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Galactic Center #0.5
The Galactic Center Companion
Death came in on sixteen legs.
So begins a novella set in the Galactic Center series, “A Hunger for the Infinite.” Now this novella and much other writing about the science and fiction in the series, appears in one volume. Unique in literature, the series comes from the author’s own scientific research. The series took a quarter century to complete, and Benford traces his own research into the strange structures there, first discovered in the 1980s. Critics have described the six novels as “magnificent” by “the most rigorous of hard SF writers.” The series has been called “one of the greatest sf series ever written,” “a major achievement in realizing the potential of hard SF not only as speculation, but as literature,” with “a bardic heft worthy of Poul Anderson.” “No one has surpassed this ground-breaking achievement in mapping the unmappable depths of space, time, and consciousness.”
For the first time, all the depth surrounding the series is collected in one volume.
So begins a novella set in the Galactic Center series, “A Hunger for the Infinite.” Now this novella and much other writing about the science and fiction in the series, appears in one volume. Unique in literature, the series comes from the author’s own scientific research. The series took a quarter century to complete, and Benford traces his own research into the strange structures there, first discovered in the 1980s. Critics have described the six novels as “magnificent” by “the most rigorous of hard SF writers.” The series has been called “one of the greatest sf series ever written,” “a major achievement in realizing the potential of hard SF not only as speculation, but as literature,” with “a bardic heft worthy of Poul Anderson.” “No one has surpassed this ground-breaking achievement in mapping the unmappable depths of space, time, and consciousness.”
For the first time, all the depth surrounding the series is collected in one volume.
- GenresScience FictionFiction
168 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 16, 2014
About the author
Gregory Benford
570 books620 followersGregory Benford is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.
As a science fiction author, Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977). This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient mechanical life.
As a science fiction author, Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, beginning with In the Ocean of Night (1977). This series postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient mechanical life.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
January 21, 2021
One great novella, two decent stories, some Galactic Center related essays and reviews and an astrophysics paper (that I skipped). Recommended for die hard Benford fans only, the novella Hunger for the Infinite is also included with Tides of Light and the story At The Double Solstice is reworked as a scene in Great Sky River.
July 8, 2020
Three excellent stories, and several essays on the scientific and philosophical underpinnings of the series. The essays overlap quite a bit, understandably, since they were published years apart and never intended to be read in one sitting.
November 13, 2021
Not really worth getting - I already had the stories elsewhere, and they weren't very good. Frankly, I preferred the first 2/3 books of the series to the rest.
December 22, 2022
Yes, this is crap, it's "click bait" that you pay for if you are stupid enough to purchase it.
Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews