American science fiction author and astrophysicist
Gregory Benford
Born
(1941-01-30) January 30, 1941 (age 83) Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation
Physicist, writer
Education
University of Oklahoma (BS) University of California, San Diego (MS)
Genre
Science fiction, hard science fiction
Notable works
Galactic Center Saga novels
Spouse
Joan Abbe (died 2002)
Elisabeth Brown
Children
2
Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the department of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.[1]
Benford wrote the Galactic Center Saga science fiction novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977).[2] The series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life.
In 1969 he wrote "The Scarred Man",[3][4] the first story about a computer virus (based on a real computer virus he had spread[5]),[6] published in 1970.
^Who's Getting Your Vote?, Reason
^Witcover, Paul (2000-03-20). "Mean, stupid, ugly, and the terror of all other species". Sci Fi Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
^Benford, Gregory (2000). Worlds Vast and Various. New York: EOS. ISBN 9780380790548. OCLC 44128776., cited at "The Scarred Man Returns". Gregory Benford. Retrieved 13 Feb 2017.
^Benford, Gregory (May 1970). "The Scarred Man". Venture Science Fiction. pp. 122–132. Republished on author's website at http://www.gregorybenford.com/extra/the-scarred-man-returns/ .
^Afterthoughts, 1999
^Easton, Thomas; Dial, Judith, eds. (July 8, 2010). Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction Predictions that Came True. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60239-998-3.
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Unlimited Dream Company by J. G. Ballard (1979) 1980–1989 Timescape by GregoryBenford (1980) The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe (1981) Helliconia Spring...
Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke (1980) 1981–2000 Timescape by GregoryBenford (1981) The Claw of the Conciliator by Gene Wolfe (1982) No Enemy But...
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