Gregory Benford Wins 2019 Robert A. Heinlein Award

File 770 ^ | January 8, 2019 | Mike Glyer

[EveningStar]

Gregory Benford, science fiction author and astrophysicist, is the 2019 winner of the Robert A. Heinlein Award. The award is bestowed for outstanding published works in science fiction and technical writings that inspire the human exploration of space. This award is in recognition of Benford’s body of work, including his 32 novels, over 218 short stories, and many non-fiction articles.

Benford will receive the award on Friday, May 24 at opening ceremonies during Balticon 53, the 53rd Maryland Regional Science Fiction Convention. Balticon and the Robert A. Heinlein Award are both managed and sponsored by The Baltimore Science Fiction Society.

[EveningStar]

Gregory Benford

Robert A. Heinlein Award

Mike Glyer

[EveningStar]

ping

[gunnyg]

Grok THAT!...if ya can???
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[Captain Compassion]

Most Excellent!!!

[Yo-Yo]

TANSTAAFL.

[mowowie]

I read a bunch of Robert Heinlein novels recently i really like the Puppet Masters, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.
Starship Troopers was ok and i quit The Number of the Beast half way through...couldn’t take it anymore.

[nikos1121]

Robert A. Heinlein? Who Dat?

(Sarcasm)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The Cat Who Walks Through Walls.

I liked that novel a lot. Very interesting cast of characters.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Is this the Benford of “Benford’s Law?”

That’s the observation that numerical data results feature leading ones more often than one might expect.

[Zathras]

Adam Selene approves

[EveningStar]

Is this the Benford of “Benford’s Law?”

No. That's Frank Benford.

[EveningStar]

I found some of Heinlein’s later works to be unreadable.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Thanks, I did check after I posted (maybe I should have before).

[zeugma]

Good for him. Benford has written some great stuff.

[Jack Hammer]

Used to love sci fi fifty or sixty years ago; now, it’s all Lefty politics.

[El Laton Caliente]

You aren’t reading David Weber, John Ringo and some of the authors they collaborate with...

[RightGeek]

Thanks for the tips. I’m getting tired of rereading my oldies.

[Jack Hammer]

Thanks for the lead; I’ll look for their titles.