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Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and physicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.
As a science fiction author, Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977). This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient mechanical life. Benford tends to write hard science fiction which incorporates the research he is doing as a practical scientist.
In addition to establishing Benford's Law of Controversy (Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.), Benford claims to have created and written about the first computer virus in the late 1960s.
Benford has an identical twin brother, Jim Benford, with whom he has collaborated on science fiction stories. Both got their start in SF fandom, with Gregory co-editor of the science fiction fanzine Void.
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As a science fiction author, Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977). This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient mechanical life. Benford tends to write hard science fiction which incorporates the research he is doing as a practical scientist.
In addition to establishing Benford's Law of Controversy (Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.), Benford claims to have created and written about the first computer virus in the late 1960s.
Benford has an identical twin brother, Jim Benford, with whom he has collaborated on science fiction stories. Both got their start in SF fandom, with Gregory co-editor of the science fiction fanzine Void.
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