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Greg Bear
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American writer best known for science fiction (1951–2022)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1951-08-20
- Died
- 2022-11-19
- Works
- 96
Top works
- Future Visions
- Musiḳat dam
- Slant
- Vitals
- Moving Mars
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1951
- Active to
- 2022
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 437
- Total plays
- 10,637
Gregory Dale Bear (born August 20, 1951) is an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict (Forge of God books), artificial universes (Eon series), consciousness and cultural practices (Queen of Angels), and accelerated evolution (Blood Music, Darwin's Radio, and Darwin's Children). Bear, Gregory Benford, and David Brin also wrote a trilogy of prequel novels to Isaac Asimov's famous Foundation trilogy with Bear credited for the middle book in
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 22,931x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,520x
- How Many Interviews Are Enough?
· 2006 · cited 15,499x
- A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 9,223x
- The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,432x
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Quotes
- “The hardest theme in science fiction is that of the alien. The simplest solution of all is in fact quite profound—that the real difficulty lies not in understanding what is alien, but in understanding what is self. We are all aliens to each other, all different and divided. We are even aliens to ourselves at different stages of our lives. Do any of us remember precisely what it was like to be a baby?”
- “We're not prophets. We're not here to inform the rich people of the world on how to make more money, or to inform governments on how to direct themselves. We are here to allow you to dream your dreams and make them happen, and have your nightmares a little in advance so you can prevent them from happening.”
- “You deserve whoever governs you … Everyone is responsible for the actions of their leaders.”
- “There is nothing finer in the world than the telling of tales. Split atoms if you wish, but splitting an infinitive—and getting away with it—is far nobler. Lance boils if you wish, but pricking pretensions is often cleaner and always more fun.”
- ““Being scared is nothing,” the old woman said. “Being bored, or ignorant—now that’s a crime.””
- “The battle was over. There were no victors.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Gregory Dale Bear , ( 1951-08-20 ) August 20, 1951, San Diego , California, U.S.
- Died
- November 19, 2022 (2022-11-19) (aged 71)
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Education
- San Diego State University ( BA )
- Genre
- Science fiction, Speculative fiction
- Notable works
- Blood Music (1985) Eon (1985) The Forge of God (1987) Queen of Angels (1990)
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- gregbear.com
- Image
- Greg Bear.jpg
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- Gregory Dale Bear
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- 1979-00-00
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- Greg Bear
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- 2022-11-19
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Gregory Dale Bear (August 20, 1951 – November 19, 2022) was an American science fiction writer. His work covered themes of conflict, consciousness, and accelerated evolution. The Forge of God and Anvil of Stars established his reputation. As time went on these works were rolled into lengthier trilogies and series. Along with Forge, popular series have included parallel universes in The Way and evolutionary themes in Darwin's Children.
He won numerous awards over the course of his career. His most awarded novel was Moving Mars, which won a Nebula Award. His last work was the 2021 novel The Unfinished Land. Greg Bear wrote over 50 books in total. He was one of the five co-founders of San Diego Comic-Con.