Most Recent Role: Himself on The Daily Show
Alias Name(s): Gregory Dale Bear, Gregory Bear
Gender: Male
Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
Birthday: 8-20-1951
Birth Name: Gregory Dale Bear
Alias Name(s): Gregory Dale Bear, Gregory Bear
Gender: Male
Birthplace: San Diego, California, USA
Birthday: 8-20-1951
Birth Name: Gregory Dale Bear
Greg Bear was born in the United States, but because his father was in the Navy, had travelled all over the world by the time he was in his teens. He made his first professional writing sale at the young age of 15, and had completed his first novel by the age of 19. He has also written as a journalist, a book reviewer and lecturer on the topics of ancient history, the history of science, and...
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Greg Bear
Thursday 21 June 2007 on Comedy Central
Tonight, author Greg Bear promotes his new novel Quantico . Jon begins tonight's show with "Clusterf@#k to the White House" and Obama's decision to allow visitors of his web site to download Obama ringtones, a mixture of hip music and Obama catchphrases. Jon then reports on the Democrats visit...
In 2001, Greg Bear was The Millennium Philcon (59th World Science Fiction Convention) Author Guest of Honor, held in Philadelphia, PA.
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In 2006, Greg Bear was awarded The Monty Award by San Diego State University; it is given to distinuguished alumni.
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In 2004, Greg's novel Darwin's Children was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in the category of "Best Novel."
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Greg's 1999 novel, Darwin's Radio was the Nebula winner for "Best Novel" in 2001; it was also nominated for "Best Novel" in the John W. Campbell Memorial Awards (2000), and the Hugo Awards (2000).
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In 1998, Greg's novel Slant was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for "Best Novel."
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Greg Bear: In broad terms, science fiction and science have always danced around each other. Science fiction is the subconscious of science. It’s what scientists would do if they could - if they had enough grant money, enough time, and enough brains to do the wonderful things they would like to do. So they read science fiction. It’s a vicarious thrill.
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(on working with David Brin and Gregory Benford on Asimov's Second Foundation Trilogy)
Greg Bear: We had a great time working with Isaac, and with each other. The result speaks for itself--the new trilogy has gotten very positive responses. At no time did we ever intend to replace Isaac, however--remember, it took three of us to fill just one pair of Isaac's shoes! (edit)
Greg Bear: We had a great time working with Isaac, and with each other. The result speaks for itself--the new trilogy has gotten very positive responses. At no time did we ever intend to replace Isaac, however--remember, it took three of us to fill just one pair of Isaac's shoes! (edit)
Other Appearances
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Prisoners of Gravity
Himself |
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Prisoners of Gravity
The Brain & Artificial Intelligence Himself |
Prisoners of Gravity
Aliens Himself |
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The Daily Show
Greg Bear Himself |
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The Twilight Zone (1985)
Dead Run Story |
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