In the Ocean of Night

Name: In the Ocean of Night
Author: Gregory Benford

by Gregory Benford

First contact with alien probe forces humanity to question its own survival

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Gregory Benford

Gregory Benford is an American astrophysicist and science fiction author whose novel Timescape won the Nebula Award and is considered a classic of hard SF. His Galactic Center Saga depicts a far-future galaxy in which organic life is under siege from mechanical civilizations. He writes with exceptional scientific authority drawn from his research career.

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