Greg Bear
Science fiction author Greg Bear was bornSan Diego, California, on August 20, 1951. His work has covered themesgalactic conflict (ForgeGod books), artificial universes (Eon series)accelerated evolution (Blood Music, Darwin's RadioDarwin's Children). He isson-in-lawPoul Anderson.
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Work
Whilescaledetailed sciencehis work makes clear that he should be classified ashard science fiction author,plausibilitysomehis science has been labelled questionable by some. For example, ithas been pointed out thathardimagine thatbacteriaBlood Music could process enough informationbecome self-aware. Others have noted that singly,bacteria could merely have information processing abilitythey could then develop consciousness whengrouped into colonies.
The ForgeGod usesGaia theory freelyways that might be considered questionable by some scientists. Neo-Darwinists such as Richard Dawkins would questionintroduction ofGaia hypothesis itself. More recent works such asDarwin's Radio/Darwin's Children pairnovels which deal withimpact ofstrange disease which appearsdrive evolutionary transitions, stick closely toknown factsmolecular biologyvirusesevolution. While some fairly speculative ideasentertained (itafter all, fiction) theyintroducedsuchrigorousdisciplined way withincontext ofcutting edgethose disciplines, that Darwin's Radio gained praise inscience journal Nature.
While mostBear's workscience fiction, twohis early works, The Infinity ConcertoThe Serpent Mageclearly fantasies.
Bibliography
- Psychlone (1979)
- Hegira (1979)
- Beyond Heaven's River (1980)
- The StrengthStones (1981)
- The Infinity Concerto (1984)
- The 'Eon' series
- Blood Music (1985) won1984 Nebula awardbest novella, andHugo award
- StrengthStones (1986)
- The Serpent Mage (1986)
- The ForgeGod series:
- Sleepside Story (1988)
- The short story: "Tangents" (1986)
- A collectionshort stories, Tangents (1989)
- A groupnovels featuringshared historysome common characters:
- SongsEarthPower (1994 - combines The Infinity ConcertoThe Serpent Mage)
- FoundationChaos (1998)
- Dinosaur Summer (1998)
- Darwin's Radio (1999) won2000 Nebula awardbest novel
- Vitals (2002)
- Darwin's Children (2003)
