“It's
kind of a misnomer about science fiction that science fiction is about anything
other than people. It's about people doing stuff, sometimes doing extraordinary
stuff.” – Greg Bear
Sci-Fi writer and illustrator Bear
was born in San Diego on this date in 1951, and is one of the 5 co-founders of
the San Diego Comic-Con phenomenon. Among
the best known of his 44 books are the Forge of God and The Way
series, and his works on “accelerated evolution” – Blood Music, Darwin's
Radio and Darwin's Children. His artistic work has appeared on a
wide range of Science Fiction and Science magazines, books and journals.
Bear is often classified as a “hard”
science fiction author due to the level of scientific detail in his work. 
He often addresses major questions in
contemporary science and culture and proposes solutions. The Forge of God
offers an explanation for the Fermi paradox, supposing that the galaxy is
filled with potentially predatory intelligences and that young civilizations
that survive are those that don't attract their attention—by staying quiet.
He often addresses major questions in
contemporary science and culture and proposes solutions. The Forge of God
offers an explanation for the Fermi paradox, supposing that the galaxy is
filled with potentially predatory intelligences and that young civilizations
that survive are those that don't attract their attention—by staying quiet.
Blood Music,
first published as a short story, has been credited as the first use of nanotechnology. The short story version is the first in
science fiction to describe microscopic medical machines and to treat DNA as a
computational system capable of being reprogrammed.
The winner of numerous awards and
prizes, Bear said he welcomes the conversations his ideas generate. “Science fiction works best when it
stimulates debate.”
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