Gregory Benford (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) (USED)

Product Description : Gregory Benford (Modern Masters of Science Fiction) Gregory Benford is perhaps best known as the author of Benfords law of controversy Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available That maxim is a quotation from Timescape Benfords Nebula and Campbell Awardwinning 1980 novel which established his work as an exemplar of hard science fiction dedicated to working out the consequences of modern science rather than substituting pseudoscience for fantasyLike many other current science fiction writers Benford has tackled the major genres space travel time travel technology running amok prolonged longevity searing apocalyptic cosmic events and alien life which he theorizes to be more likely viral than intelligent An astrophysicist by training and profession Benford has published more than twenty novels over one hundred short stories some fifty essays and myriad articles that display both his scientific rigor as well as a recognition of literary traditionsIn this study George Slusser explores the extraordinary seemingly inexhaustible display of creative energy in Gregory Benfords life and work Presenting Benfords ideas on science and the writing of science fiction the volume addresses the writers literary production and his place in contemporary science fiction By identifying direct sources and making parallels with other works and writers Slusser reveals the vast scope of Benfords knowledge both of literature and of the major scientific and philosophical issues of our time Slusser also discusses Benfords numerous scientific articles and nonfiction books and includes a new interview with Benford(IT'S AN USED PRODUCT).