Photo: Ed Chappell
Amongst the items on the late Ben Bova’s impressive CV is his turn as editor of
Analog Magazine. It was a challenging job, in that he was taking over as editor following a colourful figure who had held the position for decades. I did not fully appreciate this fact at the time, since the first issue of
Analog I purchased was the one pictured above, well after Bova’s inaugural issue.
By the time the April 1977 issue came out, Bova had been
Analog’s editor for six years. For me, the Bova version of
Analog was the