Book description
A man at a masquerade discovers that one guest has come a long, long
way to attend - and that some disguises reveal more secrets than they
hide. This collection of 21 short stories by Gregory Benford, who won
the John W. Campbell Memorial Award and the Nebula for his novel,
"Timescape", is a remarkable introduction to his writing
Gregory Benford (1941 - ) A leading writer of 'Hard SF', Gregory Albert
Benford was born in Alabama in 1941. He received a BSc in physics from
the University of Oklahoma, followed by an MSc and PhD from the
University of California, San Diego. His breakthrough novel, Timescape,
won both the Nebula and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards, and he has
been nominated for the Hugo Award four times and the Nebula twelve times
in all categories. Benford has undertaken collaborations with David Brin
and Arthur C. Clarke among others and, as one of the 'Killer Bs' (with
Brin and Greg Bear) wrote one of three authorised sequels to Isaac
Asimov's Foundation series. He has also written for television and
served as a scientific consultant on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Gregory Benford lives in California, where he is currently Professor of
Plasma Physics and Astrophysics at the University of California, Irvine,
a position he has held since 1979.
