First Reflection

Over break I read Venus and began Jupiter both novels by Ben Bova. Ben Boava is a science fiction writer who has written many science fiction novels about planets in our solar system. His novels are based on real scientific facts, however some details need to be made up.

I have enjoyed reading Ben Bova because he is able to pain vidid images of undiscovered planets with details that make the reader feel like Ben Bova himself has visited these worlds. For example in Venus he compares the surface of Venus to the vowels of hell.

I also enjoy the characters that he creates. Not all his characters come from a science background and as the novel develops more details about the characters are revealed. For example in Venus the protagonists learns that the tyrannical captain that beat him when they first met is his father. This detail completely changed the plot of the story and Ben Bova revealed it at the right time to keep you on the edge of your seat wanting to learn more

In the book that I am reading now, Jupiter Ben Bova describes a giant ocean infinitively bigger and deeper than any ocean on earth. He also explores the possibility of intelligent life swimming in the Juvian sea. The conflict between science and religion is also discussed.