Greg Bear
Sign in to saveAmerican 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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- 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 22,708x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,495x
- How Many Interviews Are Enough?
· 2006 · cited 15,295x
- 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 9,212x
- The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,392x
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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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Key dates
- Born
- 20 August 1951
- Died
- 19 November 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Diego
- Occupation
- illustrator
- Educated at
- San Diego State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Hayakawa Award
- Notable work
- Blood Music
- Field of work
- science fiction literature
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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.
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