Book Preview “If anyone is the complete master of the “grand-scale SF novel, it’s Bear….[Moving Mars] is also told extremely well with nothing lacking in either scientific soundness or literary excellence.”— Booklist “Greg Bear’s Moving Mars dramatizes life in a young society struggling against both a powerful Earth and the rigors of its own inhospitable … Read more
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Book Preview _______________________ Copyright © 1979 by Greg Bear Revised text copyright © 1987 by Greg Bear First TOR edition: January 1989 Cover art by Alan Gutierrez eBook scanned & proofed by Binwiped 11-16-02 [v1.0] “I had a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the stars Did wander … Read more
Book Preview This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Special thanks to Janet Asimov, Gregory Benford, David … Read more
Book Preview “Whether he’s tinkering with human genetic material or prying apart planets, Bear goes at the task with intelligence and a powerful imagination.” “The sequel to his splendid The Forge of God . … displays all of Bear’s superior literary gifts.” “Compelling… A major work of the imagination… Transcends the science-fiction genre, making [Bear] … Read more
Book Preview Arthur Gordon stood in the darkness by the bank of the Rogue River, having walked a dozen yards away from his house and family and guests, momentarily weary of company. He stood six feet two inches in height, losing no more than an inch to a slight stoop. His hair was a dusty … Read more
Book Preview AN EXTENDED VACATION ON TRANTOR I met Isaac Asimov on three occasions, the longest being a seder held in New York during a Nebula Banquet weekend. We never had a chance to sit and talk for very long, and I regret that. He was witty, friendly, enthusiastic. On another and prior occasion, again … Read more
Book Preview ====================== ====================== Copyright (c)1995 by Greg Bear ——————————— NOTICE: This work is copyrighted. It is licensed only for use by the original purchaser. Duplication or distribution of this work by email, floppy disk, network, paper print out, or any other method is a violation of international copyright law and subjects the violator to … Read more
Book Preview A WARner Communications Company Copyright @ 1988 by Greg Bear Warner Books, Inc., 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10103 OA Warner Communications Company Printed in the United States of America For David McClintock; friend, fellow admirer of Olaf Stapledon, and above all, bookseller. Only when space is rolled up like a piece … Read more
Book Preview When an enormous asteroid enters the Earth’s orbit, the remains of a vanished human civilization are discovered within that reveal the asteroid’s futuristic origins and predict a catastrophic imminent Earth war. Also by Greg Bear in Vista paperback TANGENTS BLOOD MUSIC Soon to be available THE FORGE OF GOD GREG BEAR VISTA First … Read more
Book Preview The illustrations herein are dedicated with much admiration and respect to my mother and father, who allowed me to paint Tyrannosaurus Rex on my bedroom wall when I was nine years old. And for Ray Strassburger, my fifth-grade teacher, who knew a seed when he saw one. My special thanks go to Phil … Read more
Book Preview There aren’t many hitchhikers on the road to Hell. I noticed this dude from four miles away. He stood where the road is straight and level, crossing what looks like desert except it has all these little empty towns and motels and shacks. I had been on the road for about six hours, … Read more
Book Preview Beyond Heaven’s River Songs of Earth and Power Star Wars: Rogue Planet The Collected Stories of Greg Bear PAUL IS DEAD. Call home. Peter Russell, stocky and graying, stood on the sidewalk and squinted at the text message on his cell phone, barely visible in the afternoon sun on Ventura Boulevard. He lifted … Read more
Book Preview “America’s a cruel country. There’s a whole lot of people would just as soon stomp you like an ant. Listen to talk radio. Plenty of dummies, damned few ventriloquists.” “There’s a wolf snarl behind the picnics and Boy Scout badges.” “They want to kill our kids. Lord help us all.” —Anonymous Postings, ALT.NEWCHILD.FAM … Read more
Book Preview Generated by ABC Amber LIT Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abclit.html The Alps, near the Austrian Border with Italy The flat afternoon sky spread over the black and gray mountains like a stage backdrop, the color of a dog’s pale crazy eye. His ankles aching and back burning from a misplaced loop of nylon rope, Mitch Rafelson … Read more
Book Preview C L O N E W A R S ! First Published by The Seattle Weekly, © 1997 by Greg Bear The nightmare seems to be named Dolly, after Dolly Parton-cloned from a cell removed from the udder of an adult sheep. Next come the monkeys, cloned from monkey embryo cells. Then come … Read more
Book Preview TALK DELIVERED AT THE BODEGA BAY, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 1995 BLUE YONDER COMPUTING IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY I’d like to introduce some terms and concepts I’ve used and modified in my fiction, to lay a foundation for my own desiderata for petaflops computers. Most are familiar, but they may be used in unfamiliar ways. … Read more
Book Preview Vergil Ulam, brilliant, unorthodox, has exceeded every ethical guideline for genetic research to engineer blood cells that think for themselves. When his illegal experiments are discovered, he makes a desperate attempt to save his work – by injecting himself with his own creation. He’s infected. What he carries is contagious. Deadly. Moving from … Read more