotechnology, environmentalism, fencing and martial arts, photography and artists.\r\n\r\nAs of 2010 Bova has written over 115 books - non-fiction as well as science fiction. In 2000, he attended the 58th World Science Fiction Convention (Chicon 2000) as the Author Guest of Honor.\r\n\r\n([Source][1])\r\n\r\n\r\n  [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bova"}, "birth_date": "8 November 1932", "links": [{"url": "http://www.benbova.net/", "title": "BenBova.net", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}], "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "photos": [6390071], "remote_ids": {"viaf": "64002453", "isni": "0000000081428463", "wikidata": "Q436664", "bookbrainz": "36430192-b28b-47df-ba2a-1a02dba10e3d", "musicbrainz": "01a73194-63a9-49db-81fb-fb0b941a1c2e", "goodreads": "12407", "imdb": "nm0100550", "lc_naf": "n79021628", "librarything": "bovaben", "librivox": "565", "project_gutenberg": "33114", "opac_sbn": "RAVV032268"}, "personal_name": "Ben Bova", "alternate_names": ["Benjamin William Bova", "Benjamin Bova"], "source_records": ["amazon:1490575103", "amazon:3870703164", "amazon:3870703709", "amazon:1433259176", "amazon:2266153781", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-07-26", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-07-13", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-10-07", "amazon:2916952934"], "death_date": "29 November 2020", "key": "/authors/OL23121A", "latest_revision": 18, "revision": 18, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-10-30T19:28:23.196297"}}