Gregory Benford Libros

The greatest quest man will ever undertake . . . The original story from which If the Stars are Gods grew won the Nebula Award. Now the long-awaited magnificent full-length novel is complete. It tells the unforgettable story of the century-long search of a scientist-monk for the secret of alien intelligent life - a quest which leads him from the time-scoured deserts of Mars to the vast holes in the raging cloud-cover of Jupiter; from the radio winds of Titan to the true centre of a universe where Beings are collected like songs . . .

SHAPESHIFTER!The Changeling could become anyone or anything--man, woman, child, animal. It was endowed with an inborn lust for disorder and destruction. Now it had chosen the plague-ridden planet of Alvea for its next mission--to throw an entire world into eternal chaos and madness.The Earth Consortium could send only an embittered killer and an untrained anthropologist to hunt down the Changeling. Yet, dangerous though it was, the Changeling was not the only peril the Earthmen faced on Alvea, or the worst--for the Alveans feared and hated Earth. Even a hint of the hunters' identities would leave them dead and dismembered within minutes....

Glorious continues the hard science fiction Bowl of Heaven series from multi-award-winning authors Gregory Benford and Larry Niven... Audacious astronauts encounter bizarre, sometimes deadly life forms, and strange, exotic, cosmic phenomena, including miniature black holes, dense fields of interstellar plasma, powerful gravity-emitters, and spectacularly massive space-based, alien-built labyrinths. Tasked with exploring this brave, new, highly dangerous world, they must also deal with their own personal triumphs and conflicts.

Since 1953, the annual Hugo Awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention have been as coveted by SF writers as is the Oscar in the motion picture field--and SF fans recognize it as a certain indicator of the finest in science fiction. Now bestselling author Gregory Benford presents the Hugo winners for 1992, 1993, and 1994 in a book that will be a must-buy for all SF readers.

Exploring themes of time, space, and science, this collection features a range of short stories from Gregory Benford, blending humor with apocalyptic scenarios. Characters like Claire, a resourceful spacecraft hack, navigate intriguing challenges, while tales such as "The Man Who Wasn't There" ponder the possibilities of evading detection and manipulating time. The title story, "Anomalies," provocatively questions the implications of computational errors in reality. Additionally, readers gain insights into Benford's unique writing process through Afterwords accompanying the stories.

Set in a declining Galactic Empire, the story follows Hari Seldon, who reluctantly becomes the First Minister, tasked with managing 25 million worlds from Trantor. Alongside his bio-engineered wife Dors and alien companion Yugo, Seldon continues his work on psychohistory, a science aimed at altering the course of history to prevent a looming Dark Age. As he navigates the challenges of power and fate, he faces an unprecedented threat that challenges his vision for the future.

Sono passati vent'anni dalla scoperta dei wormhole, misteriose anomalie del cosmo che permettono di viaggiare nello spazio e nel tempo, e l'esplorazione dell'universo ha raggiunto vette imprevedibili. Durante una missione il comandante Keith Lansing e la sua nave si imbattono in una stella più vecchia dell'universo stesso e in una razza sconosciuta che minaccia una guerra intergalattica. L'unico modo per salvare la Starplex e il suo mondo è entrare nel wormhole per tornare indietro di miliardi di anni e scoprire il segreto della misteriosa stella...

The most powerful, most precisely tuned organization in the history of mankind, created to explore the solar system, depends on the judgment of a single man who finds that he must seek something which is beyond others' abilities to comprehend.

When a landing party is sent to find out why the Shipstar is on the same trajectory as a human party half of the group is caputured, the other half must go on the run from the bizarre inhabitants. The free group must find a way off the object and back to their vessel.