# Greg Bear bibliography
The bibliography of **Greg Bear** (1951–2022), the American science fiction and fantasy author, covers more than thirty novels, five story collections, and a body of short fiction published between 1967 and 2021, together with franchise novels set in the [Star Trek](https://www.edgepedia.org/star-trek), Star Wars, Foundation, and [Halo](https://www.edgepedia.org/halo-franchise) universes.[1](https://www.gregbear.com/) • [2](https://www.gregbear.com/books/index.php) His career brought five Nebula Awards, two Hugo Awards, two Endeavour Awards, and the Galaxy Award (China).[1](https://www.gregbear.com/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First and last books | First short story "Destroyers" published 1967; first novel *Hegira* 1979; last novel *The Unfinished Land* 2021[3](https://sfwa.org/2022/11/20/in-memoriam-greg-bear/) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) |
| Output | More than thirty novels and five story collections[1](https://www.gregbear.com/) |
| Major awards | Five Nebulas, two Hugos, two Endeavours, Galaxy Award (China), Robert A. Heinlein Award (2006)[1](https://www.gregbear.com/) • [3](https://sfwa.org/2022/11/20/in-memoriam-greg-bear/) |
| Signature series | The Way (*Eon*, *Eternity*, prequel *Legacy*); Queen of Angels sequence; Forge of God diptych; Darwin's Radio pair; Forerunner Saga (Halo)[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php) |
| Franchise work | *Corona* (Star Trek, 1984), *Rogue Planet* (Star Wars, 2000), *Foundation and Chaos* (1998), Halo Forerunner trilogy (2011–2013)[2](https://www.gregbear.com/books/index.php) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) |
| Collaborative fiction | *The Mongoliad* trilogy (2012–2013) with six coauthors; anthologies edited with Martin H. Greenberg and Gardner Dozois[6](https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?9=) • [7](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/greg-bear/) |
| Reach | Novels and stories translated into nineteen languages[8](https://www.gregbear.com/pages/gregbearpromo.pdf) |
## Early work, 1967–1981
Bear sold his first short story at the age of fifteen to Robert Lowndes's *Famous Science Fiction*; the story, "Destroyers," appeared in 1967.[3](https://sfwa.org/2022/11/20/in-memoriam-greg-bear/) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) He completed his first novel, the fantasy *The Infinity Concerto*, at nineteen, but in the following decade published only a handful of short stories.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) His magazine appearances of the 1970s included "The Venging" in *Galaxy* (June 1975), "A Martian Ricorso" in *Analog* (February 1976), and "The Wind From a Burning Woman" in *Analog* (October 1978).[9](https://www.gregbear.com/books/anthologies.php)
His novel career began at the end of the 1970s, when he sold *Hegira* (1979), *Psychlone* (1979), *Beyond Heaven's River* (1980), and *Strength of Stones* (1982) in quick succession.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) • [2](https://www.gregbear.com/books/index.php) *Psychlone* has also been published under the title *Lost Souls*.[7](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/greg-bear/)
## The 1980s breakthrough
Bear's standing in the field rose sharply in the mid-1980s. In 1984, "Hardfought" and "Blood Music" won the Nebula Awards for best novella and best novelette respectively, and "Blood Music" went on to win the [Hugo Award](https://www.edgepedia.org/hugo-award); the story was expanded into the novel *Blood Music* (1985).[8](https://www.gregbear.com/pages/gregbearpromo.pdf) • [3](https://sfwa.org/2022/11/20/in-memoriam-greg-bear/) The same years produced *Eon* (1985), about the discovery of a hollowed-out asteroid containing a seemingly infinite corridor called the Way, and *The Forge of God* (1987), in which an alien race plots the destruction of Earth.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) • [2](https://www.gregbear.com/books/index.php)
**Series building.** Much of Bear's output from 1984 onward falls into connected sequences, which his website lists as follows:[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php)
- **The Way**: *Eon* (1985) and *Eternity* (1988), with *Legacy* (1995) as a prequel.[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php)
- **Songs of Earth and Power**: *The Infinity Concerto* (1984) and *The Serpent Mage* (1986), combined and revised as *Songs of Earth and Power* (1992).[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php) The Guardian dates the combined edition 1994.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary)
- **Forge of God**: *The Forge of God* (1987) and its sequel *Anvil of Stars* (1992), in which a handful of survivors track down those responsible for Earth's destruction.[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary)
- **Queen of Angels**: *Queen of Angels* (1990) and *Slant* (1997), joined by *Heads* (1990); the Guardian describes these as a loose future history beginning in 2047 in a socially stratified United States.[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary)
- **Darwin's Radio**: *Darwin's Radio* (1999) and *Darwin's Children* (2003), about the spread of a disease that proves to be an awakening of non-coding DNA producing genetically enhanced children.[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary)
- **Quantico**: *Quantico* (2005) and *Mariposa* (2009), near-future technothrillers dealing with domestic terrorism.[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary)
- **War Dogs**: *War Dogs* (2014), *Killing Titan* (2015), and *Take Back the Sky* (2016), a military science fiction trilogy.[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary)
Standalone novels from the same decades include *Moving Mars* (1993), in which a Martian scientist makes a breakthrough that shifts the balance of power with Earth; *Dinosaur Summer* (1998); *Vitals* (2002); *Dead Lines* (2004); *City at the End of Time* (2008), set in the far distant future; and *Hull Zero Three* (2010), a mystery set on a rundown generational starship.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) • [2](https://www.gregbear.com/books/index.php)
## Franchise and collaborative fiction
Bear wrote regularly within shared universes. His admiration for Star Trek produced the original novel *Corona* (1984), and later franchise work included *Star Wars: Rogue Planet* (2000) and *Foundation and Chaos* (1998), one volume of a second trilogy continuing [Isaac Asimov](https://www.edgepedia.org/isaac-asimov)'s Foundation series.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) • [7](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/greg-bear/) For the Halo games universe he wrote the Forerunner Saga, *Halo: Cryptum* (2011), *Halo: Primordium* (2012), and *Halo: Silentium* (2013), a trilogy establishing the origins of that setting.[5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php) • [4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary)
**The Mongoliad.** Bear was also one of a group of writers interested in swordplay and Western martial arts who created *The Mongoliad* cycle, distributed as smartphone apps developed by [Neal Stephenson](https://www.edgepedia.org/neal-stephenson)'s Subutai Corporation; the three books appeared in print in 2012 and 2013.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) • [2](https://www.gregbear.com/books/index.php) The Internet Speculative Fiction Database credits the books jointly to Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Nicole Galland, Cooper Moo, Neal Stephenson, and Mark Teppo.[6](https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?9=) He also coauthored short fiction with his son Erik Bear, including "Object 00922UU" (2015) and "The Hungry Shadows" (2019).[6](https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?9=)
As an editor, Bear produced *New Legends* (1995) with Martin H. Greenberg and *Multiverse* (2014) with Gardner Dozois.[7](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/greg-bear/)
## Short fiction and collections
Bear's short fiction appeared in magazines and anthologies from 1967 onward, including "Petra" in *Omni* (February 1982), "Blood Music" in *Analog* (June 1983), and "Tangents" in *Omni* (January 1986); later pieces appeared in *Nature*, such as "Deep Ice and DNA Languages" (January 13, 2000) and "Fertility 2079" (November 4, 2004).[9](https://www.gregbear.com/books/anthologies.php) His story collections are *The Wind from a Burning Woman* (1983), *Early Harvest* (1988), *Tangents* (1989), *The Venging* (1992), *The Collected Stories of Greg Bear* (2002), *W3: Women in Deep Time* (2003), *Sleepside* (2004), and *Future Visions* (2015, with others).[7](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/greg-bear/) • [2](https://www.gregbear.com/books/index.php) His shorter works were gathered in the three volumes of *The Complete Short Fiction of Greg Bear* (2016): *Just Over the Horizon*, *Far Thoughts and Pale Gods*, and *Beyond the Farthest Suns*.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary) • [5](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php)
## Awards and recognition
Bear won the [Nebula Award](https://www.edgepedia.org/nebula-award) for the novella "Hardfought" and for the novels *Moving Mars* and *Darwin's Radio*; "Blood Music" and "Tangents" received both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award.[3](https://sfwa.org/2022/11/20/in-memoriam-greg-bear/) In 2006 he received the Robert A. Heinlein Award.[3](https://sfwa.org/2022/11/20/in-memoriam-greg-bear/) Both *Dinosaur Summer* and *Darwin's Radio* won the Endeavour Award for the best novel by a Northwest science fiction author.[8](https://www.gregbear.com/pages/gregbearpromo.pdf) His novels and short stories have been translated into nineteen languages, among them Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Italian, French, Polish, Finnish, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Korean, and Greek.[8](https://www.gregbear.com/pages/gregbearpromo.pdf)
His final novel, *The Unfinished Land* (2021), was a fantasy set in Elizabethan times in which a Spanish galleon drifts into Tir Na Nog, the otherworld of Irish myth; shortly before his death on November 19, 2022, he was working on a memoir.[4](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary)
## References
1. [Greg Bear, official site: About Greg Bear](https://www.gregbear.com/)
2. [Greg Bear: Books (by date), gregbear.com](https://www.gregbear.com/books/index.php)
3. [In Memoriam: Greg Bear, Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, November 20, 2022](https://sfwa.org/2022/11/20/in-memoriam-greg-bear/)
4. [Greg Bear obituary, The Guardian, December 29, 2022](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/29/greg-bear-obituary)
5. [Greg Bear: Books – Series, gregbear.com](https://www.gregbear.com/books/series.php)
6. [Summary Bibliography: Greg Bear, Internet Speculative Fiction Database](https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?9=)
7. [Greg Bear, Fantastic Fiction](https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/greg-bear/)
8. [Greg Bear Bio-Bibliography, gregbear.com](https://www.gregbear.com/pages/gregbearpromo.pdf)
9. [Greg Bear: Anthologies and Magazines, gregbear.com](https://www.gregbear.com/books/anthologies.php)
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