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Greg Bear

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Author

The Resume

    (August 20, 1951- )
    Born in San Diego, California
    Science fiction author
    Son-in-law of science fiction legend Poul Anderson
    Over thirty published novels
    Winner of two Hugo and five Nebula awards
    BA from San Diego State University
    Books include: Darwin's Radio, Moving Mars, Psychlone, Queen of Angels

Why he might be annoying:

    He's a 'hard science fiction' writer, concentrating on the science end of sci-fi versus the questions of morality and existentialism that gives all literature, including sci-fi, its humanity.
    He's written Star Wars and Star Trek novels.
    A single episode of the Twilight Zone is his only work to be filmed.
    His middle name is Dale.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He's written in a wide variety of styles within sci-fi, from space opera to complex anthropological works.
    He's one of only two writers to win a Nebula in every category they are awarded in.
    Blood Music was the first sci-fi novel to feature nanotechnology.
    He's a very capable primitive artist, with some of his paintings appearing on the covers of his own books.
    Doris Lessing, the 2007 Nobel Prize winner for literature, called him a 'great writer.'

Credit: tom_jeffords


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 19 Votes: 31.58% Annoying