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Benford, Gregory Albert was born on January 30, 1941 in Mobile. Son of James Alton and Mary Eloise (Nelson) Benford.
( It is 2076: Lancer, Earth’s first starship, is on a mis...)
It is 2076: Lancer, Earth’s first starship, is on a mission to find interstellar civilizations. Although astronaut Nigel Walmsley’s experiences with alien encounters make him the expert, no one believes Nigel’s theory that machines are the dominant intelligent beings left in the galaxy and that their purpose is to annihilate all organic life. Then the explorers discover once-living planets where only machines remain – and ruined worlds where fugitive survivors must evade omnipresent and lethally advanced A.I. warships. By the time the crew of Lancer realizes that Nigel is right, it will be too late – for the machines have already found Lancer…and Earth.
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(Timescape is a 1980 novel by science fiction writer Grego...)
Timescape is a 1980 novel by science fiction writer Gregory Benford (with unbilled co-author Hilary Foister). It won the 1980 Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards, and the 1981 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. The novel was widely hailed by both critics of science fiction and mainstream literature for its fusion of detailed character development and interpersonal drama with more standard science fiction fare such as time travel and ecological issues.
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( Nearly 100,000 years after first contact with the machi...)
Nearly 100,000 years after first contact with the machines that dominate the universe, only a few hundred humans survive. Trapped on Snowglade, a barren world near the center of the galaxy, Killeen and his child, Toby, of the Bishop Tribe are primitive scavengers, homeless and hunted by the ruling “mechs”. Then suddenly, a strange cosmic entity – neither organic nor cybernetic or living matter – reaches out from a black hole to speak with Killeen. But can the fallen descendent of starfarers understand this being in time—and seize his only chance to save his family and mankind from final annihilation?
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( A gripping, masterfully written adventure set against ...)
A gripping, masterfully written adventure set against the violent beauty of a planet in the throes of cataclymic transformation, Against Infinity is Gregory Benford's timeless portrait of a young man's comming of age. On the poisonous, icy surface of Ganymede, a man and a boy are on a deadly hunt.Their prey is the Aleph--an unknowable alien artifact that roamed and ruled Ganymede for countless millennia. Indescribable, infinitely dangerous, the Aleph haunts men's dreams and destroys all efforts to terraform Ganymede into a habitable planet. Now in a modern world ancient struggle is joined, as a boy seeks manhood, a man seeks enlightenment, and a society seeks the power to rule the universe. On the poisonous, icy surface of Ganymede, a man and a boy are on a hunt for the Aleph--an alien artifact that ruled Ganymede for countless millenia, Infinitely dangerous, the Aleph haunts men's dreams and destroys all efforts to terraform Ganymede into an habitable planet. Now an ancient struggle is joined, as a boy seeks manhood, a man seeks enlightenment, and a society seeks the power to rule the universe.
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(The Changeling could become anyone or anything--man, woma...)
The Changeling could become anyone or anything--man, woman, child, animal. It was endowed with an inborn lust for disorder and destruction. Now it had chosen the plague-ridden planet of Alvea for its next mission--to throw an entire world into eternal chaos and madness.
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(AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT is one of Arthur C. Clarke's ea...)
AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT is one of Arthur C. Clarke's earliest extended works of fiction. It tells the story of a young man, Alvin, the only child to be born in the enclosed city of Diaspar for many centuries. Dissatisfied with the stasis of Utopian life in the city, Alvin discovers that Diaspar is not, as its inhabitants believe, the only city left on an Earth turned to desert. There is another city, Lys, whose people have remained close to nature. For Alvin, this discovery is the first step in a journey that will take him to the stars - and to the truth about the universe. In Benford's sequel Alvin's discoveries have led to an renaissance; man is reclaiming the Earth. But along with creativity, evil has returned to the Earth. Look out for more information on this book and others on the Orbit website at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
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(Second title in the Quantum science fiction program. Astr...)
Second title in the Quantum science fiction program. Astronaut Nigel Walmsley is sent out to intercept and neutralize Icarus, a comet heading towards Earth; unlike other comets, it is a solid body which would be worse than a fusion bomb if it hit earth. But--what he finds beneath its surface moves him to defy orders and risk destruction of most of he world's civilization. Read it to find out what he finds-a gripping story. 276 pages. 8.6 x 5.75 inches.
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(Wohin führt uns die Technik? Die nahe Zukunft: Die Welt...)
Wohin führt uns die Technik? Die nahe Zukunft: Die Welt steht vor dem ökologischen Kollaps. Eine Gruppe von Wissenschaftlern versucht, eine Botschaft in die Vergangenheit zu senden, damit dort die Ursachen der Katastrophe beseitigt werden können. Doch das gewagte Unterfangen hat verheerende Folgen …
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(Now in a new, revised edition, the fourth book of the Neb...)
Now in a new, revised edition, the fourth book of the Nebula Award-winning author's Galactic Center series is a classic tale of man's future and fate--and the greatest mystery from outer space that humanity has ever encountered.
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(Gregory Benford expands Arthur C. Clarke's novella, Again...)
Gregory Benford expands Arthur C. Clarke's novella, Against the Fall of Night, into a novel-length adventure set billions of years in the future about human destiny among the stars.
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(SHAPESHIFTER! The Changeling could become anyone or anyth...)
SHAPESHIFTER! The Changeling could become anyone or anything—man, woman, child, animal. It was endowed with an inborn lust for disorder and destruction. Now it had chosen the plague-ridden planet of Alvea for its next mission—to throw an entire world into eternal chaos and madness. The Earth Consortium could send only an embittered killer and an untrained anthropologist to hunt down the Changeling. Yet, dangerous though it was, the Changeling was not the only peril the Earthmen faced on Alvea, or the worst—for the Alveans feared and hated Earth. Even a hint of the hunters' identities would leave them dead and dismembered within minutes.… Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund, authors of the Nebula-winning If the Stars Are Gods, have crafted a taut, memorable SF thriller.
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(The Jovian Astronautical-Biological Orbital Laboratory ci...)
The Jovian Astronautical-Biological Orbital Laboratory circles Jupiter and its moons--a metal shell bathed in lethal radiation, held in tenuous place by the gravity of the massive gas giant like a fragile glass ornament in a monstrous fist. For seventeen-year-old Matt Bohles and his friends, "the Can" is home. Life onboard the aging space station is cramped, spartan, and dangerous. Its mission--to monitor incoming signals and transmissions in search of alien life--has so far proven fruitless. It is the only world Matt has ever known. But now, as the threshold of adulthood--with its onset of new questions, confusions and feelings --Matt Bohles faces an impending crisis that threatens everything he knows and is. For unless he can prove himself an invaluable member of the scientific team--and quickly--he will be exiled to a filthy, perilous and unfamiliar hell called Earth.
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Benford, Gregory Albert was born on January 30, 1941 in Mobile. Son of James Alton and Mary Eloise (Nelson) Benford.
Bachelor of Science, University Oklahoma, 1963; Master of Science, University of California, San Diego, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego, 1967.
Research assistant, University of California, San Diego, 1964-1967; postdoctoral fellow, Lawrence (California) Radiation Laboratory, 1967-1969; research physicist, Lawrence (California) Radiation Laboratory, 1969-1971; professor physics, University of California, Irvine, since 1971. Consultant in field.
(The Jovian Astronautical-Biological Orbital Laboratory ci...)
(Now in a new, revised edition, the fourth book of the Neb...)
( A gripping, masterfully written adventure set against ...)
(A classic novel of man's future and fate, written by the ...)
( Nearly 100,000 years after first contact with the machi...)
(Timescape is a 1980 novel by science fiction writer Grego...)
(The complete version of he unforgettable masterpiece that...)
( It is 2076: Lancer, Earth’s first starship, is on a mis...)
(Wohin führt uns die Technik? Die nahe Zukunft: Die Welt...)
(SHAPESHIFTER! The Changeling could become anyone or anyth...)
(The Changeling could become anyone or anything--man, woma...)
(Second title in the Quantum science fiction program. Astr...)
(AGAINST THE FALL OF NIGHT is one of Arthur C. Clarke's ea...)
(Futuristic interstellar defense of earth.)
(Gregory Benford expands Arthur C. Clarke's novella, Again...)
(Will be shipped from US. Used books may not include compa...)
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(pub dates 1978-1995)
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Member American Physical Society, Royal Astronomical Society, Science Fiction Writers American (Nebula award 1975, 81), Society Science Exploration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Science Advisory Board, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Joan Abbe, August 26, 1967. Children: Alyson Rhandra, Mark Gregory.