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US science fiction writer whose novels combined a wide-ranging view of future technical developments with political speculation

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Heads is a short novel by Greg Bear about a science outpost on the moon, a thinly veiled scientology religion, and the politics of a future world. The b...

People are always asking where they should start reading particular authors. This series of posts working their way through the alphabet as represented by my bookshelves, is an attempt to answer those questions. The popular “A” list can be found here, and the full alphabetical index is here. Please comment to add any B writers that I may have missed, and of course to argue with my choices. I’m linking to my posts on the books where I have made such posts. My B shelf begins with a disturbi...

In this bi-weekly series reviewing classic science fiction and fantasy books, Alan Brown looks at the front lines and frontiers of the field; books about soldiers and spacers, scientists and engineers, explorers and adventurers. Stories full of what Shakespeare used to refer to as “alarums and excursions”: battles, chases, clashes, and the stuff of excitement. Greg Bear is one of the most respected science fiction writers to emerge in the latter part of the 20 th century, producing books on...