Грегори Бенфорд цитаты

SF is a controlled way to think and dream about the future. An integration of the mood and attitude of science (the objective universe) with the fears and hopes that spring from the unconscious. Anything that turns you and your social context <…> inside out. Nightmares and visions, always outlined by the barely possible.
Источник: James E. Gunn and Matthew Candelaria, Speculations on Speculation: Theories of Science Fiction, Scarecrow Press, 2005, p. 343. ISBN 0-8108-4902-X

His Marxism, which remained his only irrational faith throughout his life, told him that surely the United States could never be a positive influence.
предисловие к «Последним и первым людям», 1987
Источник: Foreword (1987) by Gregory Benford // Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men (Series: SF Masterworks); London: Gollancz Books 1999, p. x.

Benford early established himself though his solo work as a leading writer of Hard SF, although much of his writing also has a lyrical aspect reminiscent of Poul Anderson, and his larger-scale tales have an almost impersonal sweep typical of the Scientific Romance epics of his younger contemporary Stephen Baxter,.. <…> Though his grasp of character sometimes falters, and complicated political/cultural arguments about the contemporary world are sometimes conveyed with excessive assurance, Benford's work continues to play formidable intellectual games with readers willing to think harder than normal...
Брайан Стэблфорд, Джон Клют, Энциклопедия научной фантастики, 2011
Источник: Benford, Gregory http://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/benford_gregory // SFE: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, online edition, 2011—.

Источник: Timescape (1980), Chapter 14 (p. 182, known as Benford's law of controversy)
Контексте: It was an example of what he thought of as the Law of Controversy: Passion was inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.

The Snark, p. 195
In the Ocean of Night (1977)
Контексте: Organic forms are in the universe of things and also reside in the universe of essences. There we cannot go. … You are a spontaneous product of the universe of things. We are not. This seems to give you … windows. It was difficult for me to monitor your domestic transmissions, they fill up with branches, spontaneous paths, nuances…

Источник: Timescape (1980), Chapter 17 (p. 234)

To the Storming Gulf, p. 126 (Originally published in Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1985)
In Alien Flesh (1986)

Part 6 “Aleph Null”, Chapter 4 (p. 226)
Against Infinity (1983)

Part 4 “Hiruko: Six Years Later”, Chapter 1 (p. 148)
Against Infinity (1983)

Nooncoming, p. 100 (Originally published in Universe 8, edited by Terry Carr), 1978
In Alien Flesh (1986)

Part 2 “Aleph”, Chapter 2 (p. 51)
Against Infinity (1983)

Redeemer, p. 53 (Originally published in Analog, April 1979)
In Alien Flesh (1986)

Time’s Rub, pp. 260-261
In Alien Flesh (1986)

Part 6 “Aleph Null”, Chapter 3 (p. 221)
Against Infinity (1983)

White Creatures, p. 170 (Originally published in New Dimensions 5, edited by Robert Silverberg), 1975
In Alien Flesh (1986)

Источник: Timescape (1980), Chapter 17 (p. 235)

Doing Lennon, p. 266 (Originally published in Analog, April 1975)
In Alien Flesh (1986)

Источник: Timescape (1980), Chapter 37 (p. 395)

Doing Lennon, p. 268
In Alien Flesh (1986)

The Snark, a member of a machine-intelligence civilization, p. 195
In the Ocean of Night (1977)

Источник: Timescape (1980), Chapter 16 (p. 220)

Afterword to Nooncoming, p. 104
In Alien Flesh (1986)

Источник: Timescape (1980), Chapter 16 (p. 229)

Part 2, Chapter 6 (p. 80; ellipsis represents a minor elision of narration)
Artifact (1985)

Источник: Timescape (1980), Chapter 27 (p. 322)

Part 1, Chapter 1 (p. 10)
Artifact (1985)

Источник: Timescape (1980), Chapter 11 (p. 146)

Part 2, Chapter 7 (p. 86)
Artifact (1985)

Part 2 “Aleph”, Chapter 3 (p. 68)
Against Infinity (1983)

Part 2 “Aleph”, Chapter 1 (p. 45)
Against Infinity (1983)

Exposures, p. 232 (Originally published in Asimov’s, July 6, 1981)
In Alien Flesh (1986)

Источник: Timescape (1980), Chapter 43 (p. 441)