Spaceworthy nuts-and-bolts, tense action, intriguing plots, and a thoroughly nasty villain: perhaps the most impressive entry yet in this reliable and increasingly significant series - Kirkus Reviews (Precipice)
I believe that the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the world is Ben Bova - Ray Bradbury
Venus is an epic adventure, full of twists and turns and genuine surprises. It should easily be in the running for the highest awards. - Hartford Courant (Venus)
Fun, thought-provoking, pacy and stylish . . . Gives a good read while turning your eyes to what might be in the not so distant future, just like Clarke and Asmov used to do so well. - SFX (Venus)
One of sci-fi's great contemporary writers...Ben Bova writes good, authentic science - Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Return to Mars is an entertaining read, a good example of the bread and butter of the genre - Vector on RETURN TO MARS
An epic space novel by an award-winning SF scribe - Books Magazine
a pacy and thought- provoking sci- fi novel - Essex Chronicle (The Precipice)