Future Crime, Ben Bova
Future Crime, Ben Bova
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Future Crime

Author: Ben Bova

Narrator: Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle de Cuir, Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 11 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2015


Synopsis

An exciting collection of SF stories by Hugo Award–winning author Ben BovaNo matter what strange forms the future takes, says Ben Bova in his introduction, crime and criminals will always be with us—and with them, the need for law enforcement. Included in this collection of short stories are the full-length novel City of Darkness and "Brillo"—the famous collaboration between Bova and Harlan Ellison.

About Ben Bova

Ben Bova (1932-2020) was the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, including Able One, Transhuman, Orion, the Star Quest Trilogy, and the Grand Tour novels, including Titan, winner of John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best novel of the year. His many honors include the Isaac Asimov Memorial Award in 1996, the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award “for his outstanding body of work in the field of literature” in 2008.Dr. Bova was President Emeritus of the National Space Society and a past president of Science Fiction Writers of America, and a former editor of Analog and former fiction editor of Omni. As an editor, he won science fiction’s Hugo Award six times. His writings predicted the Space Race of the 1960s, virtual reality, human cloning, the Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars), electronic book publishing, and much more.In addition to his literary achievements, Bova worked for Project Vanguard, America’s first artificial satellite program, and for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, the company that created the heat shields for Apollo 11, helping the NASA astronauts land on the moon. He also taught science fiction at Harvard University and at New York City’s Hayden Planetarium and worked with such filmmakers as George Lucas and Gene Roddenberry.

About Gabrielle de Cuir

Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her “velvet touch” as an actor’s director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.

About Stefan Rudnicki

Stefan Rudnicki is a Grammy-winning audiobook producer and a multiaward-winning narrator, named one of AudioFile’s Golden Voices.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Stasha on June 01, 2016

It's fun to go back to old sci-fi and see how they saw the future. The 50s were so optimistic but the 60s and 70s saw dystopian bleak futures. Some of these stories show the civil rights concerns and didn't see them ending well. I think we've done better than anticipated in this set of stories.......more

Goodreads review by Sheryl on June 09, 2024

I really enjoyed reading this collection of stories about how crime is dealt with in the future. It was very inspiring to read the last story that handles juvenile offenders by placing them in a living community where they can take classes and learn skills, rather than tossing them into a juvenile d......more

Goodreads review by Heather on November 09, 2022

Thoroughly enjoying and thought-provoking collection of short stories about future crime. Futuristic and anachronistic at the same time. Keep in mind the time period in which the stories were written….definitely not the same mindset as today! I loved this collection though and am looking forward to......more

Goodreads review by Rob on May 26, 2024

It's Ben Bova!!!! All stories were great I had missed some of them and remembered city of darkness as being read back in 8th grade during summer break! Everything is here in this compilation to keep your attention and see how the future was written about that didn't come true!......more

Goodreads review by H. on June 02, 2018

Thought provoking collection of stories about "future" crime. Originally, compiled in 1990, these stories are (potentially) even more relevant today!......more