Author guide
Gregory Benford Books in Order
Gregory Benford was an American theoretical physicist, professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, and prolific author of science fiction and nonfiction. His fiction explored astrophysics, cosmology, artificial intelligence, time travel, and the future of humanity. He wrote solo novels, collaborative fiction, short-fiction collections, nonfiction, and chapbooks, and is best known for the Galactic Center Saga and Timescape.
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Start with one of these
In the Ocean of Night
The core first volume of the Galactic Center Saga and the clearest entry point to Benford's major hard-science-fiction sequence.
Timescape
A landmark standalone time-travel novel and one of Benford's best-known works.
Cosm
A self-contained novel centered on the creation and evolution of a microscopic universe.
Read in order
Books by series
novel-series · completed
Galactic Center Saga
A hard-science-fiction sequence about humanity's encounters with machine intelligences and the evolution of life in the Milky Way.
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The Stars in ShroudAmazon ↗Book prequel · novel · 1978 Optional
- 2 In the Ocean of NightAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 1977
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Across the Sea of SunsAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 1984
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Great Sky RiverAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 1987
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Tides of LightAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 1989
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Furious GulfAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 1994
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Sailing Bright EternityAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 1995
novel-series · completed
Timescape
A series centered on Benford's time-travel novel Timescape and its thematic sequel.
novel-series · completed
Adventures of Viktor & Julia
A two-volume science-fiction adventure series following Viktor and Julia's encounters with Mars and the outer planets.
novel-series · completed
Jupiter Projects
A pair of young-adult science-fiction novels involving exploration of the Jupiter system and Ganymede.
shared-world-series · ongoing
Man-Kzin Wars
A shared-world science-fiction series created by Larry Niven; Benford contributed a collaborative novel.
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A Darker GeometryAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 1995
shared-world-series · completed
Isaac Asimov's Foundation
The Foundation shared-world sequence authorized after Isaac Asimov's death; Benford wrote the first of the Second Foundation Trilogy novels.
- 1
Foundation's FearAmazon ↗Book 1 · novel · 1997
novel-series · completed
Bowl of Heaven
A space-opera trilogy co-written with Larry Niven about a gigantic starship powered by an enclosed star.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (17)
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Deeper Than the DarknessAmazon ↗novel · 1970
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If the Stars Are GodsAmazon ↗novel · 1977
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Find the ChangelingAmazon ↗novel · 1980
- Shiva DescendingAmazon ↗
novel · 1980
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ArtifactAmazon ↗novel · 1985
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Heart of the CometAmazon ↗novel · 1986
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IcebornAmazon ↗novella · 1989
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Beyond the Fall of NightAmazon ↗novella · 1990
- The Designer's UniverseAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1991
- ChillerAmazon ↗
novel · 1993
- CosmAmazon ↗
novel · 1998
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Deep Time: How Humanity Communicates Across MillenniaAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1999
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EaterAmazon ↗novel · 2000
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Beyond InfinityAmazon ↗novel · 2004
- Beyond Human: Living With Robots and CyborgsAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 2007
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The Berlin ProjectAmazon ↗novel · 2017
- Shadows of EternityAmazon ↗
novel · 2021
Other (15)
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Threads of TimeAmazon ↗chapbook · 1974
- Time's RubAmazon ↗
chapbook · 1984
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Of Space/Time and the RiverAmazon ↗chapbook · 1985
- At the Double SolsticeAmazon ↗
chapbook · 1986
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In Alien FleshAmazon ↗collection · 1986
- We Could Do WorseAmazon ↗
chapbook · 1988
- Centigrade 233Amazon ↗
chapbook · 1990
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Matter's EndAmazon ↗chapbook · 1991
- Matter's EndAmazon ↗
collection · 1995
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Worlds Vast and VariousAmazon ↗collection · 2000
- Immersion and Other Short NovelsAmazon ↗
collection · 2002
- AnomaliesAmazon ↗
collection · 2012
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The Best of Gregory BenfordAmazon ↗collection · 2015
- Mammoth DawnAmazon ↗
collection · 2015
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New Ball Games for the FutureAmazon ↗collection · 2018