Gregory Benford

Gregory Benford

Gregory Benford has written at least 129 books. Their most popular book is In the Ocean of Night with 57 saves with an average rating of 3.32⭐.

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
3.3223 reads
Timescape
Timescape
  • Gregory Benford
  • Gianluigi Zuddas (Translator)
3.2125 reads
Foundation's Fear
Foundation's Fear
  • Gregory Benford
3.8221 reads
Bowl of Heaven
Bowl of Heaven
  • Gregory Benford
  • Larry Niven
3.0914 reads
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future
    35 reads
    Heart of the Comet
    Heart of the Comet
    • Gregory Benford
    3.7513 reads
    Engineering Infinity
    Engineering Infinity
      4.28 reads
      Across the Sea of Suns
      Across the Sea of Suns
      • Gregory Benford
      313 reads
      The Berlin Project
      The Berlin Project
      • Gregory Benford
      3.255 reads
      Great Sky River
      Great Sky River
      • Gregory Benford
      3.2910 reads
      Cosm
      Cosm
      • Gregory Benford
      2.8812 reads
      Shadows of Eternity
      Shadows of Eternity
      • Gregory Benford
      2.298 reads
      Artifact
      Artifact
      • Gregory Benford
      2.87 reads
      Shipstar
      Shipstar
      • Gregory Benford
      • Larry Niven
      3.579 reads
      Furious Gulf
      Furious Gulf
      • Gregory Benford
      3.336 reads
      Tides of Light
      Tides of Light
      • Gregory Benford
      3.28 reads
      Meeting Infinity
      Meeting Infinity
        42 reads
        Cover 3

        Glorious

        Glorious
        • Larry Niven
        • Gregory Benford
        43 reads
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        Bowl of Heaven

        Bowl of Heaven
        • Larry Niven
        • Gregory Benford
        3.177 reads
        Sailing Bright Eternity
        Sailing Bright Eternity
        • Gregory Benford
        3.136 reads
        Beyond the Fall of Night
        Beyond the Fall of Night
        • Arthur C. Clarke
        • Gregory Benford
        34 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
        3.674 reads
        The Space Opera Renaissance
        The Space Opera Renaissance
          2.334 reads
          Cover 8

          Grace Immaculate

          Grace Immaculate
          • Gregory Benford
          3.333 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
          Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories
          Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories
            21 read
            Deep Time
            Deep Time
            • Gregory Benford
            52 reads
            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
            Cover 1

            Timescape

            Timescape: A Novel
            • Gregory Benford
            34 reads
            A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic
            A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic
              01 read
              Heroes in Hell
              Heroes in Hell
              • Gregory Benford
              • C. J. Cherryh
              • David Drake
              42 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
              43 reads
              The Martian Race
              The Martian Race
              • Gregory Benford
              3.333 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
              A Hunger for the Infinite
              A Hunger for the Infinite
              • Gregory Benford
              00 reads
              The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection
              The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifteenth Annual Collection
                01 read
                Year's Best SF 17
                Year's Best SF 17
                  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
                  The Stars in Shroud
                  The Stars in Shroud
                  • Gregory Benford
                  00 reads
                  Cover 8

                  Flight #008

                  Flight #008
                    51 read
                    In the Shadow of Evil
                    In the Shadow of Evil
                      31 read
                      The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF
                      The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF
                      • Robert Reed
                      01 read
                      Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape
                      Rewrite: Loops in the Timescape
                      • Gregory Benford
                      31 read
                      Beyond Infinity
                      Beyond Infinity
                      • Gregory Benford
                      41 read
                      The Galactic Center Companion
                      The Galactic Center Companion
                      • Gregory Benford
                      00 reads
                      Gateways: Original New Stories Inspired by Frederik Pohl
                      Gateways: Original New Stories Inspired by Frederik Pohl
                        31 read
                        Timescape
                        Timescape
                        • Gregory Benford
                        31 read
                        Year's Best SF 9
                        Year's Best SF 9
                          32 reads
                          Cover 0

                          The Sunborn

                          The Sunborn
                          • Gregory Benford
                          3.52 reads
                          The Ascent Of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard Science Fiction
                          The Ascent Of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard Science Fiction
                            00 reads
                            Cover 1

                            Far Futures

                            Far Futures
                            • Gregory Benford
                            • Greg Bear
                            • Poul Anderson
                            • Donald Kingsbury
                            • Joe Haldeman
                            • Charles Sheffield
                            22 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
                            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
                              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 1990 Annual World's Best SF
                                                The 1990 Annual World's Best SF
                                                  31 read
                                                  Quando gli alieni invasero la Terra
                                                  Quando gli alieni invasero la Terra
                                                    00 reads
                                                    Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons
                                                    Explorers: SF Adventures to Far Horizons
                                                      31 read
                                                      Tomorrow Happens
                                                      Tomorrow Happens
                                                      • David Brin
                                                      31 read
                                                      The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction
                                                      The Third Omni Book of Science Fiction
                                                        21 read
                                                        Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds Of Science Fiction
                                                        Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds Of Science Fiction
                                                          00 reads
                                                          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
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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
                                                                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
                                                                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
                                                                Cover 5

                                                                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
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                                                                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
                                                                Cronopaisaje
                                                                Cronopaisaje
                                                                • Gregory Benford
                                                                11 read
                                                                The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection
                                                                The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twentieth Annual Collection
                                                                • Ian R. MacLeod
                                                                • Greg Egan
                                                                • Michael Swanwick
                                                                • Nancy Kress
                                                                • James Van Pelt
                                                                • Eleanor Arnason
                                                                • John Meaney
                                                                • Kage Baker
                                                                • Walter Jon Williams
                                                                • Alastair Reynolds
                                                                • Paul McAuley
                                                                • Ian McDonald
                                                                • C.C. Finlay
                                                                • Molly Gloss
                                                                • Robert Reed
                                                                • Maureen F. McHugh
                                                                • Charles Stross
                                                                • Bruce Sterling
                                                                • John Kessel
                                                                • Chris Beckett
                                                                • Gregory Benford
                                                                • Geoff Ryman
                                                                • Steven Popkes
                                                                • Richard Wadholm
                                                                • Alexander C. Irvine
                                                                41 read
                                                                U okeanu noći
                                                                U okeanu noći
                                                                • Gregory Benford
                                                                21 read
                                                                Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays
                                                                Life Beyond Us: An Original Anthology of SF Stories and Science Essays
                                                                • Eugen Bacon
                                                                • Gregory Benford
                                                                • Renan Bernardo
                                                                • Jana P. Bianchi
                                                                • Tobias S. Buckell
                                                                • Eric Choi
                                                                • Julie E. Czerneda
                                                                • Tessa Fisher
                                                                • Simone Heller
                                                                • Valentin D. Ivanov
                                                                • ‎ Mary Robinette Kowal
                                                                • Lisa Jenny Krieg
                                                                • Geoffrey A. Landis
                                                                • Liu Yang
                                                                • Ladon Gao
                                                                • Lucie Lukačovičová
                                                                • Premee Mohamed
                                                                • G. David Nordley
                                                                • Malka Ann Older
                                                                • Deji Bryce Olukotun
                                                                • Tomáš Petrásek
                                                                • Brian Rappatta
                                                                • Arula Ratnakar
                                                                • D.A. Xiaolin Spires
                                                                • Bogi Takács
                                                                • Peter Watts
                                                                • B. Zelkovich
                                                                • Jacques Arnould
                                                                • William Bains
                                                                • José A. Caballero
                                                                • Dimitra Demertzi
                                                                • Martina Dimoska
                                                                • Dennis Höning
                                                                • Fabian Klenner
                                                                • Nina Kopacz
                                                                • Natuschka Lee
                                                                • Ania Losiak
                                                                • Stephen Francis Mann
                                                                • Connor Martini
                                                                • Tony Milligan
                                                                • Philippe Nauny
                                                                • Erik Persson
                                                                • Joanna Piotrowska
                                                                • Giovanni Poggiali
                                                                • Amedeo Romagnolo
                                                                • Stefano Sandrelli
                                                                • Floris Van Der Tak
                                                                • Jan Toman
                                                                • Sheri Wells-Jensen
                                                                • Raymond M. Wheeler
                                                                • Stephen Baxter
                                                                • Wolf D. Geppert
                                                                • Rich Larson
                                                                00 reads
                                                                Iceborn
                                                                Iceborn
                                                                • Gregory Benford
                                                                00 reads
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                                                                Years of Best SF 10

                                                                Years of Best SF 10
                                                                • Bradley Denton
                                                                • Gregory Benford
                                                                • Glenn Grant
                                                                • Terry Bisson
                                                                • Pamela Sargent
                                                                • Gene Wolfe
                                                                • Ken Liu
                                                                • Ray Vukcevich
                                                                • Janeen S. Webb
                                                                • Jack McDevitt
                                                                • Robert Reed
                                                                • Matthew Hughes
                                                                • Jean-Claude Dunyach
                                                                • James Stoddard
                                                                • Liz Williams
                                                                • James Patrick Kelly
                                                                • Steven Utley
                                                                • Sean McMullen
                                                                • Charles Coleman Finlay
                                                                • Steve Tomasula
                                                                • Neal L. Asher
                                                                • James L. Cambias
                                                                • Brenda Cooper
                                                                00 reads
                                                                Cover 2

                                                                Matter's End

                                                                Matter's End
                                                                • Gregory Benford
                                                                00 reads