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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.”

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

“Marches don’t stop markets.”

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.”

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

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

Short fiction, Aspects

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

Source: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 110

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

Source: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 107

“Data always overruled theory.”

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

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

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.”

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

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

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

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

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.”

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

“Exercise erased cares.”

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