Future Crime Ben Bova

Since I like science, someone told me to try Ben Bova, as he’s supposedly scientifically-correct (“If it won’t fly in real life, it won’t fly in a Ben Bova story.”) If that’s the case, it’s not first and foremost in this short story collection, the unifying theme being crime and its consequences in various sci-fi scenarios. Nothing really intriguing here; best entries are “City of Darkness”, about a teen trapped in an ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK-like Manhattan (which reminded me of the much better story by Asimov, “Profession”), and “Diamond Sam”, an amusing, but dated, late-Cold War take on what free enterprise can teach The Commies. He’s not a bad writer; I’ll have to try another one of his at some point.