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Gregory Benford
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BornJanuary 30, 1941 (age 78)
Mobile, Alabama
OccupationScientist, writer
NationalityUnited States
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksGalactic Center Saga novels
Website
www.gregorybenford.com

Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of Reason magazine.

Benford wrote the Galactic Center Saga science fiction novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977). The 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.

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