Bova, Ben

The Immortality Factor

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, 2009. Limited First Edition. Signed by Ben Bova. “This is not a science fiction novel, let that be understood from the outset. Although I am known primarily as a science fiction author, the book you hold in your hands is a contemporary novel. It is set in the here and now. Its major characters are scientists, the kind of men and women who are working today in laboratories around the world. It is the entire novel as I originally wrote it more than a decade ago. When this novel was first published, in 1996 under the title Brothers, a major section of the story was excised at the rather insistent suggestion of the book’s editor. This edition has restored that deletion, so that now the entire story is available for you to read.” (Ben Bova, introduction) As noted by award-winning author Ben Bova (1932-2020), this piece is a restoration of the original text of this novel, offered here in the numbered limited first edition format. Bova was a prolific and longtime science fiction author, who won six Hugo Awards as best professional editor of the magazine Analog Science Fiction and Fact in the 1970s, and also edited Omni magazine. In 2005 he won the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Robert A. Heinlein Award in 2008. Leather-bound Hardcover with gilt edges to textblock issued without dust-jacket. Limited edition of 900, with this being number 727. Signed by Bova at a limitation page/colophon. Includes a “Certificate of Authenticity” on loose leaf signed and dated May 15, 2009 by the author, a witness, and Easton Press publisher Peter Sydney; as well as a note about the book and author, printed on cardstock exclusively for the signed first editions. In very fine condition with very light rubbing to front, back covers & spine; very light scratching to textblock. Interior very fine, appearing substantially mint. Very Fine. [Item #8233]

Price: $150.00