Order of Gregory Benford Books
Gregory Benford is an American author of science fiction novels. He writes the Galactic Center series. In addition to writing science fiction, he is also an astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.
Gregory Benford made his debut as a novelist in 1970 with the novel Deeper Than the Darkness. Below is a list of Gregory Benford’s books in order of when they were originally published:
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Publication Order of Galactic Center Books
| In the Ocean of Night | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Across the Sea of Suns | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Great Sky River | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tides of Light | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Furious Gulf | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sailing Bright Eternity | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Hunger for the Infinite | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Galactic Center Companion | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Bowl Of Heaven Books
(with Larry Niven)
| Bowl of Heaven | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shipstar | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Glorious | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Jupiter Project Books
| Jupiter Project | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Against Infinity | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Martian Race Books
| The Martian Race | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Sunborn | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Second Foundation Trilogy Books
| Foundation's Fear | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Foundation and Chaos | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Foundation's Triumph | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Timescape Books
| Timescape | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Rewrite | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Stars in Shroud / Deeper than the Darkness | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| If the Stars Are Gods | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shiva Descending | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Find the Changeling | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Time's Rub | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Artifact | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beyond the Fall of Night | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cosm | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Chiller | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Eater | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beyond Infinity | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Berlin Project | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Shadows of Eternity | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Final Now | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Grace Immaculate | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Down The River Road | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Backscatter | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mammoth Dawn | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| In Alien Flesh | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Matter's End | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Worlds Vast and Various | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Immersion & Other Short Novels | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Anomalies | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| New Ball Games for the Future | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Habitats in Space | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Deep Time | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Skylife | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Beyond Human | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute, and Other Predictions from the Past | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of What Might Have Been Books
(with Martin H. Greenberg)
| Alternate Empires | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Alternate Heroes | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Alternate Wars | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Alternate Americas | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Man-Kzin Wars Books
Publication Order of Year's Best SF Anthology Books
| Year's Best SF | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 2 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 3 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 4 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 5 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 6 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 7 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 8 | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 9 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 10 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 11 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 12 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 13 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 14 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 15 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 16 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 17 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Year's Best SF 18 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of John M. Ford Short Story Collections
| Under the Wheel | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Casting Fortune | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| From the End of the Twentieth Century | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Heat of Fusion and Other Stories | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Best Science Fiction of the Year Books
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 1 | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 2 | (1973) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 3 | (1974) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 4 | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 | (1976) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 6 | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 7 | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 8 | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 10 | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 11 | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12 | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Best Science Fiction of the Year 13 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Best Science Fiction of the Year 14 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Best Science Fiction of the Year 15 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 16 | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of The Palencar Project Books
| New World Blues | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Dormanna | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Thanatos Beach | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Sigma Structure Symphony | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Heroes in Hell Books
Chronological Order of Heroes in Hell Books
Publication Order of L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future Books
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 1 | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 2 | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 3 | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 4 | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 5 | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 7 | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 8 | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future9 | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future10 | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future11 | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future12 | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future13 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future14 | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 15 | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future16 | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future17 | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future19 | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 20 | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 21 | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future22 | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 23 | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future24 | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 25 | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future26 | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 27 | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 28 | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 29 | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future30 | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 31 | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future32 | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future33 | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future34 | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future35 | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future36 | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 37 | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future38 | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future 39 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| L. Ron Hubbard Presents: Writers of the Future, Vol. 40 | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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Notes: The Bowl of Heaven series is written with Larry Niven. If the Stars Are Gods and Find the Changeling are co-authored by Gordon Eklund. Shiva Descending is written with William Rotsler. The Heart of the Comet is written with David Brin. Beyond the Fall of Night is co-authored with Arthur C. Clarke. Chiller is written with Sterling Blake. A Darker Geometry was co-authored by Mark O. Martin. Iceborn was co-authored by Paul A. Carter. Mammoth Dawn is written with Kevin J. Anderson. The Jupiter War is written with Bill Fawcett. Man-Kzin Wars VI was created by Larry Niven.Skylife was written with George Zebrowski. Beyond Human was co-authored by Elisabeth Malartre.
Hitler Victorious, Nuclear War, Alternate Empires, Alternate Americas, The New Hugo Winners, Vol. 4 were edited with Martin H. Greenberg. The Best of Gregory Benford was edited with David G. Hartwell. Deeper Than the Darkness was also published as The Stars in Shroud.
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