Greg Bear
 
He was born in San Diego,California, on August 20th, 1951, to Wilma M. and Dale F. Bear. hisfather was in the navy, and by the time He was twelve years old, he had traveled with his parents to Japan,the Philippines and Alaska, as well as touring various parts of the United States.

    It was in Alaska, at age ten, that He completed his first short story. He had been writing for a year or so already. At age thirteen or fourteen He began submitting stories to the magazines, and at fifteen He sold his first short short to Robert Lowndes' FAMOUS SCIENCE FICTION. (It appeared when he was sixteen.) It took
five years to sell his next story, but by the time he was twenty-three, He began selling regularly. his first novel, finished when He was nineteen, was completely rewritten and sold to Berkley some twelve or thirteen years later; the first novel He sold (HEGIRA, Dell) appeared in 1979.
 
    In 1983 He was nominated for the Nebula Award for his short story, "Petra." In 1984, "Hardfought" and "Blood Music" won the Nebula Awards for best novella and novelette, respectively; "Blood Music" went on to win the Hugo Award. The novel version of that story, also called BLOOD MUSIC, won the Prix Apollo in France and was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1987, "Tangents" won the Hugo and Nebula awards
for best short story. MOVING MARS (1993) won the 1994 Nebula for best novel. QUEEN OF ANGELS was an alternate selection of the Book of the Month Club.

    His novels and short stories have been translated into twelve languages: Japanese, Russian, Czechoslovakian, French, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Spanish, Portugeuse, Dutch, German, and
Serbo-Croatian.

    A short story, "Dead Run," was adapted by Alan Brennert for the second Twilight Zone television show. "The White Horse Child" appeared in 1993 as a CD-ROM multi-media presentation from EBOOK.

    Occasional work as a freelance journalist has taken him to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, where He covered all the the Voyager planetary encounters for the San Diego Union. I've written numerous articles on film for the Los Angeles Times. Between 1979 and 1982 He reviewed books for the San Diego
Union Book Review supplement.

    I've also worked as a bookseller (hislast formal job was at the late, lamented La Jolla bookstore, Mithras) and He frequently lectured for the San Diego City Schools, acting as a roving teacher and conducting short classes on ancient history, the history of science, and science fiction/fantasy.

    As an illustrator, hisartwork has appeared on GALAXY, FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION and VERTEX and books both hardcover and paperback. He was a founding member of ASFA, the Association of Science Fiction Artists. hislast professional work of art was the cover of hisown novel, PSYCHLONE, in reprint from Tor. He does very little artwork now, devoting myself almost exclusively to writing.

    With hiswife, Astrid, He co-edited the FORUM of the Science Fiction Writers of America for two years. For two years, He acted as chairman of the SFWA Grievance Committee, then served as Vice President of SFWA for a year, and President for two years (1988-1990). Between 1983 and 1990, He served on the Citizens
Advisory Council on National Space Policy, a private group consisting of scientists, military specialists, space scientists and engineers, astronauts, and writers. He has consulted with Microsoft and other software companies, as well as WNET-13 New York, and served as science and speculations advisor for
the pilot episode of the Amblin/Universal TV production "Earth 2."

    In 1983, He married Astrid Anderson. Our son Erik was born in September 1986. Our second child, Alexandra, was born in January of 1990. All in all, we're quite a team.

By order of publication, Greg Bear's novels are:

     HEGIRA
     PSYCHLONE
     BEYOND HEAVEN'S RIVER
     STRENGTH OF STONES
     THE INFINITY CONCERTO (Berkley, 1984)
     BLOOD MUSIC (Arbor)
     EON (Bluejay) (1985)
     THE FORGE OF GOD (Tor, 1986)
     ETERNITY (Warner, 1988)
     QUEEN OF ANGELS (Warner, 1990)
     ANVIL OF STARS (Warner, 1992)
     MOVING MARS (Tor, October 1993)
     SONGS OF EARTH AND POWER (A revised
     one-volume publication of THE INFINITY CONCERTO
     and THE SERPENT MAGE (Tor, 1994)
     LEGACY (Tor, 1995)
     SLANT (Tor, 1997)
     DINOSAUR SUMMER (Warner, 1998)
     FOUNDATION AND CHAOS (1998)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

In order of publication, Greg Bear's short stories and novels are: (Note: SS-Short Story, N-Novel, A-Anthology)
1967 - Destroyers - Famous Science Fiction (SS)
1974 - Webster - Alternities, ed.David Gerrold, Dell (SS)
1975 - The Venging - Galaxy (SS)
1975 - Perihesperon - Tomorrow: New Worlds Of Science Fiction, M. Evans and Co. (SS)
1976 - A Martian Ricorso - Analog (SS)
1977 - Sun Planet - Galaxy (SS)
1978 - Scattershot - Universe 8, ed.Terry Carr, Doubleday (SS)
1978 - Mandala - New Dimensions 8, ed.Robert Silverberg, Harper and Row (SS)
1978 - The Wind From A Burning Woman - Analog (SS)
1979 - Hegira - Dell (N)
1979 - The White Horse Child - Universe 9, ed.Terry Carr, Doubleday (SS)
1979 - Psychlone - Ace (N)
1980 - Beyond Heaven's River - Dell (N)
1980 - If I Die Before I Wake - Dragons Of Light, ed.Orson Scott Card, Ace (SS)
1980 - Richie By The Sea - New Terrors 2, ed.Ramsey Campbell, Pan (SS)
1981 - Eucharist - Fantasy and Science Fiction (SS)
1981 - Strength Of Stones, Flesh Of Brass - Rigel (SS)
1982 - Strength Of Stones - Ace (N)
1982 - Petra - Omni (SS)
1982 - Schrodinger's Plague - Analog (SS)
1983 - Hardfought - Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (SS)
1983 - The Wind From A Burning Woman - Arkham House (A) *
1983 - Blood Music - Analog (SS)
1984 - Corona - Pocket Books (N)
1984 - The Infinity Concerto - Berkley (N)
1985 - Through Road No Whither - Far Frontiers,  Baen Books (SS)
1985 - Dead Run - Omni (SS)
1985 - Blood Music - Arbor House (N)
1985 - Eon - Bluejay (N)
1986 - Tangents - Omni (SS)
1986 - The Serpent Mage - Berkley (N)
1987 - The Visitation - Omni (SS)
1987 - The Forge Of God - Tor (N)
1988 - Early Harvest - NESFA (A)
1988 - Sleepside Story - Cheap Seat Press (SS)
1988 - Eternity - Warner Books (N)
1989 - Tangents - Warner (A) **
1989 - Sisters - Warner (published in Tangents) (SS)
1990 - Queen Of Angels - Warner Books (N)
1991 - Heads - Tor (N)
1992 - Anvil Of Stars - Warner Books - (N)
1992 - The Venging - Legend UK (A)
1992 - A Plague Of Conscience - Muraski, ed.Robert Silverberg, Bantam (SS)
1992 - Songs Of Earth And Power -  "The Infinity Concerto" & "The Serpent Mage", Legend UK
1992 - Bear's Fantasies - Wildside Press (A) ***
1993 - Moving Mars - Tor (N)
1994 - Songs Of Earth And Power - (revised edition), Tor (N)
1995 - New Legends - editor, with Martin Greenberg, Tor (A)
1995 - Legacy - Tor (N)
1997 - Slant - Tor and Random House (N)
1998 - Dinosaur Summer - Warner Books (N)
1998 - Foundation & Chaos - Harper Prism (N)

*Contents of Wind From A Burning Woman: The Wind From A Burning Woman, The White Horse Child, Petra, Scattershot, Mandala, Hardfought.

**Contents of Tangents: Blood Music, Sleepside Story, Webster, A Martian Ricorso, Dead Run, Schrodinger's Plague, Through Road No Whither, Tangents, Sisters.

***Contents of Bear's Fantasies: Webster, The White Horse Child, Sleepside Story, Dead Run, Through Road No Whither, Petra

Reviews
  • Psychlone
  • Beyond Heaven's River
  • Strength Of Stones
  • Corona
  • The Infinity Concerto
  • Blood Music
  • The Serpent Mage
  • Eon
  • The Forge Of God
  • In the months that follow the mysterious disappearance of one of Jupiter's moons, a geologist near Death

    •   Valley discovers a new cinder cone, the first of multiple strange developments on Earth.
  • Eternity
  • The powerful sequel to Eon, now with a dramatic new cover, coinciding with the Tor mass market

    • release of Bear's latest novel, Moving Mars. At the close of Eon, Patricia Vasquez settled on an alternate
    Earth, Garry Lanier retired, and the Jarts and Naderites were caught in the Corridor. Now the fate of the
    universe is up for grabs.
  • Queen Of Angels
  • In a society enjoying peace, prosperity and technologically engineered mental health, Emanuel Goldsmith,

    • a famous poet, commits gruesome murder. Three people investigate the crime--one a therapist who will
    enter Goldsmith's mind to search for answers. A mesmerizing work set in a tomorrow that is less than a
    century away.
  • Heads
  • In an abandoned mining colony at the Lunar Ice Pit Station, two experiments may science forever. One is   achieving Absolute Zero--a temperature so cold it can bend the laws of physics. The other involves 410 human heads, severedand fr ozen for decades, whose memories may hold the keys to death...and beyond.
  • Anvil Of Stars
  • Earth is gone,completely destroyed by a ruthless alien. Hundreds of years away, a handful of exiles hurtles through the galaxies in a quest for revenge, armed with powers they do not understand--and determined to find and

    • punish the killers who murdered their world.
  • Songs Of Earth And Power
  • Moving Mars
  • In a scenario based on the colonization of our neighboring planet by corporate interests, discontent on

    • the part of the second and third generations of the original colonists lays the groundwork for a revolution
    destined to last for decades.
  • Legacy
  • The rulers of Axis City have discovered that a huge group of colonists has secretly entered one of the

    • interdicted worlds along the Way. Olmy Ap Sennon has been sent to secretly assess the extent of the
    damage. But he finds far more than an intriguing alien biology--for on their new world the secret colonists
    have returned to the old ways of human history.
    / Slant
    Moving Mars comes back to earth in Slant, a provocative
    sequel to Queen of Angels. In 2050 A.D., the miraculous microscopic machines of nanotechnology have
    built a clean, prosperous America. But while space probes send back news of distant worlds, some
    humans are probing more deeply into their own internal landscapes, and finding that nothing in the
    country of the mind is simple.
    Dinasour Summer Dinasour Summer
    1947: In an "alternate history", dinosaurs never became extinct, their living descendants still survive on a
    plateau in South America. Now, in the most exciting adventure of his life, Peter Belzoni has accompanied
    his journalist father to see the world's last dinosaur circus return its few surviving attractions to their
    natural habitat. But something goes terribly wrong--and the Belzonis find themselves stranded in dinosaur
    territory.
    Foundation and Chaos
     Just as the robot R. Daniel Olivaw is about to establish new hope for the scientific advancement of civilization through the impending New Dark Ages,threats appear from all sides to thwart his plan Major national ads & publicity
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