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About the Author

Greg Bear was born in San Diego, California, on August 20, 1951. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University in 1973. At age 14, he began submitting pieces to magazines and at 15 he sold his first story to Robert Lowndes' Famous Science Fiction. It would be five years show more before he sold another piece, but by 23 he was selling stories regularly. He has written more than 30 science fiction and fantasy books and has won numerous awards for his work. In 1984, Hardfought and Blood Music won the Nebula Awards for best novella and novelette; Blood Music went on to win the Hugo Award. The novel version of that story, also called Blood Music, won the Prix Apollo in France. In 1987, Tangents won the Hugo and Nebula awards for best short story. He also won a Nebula in 1994 for Moving Mars and in 2001 for Darwin's Radio. Both Dinosaur Summer and Darwin's Radio have been awarded the Endeavour for best novel published by a Northwest science fiction author. He is also an illustrator and his work has appeared in Galaxy, Fantasy and Science Fiction, and Vertex, and in both hardcover and paperback books. He was a founding member of ASFA, the Association of Science Fiction Artists. His works include City at the End of Time, Hull Zero Three, The Mongoliad, Mariposa, Halo: Cryptum, Halo: Primordium and Halo: Silentium. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Halo - The Forerunner Saga

Songs of Earth and Power

Quantico

War Dogs

The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear

The Way

Works by Greg Bear

Popular Recent

Eon (1985) 4,066 copies

Darwin's Radio (1999) 3,576 copies

Blood Music (1985) 2,832 copies

The Forge of God (1987) — Author — 2,665 copies

Eternity (1988) 2,009 copies

Moving Mars (1993) 1,890 copies

Darwin's Children (2003) 1,714 copies

Anvil of Stars (1992) 1,694 copies

Foundation and Chaos (1998) 1,548 copies

Queen of Angels (1990) 1,461 copies

Slant (1997) 1,402 copies

Legacy (1995) 1,335 copies

Rogue Planet (2000) 1,318 copies

Hull Zero Three (2010) — Author — 886 copies

The Mongoliad: Book One (2012) 870 copies

Vitals (2002) — Author — 848 copies

Quantico (2005) — Author — 806 copies

City at the End of Time (2008) 730 copies

Songs of Earth And Power (1992) 697 copies

Dinosaur Summer (1998) 606 copies

Corona (1984) — Author — 601 copies

The Infinity Concerto (1984) — Author — 598 copies

Strength of Stones (1988) 564 copies

Heads (1990) — Author — 555 copies

Man-Kzin Wars IV (1991) — Contributor — 550 copies

Tangents (1989) — Author — 546 copies

Dead Lines: A Novel of Life . . . After Death (2004) — Author — 540 copies

Halo: Cryptum: Book One of the Forerunner Saga (2011) 510 copies

Psychlone (1979) 472 copies

Hegira (1979) 426 copies

The Mongoliad: Book Two (2012) 409 copies

The Serpent Mage (1986) — Author — 382 copies

Beyond Heaven's River (1980) 365 copies

The Mongoliad: Book Three (2013) 345 copies

Halo: Primordium (2012) 286 copies

War Dogs (2014) 266 copies

The Wind from a Burning Woman (1983) 237 copies

The Collected Stories of Greg Bear (2002) 235 copies

Mariposa (2009) 233 copies

Halo: Silentium (2013) 178 copies

New Legends (1995) — Editor; Introduction — 174 copies

Hardfought/Cascade Point (1988) 164 copies

The Venging (1992) 135 copies

Killing Titan (2015) 135 copies

Eon & Eternity (1999) 98 copies

W3 Women in Deep Time (2002) 95 copies

Asimov's Science Fiction: Hugo & Nebula Award Winning Stories (1995) — Contributor — 87 copies

Take Back the Sky (War Dogs) (2016) 80 copies

Multiverse: Exploring Poul Anderson's Worlds (2015) — Editor — 71 copies

Hardfought [novella] (1983) 59 copies

The Eon Series (2017) 58 copies

Sleepside: The Collected Fantasies of Greg Bear (1973) 56 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2015 (2015) — Editor — 52 copies

Just Over the Horizon (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear) (2016) 47 copies

The Unfinished Land (2021) 46 copies

The War Dogs Trilogy (2017) 36 copies

Beyond the Farthest Suns (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear) (2016) 29 copies

Far Thoughts and Pale Gods (The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear) (2016) 28 copies

Darwin's Radio / Darwin's Children (2003) 26 copies

Early Harvest (1988) 21 copies

Sisters (1989) 18 copies

The Second Foundation Trilogy: Foundation's Fear, Foundation and Chaos, Foundation's Triumph (2004) 18 copies

Blood Music [short story] (1983) 16 copies

The Way of All Ghosts (1999) 14 copies

Petra (1981) 14 copies

Tangents [short fiction] (1986) 13 copies

A Martian Ricorso (1976) 10 copies

The Greatest Science Fiction Stories of the 20th Century (1999) — Contributor — 9 copies

Sleepside Story (1988) 9 copies

Bear's Fantasies (1992) 9 copies

Through Road No Whither (1985) 9 copies

Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games (2012) 9 copies

ZomerSFtijd nieuwe verhalen (1995) 8 copies

Schrödinger's Plague (1982) 7 copies

The Machineries of Joy (1987) 7 copies

The White Horse Child (1979) 6 copies

Scattershot (1978) 6 copies

Ram Shift Phase 2 5 copies

Dead Run (1985) 5 copies

La donna che bruciò nel vento (1996) 4 copies

A Plague of Conscience [short story] 4 copies

Corona | Demons (1997) — Contributor — 4 copies

Judgment Engine (1995) 4 copies

Webster (1973) 4 copies

Apollo at 25 3 copies

Best of Science Fiction and Fantasy 3 copies

The Man Who Would Be Kzin (1991) 3 copies

The Wind From A Burning Woman [short story] (1978) 3 copies

The Venging [short story] 3 copies

ブラッド・ミュージック (ハヤカワ文庫SF) (1987) 2 copies

Clone Wars - Bear, Greg 2 copies

ファウンデーションと混沌(上) (〈新銀河帝国興亡史〉2) (ハヤカワ文庫SF) (2004) 2 copies

A Seamless Future 2 copies

Richie by the Sea [short story] (1980) 2 copies

No one noticed #3 2 copies

The Footprints of God 2 copies

The Visitation [short story] (1987) 2 copies

MDIO Ecosystems Increase Knowledge of DNA Languages [Deep Ice and DNA Languages] 1 copy

Strikes & Spares 1 copy

Doing Lennon 1 copy

Forge of Steel 1 copy

Visions of the Future 1 copy

Mandala 1 copy

The Fall of the House of Escher 1 copy

Clone Wars! (First Published by The Seattle Weekly, 1997) 1 copy

ダーウィンの使者〈上〉 (2000) 1 copy

ダーウィンの使者〈下〉 (2000) 1 copy

Perihesperon 1 copy

Sun-planet 1 copy

Rice Harvest #8 1 copy

The Way It Is 1 copy

An Extended Vacation on Trantor 1 copy

Strikes and Spares 1 copy

The Machine Starts (short) 1 copy

Country of the Mind (1998) 1 copy

Blue Yonder Computing 1 copy

Warm Sea 1 copy

Rush 1 copy

Extended Vacation on Trantor 1 copy

The Machineries of Joy, Redux 1 copy

Princess Delilah - Bear, Greg 1 copy

Destroyers 1 copy

[No title] 1 copy

The complete short fiction of Greg Bear. Vols. 1-3 1 copy

Works by Greg Bear (Book Guide) (2010) 1 copy

Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games #1 (of 5) 1 copy

Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games #2 (of 5) 1 copy

Fondazione: Il caos (Urania Jumbo) 1 copy

Le nuove leggende del futuro 1 copy

[No title] 1 copy

Work Explorer

Associated Works

The Time Machine (1895) — Introduction, some editions — 17,825 copies

The Snow Queen (1980) — Introduction, some editions — 2,335 copies

A Case of Conscience (1958) — Introduction, some editions — 1,845 copies

Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (1986) — Contributor — 1,624 copies

Far Horizons (1999) — Contributor — 774 copies

Requiem (1992) — Contributor — 739 copies

The Best Alternate History Stories of the 20th Century (2001) — Contributor — 569 copies

Psychoshop (1998) — Introduction, some editions — 481 copies

King Kong (1932) — Introduction, some editions — 428 copies

The Big Book of Science Fiction (2016) — Contributor — 424 copies

The World Set Free (1914) — Introduction, some editions — 420 copies

The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) — Contributor — 396 copies

The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction (2005) — Contributor — 371 copies

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (2006) — Contributor — 317 copies

The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Contributor — 316 copies

Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder (1987) — Introduction, some editions — 246 copies

Year's Best SF 11 (2006) — Contributor — 236 copies

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy, Volume 1: Wizards (1983) — Contributor — 235 copies

The 1984 Annual World's Best SF (1984) — Author — 231 copies

Murasaki (1992) — Contributor — 227 copies

Dragons of Light (1980) — Contributor — 225 copies

Cats in Space...and Other Places (1992) — Contributor — 217 copies

The New Hugo Winners, Volume II (1991) — Contributor — 212 copies

The New Hugo Winners: Award Winning Science Fiction Stories (1989) — Contributor — 210 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourth Annual Collection (1987) — Contributor — 202 copies

Black Holes (1978) — Contributor — 202 copies

Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft (2015) — Contributor — 195 copies

Strange Dreams (1993) — Contributor — 186 copies

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection (1988) — Contributor — 182 copies

The Best of All Possible Wars (1998) — Author — 169 copies

The Ultimate Cyberpunk (2002) — Contributor — 151 copies

The Way It Wasn't : Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History (1996) — Contributor — 151 copies

A Science Fiction Omnibus (1973) — Contributor — 149 copies

Future on Ice (1998) — Contributor — 144 copies

A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1998) — Contributor — 135 copies

Far Futures (1995) — Contributor — 132 copies

The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection (1984) — Contributor — 131 copies

Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder (1987) — Contributor — 126 copies

Full Spectrum 2 (1990) — Contributor — 117 copies

Hackers (1984) — Contributor — 117 copies

Futures from Nature (2007) — Contributor — 113 copies

The Big Book of Modern Fantasy (2020) — Contributor — 112 copies

Nanotech! (1998) — Contributor — 109 copies

The 1979 Annual World's Best SF (1979) — Contributor — 106 copies

Cyber-killers (1997) — Contributor, some editions — 106 copies

The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New SF (2008) — Contributor — 104 copies

Armageddon (1990) — Contributor — 99 copies

Nebula Award Winning Novellas (1994) — Contributor — 99 copies

Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Contributor — 95 copies

The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy (2000) — Contributor — 92 copies

The First Omni Book of Science Fiction (1983) — Contributor — 92 copies

Nebula Awards Showcase 2002: The Year's Best SF and Fantasy (2002) — Contributor — 91 copies

Visions of Wonder (1996) — Contributor — 91 copies

The American Fantasy Tradition (2002) — Contributor — 90 copies

New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction (2003) — Contributor — 87 copies

Nebula Awards 30: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1980) — Contributor — 86 copies

Skylife: Space Habitats in Story and Science (2000) — Contributor — 84 copies

New Stories from the Twilight Zone (1991) — Contributor — 81 copies

Paragons: Twelve Master Science Fiction Writers Ply Their Crafts (1996) — Contributor — 81 copies

Cyberpunk: Stories of Hardware, Software, Wetware, Evolution, and Revolution (1995) — Contributor — 75 copies

The Best of Isaac Asimovs SF Magazine (1988) — Contributor — 72 copies

A Century of Fantasy, 1980-1989 (1996) — Author — 66 copies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 (1984) — Contributor — 62 copies

Fantasy Annual III (1977) — Contributor — 58 copies

Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1988 (1988) — Contributor — 58 copies

Nanodreams (1995) — Contributor — 55 copies

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Ten (2016) — Contributor — 52 copies

Nebula Awards 22: Sfwa's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1986 (Nebula Awards Showcase (Paperback)) (1988) — Contributor — 49 copies

Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats (2010) — Contributor — 48 copies

David Copperfield's Beyond Imagination (1996) — Contributor — 46 copies

The Madness of Cthulhu, Volume Two (2015) — Contributor — 44 copies

Universe 9 (1979) — Contributor — 43 copies

Universe 8 (1978) — Contributor — 33 copies

Sense of Wonder: A Century of Science Fiction (2011) — Contributor — 32 copies

Alternities (1974) — Contributor, some editions — 32 copies

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVI, No. 2 (February 1976) (1976) — Contributor — 32 copies

The Big Book of Cyberpunk (2023) — Contributor — 29 copies

Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind’s Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny (2016) 26 copies

Discoveries:First Focus Sci-Fi Anthology (1995) — Contributor — 25 copies

Isaac Asimov's War (1993) — Contributor — 23 copies

Novel Ideas: Science Fiction (2006) — Contributor — 21 copies

Nebula Awards #19 (1983) — Contributor — 19 copies

The Book of Silverberg (2014) — Introduction — 19 copies

Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. CIII, No. 6 (June 1983) (1983) — Contributor — 16 copies

New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 8 (1978) — Contributor — 15 copies

Omni Visions Two (1994) — Contributor — 14 copies

Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Readers) (2003) — Contributor — 12 copies

The Unquiet Dreamer: A Tribute to Harlan Ellison (2019) — Contributor — 12 copies

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 7, No. 2 [February 1983] (1983) — Contributor; Contributor — 11 copies

Univers 1985 (1985) — Contributor — 10 copies

Like Water for Quarks (2011) — Contributor — 7 copies

I mondi del possibile (1993) — Contributor — 7 copies

Odyssey (Tales from the Wonder Zone) (2004) — Introduction — 7 copies

Tomorrow: New Worlds of Science Fiction (1975) — Contributor — 7 copies

H. G. Wells: critic of progress (1973) — Cover artist, some editions — 7 copies

Science Fiction — Contributor — 6 copies

Kopernikus 6 (1982) — Author, some editions — 6 copies

The Roots of Fantasy: Myth, Folklore & Archetype (1989) — Contributor — 4 copies

S-Fマガジン 1987年 07月号 — Contributor — 1 copy

S-Fマガジン 2012年 10月号 [雑誌] (2012) — Contributor — 1 copy

S-Fマガジン 1997年 06月号 — Contributor — 1 copy

S-Fマガジン 2010年 11月号 [雑誌] (2010) — Contributor — 1 copy

20世紀SF〈5〉1980年代―冬のマーケット (河出文庫) (2001) — Contributor — 1 copy

80年代SF傑作選〈下〉 (ハヤカワ文庫SF) (1992) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Bear, Gregory Dale
Birthdate: 1951-08-20
Date of death: 2022-11-19
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
Place of death: Seattle area, Washington, USA
Cause of death: complications following heart surgery
Places of residence: San Diego, California, USA (birthplace)
Japan
Philippines
Alaska, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA
Education: San Diego State University (BA)
University of Washington
Occupations: artist
freelance journalist
film commentator
book reviewer
bookseller
science fiction author
Relationships: Anderson, Poul (father-in-law)
Organizations: National Citizens Advisory Council on Space Policy
Sigma Group
Association of Science Fiction Artists (co-founder)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (president)
Awards and honors: Inkpot Award, San Diego Comic-Con (1984)
Guest of Honor, World Science Fiction Convention (2001)
Robert A. Heinlein Award (2006)
Forry Award, Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society (2017)

Members

Discussions

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Greg Bear 1951-2022 in Science Fiction Fans (November 2022)

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Reviews

Blood Music by Greg Bear

Nauseating to read because 2020, but mind-blowing and gripping. Took so many wild turns, and in terms of style felt like it could have been written yesterday.

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Amateria66 | 50 other reviews | May 24, 2024 |

Blood Music by Greg Bear

Fun hard science fiction, interesting ideas. Kinda like Annihilation in a way, and kinda creepy in a way...

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keithostertag | 50 other reviews | May 14, 2024 |

Hardfought / Cascade Point (Tor Double, No. 2) by Timothy Zahn

Didn't like Bear's story, the "alien perspective" schtick got tiresome by page five. Zahn's short story was quite interesting however and added another dimension (pun intended) to the hazards of FTL travel.

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NurseBob | 3 other reviews | May 5, 2024 |

Dead Lines: A Novel of Life . . . After Death by Greg Bear

There are as many good reasons to love this novel as there are to despise it.
On one side, this Greg Bear guy has an old-school approach to gender anything. Women are sexual objects or plot devices, and some assertions about the male and female "mind" are, honestly, ridiculous. Plot development is clunky and some bad psychology makes it even clunkier. For example [SPOILER ALERT]

Peter has lost his daughter exactly two years before. He needs to be reminded by a random detective who seems caring more than him about finding the girl's murderer. This would make sense if he was that kind of character, but he is not, so how doesn't he remember? Or, why are we not given a hint that he doesn't want to remember?

[END OF SPOILER]

There are so many threads that don't lead anywhere... The detective, the tech side, everything is left hanging.

On the other side, the characters are likeable, the ending is truly moving, in a bitter-sweet sort of way, and there is an atmosphere of melancholy and missed opportunities, of loss and grief, that reminded me of Dandelion Wine.
Also, Greg Bear writes male protagonists that are exactly my sort of man: middle aged, sweet but rugged and reserved, with a killer sense of humour and a dislike of drama, kinda Hemingway without the machismo.
I know I will read again this novel, because of the golden sunset atmosphere, all the nonsensical plot development notwithstanding.… (more)

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Elanna76 | 18 other reviews | May 2, 2024 |

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