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), American author of more than one hundred books of science fact and fiction, was awarded posthumously the Kate Wilhelm Solstice Award. His work earned six Hugo Awards. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation in 2005, and his novel Titan won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for the best science fiction novel of 2006. In his early career, he was a technical editor for Project Vanguard, the United States’s first effort to launch a satellite into space in 1958. He then was a science writer for Avco Everett Research Laboratory, which built the heat shields for the Apollo 11 module. He held the position of president emeritus of the National Space Society and served as president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

About Paul Boehmer

Paul Boehmer has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway, and regionally across the country. He has also worked in film and television, including The Thomas Crown Affair, three Star Trek movies, and Frasier. Paul is most proud of his award-winning unabridged recording of Moby Dick. He holds a BFA in acting from Southern Methodist University and an MFA in acting from the Professional Theatre Training Program at the University of Delaware.

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 an award-winning narrator who has won several Audie Awards, as well as more than twenty-five Earphones Awards, and been 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