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Gregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine.

As a science fiction author, Benford is perhaps best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night . This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life.

In 1969 he wrote "The Scarred Man", the first story about a computer virus, published in 1970.

✵ 30. January 1941
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Gregory Benford Quotes

“Manufacturing creates wealth, services distribute it.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 320

“Marches don’t stop markets.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 319

“Schools praised diversity but were culturally the same. Different skin color, same opinions.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 318

“I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.”

Gregory Benford

Short fiction, Aspects

“Y’know, fact that nobody understands you doesn’t mean you’re some kinda genius.”

Gregory Benford

Short fiction, Aspects

“Wars don’t determine who’s right, only who’s left.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 110

“When you have a Ph. D., you call them hypotheses, not guesses.”

Gregory Benford

Source: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 107

“Science’s success did not need a God to explain it; the world was enough.”

Gregory Benford

Cosm (1998), Part 6, Chapter 3 (p. 325)

“Data always overruled theory.”

Gregory Benford

Part 2, Chapter 10 (p. 111)
Cosm (1998)

“Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.”

Gregory Benford book The Sunborn

Part III, “Beyond Pluto”, Chapter 4, “The Solar Ramparts” (p. 206)
The Sunborn (2005)

“Definitions had to be like a fat man’s belt - big enough to cover the subject but elastic enough to allow for change.”

Gregory Benford book The Sunborn

The Sunborn (2005), Part II, Chapter 14, “This Immense Voyage” (p. 163)

“Nobody out here was going to find an alternative here to Earth’s tiresome clash of selfish individualisms and stifling collectivisms.”

Gregory Benford book The Sunborn

The Sunborn (2005), Part II, Chapter 5, “A Day at the Beach” (p. 114)

“He’s an order of magnitude better than mere diplomats. He’s a conniver.”

Gregory Benford book The Sunborn

The Sunborn (2005), Part I, Chapter 6, “Last Train Out of Dodge” (p. 71)

“Not sure. When don’t know, do experiment.”

Gregory Benford book The Sunborn

The Sunborn (2005), Part I, Chapter 4, “Vent R” (p. 47)

“After weeks of indoor work it actually felt good to be doing something—clean, direct, muscles and mind.”

Gregory Benford book The Sunborn

The Sunborn (2005), Part I, Chapter 4, “Vent R” (p. 38)

“Exercise erased cares.”

Gregory Benford book The Sunborn

The Sunborn (2005), Part I, “Raw Mars”, Chapter 4, “Vent R” (p. 37)