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Gregory Benford, was born on January 30, 1941 in Mobile, Alabama. He is a physicist and science fiction writer who earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, in 1967. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a consultant for NASA. Benford's first novel "Deeper than the Darkness" (1970), which was revised as "The Stars in Shroud" (1978), gave him notice as a serious Science Fiction writer. His most popular work is "Timescape" (1980), which was the winner of the Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards; it presented a hard physics approach to limited time travel. "In the Ocean of Night" (1977), "Across the Sea of Suns" (1984), "Great Sky River" (1987), "Tides of Light" (1989) and "Furious Gulf" (1994) were all a part of the Galactic Cluster Series. He has also written the juvenile novel "Jupiter Project" (1975), "Against Infinity" (1983) and the thriller "Artifact" (1985). He has been nominated for 12 Nebula Awards (winning for "Timescape" and for the novelette, "If the Stars are Gods"). Benford, writing alternately with Bruce Sterling, produces science fact articles for the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. They took over after the death of regular columnist Isaac Asimov. He has also co-edited theme anthologies with Martin H. Greenburg, which include "Hitler Victorious" (1986), "Nuclear War" (1988), "What Might Have Been, Volume 1: Alternate Empires" (1988), "Volume 2: Alternate Heroes" (1989) and "Volume 3: Alternate Wars." (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Timescape… (more)
Timescape (Author) 2,094 copies, 31 reviews
Foundation's Fear (Author) 1,671 copies, 24 reviews
In the Ocean of Night 1,283 copies, 12 reviews
Heart of the Comet 1,176 copies, 7 reviews
Great Sky River 910 copies, 9 reviews
Across the Sea of Suns 855 copies, 12 reviews
Tides of Light 772 copies, 5 reviews
Artifact 746 copies, 10 reviews
Cosm 643 copies, 4 reviews
Beyond the Fall of Night 635 copies, 5 reviews
The Martian Race 580 copies, 6 reviews
Eater 575 copies, 4 reviews
Furious Gulf 561 copies, 5 reviews
Sailing Bright Eternity 514 copies, 2 reviews
Bowl of Heaven 410 copies, 28 reviews
Against Infinity 401 copies, 4 reviews
The Sunborn 341 copies, 8 reviews
Beyond Infinity 314 copies, 8 reviews
If the Stars are Gods 296 copies, 2 reviews
The Stars in Shroud 282 copies, 1 review
Shiva Descending 268 copies
Jupiter Project 256 copies, 1 review
Shipstar 245 copies, 14 reviews
In Alien Flesh 231 copies, 4 reviews
Hitler Victorious 217 copies, 10 reviews
Alternate Empires (What Might Have Been, Vol. 1) (Editor; Contributor) 205 copies, 2 reviews
Matter's End 196 copies, 3 reviews
The Berlin Project 149 copies, 8 reviews
Far Futures (Editor) 128 copies
The New Hugo Winners, Volume IV (Editor) 111 copies, 1 review
Alternate Wars (What Might Have Been, Vol. 3) (Editor) 110 copies, 3 reviews
Find the Changeling 101 copies, 1 review
Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science (Editor; Contributor) 82 copies, 1 review
Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (Editor) 78 copies
Chiller 74 copies, 2 reviews
Deeper Than the Darkness 71 copies, 1 review
Shadows of Eternity 50 copies, 2 reviews
Glorious 49 copies, 4 reviews
Microcosms 41 copies
Nuclear War (Editor) 41 copies
Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon (Editor) 34 copies, 2 reviews
The Best of Gregory Benford 28 copies, 1 review
The Final Now 17 copies
Anomalies 17 copies
A Hiss of Dragon [short story] 10 copies, 1 review
Backscatter 10 copies, 1 review
Bow Shock 9 copies, 1 review
Exposures 8 copies
We Could Do Worse 7 copies, 1 review
Time Shards 6 copies
Freezeframe 6 copies, 1 review
The Worm Turns 5 copies, 1 review
Mercies 4 copies, 1 review
Dark Heaven 4 copies
Brink 4 copies
High Abyss 3 copies
On the Brane 3 copies, 1 review
Centigrade 233 (short story) 3 copies, 1 review
Iceborn 3 copies
Doing Alien 3 copies
Slices 2 copies
Redeemer 2 copies
Inima Cometei 2 copies
Me/Days 2 copies
Kollapse {short story} 2 copies, 1 review
Starswarmer 2 copies
Valhalla {short story} 1 copy, 1 review
Exposed 1 copy, 1 review
Early Bird 1 copy
Warstory 1 copy
Solitude 1 copy
Bleak Velocities {poem} 1 copy, 1 review
Last and First Men (Foreword, some editions) 1,373 copies, 30 reviews
N-Space (Contributor) 1,121 copies, 5 reviews
Again, Dangerous Visions (Contributor) 964 copies, 11 reviews
Far Horizons (Contributor) 760 copies, 7 reviews
After the King (Contributor) 746 copies, 9 reviews
The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century (Contributor) 555 copies, 10 reviews
The New Space Opera (Contributor) 534 copies, 17 reviews
The Science Fiction Century (Contributor) 520 copies, 4 reviews
100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories (Contributor) 398 copies, 6 reviews
The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (Introduction; Contributor) 382 copies, 5 reviews
A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (Contributor) 377 copies, 6 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars VII (Contributor) 371 copies, 4 reviews
Man-Kzin Wars VI (Contributor) 371 copies, 2 reviews
Engineering Infinity (Contributor) 342 copies, 12 reviews
Year's Best SF (Contributor) 334 copies, 7 reviews
The Hard SF Renaissance (Contributor) 333 copies, 4 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (Contributor) 304 copies, 7 reviews
The Space Opera Renaissance (Contributor) 278 copies, 5 reviews
Heroes in Hell (Contributor) 269 copies, 5 reviews
Year's Best SF 2 (Contributor) 259 copies, 4 reviews
Year's Best SF 3 (Contributor) 254 copies, 4 reviews
Year's Best SF 4 (Contributor) 254 copies, 1 review
Year's Best SF 9 (Contributor) 250 copies, 4 reviews
Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction (Contributor) 248 copies, 3 reviews
Roads Not Taken: Tales of Alternate History (Contributor) 247 copies, 8 reviews
Other Worlds Than These (Contributor) 239 copies, 5 reviews
Year's Best SF 11 (Contributor) 234 copies, 5 reviews
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (Contributor) 230 copies, 9 reviews
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches (Contributor) 226 copies, 3 reviews
Year's Best SF 10 (Contributor) 226 copies, 5 reviews
Murasaki (Contributor) 221 copies, 3 reviews
Epoch (Contributor) 208 copies, 2 reviews
The 1990 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 199 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories (Contributor) 199 copies, 6 reviews
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #8 (Contributor) 191 copies, 1 review
Year's Best SF 13 (Contributor) 189 copies, 4 reviews
Year's Best SF 12 (Contributor) 184 copies, 3 reviews
The End of the World: Stories of the Apocalypse (Contributor) 183 copies, 7 reviews
World's Best Science Fiction: 1971 (Contributor) 175 copies, 2 reviews
New Legends (Contributor; Contributor) 170 copies, 2 reviews
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF (Contributor) 160 copies, 5 reviews
Full Spectrum 3 (Contributor) 160 copies
Great Tales of Science Fiction (Contributor) 157 copies, 2 reviews
Threads of Time (Contributor) 157 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF (Contributor) 144 copies
Future on Ice (Contributor) 142 copies, 1 review
The Endless Frontier (Contributor) 138 copies, 2 reviews
Universe 4 (Contributor) 135 copies, 3 reviews
Year's Best SF 17 (Contributor) 123 copies, 3 reviews
Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder (Contributor, some editions) 123 copies, 1 review
Year's Best SF 16 (Contributor) 122 copies
Nebula Award Stories Sixteen (Contributor) 122 copies, 1 review
Dragons: The Greatest Stories (Contributor) 121 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #4 (Contributor) 121 copies, 2 reviews
Full Spectrum (Contributor) 116 copies
The Universe (Contributor) 114 copies, 2 reviews
Futures from Nature (Contributor) 113 copies, 5 reviews
The Ultimate Dinosaur (Contributor) 110 copies, 1 review
Nebula Award Stories 10 (Contributor) 107 copies
The 1979 Annual World's Best SF (Contributor) 102 copies
The Planets (Contributor) 102 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #9 (Contributor) 102 copies, 1 review
Perpetual Light (Contributor) 98 copies
Armageddon (Contributor) 96 copies, 1 review
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #11 (Contributor) 93 copies, 1 review
Science Fiction: The Best of 2001 (Contributor) 93 copies
Time Gate (Contributor) 93 copies, 2 reviews
Year's Best SF 18 (Contributor) 92 copies
Thor's Hammer (Contributor) 91 copies, 1 review
Ex Libris: Stories of Librarians, Libraries, and Lore (Contributor) 91 copies, 11 reviews
New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 5 (Contributor) 89 copies, 1 review
Visions of Wonder (Contributor) 88 copies, 2 reviews
The Best Science Fiction of the Year #12 (Contributor) 87 copies, 1 review
Crusaders in Hell (Contributor) 87 copies, 2 reviews
Guns of Darkness (Contributor) 86 copies, 1 review
Weird Tales from Shakespeare (Contributor) 85 copies, 1 review
Beyond Singularity (Contributor) 84 copies, 1 review
Alien horizons : the fantastic art of Bob Eggleton (Introduction, some editions) 80 copies
Tomorrow Happens (Contributor) 79 copies, 4 reviews
Universe 1 (Contributor) 79 copies
Alien Crimes (Contributor) 79 copies, 1 review
The Endless Frontier: Volume II (Contributor) 78 copies, 1 review
Meeting Infinity (Contributor) 77 copies, 3 reviews
Once Upon a Galaxy (Contributor) 75 copies, 2 reviews
After War (Contributor) 73 copies
The Best of Jim Baen's Universe (Contributor) 73 copies, 2 reviews
Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds (Contributor) 71 copies, 3 reviews
Terry's Universe (Contributor) 70 copies, 1 review
Armageddons (Contributor) 70 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards 23 (Contributor) 67 copies, 1 review
The Microverse (Contributor) 65 copies
Worldmakers: SF Adventures in Terraforming (Contributor) 63 copies, 1 review
Bridging Infinity (Contributor) 62 copies, 1 review
Dangerous Interfaces (Time Gate, Vol. 2) (Contributor) 61 copies, 1 review
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (Contributor) 59 copies
Interzone: The 2nd Anthology (Contributor) 58 copies, 1 review
Universe 14 (Contributor) 57 copies
The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume 3 (Contributor) 57 copies, 2 reviews
Quark/1 (Contributor) 56 copies, 1 review
Nanodreams (Contributor) 55 copies, 1 review
Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System (Contributor) 54 copies, 1 review
Free Space (Contributor) 53 copies, 1 review
Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons (Contributor) 52 copies, 2 reviews
Not One of Us: Stories of Aliens on Earth (Contributor) 51 copies, 2 reviews
Isaac Asimov's Wonders of the World (Contributor) 50 copies
Under African Skies (Future Earths) (Contributor) 50 copies
Space Stations (Contributor) 48 copies, 2 reviews
In the Shadow of Evil (Contributor) 47 copies
Swift Thoughts (Introduction, some editions) 47 copies, 1 review
Afterlives (Contributor) 46 copies, 1 review
Amazing Stories: The Anthology (Contributor) 45 copies
A.I.s (Contributor) 41 copies
Universe 9 (Contributor) 41 copies
Universe 6 (Contributor) 39 copies
Nebula Awards 21 (Contributor) 39 copies, 1 review
The Best Of New Dimensions (Author) 39 copies
Isaac Asimov's Aliens (Contributor) 37 copies
Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Far Futures (Contributor) 37 copies, 1 review
Future Net (Contributor) 36 copies
New Dimensions 12 (Contributor) 33 copies
Universe 8 (Contributor) 32 copies
Stories from the Blue Moon Café II (Contributor) 31 copies
Space Cadets (Contributor) 30 copies
Isaac Asimov's Mars (Contributor) 29 copies
Gateways (Contributor) 29 copies
Under the Wheel (Contributor) 27 copies
Isaac Asimov's War (Contributor) 23 copies
Far Orbit: Speculative Space Adventures (Contributor) 21 copies, 5 reviews
Sociology Through Science Fiction (Contributor) 21 copies
Exploring the Horizons (Contributor) 19 copies
Reading Science Fiction (Contributor) 18 copies
Future Media (Contributor) 13 copies
South From Midnight (Contributor) 13 copies
New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 7 (Contributor) 12 copies, 1 review
Destination 3001 (Contributor) 12 copies
Stardust (Wonder Zone) (Introduction) 11 copies
The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories (Contributor) 10 copies, 1 review
Extrasolar (Contributor) 10 copies
Tomorrow Today (Planet Series) (Contributor) 10 copies
Strangest of All (Contributor) 10 copies
Kopernikus 8 (Contributor, some editions) 8 copies
Time of Passage (Contributor) 7 copies
Jim Baen's Universe 07 (Contributor) 6 copies
Science Fiction (Contributor) 6 copies
Jim Baen's Universe 08 (Contributor) 6 copies
The Chronicles of Davids (Contributor) 4 copies
Venture Science Fiction May 1970 (Contributor) 4 copies
The Palencar Project (Contributor) 3 copies, 1 review
Omni Magazine November 1989 (Contributor) 2 copies
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