Gregory Benford

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Gregory Benford

Gregory Albert Benford (born January 30, 1941 in Mobile , Alabama ) is an American science fiction author and physicist who teaches at the University of California at Irvine .

Life

After Benford had spent the first eight years of his life on a farm with his grandmother, he followed in his father's footsteps as the son of a career officer and got to know Japan, Mexico and Germany, among others. In 1957 he returned to the USA, completed his university entrance qualification and then studied physics at the University of California, San Diego . Received his PhD in 1967, he spent four years at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory and became Assistant Professor at Irvine University in 1971 and Full Professor in San Diego in 1979. He published numerous scientific articles (including on relativistic plasma physics , astrophysics ) and was visiting professor at Cambridge for a year . He published his first SF story in 1965, and he has been writing ever since, in order to have a balance alongside his academic work. In 1989, Benford was the author and presenter of a popular science eight-part television series called A Galactic Odyssey , in which the viewpoints of modern physics and astronomy on the evolution of the galaxy were presented (produced by the Japanese state television NHK ).

In 2004 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .

Works

Benford has a twin brother, Jim Benford, with whom he has worked on a number of science fiction stories and projects. Both started out in science fiction fandom. Gregory Benford was also co-editor of the fanzine "Void".

His first sold story, Stand-In, appeared in the June 1965 issue of the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. In 1969 he began writing a regular column in Amazing Stories.

Benford primarily writes “hard science fiction”, in which he also processes the research he does as a practicing scientist. He has worked with a variety of authors, including William Rotsler , David Brin, and Gordon Eklund . He became known with the "Contact Cycle", a series of related novels that began with "In the Sea of ​​the Night". This series portrays the Milky Way as a galaxy in which intelligent life has been at war with intelligent machines for ages.

He achieved his breakthrough in 1980 with the time travel classic "Timescape", which won the Nebula Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award . The novel eventually gave its name to a science fiction series that was later published by Pocket Books.

Benford has also edited several anthologies of alternative world stories, as well as collections of Hugo winners. In the 1990s he wrote Foundation's Fear, a novel from an authorized sequel trilogy to Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy - the other two books were written by David Brin and Greg Bear . Other novels published in the 1990s include the near-future science fiction thrillers "Cosm" (1998), "The Martian Race" (1999) and "Eater" (2000).

Benford has been nominated for four Hugo Awards (two short stories, two novels) and 12 Nebula Awards (in all categories). He won another nebula for the story "If the Stars Are Gods" (with Gordon Eklund).

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Series and cycles

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Ocean / Galactic Center / Contact cycle
  • 1 In the Ocean of Night (1977)
    • German: In the sea of ​​the night. Translated by Gerd Hallenberger. Heyne SF&F # 3770, 1980, ISBN 3-453-30671-6 .
  • 2 Across the Sea of ​​Suns (1984)
    • English: Through the sea of ​​suns. Translated by Gottfried Feidel. Heyne SF&F # 4237, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31225-2 .
  • 3 Great Sky River (1987)
    • German: Himmelsfluss. Translated by Winfried Petri. Heyne SF&F # 4694, 1994, ISBN 3-453-04276-X .
  • Tides of Light (1989)
    • German: light tides. Translated by Winfried Petri. Heyne SF&F # 4761, 1994, ISBN 3-453-04474-6 .
  • Furious Gulf (1994)
    • German: In the heart of the galaxy. Translated by Martin Gilbert. Heyne SF&F # 5990, 2000, ISBN 3-453-14890-8 .
  • Sailing Bright Eternity (1995)
    • German: In shining infinity. Translated by Martin Gilbert. Heyne SF&F # 5991, 2000, ISBN 3-453-14895-9 .

Short stories:

  • In the Ocean of Night (1972, in: Worlds of If, May-June 1972 [UK] )
  • Icarus Descending (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1973 )
  • Threads of Time (1974, in: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): Threads of Time )
  • A Snark in the Night (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1977 )
  • A Hunger for the Infinite (1999, in: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction )
Bradley Reynolds (short stories, with Gordon Eklund )
  • If the Stars Are Gods (1974, in: Terry Carr (Ed.): Universe 4 )
    • German: If the stars were gods. In: James Gunn (ed.): The day before the revolution. Moewig (Playboy Science Fiction # 6732), 1982, ISBN 3-8118-6732-6 .
  • The Anvil of Jove (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1976 )
    • English: Jupiter's anvil. In: Manfred Kluge (Ed.): Jupiter's anvil. Heyne SF&F # 3587, 1978, ISBN 3-453-30482-9 .
  • Hellas Is Florida (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1977 )
  • If the Stars Are Gods (1977)
  • Titan Falling (in: Amazing Stories, August 1980 )
Time Gate (short stories)
  • The Rose and the Scalpel (1989, in: Robert Silverberg and Bill Fawcett (Eds.): Time Gate )
  • The Eagle and the Cross (1990, in: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): Dangerous Interfaces )
Against the Fall of Night
  • Beyond the Fall of Night (1990; with Arthur C. Clarke )
    • German: Beyond the dawn. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne General Series # 8835, 1993, ISBN 3-453-07130-1 .
  • Against the Fall of Night / Beyond the Fall of Night (1991; with Arthur C. Clarke)
Tales of Known Space - Man-Kzin Wars
  • The Trojan Cat (1994, in: Larry Niven (Ed.): Man-Kzin Wars VI ; with Mark O. Martin)
    • English: The Trojan Cat. In: Larry Niven (ed.): The Trojan Cat. Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24272, 2000, ISBN 3-404-24272-6 .
  • A Darker Geometry (1995, in: Larry Niven (Ed.): Man-Kzin Wars VII ; with Mark O. Martin)
    • German: a dark geometry. Translated by Ruggero Leo and Rainer Schumacher. Bastei-Lübbe SF Special # 24302, 2002, ISBN 3-404-24302-1 .
Adventures of Viktor & Julia
  • 1 The Martian Race (1999)
    • English: The race to Mars. Translated by Martin Gilbert. Heyne SF&F # 8308, 2002, ISBN 3-453-19667-8 .
  • 2 The Sunborn (2005)
Mammoth Dawn (with Kevin J. Anderson )
  • Mammoth Dawn (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2002 )
  • Bringing Back the Mammoths (2015, in: Kevin J. Anderson and Gregory Benford: Mammoth Dawn )
  • Mammoth Dawn: Full Novel Treatment and Proposal (2015, in: Kevin J. Anderson and Gregory Benford: Mammoth Dawn )
SETI Library (short stories)
  • Orbitfall (in: Jim Baen's Universe, December 2008 )
  • Ascending Everest (in: Jim Baen's Universe, February 2009 )
  • Black Smoker (in: Jim Baen's Universe, April 2009 )
  • Lathe of Evolution, Part 1 (in: Jim Baen's Universe, August 2009 ; also: Lathe of Evolution, Part 2 )
  • The Mars Mat (in: Jim Baen's Universe, June 2009 )
  • The Grace of Tragedy (in: Jim Baen's Universe, February 2010 )
  • The Sigma Structure Symphony (2012, in: David G. Hartwell (Ed.): The Palencar Project )
Bowl of Heaven (with Larry Niven )

Novels

  • Deeper Than the Darkness (1970)
  • Jupiter Project (2 parts in: Amazing Science Fiction, September 1972  ff.)
  • The Stars in Shroud (3 parts in: Galaxy, May 1978  ff.)
    • English: The Ashes of the Empire. Translated by Rainer Schmidt. Moewig Science Fiction # 3651, 1984, ISBN 3-8118-3651-X .
  • Shiva Descending (1980; with William Rotsler )
    • German: Schiwas fiery breath. Edited and with an afterword by Hans Joachim Alpers. Translated by Karl H. Schulz. Moewig Science Fiction # 3557, 1982, ISBN 3-8118-3557-2 . Also as: When heaven falls to earth. Translated by Karl H. Schulz. BSV (Burgschmiet # 35), ISBN 978-3-932234-35-4 .
  • Find the Changeling (1980; with Gordon Eklund)
    • English: The masks of the alien. Edited and with an afterword by Hans Joachim Alpers. Translated by Rainer Schmidt. Moewig Science Fiction # 3582, 1982, ISBN 3-8118-3582-3 .
  • Timescape (1980; also: Vremenski pejzaž , 1990)
    • German: Zeitschaft. Translated by Bernd W. Holzrichter. Moewig Science Fiction # 3652, 1984, ISBN 3-8118-3652-8 .
  • Against Infinity (2 parts in: Amazing Science Fiction, March 1983  ff.)
    • German: Against Infinity. Translated by Bernd Holzrichter. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5798), 1985, ISBN 3-426-05798-0 .
  • Time's Rub (1984, short novel)
  • Artifact (1985)
    • German: Artifact. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne SF&F # 4363, 1987, ISBN 3-453-31366-6 .
  • Of Space / Time and the River (1985, short novel)
  • In the Heart of the Comet (1985; with David Brin )
    • German: In the heart of the comet. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne SF&F # 4236, 1986, ISBN 3-453-31224-4 .
  • At the Double Solstice (1986, short novel)
  • We Could Do Worse (1988, short novel)
  • Centigrade 233 (1990, short novel)
  • Matter's End (1991, short novel)
  • Chiller (1993)
  • Foundation's Fear ( Foundation cycle : Second Foundation Trilogy Vol. 1; 1997)
    • English: The Rise of the Foundation. Translated by Irene Holicki. Heyne SF&F # 8301, 2000, ISBN 3-453-17926-9 .
  • Cosm (1998)
  • Cosm. Translated by Irene Holicki. Heyne SF&F # 6356, 2000, ISBN 3-453-17087-3 .
  • Eater (2000)
  • Beyond Infinity (2004)
  • The Final Now (short novel in: Tor.com, March 4, 2010 )
  • Grace Immaculate (short novel in: Tor.com, October 19, 2011 )
  • Backscatter (2013, short novel)
  • The Berlin Project (2017)
  • Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape (2019)

Collections

  • In Alien Flesh (1986)
  • Matter's End (1995)
  • Worlds Vast and Various (2000)
  • Immersion and Other Short Novels (2002)
  • Anomalies (2012)
  • The Galactic Center Companion, 2nd Edition (2014)
  • Artifact / Cosm / Eater (2014, Omnibus)
  • The Best of Gregory Benford (2015)
  • Mammoth Dawn (2015; with Kevin J. Anderson)
  • New Ball Games for the Future (2018; with Gordon Eklund)
  • Bowl of Heaven and Shipstar (2020, collective edition; with Larry Niven)

Short stories

1965
  • Stand-In (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, June 1965 )
1966
  • Representative From Earth (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1966 ; also: Representative from Earth )
    • German: The entrance exam. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): Murder in the space station. Heyne SF&F # 3122, 1968.
  • Flattop (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1966 )
    • German: The Mars plant. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): The human farm. Heyne SF&F # 3081, 1966.
1969
  • Deeper Than the Darkness (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1969 )
  • Sons of Man (in: Amazing Stories, November 1969 )
1970
  • Nobody Lives on Burton Street (in: Amazing Science Fiction, May 1970 )
  • The Scarred Man (in: Venture Science Fiction Magazine, May 1970 )
  • The Prince of New York (in: Fantastic, June 1970 ; with Laurence Littenberg)
  • Treaty (in: Fantastic, August 1970 ; with David Book)
  • 3:02 PM, Oxford (in: If, September-October 1970 )
  • The Movement (in: Fantastic, October 1970 )
  • Inalienable Rite (1970, in: Marilyn Hacker and Samuel R. Delany (Eds.): Quark / 1 )
1971
  • But the Secret Sits (in: Galaxy Magazine, March 1971 )
  • Star Crossing (in: If, March-April 1971 ; with Donald Franson)
  • Battleground (in: If, May-June 1971 ; with James Benford)
  • West Wind, Falling (1971, in: Terry Carr (Ed.): Universe 1 ; with Gordon Eklund)
1972
  • And the Sea Like Mirrors (1972, in: Harlan Ellison (Ed.): Again, Dangerous Visions )
1974
  • Man in a Vice (in: Amazing Science Fiction, February 1974 )
  • Nobody Lives Around There (in: Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, February 1974 )
1975
  • Doing Lennon (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, April 1975 )
  • White Creatures (1975, in: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 5 )
  • Beyond Grayworld (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, September 1975 )
  • Cambridge, 1:58 AM (1975, in: Roger Elwood and Robert Silverberg (Eds.): Epoch )
  • John of the Apocalypse (1975, in: George Zebrowski (Ed.): Tomorrow Today ; with James Benford)
1976
  • How It All Went (in: Amazing Stories, March 1976 )
  • What Did You Do Last Year? (1976, in: Terry Carr (Ed.): Universe 6 ; with Gordon Eklund)
  • Marauders! (1976, in: Charles N. Brown (Ed.): Alien Worlds )
  • Seascape (1976, in: Jack Dann and George Zebrowski (Eds.): Faster Than Light ; also: Pebble Among the Stars , 1989)
    • German: Seewelt. In: Jack Dann, George Zebrowski and Jack M. Dann (eds.): Twelve times faster than light. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special # 24101, 1987, ISBN 3-404-24101-0 .
1977
  • Knowing Her (1977, in: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 7 )
  • Homemaker (in: Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, May 1977 )
1978
  • Nooncoming (1978, in: Terry Carr (Ed.): Universe 8 )
  • Starswarmer (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, June 1978 )
  • In Alien Flesh (in: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1978 )
    • German: In foreign flesh. In: Manfred Kluge (ed.): The inertia of the eye. Heyne SF&F # 3659, 1979, ISBN 3-453-30574-4 .
  • Old Woman by the Road (in: Jim Baen (as James Patrick Baen) (Ed.): Destinies, November-December 1978 )
    • German: Old woman on the roadside. In: Hans Joachim Alpers (Ed.): Kopernikus 8. Moewig Science Fiction # 3599, 1982, ISBN 3-8118-3599-8 .
  • A Hiss of Dragon (in: Omni, December 1978 ; with Marc Laidlaw)
1979
  • Time Guide (in: Jim Baen (as James Patrick Baen) (Ed.): Destinies, January-February 1979 )
  • Calibrations and Exercises (1979, in: Robert Silverberg (Ed.): New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 9 )
  • Redeemer (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, April 1979 )
  • Dark Sanctuary (in: Omni, May 1979 )
    • German: Dunkles Asyl. In: Hans Joachim Alpers (ed.): Planet without hope. Droemer Knaur (Knaur Science Fiction & Fantasy # 5735), 1981, ISBN 3-426-05735-2 .
  • Time Shards (1979, in: Terry Carr (Ed.): Universe 9 )
1980
  • Pick an Orifice (in: Jim Baen (as James Patrick Baen) (Ed.): Destinies, Fall 1980 )
1981
  • Shall We Take a Little Walk? (in: Jim Baen (as James Patrick Baen) (Ed.): Destinies, Winter 1981 )
  • Cadenza (1981, in: Robert Silverberg and Marta Randall (Eds.): New Dimensions 12 )
  • Exposures (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 6, 1981 )
    • German: Exposures. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine 17th episode. Heyne SF&F # 3958, 1983, ISBN 3-453-30889-1 .
  • Slices (1981, in: Jim Baen (as James Patrick Baen) (Ed.): Destinies (August 1981) )
  • Swarmer, Skimmer (in: Science Fiction Digest, October-November 1981 )
    • German: Schwärmer - faster. In: Terry Carr (ed.): The most beautiful science fiction stories of the year: Volume 2. Heyne SF&F # 4047, 1984, ISBN 3-453-30990-1 .
1982
  • Last Word (Omni, March 1982) (in: Omni, March 1982 )
  • The Other Side of the River (in: Rigel Science Fiction, # 4 Spring 1982 )
  • Valhalla (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1982 )
  • Lazarus Rising (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1982 )
    • English: The Resurrection of Lazarus. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 21st episode. Heyne SF&F # 4069, 1984, ISBN 3-453-31014-4 .
  • Relativistic Effects (1982, in: Alan Ryan (Ed.): Perpetual Light )
    • German: Relativistic Effects. In: Terry Carr (ed.): The most beautiful science fiction stories of the year: Volume 3. Heyne SF&F # 4165, 1985, ISBN 3-453-31123-X .
1983
  • The Touch (1983, in: Don Myrus (Ed.): The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 5 )
1984
  • Me / Days (1984, in: Terry Carr (Ed.): Universe 14 )
1985
  • Immortal Night (in: Omni, April 1985 )
  • To the Storming Gulf (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1985 )
  • Of Space / Time and the River (1985; also: Of Space-Time and the River , 1986)
    • German: From space-time and the river. In: Pamela Sargent and Ian Watson (eds.): The undiscovered country. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special # 24112, 1988, ISBN 3-404-24112-6 . Also as: space-time-flow. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 39th episode. Heyne SF&F # 4906, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05830-5 .
  • Time's Rub (1985)
    • German: The ravages of time. In: Friedel Wahren (Ed.): Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazin 28th episode. Heyne SF&F # 4366, 1987, ISBN 3-453-31368-2 .
1986
  • Newton Sleep (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1986 )
  • Snatching the Bot (1986, in: Gregory Benford: In Alien Flesh )
  • Dancing with the Straw Man (in: Jerry Pournelle and Jim Baen (Eds.): Far Frontiers, Volume V / Spring 1986 )
  • As Big as the Ritz (in: Interzone, # 18 Winter 1986 )
  • Freezeframe (in: Interzone, # 17 Autumn 1986 )
  • To the Storming Golf (1986)
    • German: Down to the Stormy Gulf. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): Heyne Science Fiction Annual Volume 1991. Heyne SF&F # 4770, 1991, ISBN 3-453-04477-0 .
1987
  • The Gods of the Gaps (1987, in: Janet Morris (Ed.): Crusaders in Hell )
  • Mandikini (1987, in: Byron Preiss (Ed.): The Universe )
  • What Are You Going to Be When You Grow Up? (1987, in: Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh (Eds.): Spaceships and Spells )
1988
  • Proselytes (1988, in: Lou Aronica and Shawna McCarthy (Eds.): Full Spectrum )
  • Proserpina's Daughter (1988; with Paul A. Carter)
    • German: Proserpina's daughter. In: George Zebrowski (Ed.): Synergy 3: New Science Fiction. Heyne SF&F # 4927, 1992, ISBN 3-453-05848-8 .
1989
  • All the Beer on Mars (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1989 )
  • Alphas (in: Amazing Stories, March 1989 )
    • German: Alphas. In: Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim (eds.): The best stories in American science fiction: Worlds Best SF 9. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction Special # 24132, 1990, ISBN 3-404-24132-0 .
  • Mozart on Morphine (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1989 )
  • Iceborn (1989, in: Poul Anderson (Eds.), Paul A. Carter and Gregory Benford: The Saturn Game / Iceborn ; with Paul A. Carter)
  • Leviathan (in: Omni, November 1989 )
1990
  • Warstory (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1990 )
  • Latter-Day Martian Chronicles (in: Omni, July 1990 )
1991
  • Dread Moon (1991, in: Bill Fawcett (Ed.): The Jupiter War )
  • Manassas, Again (in: Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 1991 )
  • Touches (in: Amazing Stories, December 1991 )
1992
  • Down the River Road (1992, in: Martin H. Greenberg (Ed.): After the King: Stories in Honor of JRR Tolkien )
    • German: Down the stream. In: Martin H. Greenberg (ed.): The heirs of the ring: JRR Tolkien to honor. Bastei Lübbe, 1999, ISBN 3-404-13803-1 .
  • Rumbling Earth (in: Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1992 )
  • World Vast, World Various (1992, in: Robert Silverberg and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Murasaki )
  • Shakers of the Earth (1992, in: Byron Preiss and Robert Silverberg (Eds.): The Ultimate Dinosaur )
1993
  • The Dark Backward (in: Amazing Stories, February 1993 ; also: In the Dark Backward , 2000)
1994
  • Doing Alien (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1994 )
  • The Bigger One (in: Science Fiction Age, May 1994 )
  • Not of an Age (1994, in: Katharine Kerr and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Weird Tales from Shakespeare )
  • Soon Comes Night (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1994 )
  • Strong Instinct (1994, in: Richard Gilliam, Thomas R. Hanlon and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): South from Midnight ; with Mark O. Martin)
1995
  • Side Effect (1995, in: Gregory Benford: Matter's End )
  • Sleepstory (1995, in: Gregory Benford: Matter's End )
  • Deep Eyes (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1995 )
  • Kollapse (in: Interzone, # 94 April 1995 )
  • A Desperate Calculus (1995, in: Greg Bear and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): New Legends ; also: A Calculus of Desperation , 2000)
  • High Abyss (1995, in: Greg Bear and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): New Legends )
  • A Tapestry of Thought (1995, in: Kim Mohan (Ed.): Amazing Stories: The Anthology )
  • A Worm in the Well (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1995 )
  • A Darker Geometry (1995; with Mark O. Martin)
1996
  • Immersion (in: Science Fiction Age, March 1996 )
  • Paris Conquers All (Series: War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches , in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1996 ; with David Brin)
    • English: Paris strikes back. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): Der Dunkelstern. Heyne SF&F # 5934, 1998, ISBN 3-453-13331-5 .
  • Zoomers (1996, in: Martin H. Greenberg and Larry Segriff (Eds.): Future Net )
    • German: Zoomer. In: Christian Persson (Ed.): C't 2006 / 8. Heise c't # 200608, 2006.
1997
  • The Voice (in: Science Fiction Age, May 1997 )
  • New Ninevehs (1997, in: Stephen McClelland (Ed.): Future Histories: Award-winning Science Fiction Writers Predict Twenty Tomorrows for Communications )
  • Early Bird (1997, in: Brad Linaweaver and Edward E. Kramer (Eds.): Free Space )
  • Galaxia (in: Science Fiction Age, July 1997 )
  • A Cold Dry Cradle (in: Science Fiction Age, November 1997 ; with Elisabeth Malartre)
1998
  • Ordinary Aliens (1998, in: Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): The UFO Files )
  • A Pit Which Has No Bottom (in: Age of Wonder, # 1, Winter 1998 )
  • Slow Symphonies of Mass and Time (1998, in: Martin H. Greenberg (Ed.): Lord of the Fantastic: Stories in Honor of Roger Zelazny )
  • A Dance to Strange Musics (in: Science Fiction Age, November 1998 )
2000
  • Taking Control (in: Nature, August 3, 2000 )
  • As Big As the Ritz (revised) (2000, in: Gregory Benford: Worlds Vast and Various )
2001
  • Three Gods (in: Interzone, # 171 September 2001 )
  • Ménage à Trois (in: Interzone, # 173 November 2001 )
  • Brink (in: Sci Fiction, December 5, 2001 )
  • Anomalies (2001, in: Al Sarrantonio (Ed.): Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction )
2002
  • Around the Curve of a Cosmos (in: Sci Fiction, March 6, 2002 )
  • The Goldilocks Problem (2002, in: Wil McCarthy , Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (Eds.): Once upon a Galaxy )
  • The Clear Blue Seas of Luna (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2002 )
2003
  • On the Edge (2003, in: Janis Ian and Mike Resnick (Eds.): Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian )
  • Naturals (in: Interzone, # 191 September 2003 )
  • The Hydrogen Wall (in: Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2003 )
2004
  • Ol 'Gator (in: Oceans of the Mind, # 11, Spring 2004 )
  • Station Spaces (2004, in: Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (Eds.): Space Stations )
  • The First Commandment (in: Sci Fiction, May 19, 2004 )
  • Blood's a Rover (2004, in: TKF Weisskopf (Ed.): Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System )
  • Twenty Two Centimeters (in: Oceans of the Mind, # 14, Winter 2004 )
2005
  • Beyond Pluto (2005, in: TKF Weisskopf (Ed.): Cosmic Tales II: Adventures in Far Futures )
  • Useful Agonies (in: Oceans of the Mind, # 15, Spring 2005 )
  • A Life with a Semisent (in: Nature, May 12, 2005 ; also: The Semisent , 2006)
  • On the Brane (2005, in: Martin H. Greenberg (Ed.): Gateways )
  • The Pain Gun (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2005 )
  • Iraqi Heat (2005, in: Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers (Eds.): In the Shadow of Evil )
  • The Man Who Wasn't There (in: Cosmos: The Science of Everything, August 2005 )
2006
  • Applied Mathematical Theology (in: Nature, March 2, 2006 )
  • Bow Shock (in: Jim Baen's Universe, June 2006 )
  • Robowar (in: Jim Baen's Universe, August 2006 )
  • The Gorgon's Head (2006, in: Mike Resnick (Ed.): Space Cadets ; with Elisabeth Malartre)
2007
  • I Could've Done Better (in: Jim Baen's Universe, February 2007 ; with David Brin)
  • Dark Heaven (2007, in: Mike Resnick (Ed.): Alien Crimes )
  • The Worm Turns (2007, in: Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan (Eds.): The New Space Opera )
  • How to Write a Scientific Paper (2007, in: Mike Resnick (Ed.): This Is My Funniest 2: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever )
  • Reasons Not to Publish (in: Nature Physics, December 2007 )
2008
  • The Champagne Award (in: Nature, February 14, 2008 )
  • SETI for Profit (in: Nature, April 24, 2008 )
2009
  • Caveat Time Traveler (in: Nature, April 2, 2009 ; also: Caveat Time Traveler , 2013)
  • Paradise Afternoon (in: Flurb: A Webzine of Astonishing Tales, Issue # 8, Fall-Winter, 2009 )
2010
  • Tiny Elephants (in: Jim Baen's Universe, February 2010 )
  • Penumbra (in: Nature, June 10, 2010 )
  • Gravity's Whispers (in: Nature, July 15, 2010 )
  • Shadows of the Lost (2010, in: Elizabeth Anne Hull (Ed.): Gateways ; with Elisabeth Malartre)
  • Mercies (2010, in: Jonathan Strahan (Ed.): Engineering Infinity )
2011
  • Eagle (2011, in: Gordon Van Gelder (Ed.): Welcome to the Greenhouse )
2012
  • Comes the Evolution (2012, in: Gregory Benford: Anomalies )
  • Twenty-Two Centimeters (2012, in: Gregory Benford: Anomalies )
2013
  • Think Big (in: Nature, July 18, 2013 )
  • Coda: Atmosphaera Incognita (2013, in: James Benford and Gregory Benford: Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon )
  • The Man Who Sold the Stars (2013, in: James Benford and Gregory Benford: Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon )
  • Banner of the Angels (2013, in: David Conyers, David Kernot and Jeff Harris (Eds.): Extreme Planets ; with David Brin)
  • Leaving Night (in: Lightspeed, December 2013 )
2014
  • Bloodpride (2014, in: Greg Bear and Gardner Dozois (Eds.): Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds )
  • Lady with Fox (2014, in: Ben Bova and Eric Choi (Eds.): Carbide Tipped Pens: Seventeen Tales of Hard Science Fiction )
2015
  • Aspects (2015, in: Jonathan Strahan (Ed.): Meeting Infinity )
  • The Third Chimp (2015, in: Paul Levinson and Michael Waltemathe (Eds.): Touching the Face of the Cosmos: On the Intersection of Space Travel and Religion )
2016
  • Vortex (in: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January-February 2016 )
  • Elderjoy (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 2016 )
  • Mice Among Elephants (2016, in: Jonathan Strahan (Ed.): Bridging Infinity ; with Larry Niven)
2017
  • A Surprise Beginning (2017, in: Seat 14C )
  • Shadows of Eternity (2017, in: Nick Gevers (Ed.): Extrasolar )
2018
  • The Good of the Game (2018, in: Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund: New Ball Games for the Future ; with Gordon Eklund)
  • Red Planet Reds (2018, in: Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund: New Ball Games for the Future ; with Gordon Eklund)
  • Physics Tomorrow: A News Item of the Year 2116 (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March-April 2018 )
  • A Waltz in Eternity (in: Galaxy's Edge, Issue 35: November 2018 )
2019
  • Rave on (in: Galaxy's Edge, Issue 40: September 2019 )
2020
  • Cooling Chaos (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March-April 2020 )

Anthologies

  • Hitler Victorious: Eleven Stories of the German Victory in World War II (1986; with Martin H. Greenberg )
  • Nuclear War (1988; with Martin H. Greenberg)
  • The Saturn Game / Iceborn (1989; with Poul Anderson and Paul A. Carter)
  • Far Futures (1995)
  • The New Hugo Winners, Volume IV (1997)
  • Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 (2000)
  • Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science (2000; with George Zebrowski )
  • Microcosms (2004)
  • Merlin (2004)
  • Sentinels: In Honor of Arthur C. Clarke (2010; with George Zebrowski)
  • Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon (2013; with James Benford)
  • The Mars Girl / As Big As the Ritz (2016; with Joe Haldeman )
What Might Have Been? (with Martin H. Greenberg)
  • 1 Alternate Empires (1989)
  • 2 Alternate Heroes (1990)
  • 3 Alternate Wars (1991)
  • 4 Alternate Americas (1992)
  • What Might Have Been: Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires / Alternate Heroes (Collective Edition of 1 and 2; 1990)
  • What Might Have Been: Volumes 3 & 4: Alternate Wars / Alternate Americas (Collective Edition of 3 & 4; 1992)

Non-fiction

  • The Designer's Universe (1991)
  • Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia (1999)
  • Beyond Human: Living with Robots and Cyborgs (2007; with Elisabeth Malartre)
  • The Wonderful Future That Never Was (2010)
  • The Amazing Weapons That Never Were (2012)
  • Bridges to Science Fiction and Fantasy: Outstanding Essays from the J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences (2018; with Joseph D. Miller, Howard V. Hendrix and Gary Westfahl)
  • Science Fiction and the Dismal Science: Essays on Economics in and of the Genre (2019; with Gary Westfahl, Howard V. Hendrix and Jonathan Alexander)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Benford, Gregory
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Benford, Gregory Albert (full name); Blake, Sterling (pseudonym); Benford, Greg (alternative spelling); Albert, Lincoln (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Mobile , Alabama