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Greg Bear

Greg Bear is a highly acclaimed American author, best known for his hard science fiction novels. His works often explore complex themes such as galactic conflict, artificial universes, consciousness, and accelerated evolution. In addition to his work in science fiction, Bear has also written thrillers and fantasy novels. Throughout his career, he has been recognized for his meticulous attention to scientific detail, earning him a reputation as a leading voice in the hard science fiction genre.

Bear was born in San Diego, California, in 1951. He developed an early interest in science fiction, selling his first short story at the age of fifteen. After completing his education at San Diego State University, he began his writing career in earnest. In addition to his work as an author, Bear has acted as a consultant for various organizations, including NASA, the U.S. Army, and Homeland Security. He has provided expertise on a range of topics, from privatizing space to food safety and biological security.

Bear is married to Astrid Anderson Bear and is the son-in-law of fellow science fiction author Poul Anderson. He is also a parent to two children, Erik and Alexandra. In addition to his work as a writer and consultant, Bear is one of the co-founders of the San Diego Comic Con. Over the course of his career, he has written a total of 44 books and has won numerous international prizes for his work. His books have been translated into more than twenty-two languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide.
Ares Rising Books
# Title Year
1 War Dogs 2014
2 Killing Titan 2015
3 Take Back the Sky 2016
Darwin's Radio Books
# Title Year
1 Darwin's Radio 1999
2 Darwin's Children 2002
Eon Books
# Title Year
1 Eon 1984
2 Eternity 1988
3 Legacy 1994
Forge of God Books
# Title Year
1 The Forge of God 1987
2 Anvil of Stars 1992
Halo Books
# Title Year
1 First Strike 2003
2 The Fall of Reach, The Flood, First Strike 2004
3 Ghosts of Onyx 2006
4 Broken Circle 2014
5 Hunters in the Dark 2015
6 Saint's Testimony 2015
7 Shadow of Intent 2015
8 Legacy of Onyx 2017
9 Contact Harvest 2019
10 The Rubicon Protocol 2022
11 Outcasts 2023
Quantum Logic Books (with)
# Title Year
1 Quantico 2007
2 Mariposa 2009
Queen of Angels Books
# Title Year
1 Queen of Angels 1990
2 Heads 1990
3 Moving Mars 1993
4 Slant 1997
Second Foundation Trilogy Books
# Title Year
1 Foundation's Fear 1997
2 Foundation and Chaos 1998
3 Foundation's Triumph 2000
Songs of Earth and Power Books
# Title Year
1 Songs of Earth and Power 1984
2 Infinity Concerto 1984
3 The Serpent Mage 1984
Star Wars Legends Books
# Title Year
1 Splinter of the Mind's Eye 1978
2 The Han Solo Adventures 1979
3 The Adventures of Lando Calrissian 1983
4 The Courtship of Princess Leia 1994
5 The Truce at Bakura 1994
6 The Crystal Star 1994
7 Children of the Jedi 1995
8 We Don't Do Weddings 1995
9 Darksaber 1995
10 The New Rebellion 1996
11 Planet of Twilight 1997
12 I, Jedi 1998
13 Tales from the New Republic 1999
14 Rogue Planet 2000
15 Darth Maul's Revenge 2000
16 Cloak Of Deception 2000
17 Darth Maul Shadow Hunter 2001
18 Jango Fett: Bounty Hunter 2002
19 The Approaching Storm 2002
20 A Forest Apart 2003
21 Tatooine Ghost 2003
22 Shatterpoint 2003
23 Jango Fett vs. the Razor Eaters 2003
24 The Ruins of Dantooine 2003
25 The Cestus Deception 2004
26 Survivor's Quest 2004
27 Fool's Bargain 2004
28 Jedi Trial 2004
29 Yoda: Dark Rendezvous 2004
30 Labyrinth of Evil 2005
31 Outbound Flight 2006
32 Star Wars: Outbound Flight 2006
33 Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader 2006
34 Allegiance 2007
35 Revenge of the Sith 2007
36 Ready, Set, Podrace! 2007
37 A Queen's Diary 2007
38 Death Star 2007
39 The Life and Legend of Obi-Wan Kenobi 2008
40 Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor 2008
41 Death Troopers 2009
42 The Life of Luke Skywalker 2009
43 Millennium Falcon 2009
44 Crisis on Coruscant , #4) 2010
45 Crosscurrent 2010
46 Fire Ring Race 2010
47 Shinbone Showdown 2010
48 Red Harvest 2010
49 Choices of One 2011
50 Shadow Games 2011
51 Star Wars: Shadow Games 2011
52 Riptide 2011
53 Knight Errant 2011
54 Shadows of the Empire 2011
55 Lost Tribe of the Sith 2012
56 Winner Lose All 2012
57 Scourge 2012
58 The Wrath of Darth Maul 2012
59 Maul: Lockdown 2012
60 Darth Plagueis 2012
61 Scoundrels 2013
62 Kenobi 2013
63 Crucible 2013
64 Dawn of the Jedi 2013
65 Lockdown 2015
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Hegira 1953
2 Psychlone 1979
3 Beyond Heaven's River 1980
4 Strength of Stones 1981
5 Lost Souls 1982
6 Blood Music 1985
7 Dinosaur Summer 1998
8 Country Of The Mind 1998
9 Dead Lines 2001
10 Vitals 2002
11 City at the End of Time 2008
12 Hull Zero Three 2010
13 The Unfinished Land 2019
Short Stories/Novellas
# Title Year
1 Petra 1982
2 Hardfought 1988
3 Sisters 1992
Jurassic Park Graphic Novels
# Title Year
1 Classic Jurassic Park 1993
2 Classic Jurassic Park, Volume 2 2011
3 The Devils in the Desert 2011
4 Classic Jurassic Park, Volume 4 2012
5 Dangerous Games 2012
6 Jurassic Park Vol. 5 2013
Short Story Collections
# Title Year
1 The Wind from a Burning Woman 1983
2 The Venging 1983
3 Sleepside 1988
4 Early Harvest 1988
5 Bear's Fantasies 1988
6 Tangents 1989
7 The Collected Stories of Greg Bear 2002
8 Women in Deep Time 2003
9 Just Over the Horizon 2016
10 Far Thoughts and Pale Gods 2016
11 Beyond the Farthest Suns 2016
Halo: The Forerunner Saga Books
# Title Year
1 Cryptum 2011
2 Primordium 2011
3 Silentium 2013
Star Trek: TOS (Original) Books
# Title Year
1 The Klingon Gambit 1981
2 Entropy Effect 1981
3 The Covenant of the Crown 1981
4 The Prometheus Design 1982
5 The Abode of Life 1982
6 The Wrath Of Khan 1982
7 Black Fire 1983
8 Triangle 1983
9 Web of the Romulans 1983
10 Yesterday's Son 1983
11 Mutiny on the Enterprise 1983
12 The Wounded Sky 1983
13 The Vulcan Academy Murders 1984
14 The Trellisane Confrontation 1984
15 The Final Reflection 1984
16 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock 1984
17 My Enemy, My Ally 1984
18 Uhura's Song 1985
19 Shadow Lord 1985
20 Ishmael 1985
21 Killing Time 1985
22 Dwellers in the Crucible 1985
23 Mindshadow 1986
24 Crisis on Centaurus 1986
25 Dreadnought! 1986
26 Time for Yesterday 1986
27 Battlestations! 1986
28 Demons 1986
29 Enterprise: The First Adventure 1986
30 The Romulan Way 1987
31 Strangers from the Sky 1987
32 Deep Domain 1987
33 Dreams of the Raven 1987
34 How Much for Just the Planet? 1987
35 Timetrap 1988
36 Final Frontier 1988
37 The IDIC Epidemic 1988
38 The Three-Minute Universe 1988
39 Spock's World 1988
40 Memory Prime 1988
41 Double, Double 1989
42 The Cry of the Onlies 1989
43 The Kobayashi Maru 1989
44 Enemy Unseen 1990
45 Rules of Engagement 1990
46 The Pandora Principle 1990
47 Doctor's Orders 1990
48 Home Is the Hunter 1990
49 Legacy 1991
50 Prime Directive 1991
51 Probe 1991
52 The Rift 1991
53 Faces of Fire 1992
54 The Disinherited 1992
55 Best Destiny 1992
56 From the Depths 1993
57 Windows on a Lost World 1993
58 Shadows on the Sun 1993
59 Firestorm 1994
60 Sarek 1994
61 The Patrian Transgression 1994
62 Traitor Winds 1994
63 Crossroad 1994
64 Recovery 1995
65 Twilight's End 1996
66 The Rings of Taute 1996
67 First Strike 1996
68 Mudd in Your Eye 1997
69 Vulcan's Forge 1997
70 Assignment: Eternity 1998
71 Vulcan's Heart 1999
72 Constitution 1999
73 Rough Trails 2000
74 The Flaming Arrow 2000
75 Thin Air 2000
76 Swordhunt 2000
77 Honor Blade 2000
78 The Aliens Are Coming! 2002
79 The Last Roundup 2002
80 Gemini 2003
81 Garth of Izar 2003
82 Ex Machina 2004
83 The Case of the Colonist's Corpse 2004
84 Burning Dreams 2006
85 Troublesome Minds 2009
86 Inception 2010
87 Unspoken Truth 2010
88 A Choice of Catastrophes 2011
89 The Rings of Time 2012
90 That Which Divides 2012
91 Allegiance in Exile 2013
92 Devil's Bargain 2013
93 The Weight of Worlds 2013
94 The Folded World 2013
95 The Shocks of Adversity 2013
96 From History's Shadow 2013
97 No Time Like the Past 2014
98 Serpents in the Garden 2014
99 The More Things Change 2014
100 Shadow of the Machine 2014
101 Foul Deeds Will Rise 2014
102 Savage Trade 2015
103 Crisis of Consciousness 2015
104 Armageddon's Arrow 2015
105 All That's Left 2015
106 Child of Two Worlds 2015
107 Miasma 2016
108 The Latter Fire 2016
109 Elusive Salvation 2016
110 The Face of the Unknown 2016
111 The Captain's Oath 2019
112 The Antares Maelstrom 2019
113 The Higher Frontier 2020
114 Agents of Influence 2020
115 A Contest of Principles 2020
116 Living Memory 2021
117 Harm's Way 2022
118 Lost to Eternity 2024
Star Trek: TOS (Numbered) Books
# Title Year
1 The Prometheus Design 1982
2 The Abode of Life 1982
3 Black Fire 1983
4 Triangle 1983
5 Web of the Romulans 1983
6 The Wounded Sky 1983
7 Corona 1984
8 The Tears of the Singers 1984
9 The Vulcan Academy Murders 1984
10 Uhura's Song 1985
11 Shadow Lord 1985
12 Ishmael 1985
13 Killing Time 1985
14 Pawns and Symbols 1985
15 Chain of Attack 1987
16 Bloodthirst 1987
17 The IDIC Epidemic 1988
18 The Three-Minute Universe 1988
19 Vulcan's Glory 1989
20 Home Is the Hunter 1990
21 Ghost-Walker 1991
22 A Flag Full of Stars 1991
23 Renegade 1991
24 Prime Directive 1991
25 The Rift 1991
26 Ice Trap 1992
27 Sanctuary 1992
28 Death Count 1992
29 Shell Game 1993
30 The Starship Trap 1993
31 From the Depths 1993
32 The Great Starship Race 1993
33 The Patrian Transgression 1994
34 Crossroad 1994
35 Recovery 1995
36 The Fearful Summons 1995
37 First Frontier 1995
38 The Captain's Daughter 1995
39 Twilight's End 1996
40 The Rings of Tautee 1996
41 The Joy Machine 1996
42 Mudd in Your Eye 1997
43 Mind Meld 1997
44 Assignment: Eternity 1998
45 Vulcan's Heart 1999
46 Across the Universe 1999
47 In the Name of Honor 2002
48 Ex Machina 2004
49 The Disinherited 2007
50 Excelsior: Forged in Fire 2007
51 The Children of Kings 2010
52 Cast No Shadow 2011
53 Allegiance in Exile 2013
Greg Bear Anthologies
# Title Year
1 Tomorrow: New Worlds of Science Fiction 1975
2 Dragons of Light 1980
3 The First Omni Book of Science Fiction 1983
4 Mirrorshades 1986
5 Mississippi Review 47 / 48 1988
6 Third Annual Collection 1989
7 Murasaki 1992
8 The Ascent of Wonder 1994
9 Omni Visions Two 1994
10 New Legends 1995
11 Paragons 1996
12 Hackers 1996
13 New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction 2003
14 The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction 2006
15 Like Water for Quarks 2011
16 Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology 2013
17 Multiverse 2014
18 Visions of the Future 2015
19 Future Visions 2015
20 Nebula Awards 49 (2015) 2015
21 Grave Predictions 2016