Greg Bear

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Gregory Dale "Greg" Bear (born August 20, 1951) is an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction.

His books have explored themes of cosmic (Forge of God books), artificial universes (The Way series), mindfulness and cultural practices (Queen of Angels), and rapid evolution (Blood Music, Darwin's Radio, and Darwin's Children).

The Forerunner Saga, his most recent book, is published in the Halo universe.

Greg Bear has written 44 books in total.

Greg Bear was also one of the San Diego Comic-Con's five co-founders.

Early life

Bear was born in San Diego, California, and it was a success. He attended San Diego State University (1968–1973), where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. He served as a teaching assistant to Elizabeth Chater in her science fiction writing course and then a mentor to her sister in later years.

Personal life

Bear married Christina M. Nielson in 1975; the two divorced in 1981. Astrid Anderson, the daughter of the science fiction and fantasy writers Poul and Karen Anderson, married him in 1983. Chloe and Alexandra are their two children. They live in Seattle, Washington.

Bear underwent surgery on September 23, 2014 to repair an aortic artery dissection. The procedure called for the fitting of a mechanical aortic valve.

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Career

Bear is often regarded as a hard science fiction author because of the degree of scientific detail in his writing. He began as an artist, as an artist, as well as covers for Galaxy and F&SF. In 1967, he published his first book, "Destroyers," in Famous Science Fiction.

Bear frequently addresses contemporary science and culture in his fiction, as well as offering solutions. For example, The Forge of God gives an explanation for the Fermi paradox, implying that the galaxy is brimming with potentially predatory intelligences and that young civilizations that live are those that do not attract their interest but stay quiet. Bear explores crime, guilt, and punishment in society in Queen of Angels. These questions are framed around an investigation of consciousness and knowledge, as well as the emergence of highly advanced computers in human communication. Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children addresses the issue of overpopulation with a mutation in the human genome that makes essentially a new generation of humans. The issue of cultural integration of something new and unavoidable is also discussed.

Reality as a result of observation is one of Bear's favorite topics. As the number of observers (trillions of intelligent single-cell organisms) rises and increases in Blood Music, it becomes more fragile. Anvil of Stars (sequel to The Forge of God) and Moving Mars postulate a physics based on particle exchange that can be changed to the "bit level." (Bear has credited the idea to Frederick Kantor's 1967 treatise "Information Mechanics") (see Digital physics): Getting Mars: With this information, we can safely remove Mars from the Solar System and move it to a distant star.

Blood Music first appeared as a short story (1983) and then expanded to a book (1985). It has also been credited as the first account of nanotechnology in science fiction. In particular, the short story is the first science fiction book to refer to microscopic medical devices and DNA as a computerized system capable of being reprogrammed; that is, expanded and modified. Slant, Bear, the artist who began with Queen of Angels and continues with its sequel, gives a long run on a near-future nanotechnological society. Heads, which may include the first mention of a so-called "quantum logic computer," as well as Moving Mars, continue the historical sequence. The sequence also records the evolution of artificial intelligence's self-awareness. In The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966), Jill was inspired in part by Robert A. Heinlein's self-aware computer Mycroft HOLMES (High-Optical, Logical, Multi-Evaluating Supervisor) whose character Jill had.

Bear, Gregory Benford, and David Brin wrote a trilogy of prequel books to Isaac Asimov's influential Foundation trilogy. Bear is credited with the middle book.

Although the bulk of Bear's writings is science fiction, he has also written in other fictional genres. Songs of Earth and Power (fantasy) and Psychlone (horror) are two of the many examples. Bear has referred to his Dead Lines, which blurs the boundary between science fiction and fantasy, as a "high-tech ghost tale." He has been honoured with many awards, including five Nebula Awards and two Hugo Awards.

Bear mentions Ray Bradbury as the most influential writer in his life. He first met Bradbury in 1967 and maintained a lifelong friendship. Bear attended Bradbury lectures and performances in Southern California as a youth.

He also serves on the Board of Advisors for the Museum of Science Fiction.

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Awards and accolades

• The story on which the novel Blood Music was based, published in the June 1983 issue of Analog, won the Best Novelette Nebula Award (1983) and Hugo Award (1984).
• "Tangents" won both the Hugo Award for Best Short Story and the Nebula Award for Best Short Story
• Darwin's Radio won the Endeavour Award in 2000.
• Hull Zero Three was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke (Book) Award in 2012.
• Hayakawa Award "Heads" Best Foreign Short Story (1996).
• Inkpot Award (1984)
• Doris Lessing, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in literature, wrote, "I also admire the classic sort of science fiction, like Blood Music, by Greg Bear. He's a great writer."