News
- Greg Bear on Facebook
- Posted: 01/07/2010
- Become of a fan of Greg's on Facebook for additional updates on appearances, shared articles, and random thoughts!
[Greg Bear's Facebook Page] - A Tribute to Ken Krueger
- Posted: 01/07/2010
- Why is Ken important? Because in the late 1960s he reached out to a scattered neighborhood of green youngsters and introduced them to professional publishing, cheap collectors items, fan and pro history&
[Read Complete Tribute] - UPCOMING LECTURE AT SDSU!
- Posted: 11/10/2009
- Greg Bear will join the San Diego State University Library's ongoing celebration of Charles Darwin when he delivers a talk titled, "What Would Darwin Do? Fundamentalism in science and religion vs. the search for scientific truth on Wednesday, November 18, at 2 p.m. The free lecture will be held in Room LL430 of the library. [Press Release]
- UPCOMING BOOK SIGNINGS AND APPEARANCES!
- Posted: 11/09/2009
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 - SEATTLE 7:00 PM
Talk & SigningUNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE
4326 University Way, NE
Seattle, WA 98105SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 - SAN FRANCISCO 12:00 NOON
Stock SigningBORDERS
2925 El Camino Real
San Mateo, CA 944032:00 PM
Book SigningM IS FOR MYSTERY
86 E 3rd Ave
San Mateo, CA 944015:00 PM
Talk & SigningBORDERLANDS
866 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 - PORTLAND 7:00 PM
Talk & SigningPOWELL'S
Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Crossing Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 - SAN DIEGO 7:00 PM
Talk & Signing
BARNES & NOBLE
810 West Valley Parkway
Escondido, CA 92025WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 - SAN DIEGO 7:00 PM
Talk & SigningMYSTERIOUS GALAXY
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Suite 302
San Diego, CA 92111THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 - LOS ANGELES 7:00 PM
Book Signing
With Alan Jacobson and Martin LimonTHE MYSTERY BOOKSTORE
1036-C Broxton Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90024SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 - IRVINE, CA 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM MEN OF MYSTERY CONFERENCE
Marriott Irvine
18000 Von Karman Ave.
Irvine, CA 92612
www.menofmystery.orgSUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 - BURBANK 2:00 PM
Talk & SigningDARK DELICACIES
4213 West Burbank
Burbank, CA 91505SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28 - SEATTLE 12:00 NOON
Book SigningSEATTLE MYSTERY BOOKSHOP
117 Cherry Street in Pioneer Square
Seattle, WA 98104SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12 - SEATTLE 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Book SigningMC CHORD AIR FORCE BASE 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Book SigningFT. LEWIS PX
Building 5280
Ft. Lewis, WA 984336:30 PM
Book SigningTHIRD PLACE BOOKS
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155- Mariposa: Second Printing Before Publication
- Posted: 11/05/2009
Vanguard Press has already gone to press for a second printing of MARIPOSA - and it hasn't even been released yet!
The release date is November 10, and you can order your copy from your favorite local bookseller or online store:
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[Order from Borders]
[Order from Powell's]- Greg Bear on Facebook
- Posted: 10/20/2009
- If you're on Facebook, be sure to become a fan of Greg Bear's! [Facebook Page]
- MARIPOSA - November 2009
- Posted: 09/23/2009
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MARIPOSA is scheduled to be released in November - for now, here's a sneak peek at the cover art!
[View Cover Art]
You can also preorder now from your favorite local bookseller or online store:
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[Order from Borders]
[Order from Powell's] - Just back from the HALO 3 ODST blowout...
- Posted: 09/22/2009
Just back from the HALO 3 ODST blowout at the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle. A huge, energy-filled event! For the last year, I've been talking and meeting and emailing with many of the creative folks behind HALO's games, novels and upcoming videos--and as soon as I finish my new novel, around the first of the year, I'll embark on an odyssey of my own--creating the origin story for the entire HALO universe.
"The Forerunner Trilogy" will be published over a span of at least a year and a half, and will reveal for the first time, in depth, the enigmatic builders of the Arks, the Forerunners. The series is currently set to begin about a hundred thousand years B.P.E., and will involve human origins, the struggle to avert the first appearance of the Flood, and many other Big Events only lightly sketched out in the Halo games. HALO fans are devoted, detail-oriented, curious, and--I hope--patient! Getting this right will take some time, but it's likely to be great fun. Expect epic adventure, many surprises, and interlinks with MYSTERIOUS FUTURE PROJECTS... -- Greg Bear
[View Full Postcard]- Personalize Your Books
- Posted: 07/02/2009
- A new feature from E-Reads allows you to picture-personalize your own copies of your favorite books... [Click through for more information!]
- U.S. Mission for Sci-Fi Writers: Imagine That
- Posted: 05/22/2009
- Washington Post article covering the 2009 Homeland Security Science & Technology Stakeholders Conference - with Greg Bear as Master of Ceremonies! [Read Complete Article]
- New Greg Bear Blog
- Posted: 02/27/2009
- Greg Bear has started a new blog! The old messaging area has been renamed the Discussion Board and will be kept going, so keep your questions and comments coming, but be sure to check out the new blog as well! [Go to Blog]
- Greg Bear Interviewed in Locus
- Posted: 12/15/2008
- Order the issue containing Greg Bear's full interview in Locus postage free (save $3.00) or completely free with a subscription! To receive this special deal, go to https://secure.locusmag.com/About/SubscribeSpecialOffer.html
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- Forry Ackerman
- Posted: 12/05/2008
"Forrest J Ackerman was an old and dear friend, the first fan I met at a conventionand one of the most influential people in my life. My cousin Dan Garrett and I visited the Ackermansion on Glendower avenue in the mid 1960s, when I was fifteen or sixteenand that esteemed house/museum, filled with books and art and memorabilia, became the site of frequent visits with other friends, including David Clark and Phil Tippett. There, we met such luminaries as Ray Harryhausenwatched classic films like The Most Dangerous Game --and attended the famed Don Glut Intergalactic Film Festival. Forry traded books from his collection for my early artworkand helped me expand my collection of Olaf Stapledon, including a much-prized autographed copy of A Man Divided. In later years, wed meet at Comic-Con in San Diego, various conventions around the world, and at the 65th Anniversary of King Kong in Omaha, Nebraskawhere I shot two of these pictures, with friends Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, and Diana Harryhausen. In 2003, a group from the nascent Science Fiction Museum in Seattle visited Forry and told him one of his lifelong dreams was about to be fulfilled. It was my pleasure to show Forry around the museum when it was completed. Forry was a lifelong enthusiast, devoted to science fiction and films, and there will never be anyone like him again. Lift a glass of your favorite soft drink in toastroot beer will do fine. Heres to Forry and all of his friends and fans, world-wide and across the decades!" -- Greg Bear
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- Upcoming Appearance
- Posted: 09/02/2008
- September 7 (Sunday) 5:30 pm
Reading and Signing
Third Place Books
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
(206) 366-3333
- CITY Slideshow Selected for BoingBoing
- Posted: 08/06/2008
- The CITY AT THE END OF TIME [slideshow] has been featured on [BoingBoing]!
- CITY Released!
- Posted: 08/05/2008
- CITY AT THE END OF TIME is now available!
- Upcoming Appearances and Signings
- Posted: 07/15/2008
- Greg Bear is making a number of appearances throughout the year.
[View Schedule] - CITY Web Site is Now Live
- Posted: 07/05/2008
- Visit www.cityattheendoftime.com to share your dreams of the City at the End of Time, and begin unravelling the mysteries.
- CITY Cover Art Posted
- Posted: 05/31/2008
- The US and UK cover art for CITY AT THE END OF TIME has been posted on the site. Check back soon for new developments! [View Art]
- CITY AT THE END OF TIME
- Posted: 05/25/2008
- CITY will be released August 5, 2008. [more info]
- To Sir Arthur Clarke, with thanks
- Posted: 03/19/2008
- Here's to a fantastic career, a fantastic artist, and a fantastic mind, now truly gone cosmic.
- QUANTICO in Paperback
- Posted: 03/19/2008
- The mass market paperback edition of QUANTICO, with new material and an additional chapter deleted from the original text, is now available from Perseus/Vanguard. [Click Here to see the Cover]
- A magnificent and timely reminder from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize
- Posted: 12/09/2007
- [Click here to read]
- New Podcast: Greg Bear on Quantico
- Posted: 11/12/2007
- The Perseus Books Group has posted a new podcast of Greg Bear discussing his political thriller Quantico. Also available are another audio interview with Greg Bear, as well as a video interview. [Go to the Perseus Books Group]
- QUANTICO Now Available as eBook!
- Posted: 08/28/2007
- QUANTICO has been released in eBook format and is available from fictionwise.com. [Go to Fictionwise eBooks]
- Astrid Anderson Bear's Blog
- Posted: 06/29/2007
- Astrid chronicled the Bears' trip to New York and Greg's appearance on The Daily Show in June 2007 on her blog, Moominmama's Memoirs.
- Greg Bear's Appearance on The Daily Show
- Posted: 06/22/2007
- If you missed the interview on The Daily Show on June 21st, 2007, you can see it online on Comedy Central's website.
- Greg Bear on The Daily Show!
- Posted: 06/18/2007
- I'll be promoting QUANTICO on THE DAILY SHOW with Jon Stewart this Thursday, 21 June, airing at 11 pm. They've already posted the news on their web site!
- Upcoming Readings & Signings
- Posted: 04/30/2007
May 3, 2007
I'll be doing a reading at Richard Hugo House, May 3rd from 7 to 9pm in the Hugo House cabaret. Address:
Richard Hugo House
1634 Eleventh Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
206-322-7030
May 8, 2007
I'll also be doing a signing at the Seattle Mystery Bookshop on May 8 at noon. Address and phone number for updates, or to place your order early:
Seattle Mystery Bookshop
117 Cherry St
Seattle, WA 98104
206-587-5737
June 30, 2007
On June 30, I'll be signing at Third Place Books in Lake Forest Park at 7 pm. Address:
17171 Bothell Way NE
Lake Forest Park, WA 98155
206-366-3333- Eon Challenge Results
- Posted: 03/22/2007
- The CGSociety Eon Challenge is finished, with absolutely spectacular results! Congratulations to all who participated -- and heartfelt thanks for your time and creative energy. The trailers competition resulted in astonishing works, practically requiring movie-scale productions in themselves, complete with live actors, music, and wonderful CG effects. The illustrations and 3D categories are breathtaking, proving that artists around the world are stepping up to the professional plate with major talent and drive. Needless to say, I'm jazzed.
[View Final Results] - Eon Challenge Update
- Posted: 02/04/2007
- The 'Eon Challenge' computer graphics challenge put on by CGSociety has reached its deadline and judging will take place soon. Go to the official Eon Challenge Website to view the contest entries, and check back soon for updates!
- QUANTICO Available in Germany
- Posted: 11/29/2006
- QUANTICO is now available in Germany, and Heyne has done an exceptional job -- including creating a glossary of terms that might not be familiar to German readers. Rather in the tradition of DARWIN'S RADIO and DARWIN'S CHILDREN, but this glossary covers political, historical, espionage, and a few scientific words and phrases. Outstanding! Now -- since I don't read much German, I'm hoping my German readers will kindly send in any corrections that might be necessary. Thanks in advance! [Read more about QUANTICO]
- Autographed Book Giveaway
- Posted: 11/21/2006
- SciFiDimensions is giving away autographed copies of DARWIN'S RADIO and DARWIN'S CHILDREN on November 30th! [Click Here For Details]
- Quantico US Edition Coming Soon
- Posted: 10/25/2006
- The US hardcover edition will be available soon and you can view the cover image and text from the back cover now: QUANTICO
- Dr. Virus and Mr. Hyde
- Posted: 10/19/2006
- "Dr. Virus and Mr. Hyde," a documentary on the potentially beneficial effects of viruses by Jean Crepu and Ali Saib and featuring Yours Truly (bracketed by many distinguished American and European scientists), has won the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film Scientifique, PARISCIENCE. The first scheduled air date, for French viewers, will be November 8, at 9:35 p.m., on FRANCE 5 Chanel. An English version is in the works! Congratulations to all involved!
- EON CHALLENGE
- Posted: 10/04/2006
- CGSociety issues a challenge to visualize Greg Bear's classic science fiction novel EON in CG. A major contest sponsored by many software companies and by the prestigious CGSociety gives artists and film designers a chance to stretch their wings and soar!
Contest judges include David Brin and Greg Bear.
The impressive and often spectacular works created during previous CGSociety challenges are also available for viewing through this web site:
'Eon Challenge' CGChallenge - Greg Bear to Kick Off New Science Writing Program
- Posted: 08/18/2006
- Corrected: Greg Bear will appear at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 25th and 26th. Greg will meet with faculty and students each day, and a public event with reception and book signing will be held Tuesday, September 26th, at 7:00 PM. Registration is requested. Visit the University Website for More Information
- New Web Site
- Posted: 08/17/2006
- GregBear.com has been rebuilt and moved to a new host. You'll notice a few changes here and there throughout the site, and a major upgrade to the Blog. If you were signed up to receive the RSS feed, please update your URL as it has changed. If you encounter any errors, please e-mail webmaster@gregbear.com with a detailed description.
- QUANTICO
- Posted: 07/19/2006
- QUANTICO will be published in U.S. trade hardcover and mass market paperback by CDS Books, in a deal negotiated by Richard Curtis and CDS's Roger Cooper. More details soon!
- Heinlein Award
- Posted: 07/19/2006
- Greg Bear is co-recipient with Jack Williamson for this year's Heinlein Award, presented by the Heinlein Society. Greg will receive the award at this year's World Science Fiction Convention in Anaheim, California.
- Now Available in U.S. : QUANTICO
- Posted: 06/01/2006
- Greg Bear's latest book, QUANTICO, is now available in the U.S.! [More Info...]
- Greg Bear wins the Monty Award
- Posted: 04/20/2006
- Greg Bear is a 2006 recipient of the Monty Award for distinguished alumni from San Diego State University. [More Info...]
- New From Greg Bear: QUANTICO
- Posted: 03/01/2006
- Greg Bear's latest book, QUANTICO, is now available from HarperCollins UK! More information about the forthcoming US edition will be posted soon! [More Info..] [Click Here to Order the First UK Edition Now]
- Updates: DARWIN'S CHILDREN and DARWIN'S RADIO
- Posted: 03/01/2006
- DARWIN'S RADIO and DARWIN'S CHILDREN have been released by the Sci Fi Channel and will not be developed by them for a cable miniseries. Executives had changed the tone and emphasis on these books substantially—rendering the New Children into vicious mutant aliens with elf ears, blue blood, and telekinetic powers, something of a mix of "Village of the Damned" and "It's Alive." Eventually, creative differences became insurmountable. Producers Michael DeLuca, Howard Braunstein, and Created By's Vince Gerardis are now free to take the properties to other networks, or develop them as a feature film.
