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A Darker Geometry
Mark O. Martin, Gregory Benford (Contributor) / Mass Market Paperback / Published September 1996
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At the heart of Known Space lies mystery: How did so anarchic and violent a species as the Kzin ever learn to cooperate sufficiently to develop the technology to conquer an interstellar empire? The answer to this and other questions have been hinted at before, but now Gregory Benford, a renowned high-energy physicist, and molecular biologist Mark O. Martin bring their formidable talents and extraordinarily broad range of expertise to bear on all the mysteries of Known Space.

Against Infinity
Gregory Benford / Mass Market Paperback / Published November 1998
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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 millennia. Infinitely dangerous, the Aleph haunts men's dreams and destroys all efforts to terraform Ganymede into a 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.

Against Infinity
Gregory Benford / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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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 millennia. Infinitely dangerous, the Aleph haunts men's dreams and destroys all efforts to terraform Ganymede into a 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.

Artifact
Gregory Benford / Mass Market Paperback / Published July 1998
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Archaeologists have unearthed a strange artifact buried in a 3500-year-old Mycenaen tomb. A small cube of black rock topped with an amber horn, it contains the heat of a sun within and its discovery has unleashed a global storm of intrigue and espionage, and has led nations to the brink of war. And now a team of dedicated scientists must unlock the secrets of its origins and its purpose, before a mysterious relic that may have already obliterated one world destroys another.

Beyond the Fall of Night
Arthur Charles Clarke, Gregory Benford / Mass Market Paperback / Published February 1998
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I appreciate the comments, which indeed mirror the thoughts I had after Arthur and I agreed that I would try to write a sequel. You see, he, too, wanted to see revisited the assumptions of half a century ago. As the last comment says, there was the lurking danger that a sequel made more realistic and in line with modern science would dispel the sense of wonder. I'm sorry that for some it did.

Cosm
Gregory Benford / Hardcover / Published February 1998
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Alicia Butterworth is a physicist from U.C. Irvine who's trying to re-create the conditions that existed just before the big bang using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider on Long Island. Something goes wrong during one of the collider runs, and part of the machine explodes, leaving behind a strange metallic sphere. Butterworth sneaks the object back to Irvine, where she and a colleague determine that what they have on their hands is a window into a miniature universe, or cosm. The cosm is evolving far faster than our own universe, giving Butterworth a ringside seat as the history of creation ...

Cosm
Gregory Benford, Gregory Bendord / Mass Market Paperback / Published February 1999
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After an accident in a brilliant young physicist's most ambitious experiment, a wondrous sphere appears that opens a vista on an entirely different universe. Soon the forces of academia, government, theology, and the mass media battle for control of a mysterious new reality. "COSM" explores ideas at the frontier of understanding, and poses profound questions about Creation, human destiny, and the riddle of godhood.

Cosm
Gregory Benford / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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Alicia Butterworth is a physicist from U.C. Irvine who's trying to re-create the conditions that existed just before the big bang using the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider on Long Island. Something goes wrong during one of the collider runs, and part of the machine explodes, leaving behind a strange metallic sphere. Butterworth sneaks the object back to Irvine, where she and a colleague determine that what they have on their hands is a window into a miniature universe, or cosm. The cosm is evolving far faster than our own universe, giving Butterworth a ringside seat as the history of creation ...

Deep Time
Gregory Benford / Paperback / Expected December 2000
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Deep Time : How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia
Gregory Benford / Hardcover / Published November 1999
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Physicist and science fiction author Gregory Benford says there are two main impulses behind human efforts to communicate with future societies. The first, "High Church," shouts beauty, ego, and awe across the millennia: See how amazing our pyramid-building skills were? The Seven Wonders of the World would fall into this category--if they had lasted. Monuments, cathedrals, tombs, anything that says, "This great object meant something to us." On a much more mundane (and human) level is the "Kilroy" impulse: I lived! You needn't look hard to find evidence of this temporal communication: graffiti...

Eater : A Novel
Gregory Benford, Bregory Benford / Hardcover / Expected April 2000
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Far Futures
Gregory Benford(Editor) / Paperback / Published September 1997
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Including the work of Poul Anderson, Charles Sheffield, and Greg Bear, a collection of five original novellas in the tradition of ""hard"" science fiction imagines the fate of humans thousands of years into the future.

Foundation's Fear
Gregory Benford / Library Binding / Published October 1999
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This is the first installment of The Second Foundation Trilogy, based on Isaac Asimov's famous Foundation series. Acclaimed hard science fiction writers Gregory Benford, David Brin, and Greg Bear will each produce a work for the trilogy. Benford kicks off exploring the beginnings of the Foundation itself and its creator, Hari Seldon. Seldon is working on a project to ease the inevitable collapse of the universe-spanning Empire and the Dark Ages that will ensue. But the current emperor has other plans, like appointing Seldon first minister and thus thrusting him into a world of political intrig...

Foundation's Fear (Second Foundation Trilogy, No 1)
Gregory Benford / Mass Market Paperback / Published March 1998
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Isaac Asimov's "Foundation Trilogy" has become an SF classic. Now, HarperPrism continues the legacy with the second "Foundation Trilogy", three new novels written by the brightest stars in contemporary SF. In this first volume, the quiet academic life of Hari Seldon is turned upside down when he is nominated as First Minister by Emperor Cleon. A rousing adventure that combines intellectual debate with the ingenious possibilities of true SF, this novel gives Asimov's greatest creation new life.

Habitats in Space
Gregory Benford(Editor), George Zebrowski (Editor) / Hardcover / Expected December 1999
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Heart of the Comet
Gregory Benford, David Brin (Contributor) / Mass Market Paperback / Published March 1987
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Heart of the Comet
Gregory Benford / Unknown Binding / Published October 1999
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If the Stars Are Gods
Gregory Benford, Gordon Eklund / Paperback / Published January 1998
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The complete version of the unforgettable masterpiece that went from Nebula Award-winner to a timeless classic. Aliens have come to Earth in search of a man who knows the stars, and that man is Bradley Reynolds. They want to know whether the sun loves us. And what Reynolds finds in the end is a transformation so glorious as to be far beyond his capacity to dream--a universe where beings are collected like songs.

Jupiter Project
Gregory Benford / Mass Market Paperback / Published August 1998
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The Jovian Astronautical-Biological Orbital Laboratory, a.k.a. "the Can", is the only home 17-year-old Matt Bohles has ever known. Concerned about the aging space station's failure to find evidence of alien life on Jupiter or its moon, the cost-conscious powers back home have determined that all non-essential personnel must be evacuated. Now, unless Matt can somehow prove himself to be an invaluable member of the scientific team, he faces exile to a dangerous, frightening, and unfamiliar place: Earth.

Man-Kzin Wars VI
Larry Niven, et al / Mass Market Paperback / Published July 1994
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The man-killing cats from Kzin are back in short novels by Gregory Benford, Mark O. Martin and Donald Kingsbury. The Kzin Third Fleet has decided a change of strategy is in order after two unpleasant defeats at the hands of the humans (or "monkeys") from Earth. Only luck or the Outsiders can save us now. . . . Original.

Nebula Awards Showcase 2000 : The Year's Best Sf and Fantasy Chosen by the Science-Fiction and Fantasy Wr (Nebula Awards Showcase, 2000)
Gregory Benford(Editor) / Paperback / Published April 2000
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Nebula Awards Showcase 2000: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy Chosen by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Gregory Benford(Editor) / Hardcover / Published April 2000
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Sailing Bright Eternity
Gregory Benford / Paperback / Published October 1996
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In the epic conclusion to the Galactic Center series, the hope of human survival comes down to one man, an ancient scientist from the distant past who leads a struggle against a gigantic race called the Old Ones. Reprint. K.

Science Fiction Theater
Gregory Benford / Paperback / Expected April 2000
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Shiva Descending
Gregory Benford, William Rotsler / Mass Market Paperback / Published September 1999
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A gigantic asteroid the size of a mountain, Shiva is set to hit Earth with the force of a hundred thousand nuclear bombs, poised to destroy all life on Earth and blast the human race into instant extinction. Only a last-ditch space mission has a chance of saving the Earth--or what's left of it after the first asteroid rainshower. Reissue.

Skylife : Space Habitats in Story and Science
Gregory Benford(Editor), George Zebrowski (Editor) / Hardcover / Published April 2000
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Stars in Shroud **
Gregory Benford / Paperback / Published August 1979
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The Chase of the Golden Meteor
Jules Verne, Gregory Benford (Introduction) / Paperback / Published October 1998
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The announcement that a solid gold asteroid has fallen to earth creates a worldwide sensation. The discovery of this falling golden meteor and the race to find it form the core of this exciting tale from the grandfather of science fiction, Jules Verne. 23 illustrations.

The Martian Race
Gregory Benford / Hardcover / Published December 1999
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With NASA's mission to Mars scrapped because of a tragic accident, billionaire John Axelrod steps in to compete with the European-Chinese effort to reach the fourth planet first, and the race is on. 30,000 first printing.

The New Hugo Winners (Vol 4)
Gregory Benford(Editor) / Mass Market Paperback / Published November 1997
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Since 1953, the annual Hugo Awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention have been as coveted by SF writers as is the Oscar in the motion picture field--and SF fans recognize it as a certain indicator of the finest in science fiction. Now bestselling author Gregory Benford presents the Hugo winners for 1992, 1993, and 1994 in a book that will be a must-buy for all SF readers.

The Silicon Man (Cortext.)
Charles Platt, Gregory Benford (Introduction) / Paperback / Published February 1998
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Originally issued in a short run from Bantam (1991), this work receives a welcome reincarnation from a small press in Texas. The novel deals with reincarnation--of the electronic variety. LifeScan, a research project dedicated to the transfer of a human mind into a computer environment, is about to be terminated for showing little achievement in relation to its massive cost overruns. However, the project's development team has been conspiring to misinform government observers and thus avoid having LifeScan taken over by military interests. The project has also been supplementing its hardware b...

Threads of Time
Gregory Benford, et al / Hardcover / Published June 1993
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Tides of Light
Gregory Benford / Hardcover / Published date unknown
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Continuing the story begun in Great Sky River, Benford creates a stunning novel of the last band of humans fleeing extinction in the Galactic Center. And with one enemy behind them, the humans are dismayed to discover on a remote planet an alien race more awesome than any they have encountered. Reprint from Spectra.

Timescape
Gregory Benford / Mass Market Paperback / Published September 1996
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Suspense builds in this novel about scientists, physics, time travel, and saving the Earth. It's 1998, and a physicist in Cambridge, England, attempts to send a message backward in time. Earth is falling apart, and a government faction supports the project in hopes of diverting or avoiding the environmental disasters beginning to tear at the edges of civilization. It's 1962, and a physicist in California struggles with his new life on the West Coast, office politics, and the irregularities of data that plague his experiments. The story's perspective toggles between time lines, physicists, and ...

We Could Do Worse : A Millennial Collection of Alternate Histories [UNABRIDGED]
Martin Greenberg(Editor), et al / Audio Cassette / Published May 1999
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Worlds Vast & Various
Gregory Benford / Paperback / Expected October 2000
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