The Galactic Center Saga is a series of books by author
Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is professor emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is a contributing editor of ''Reason ...
detailing a galactic war between mechanical and biological life.
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In the Ocean of Night
''In the Ocean of Night'' is a 1977 in literature, 1977 fix-up hard science fiction novel by American writer Gregory Benford. It is the first novel in his Galactic Center Saga. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Nebula Award for Best Novel ...
'' (1977)
— 1977
Nebula Award
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nominee,
1978
Locus Award
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nominee
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Across the Sea of Suns
''Across the Sea of Suns'' is a 1984 hard science fiction novel by American writer Gregory Benford. It is the second novel in his Galactic Center Saga, and continues to follow the scientist Nigel Walmsley, who encountered an extraterrestrial mac ...
'' (1984)
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Great Sky River'' (1987)
— 1988 Nebula Nominee
* ''Tides of Light'' (1989)
— 1990 Locus Award nominee
* ''Furious Gulf'' (1994)
* ''Sailing Bright Eternity'' (1996)
* "A Hunger for the Infinite" a novella published in the anthology
Far Horizons
''Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction'' is an anthology of original science fiction stories edited by Robert Silverberg, first published in hardcover by Avon Eos in May 1999, with a book club edition following ...
Reception
Paul Witcover in ''Sci Fi Weekly'' wrote that the series is "one of the most ambitious and enthralling sagas in all of science fiction: The epic tale of a star-spanning civilization of intelligent machines methodically working to exterminate a species of pestiferous vermin that calls itself humanity."
Adaptation
In 2001,
film director
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Jan De Bont
Jan de Bont (; born 22 October 1943) is a Dutch cinematographer, director and film producer. He is best known for directing the films ''Speed'' (1994) and ''Twister'' (1996). As a director of photography, de Bont also worked on numerous blockbus ...
announced that a television series based on the six-book saga was "in the works" at
Viacom Productions
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.
However, , no such series has been produced.
References
External links
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Science fiction book series
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