is professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine. He conducts research in plasma turbulence theory and experiment, and in astrophysics, having published over a hundred scientific papers. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a visiting fellow at Cambridge University. Throughout the last decade he has worked as an advisor to the Department of Energy, NASA, and the White House Council on Space Policy.
In 1989 he was host and scriptwriter for the television series A Galactic Odyssey, which describes modern physics and astronomy from the perspective of the evolution of the galaxy. The eight-part series is produced by Japan National Broadcasting for an international audience.
His articles on science have appeared in Smithsonian, Natural History, New Scientist, Omni and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
He is also the author of over a dozen novels, among them TIMESCAPE (a Nebula award winner) and the recent, BEYOND THE FALL OF NIGHT, written with Arthur C. Clarke. He has won the Nebula Award twice, the John W. Campbell award and the Australian Ditmar award for international novel. In 1989 he won the United Nations Medal in Literature.
Professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine; resident
of Laguna Beach. Scientific column for F&SF: "A
Scientist's Notebook". Nebula, British SF, John W. Campbell Memorial
and Australian Ditmar Award winner. Also was awarded the U.N. Medal in
Literature (1990) and the Lord Foundation Award, 1995
Additional material by and about Gregory Benford is available as below:
1984
"Technology has created a new age of enlightenment for humanity. As earth falls prey to attack, from the far reaches of space comes an alien message of astounding importance, revealing great wonders and terrifying danger." Book two of the Galactic Center saga.
Against Infinity
1983 Bantam HC and PB.
Deeper Than the Darkness
first novel, 1970, Ace. Later rewritten as The Stars In Shroud, 1978.
Far Futures
editor; Dec. 1995, Tor hardcover.
Find the Changeling
With Gordon Eklund, 1980
Furious Gulf
1994
August 1995 paperback. Bantam Spectra.
The last humans from the planet Snowglade have taken refuge aboard the spaceship Argo, fleeing the genocidal mechs. Captain Killeen is convinced their one hope for survival lies at the True Center of the galaxy, but his crew are growing restless. Will his desperate gamble save mankind, or will it plunge the ship and its inhabitants into a cosmic pit of all-consuming fire? Book five of the Galactic Center saga.
Great Sky River
1987
"The story of the last surviving humans, their struggle to survive against a mechanical alien civilization, and the unexpected fate that awaits them." Book three of the Galactic Center saga.
Heart of the Comet
1986 Bantam hc & pb. With David Brin
"Heart of the Comet chronicles the daring mission to the heart of Halley's Comet by a team of brilliant -and very human -scientists."
Hitler Victorious
1986 hc and pb anthology; edited with M. Greenberg.
If the Stars Are Gods
1977 hc and pb. With Gordon Eklund
"Scientist Bradley Reynolds must decode a mysterious signal hinting at intelligent life amid the gasses of Jupiter, and must ultimately make a challenging journey to find his answers." Winner: Nebula
In Alien Flesh
1986 short story collection, hc and pb.
In the Ocean of Night
1977 hc and pb
"From far beyond the shores of space, a mystery emerges as vast as the limitless sea of stars. This is one man's encounter with that mystery." Book one of the Galactic Center saga.
Jupiter Project
Sept-Oct 1972 Amazing, 1975 hc and pb.
Heinleinesque young adult novel.
Matter's End
1994 short story collection, hc and pb.
Nuclear War
1988 pb anthology; edited with M. Greenberg
Sailing Bright Eternity
August 1995. Gollanz ISBN:0-575-060997-2, hardcover. Cover by Bob Eggleton September 1995. Batnam Spectra ISBN:0-553-08655-3, hardcover. Cover by Pamela Lee.
Book six (and last) of the Galactic Center saga.
Shiva Descending
1980 pb. With Wm. Rotsler
The Stars in Shroud
1978 hc and pb.
Tides of Light
1989
"Killeen and his band gain an unexpected ally in their battle for survival, and make an unexpected contribution to the new order of life developing at the galactic center." Book four of the Galactic Center saga.
Timescape
1980 hc and pb. Currently a Bantam pb with critical afterword.
Winner: Nebula, Campbell, Ditmar, British SF Award.
*What Might Have Been*
With Martin H. Greenberg
Vol. I: Alternate Empires. A Bantam Spectra Book, August 1989 ISBN:0-553-27845-2
"In this stellar collection, twelve of science fiction's most imaginative minds have altered the past to reveal a present of astonishing and startling possibilities...a rare glimpse of what might have been."
Featuring: Anderson, Benford, Effinger, Fowler, Hogan, Malzeberg, James Morrow, Niven, Pohl, Kim Stanley Robinson, Silverberg and Harry Turtledove. Vol.
II: Alternate Heroes
III: Alternate Wars
IV: Alternate Worlds