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Gregory Benford Against the Fall of Night (Uk Edition)
TIME WARNER BOOKS 19920625 1-85723-026-4 / 9781857230260 Paperback Near Fine
NEW YORK TIMES 'Arthur C. Clarke is awesomely informed about physics and astronomy, and bl essed with one of the most astounding imaginations...' THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION 'For many readers Arthur C. Clarke is the very personification of science fiction'
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Benford, Gregory Eater
Harper Voyager May 1, 2001 0-380-79056-4 / 9780380790562 Paperback Good
Benford (The Martian Race), a physics professor at UC-Irvine and a Nebula w inner for his novel Timescape, is one of the leading exponents of hard SFAw hich, no matter how fantastic it might seem, never violates established sci entific laws. His newest novel takes one of the oldest SF plotsAfirst conta ctAand spruces it up with great success using the latest developments in as tronomy and, in particular, new information on black holes. In the early 21 st century, astronomers observe what appears to be a distant gamma-ray burs ter, a black hole swallowing another star many light years away. The data i s troubling because a second burster occurs only 13 h ours later, which, gi ven the immense distance between stars, should be impossible. Eventually, t he astronomers realize that the black hole, rather than being incredibly di stant, is on the edge of our solar system, and moving our way at considerab le speed. Stranger still, it appears to be under intelligent guidance, or, perhaps, to be intelligent itself. One of Benford's specialties is presenti ng science the way it's really done, and this is clearly the case here. His three astronomer-protagonistsABenjamin Knowlton; his cancer-stricken wife, Channing; and the British Astronomer Royal, Kingsley Dart, whom Benford ha s partly based on Freeman DysonAare nicely drawn and highly believable. His alien is, well, incredibly alien and endlessly fascinating. Less successfu l are Benford's government officials, who can come across as caricaturesAbu t this is a minor fault. Full of astronomical pyrotechnics and the kind of intellectual verbal fencing that seems to go along with creative scientific
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Benford, Gregory Heart of the Comet
Spectra February 1, 198 0-553-25839-7 / 9780553258394 Paperback Very Good
An ambitious expedition uses the iceball as a natural spaceship but their d iscoveries soon include a deadly viral lifeform that decimates the crew. Th en, the already volatile conflicts between factions explode into violent co nfrontation as the Orthos attack the genetically enhanced Percells. Against this background, the novel highlights the love affair of biologist Saul Li ntz, who helped create the Percells, and Percell computer engineer Virginia Herbert, who is pioneering a biologically based computer possessing genuin e artificial intelligence.
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Benford, Gregory Timescape
Easton Press 1989 1st Edition Hardcover Near Fine
A highly collectible Easton Press Limited First Edition, bound in black lea ther with gold gilt pattern to front and back boards, and gilt print on spi ne; gilt page edges; and a ribbon placemarker. Color frontispiece illustrat ion by Bob Eggleton. Introduction by David G. Hartwell.
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8000.00 JPY
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