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:

Publication Order of Jupiter Project Books

Jupiter Project	(1975)
Against Infinity	(1983)

Publication Order of Timescape Books

Timescape	(1980)
Rewrite	(2018)

Publication Order of Galactic Center Books

In the Ocean of Night	(1977)
Across the Sea of Suns	(1984)
Great Sky River	(1987)
Tides of Light	(1989)
Furious Gulf	(1994)
Sailing Bright Eternity	(1995)
A Hunger for the Infinite	(1999)
The Galactic Center Companion	(2014)

Publication Order of The War Years Books

(with Bill Fawcett)

The Far Stars War (By: Bill Fawcett)	(1990)
The Siege of Arsita (By: Bill Fawcett)	(1991)
The Jupiter War	(1991)

Publication Order of Second Foundation Books

Foundation's Fear

(1997)

Publication Order of Martian Race Books

The Martian Race	(1999)
The Sunborn	(2005)

Publication Order of Bowl Of Heaven Books

(with Larry Niven)

Bowl of Heaven	(2012)
Shipstar	(2014)
Glorious	(2020)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Stars in Shroud	(1969)
If the Stars Are Gods	(1974)
Shiva Descending	(1980)
Find the Changeling	(1980)
Time's Rub	(1984)
Artifact	(1985)
Beyond Fall of Night	(1990)
Beyond The Fall Of Night	(1990)
Cosm	(1993)
Chiller	(1993)
Eater	(2000)
Beyond Infinity	(2004)
The Berlin Project	(2017)
Shadows of Eternity	(2021)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

The Final Now	(2011)
Grace Immaculate	(2011)
Down The River Road	(2012)
Backscatter	(2013)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

In Alien Flesh	(1986)
Matter's End	(1991)
Worlds Vast and Various	(2000)
Immersion & Other Short Novels	(2002)
Anomalies	(2012)

Publication Order of Anthologies

(with Martin H. Greenberg)

Hitler Victorious (With: Martin H. Greenberg)	(1986)
Far Futures	(1995)
The New Hugo Winners, Volume IV, 1992-1994 (With: Martin H. Greenberg)	(1997)
Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction	(1999)
Microcosms	(2004)
The Best of Gregory Benford	(2015)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Habitats in Space	(1998)
Deep Time	(1999)
Skylife	(2000)
Beyond Human	(2003)
The Wonderful Future That Never Was: Flying Cars, Mail Delivery by Parachute, and Other Predictions from the Past	(2010)

Publication Order of What Might Have Been Books

(with Martin H. Greenberg)

Alternate Empires (With: Martin H. Greenberg)	(1989)
Alternate Heroes	(1989)
Alternate Wars	(1991)
Alternate Americas (With: Martin H. Greenberg)	(1992)

Publication Order of The Universe of Xuya Books

The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 24 (By: Gardner R. Dozois)	(2011)
Carbide Tipped Pens (With: Ben Bova,Aliette de Bodard,,Jack McDevitt,Daniel H. Wilson,Liu Cixin)	(2014)

Publication Order of The Year's Best Science Fiction Books

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Third Annual Collection	(1986)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection	(1994)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection	(1997)
Anthology series.Numerous authors.

Publication Order of Man-Kzin Wars Books

Man-Kzin Wars III (By: Larry Niven)	(1990)
Man-Kzin Wars IV (By: S.M. Stirling)	(1991)
The Children's Hour (By: S.M. Stirling,Jerry Pournelle)	(1991)
Man-Kzin Wars V (By: Jerry Pournelle)	(1992)
Man-Kzin Wars VI (With: Mark O. Martin)	(1994)
A Darker Geometry	(1996)
The Best of All Possible Wars (By: S.M. Stirling)	(1998)
Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names (By: Larry Niven)	(1998)
Man-Kzin Wars IX (By: Jim Baen)	(2001)
The House of the Kzinti (By: Jerry Pournelle)	(2002)
Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War (By: Larry Niven)	(2003)
Man-Kzin Wars XI (By: Matthew Harrington)	(2005)
Destiny's Forge (By: Paul Chafe)	(2006)
Man-Kzin Wars XII (By: Larry Niven)	(2009)
Man-Kzin Wars XIII (By: Larry Niven)	(2012)
Man-Kzin Wars XIV (By: Larry Niven)	(2013)
Man-Kzin Wars XV (By: Larry Niven)	(2019)

Publication Order of Future Earths Books

(with Kim Stanley Robinson, , Mike Resnick, Vernor Vinge, Bruce Sterling)

Under African Skies (With: Kim Stanley Robinson,,Mike Resnick,Vernor Vinge,Bruce Sterling)	(1993)
Under South American Skies (By: Mike Resnick)	(1993)

Publication Order of Anthologies

The Best Science Fiction of the Year 12	(1983)
Hitler Victorious	(1986)
After the King	(1991)
Alternate Americas	(1992)
Murasaki	(1992)
Under African Skies	(1993)
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fourteenth Annual Collection	(1997)
Year's Best SF 2	(1997)
The New Hugo Winners, Volume IV, 1992-1994	(1997)
Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian	(2003)
A.I.s	(2004)
Year's Best SF 11	(2006)
Carbide Tipped Pens	(2014)

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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Gregory Benford Synopsis: The Stars in Shroud (originally published as Deeper Than the Darkness) is a standalone novel by Gregory Benford. The alien Quarn strike suddenly at the heart of Earth’s interstellar Empire. Their weapon is a deadly plague – a soul-twisting assault that strips away the veneer of civilization. The psychological illness sends its victims fleeing back a million years to the safety of the ancestral caves. No one knew how the Quarn spread the plague. No one knew why they wanted to destroy humanity. But Captain Ling Sanjen had thought of a way to stop them…