Gregory Benford

Gregory Benford

Gregory Benford has written at least 128 books. Their most popular book is In the Ocean of Night with 42 saves with an average rating of 3.38⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres one, asdfsa, and Asdfsa.

mone, asdfsa, and Asdfsa are their most common moods.

Author Bio

Gregory Benford (Gregory Albert Benford) is an astrophysicist and science fiction author who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine. Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, a series that postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life.

Greg was born in Mobile, Alabama. He received his Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Oklahoma, followed by his Masters and then his Doctorate from the University of California, San Diego. Having published more than 200 scientific papers, his research encompasses both theory and experiments in the fields of astrophysics and plasma physics.

Greg is a two-time winner of the Nebula Award and has also won the John W. Campbell Award, the Australian Ditmar Award, the Lord Foundation Prize, and the 1990 United Nations Medal in Literature.

Source: Secular Policy Institute

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In the Ocean of Night
In the Ocean of Night
  • Gregory Benford
3.3816 reads
Timescape
Timescape
  • Gregory Benford
  • Gianluigi Zuddas (Translator)
3.220 reads
Bowl of heaven
Bowl of heaven
  • Gregory Benford
3.0913 reads
Foundation's Fear
Foundation's Fear
  • Gregory Benford
3.7110 reads
Heart of the Comet
Heart of the Comet
  • Gregory Benford
4.148 reads
Shipstar
Shipstar
  • Gregory Benford
  • Larry Niven
3.579 reads
Across the Sea of Suns
Across the Sea of Suns
  • Gregory Benford
2.839 reads
Tides of Light
Tides of Light
  • Gregory Benford
3.28 reads
Cosm
Cosm
  • Gregory Benford
2.7110 reads
Engineering Infinity
Engineering Infinity
    43 reads
    Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future
    Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future
      32 reads
      Shadows of Eternity
      Shadows of Eternity
      • Gregory Benford
      2.673 reads
      The Berlin Project
      The Berlin Project
      • Gregory Benford
      22 reads
      Cover 0

      Bowl of Heaven

      Bowl of Heaven
      • Larry Niven
      • Gregory Benford
      3.177 reads
      Artifact
      Artifact
      • Gregory Benford
      2.58 reads
      Cover 3

      Glorious

      Glorious
      • Larry Niven
      • Gregory Benford
      43 reads
      Great Sky River
      Great Sky River
      • Gregory Benford
      3.256 reads
      Furious Gulf
      Furious Gulf
      • Gregory Benford
      45 reads
      Sailing Bright Eternity
      Sailing Bright Eternity
      • Gregory Benford
      3.136 reads
      Meeting Infinity
      Meeting Infinity
        42 reads
        Cover 2

        After the King

        After the King: Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien
        • Martin H. Greenberg
        • Jane Yolen
        • Harry Turtledove
        • Andre Norton
        • Charles de Lint
        • Dennis L. McKiernan
        • Emma Bull
        • Karen Haber
        • Peter S. Beagle
        • Mike Resnick
        • Barry N. Malzberg
        • Gregory Benford
        • Stephen R. Donaldson
        • Judith Tarr
        • Terry Pratchett
        • Robert Silverberg
        • Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
        • Karen Anderson
        • Poul Anderson
        • John Brunner
        • Patricia A. McKillip
        3.52 reads
        Eater
        Eater
        • Gregory Benford
        3.176 reads
        The year's best science fiction - Twentieth Annual Collection
        The year's best science fiction - Twentieth Annual Collection
        • Gardner Dozois
        • Ian R. MacLeod
        • Ian McDonald
        • John Kessel
        • Gregory Benford
        • Geoff Ryman
        • Steven Popkes
        • Richard Wadholm
        • Alexander C. Irvine
        • Greg Egan
        • Michael Swanwick
        • Nancy Kress
        • James Van Pelt
        • Eleanor Arnason
        • John Meaney
        • Kage Baker
        • Walter Jon Williams
        • Alastair Reynolds
        • Paul McAuley
        • C.C. Finlay
        • Molly Gloss
        • Robert Reed
        • Maureen F. McHugh
        • Chris Beckett
        • Charles Stross
        • Bruce Sterling
        3.673 reads
        The Space Opera Renaissance
        The Space Opera Renaissance
          12 reads
          The Martian Race
          The Martian Race
          • Gregory Benford
          3.333 reads
          A Hunger for the Infinite
          A Hunger for the Infinite
          • Gregory Benford
          00 reads
          Cover 1

          A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic

          A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic
            00 reads
            The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
            The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fourth Annual Collection
            • Gardner Dozois
            • Lavie Tidhar
            • Carolyn Ives Gilman
            • Matthew Claxton
            • Gord Sellar
            • Kathe Koja
            • Carter Scholz
            • Gregory Benford
            • Paul McAuley
            • Ian McHugh
            • Aliette de Bodard
            • Geoff Ryman
            • Craig DeLancey
            • Sam J. Miller
            • Shariann Lewitt
            • David Gerrold
            • Steven Barnes
            • Alastair Reynolds
            • Pat Murphy
            • Paul Doherty
            • Nina Allan
            • Derek Kûsken
            • Samantha Henderson
            • Stephen Baxter
            • Ian R. MacLeod
            • Bill Johnson
            • James Patrick Kelly
            • Eleanor Arnason
            • Karl Bunker
            • Paolo Bacigalupi
            • Carrie Vaughn
            • Charlie Jane Anders
            • Ted Kosmatka
            • Mercurio D. Rivera
            • Maggie Clark
            • M.L. Clark
            • Melissa Scott
            • Ian McDonald
            • Rich Larson
            • Ken Liu
            31 read
            Beyond the Fall of Night
            Beyond the Fall of Night
            • Arthur C. Clarke
            • Gregory Benford
            01 read
            Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories
            Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories
              21 read
              Cover 1

              Far Futures

              Far Futures
              • Gregory Benford
              • Greg Bear
              • Poul Anderson
              • Donald Kingsbury
              • Joe Haldeman
              • Charles Sheffield
              22 reads
              Deep Time
              Deep Time
              • Gregory Benford
              51 read
              Beyond Infinity
              Beyond Infinity
              • Gregory Benford
              41 read
              Cover 8

              Flight #008

              Flight #008
                51 read
                The Galactic Center Companion
                The Galactic Center Companion
                • Gregory Benford
                00 reads
                Cover 8

                Grace Immaculate

                Grace Immaculate
                • Gregory Benford
                41 read
                The Ascent Of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard Science Fiction
                The Ascent Of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard Science Fiction
                  00 reads
                  Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape
                  Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape
                  • Gregory Benford
                  31 read
                  Gateways: Original New Stories Inspired by Frederik Pohl
                  Gateways: Original New Stories Inspired by Frederik Pohl
                    31 read
                    Cover 0

                    The Sunborn

                    The Sunborn
                    • Gregory Benford
                    3.52 reads
                    In the Shadow of Evil
                    In the Shadow of Evil
                      31 read
                      Other Worlds Than These
                      Other Worlds Than These
                      • Stephen Baxter
                      • Vandana Singh
                      • Paul Melko
                      • Kelly Link
                      • Ian McDonald
                      • Simon McCaffery
                      • E. Catherine Tobler
                      • Alastair Reynolds
                      • Ursula K. Le Guin
                      • David Barr Kirtley
                      • Mercurio D. Rivera
                      • Jeff VanderMeer
                      • George R.R. Martin
                      • Carrie Vaughn
                      • Tim Pratt
                      • Robert Reed
                      • Christie Yant
                      • Robert Silverberg
                      • Michael Swanwick
                      • Gregory Benford
                      • William Alexander
                      • Pat Cadigan
                      • John R. Fultz
                      • Orson Scott Card
                      • Seanan McGuire
                      • Yoon Ha Lee
                      • Catherynne M. Valente
                      • Stephen King
                      • Joyce Carol Oates
                      21 read
                      Cronopaisaje
                      Cronopaisaje
                      • Gregory Benford
                      11 read
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                      Year's Best SF 17

                      Year's Best SF 17
                        01 read
                        Once Upon a Galaxy
                        Once Upon a Galaxy
                        • Various
                        00 reads
                        The Best of OMNI Science Fiction No. 4
                        The Best of OMNI Science Fiction No. 4
                          00 reads
                          Cover 0

                          Loosed upon the World

                          Loosed upon the World: The Saga Anthology of Climate Fiction
                          • John Joseph Adams
                          41 read
                          The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com
                          The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com
                          • Nina Kiriki Hoffman
                          • Peter Orullian
                          • Garth Nix
                          • Catherynne M. Valente
                          • Cherie Priest
                          00 reads
                          Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September/October 2018
                          Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September/October 2018
                            01 read
                            Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2020
                            Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2020
                              41 read
                              Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2018
                              Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2018
                              • Rich Larson
                              01 read
                              Year's Best SF 7
                              Year's Best SF 7
                                31 read
                                Beyond Singularity
                                Beyond Singularity
                                  31 read
                                  The Giant Book of Fantastic SF
                                  The Giant Book of Fantastic SF
                                    00 reads
                                    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
                                    The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4
                                      41 read
                                      Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 2016
                                      Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 2016
                                        31 read
                                        Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 102, March 2015
                                        Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 102, March 2015
                                          00 reads
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                                          Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2000

                                          Fantasy & Science Fiction, October/November 2000
                                            00 reads
                                            Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 43, December 2013
                                            Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 43, December 2013
                                            • Ken Liu (Translator)
                                            00 reads
                                            The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection
                                            The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection
                                              01 read
                                              The 1990 Annual World's Best SF
                                              The 1990 Annual World's Best SF
                                                31 read
                                                Nuove leggende del futuro
                                                Nuove leggende del futuro
                                                  00 reads
                                                  Quando gli alieni invasero la Terra
                                                  Quando gli alieni invasero la Terra
                                                    00 reads
                                                    L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future, Volume 40
                                                    L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future, Volume 40
                                                    • Rosalyn Robilliard
                                                    • Mary Wordsmith (translator)
                                                    00 reads
                                                    Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons
                                                    Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons
                                                      31 read
                                                      Tomorrow Happens
                                                      Tomorrow Happens
                                                      • David Brin
                                                      31 read
                                                      Hitler Victorious: Eleven Stories of the German Victory in World War II
                                                      Hitler Victorious: Eleven Stories of the German Victory in World War II
                                                        00 reads
                                                        Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon
                                                        Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon
                                                          00 reads
                                                          Alternate Empires
                                                          Alternate Empires
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Stardust
                                                            Stardust
                                                            • Julie E. Czerneda
                                                            00 reads
                                                            The wonderful future that never was : flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past
                                                            The wonderful future that never was : flying cars, mail delivery by parachute, and other predictions from the past
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            00 reads
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                                                            The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2

                                                            The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2
                                                            • Allan Kaster
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • Dave Hutchinson
                                                            • Nancy Kress
                                                            • Ramez Naam
                                                            • Alec Nevala-Lee
                                                            • Alastair Reynolds
                                                            • Carter Scholz
                                                            • Peter Watts
                                                            • Bond Elam
                                                            01 read
                                                            Cover 6

                                                            Against the Fall of Night / Beyond the Fall of Night

                                                            Against the Fall of Night / Beyond the Fall of Night
                                                            • Arthur C. Clarke
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            01 read
                                                            Zeitschaft
                                                            Zeitschaft
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            01 read
                                                            In Alien Flesh
                                                            In Alien Flesh
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            21 read
                                                            Cover 6

                                                            Nebula Award Stories 10

                                                            Nebula Award Stories 10
                                                            • Roger Zelazny
                                                            • Robert Silverberg
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • Gordon Eklund
                                                            • Tom Reamy
                                                            • Charles L. Grant
                                                            • Ursula K. Le Guin
                                                            • Philip José Farmer
                                                            01 read
                                                            The Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 11
                                                            The Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 11
                                                            • Robert Silverberg
                                                            • Paul McAuley
                                                            • Carolyn Ives Gilman
                                                            • Walter Jon Williams
                                                            • Geoffrey A. Landis
                                                            • Ian R. MacLeod
                                                            • Simon Ings
                                                            • Ian McDonald
                                                            • Sean Williams
                                                            • Simon Brown
                                                            • John Kessel
                                                            • William Sanders
                                                            • Elisabeth Malartre
                                                            • Nancy Kress
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • Stephen Baxter
                                                            • Bill Johnson
                                                            • Peter F. Hamilton
                                                            • James Patrick Kelly
                                                            • Alastair Reynolds
                                                            • Alan Brennert
                                                            • David Marusek
                                                            • Gwyneth Jones
                                                            • Robert Reed
                                                            • Howard Waldrop
                                                            • Michael Swanwick
                                                            • G. David Nordley
                                                            • Greg Egan
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Cover 1

                                                            Redshift

                                                            Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction
                                                            • Al Sarrantonio
                                                            • Ray Lundgren
                                                            • James Patrick Kelly
                                                            • Harry Turtledove
                                                            • P.D. Cacek
                                                            • Stephen Baxter
                                                            • Paul Di Filippo
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • Kit Reed
                                                            • Robert E. Vardeman
                                                            • Nina Kiriki Hoffman
                                                            • David Morrell
                                                            • Dan Simmons
                                                            • Elizabeth Hand
                                                            • Peter Schneider
                                                            • Rudy Rucker
                                                            • John Shirley
                                                            • Catherine Asaro
                                                            • Joe Haldeman
                                                            • Jack Dann
                                                            • Catherine Wells
                                                            • Larry Niven
                                                            • Michael Marshall Smith
                                                            • Ursula K. Le Guin
                                                            • Gene Wolfe
                                                            • Ardath Mayhar
                                                            • Neal Barrett Jr.
                                                            • Laura Whitton
                                                            • Kathe Koja
                                                            • Barry N. Malzberg
                                                            • Michael Moorcock
                                                            • Thomas M. Disch
                                                            • Joyce Carol Oates
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2000
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2000
                                                            • Esther M. Friesner
                                                            • Amy Sterling Casil
                                                            • Dale Bailey
                                                            • John Whitbourn
                                                            • S.N. Dyer
                                                            • Rand B. Lee
                                                            • David Langford
                                                            • Charles de Lint
                                                            • Elizabeth Hand
                                                            • Paul Di Filippo
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1998
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1998
                                                            • Esther M. Friesner
                                                            • Richard Bowes
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • Elizabeth Hand
                                                            • Robert Onopa
                                                            • Kit Reed
                                                            • Ray Vukcevich
                                                            • Mark Budz
                                                            • Richard Paul Russo
                                                            • Steve Perry
                                                            • Jan Lars Jensen
                                                            • Charles de Lint
                                                            • William Tenn
                                                            • Nina Kiriki Hoffman
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2000
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 2000
                                                            • Amy Sterling Casil
                                                            • Robert Reed
                                                            • Dale Bailey
                                                            • Robert Sheckley
                                                            • M. Rickert
                                                            • Rick Wilber
                                                            • Nancy Etchemendy
                                                            • Charles de Lint
                                                            • James Sallis
                                                            • Paul Di Filippo
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • David Langford
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2000
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 2000
                                                            • James L. Cambias
                                                            • Jack Cady
                                                            • Dale Bailey
                                                            • Mark W. Tiedemann
                                                            • Ray Vukcevich
                                                            • Michael Blumlein
                                                            • Robert Sheckley
                                                            • Sheila Finch
                                                            • Charles de Lint
                                                            • Elizabeth Hand
                                                            • Kathi Maio
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • Paul Di Filippo
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2001
                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2001
                                                            • Geoff Ryman
                                                            • Nancy Etchemendy
                                                            • Lucy Sussex
                                                            • Michael Nethercott
                                                            • Carrie Richerson
                                                            • Albert E. Cowdrey
                                                            • July Lewis
                                                            • Robert Reed
                                                            • Alexander C. Irvine
                                                            • Michael Cadnum
                                                            • Charles de Lint
                                                            • James Sallis
                                                            • Kathi Maio
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • Paul Di Filippo
                                                            00 reads
                                                            The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October/November 2002
                                                            The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October/November 2002
                                                            • Charles Coleman Finlay
                                                            • Lucius Shepard
                                                            • Robert Reed
                                                            • Tanith Lee
                                                            • Danom Knight
                                                            • Terry Bisson
                                                            • Ursula K. Le Guin
                                                            • Robert Frazier
                                                            • Charles de Lint
                                                            • Elizabeth Hand
                                                            • Paul Di Filippo
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • John Eggeling
                                                            • Jeffrey Ford
                                                            00 reads
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                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2000

                                                            Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 2000
                                                            • Joyce Carol Oates
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • William Browning Spencer
                                                            • N. Lee Wood
                                                            • Ursula K. Le Guin
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Lightspeed Magazine, February 2012
                                                            Lightspeed Magazine, February 2012
                                                            • Chuck Palahniuk
                                                            • Robert Silverberg
                                                            • Lucius Shepard
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • Kristine Kathryn Rusch
                                                            • Daniel H. Wilson
                                                            • Carrie Vaughn
                                                            • Genevieve Valentine
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Cover 2

                                                            Galaxy’s Edge Magazine

                                                            Galaxy’s Edge Magazine: Issue 53, November 2021
                                                            • Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki
                                                            • Kristine Kathryn Rusch
                                                            • Mike Resnick
                                                            • Z.T. Bright
                                                            • Fulvio Gatti
                                                            • Alex Shvartsman
                                                            • Tami Veldura
                                                            • Dave Wolverton
                                                            • Marie Ward
                                                            • Dhew
                                                            • Richard Chwedyk
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            • L. Penelope
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Cover 3

                                                            Deeper than the Darkness

                                                            Deeper than the Darkness
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            21 read
                                                            Mensajes de la era del ordenador
                                                            Mensajes de la era del ordenador
                                                            • Isaac Asimov
                                                            • Ray Bradbury
                                                            • Arthur C. Clarke
                                                            • Frederik Pohl
                                                            • Ben Bova
                                                            • Harlan Ellison
                                                            • Joe Haldeman
                                                            • John Sladek
                                                            • Ralph Mylius
                                                            • Robert E. Vardeman
                                                            • Roger Zelazny
                                                            • Susan Casper
                                                            • Barry N. Malzberg
                                                            • Charles L. Grant
                                                            • David Bischoff
                                                            • Gordon R. Dickson
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            21 read
                                                            Il divoratore di mondi
                                                            Il divoratore di mondi
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Un Oscuro Infinito
                                                            Un Oscuro Infinito
                                                            • Gregory Benford
                                                            00 reads
                                                            Il fantasma di Laika e altri racconti
                                                            Il fantasma di Laika e altri racconti
                                                              00 reads
                                                              The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Three
                                                              The Best Science Fiction of the Year: Volume Three
                                                              • Madeline Ashby
                                                              • Gregory Benford
                                                              • Tobias S. Buckell
                                                              • Maggie Clark
                                                              • M.L. Clark
                                                              • Indrapramit Das
                                                              • Aliette de Bodard
                                                              • Greg Egan
                                                              • Kathleen Ann Goonan
                                                              • Yoon Ha Lee
                                                              • Vina Jie-Min Prasad
                                                              • Rachael K. Jones
                                                              • Nancy Kress
                                                              • Matthew Kressel
                                                              • Karin Lowachee
                                                              • Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali
                                                              • Linda Nagata
                                                              • Finbarr O'Reilly
                                                              • Suzanne Palmer
                                                              • Sarah Pinsker
                                                              • Alastair Reynolds
                                                              • Robert Reed
                                                              • Kelly Robson
                                                              • Gord Sellar
                                                              • Vandana Singh
                                                              • Peter Watts
                                                              • A.C. Wise
                                                              • Rich Larson
                                                              00 reads
                                                              Popular Mechanics The Amazing Weapons That Never Were: Robots, Flying Tanks & Other Machines of War
                                                              Popular Mechanics The Amazing Weapons That Never Were: Robots, Flying Tanks & Other Machines of War
                                                              • Gregory Benford
                                                              00 reads
                                                              Cover 4

                                                              Deep Time

                                                              Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across Millennia
                                                              • Gregory Benford
                                                              01 read
                                                              Cover 2

                                                              Matter's End

                                                              Matter's End
                                                              • Gregory Benford
                                                              00 reads
                                                              Under the Wheel
                                                              Under the Wheel
                                                              • Gregory Benford
                                                              • John M. Ford
                                                              • Nancy Springer
                                                              00 reads
                                                              Strangest of All
                                                              Strangest of All
                                                              • G. David Nordley
                                                              • Geoffrey Landis
                                                              • Gregory Benford
                                                              • Tobias S. Buckell
                                                              • Peter Watts
                                                              • D.A. Xiaolin Spires
                                                              00 reads
                                                              Man-Kzin Wars VI
                                                              Man-Kzin Wars VI
                                                              • Donald Kingsbury
                                                              • Gregory Benford
                                                              • Mark O. Martin
                                                              01 read
                                                              Cover 2

                                                              Man-Kzin Wars 7

                                                              Man-Kzin Wars 7
                                                              • Gregory Benford
                                                              • Mark O. Martin
                                                              • Hal G.P. Colebatch
                                                              • Paul Chafe
                                                              01 read