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| [[File:Greg Bear.jpg|200px|thumb|Greg Bear]]
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| [[File:Greg Bear Memoriam.jpg|200px|thumb|Greg Bear, prolific author and contributor to the ''Halo'' franchise.]] | | [[File:Greg Bear.jpg|250px|thumb|Greg Bear]] |
| '''Gregory Dale Bear''' (August 20, 1951 - November 19, 2022) was an American science fiction and mainstream author. His work covered themes of galactic conflict, artificial universes, consciousness and cultural practices, and accelerated evolution. He is known for the trilogy of novels, [[The Forerunner Saga]], which focus on the [[Forerunner]] civilization set prior to the activation of the [[Halo Array]] as well as before and during their war with the [[Flood]].
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| ==Biography==
| | '''Gregory Dale Bear''' (born August 20, 1951) is an [[United States of America|American]] science fiction and mainstream author. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict, artificial universes, consciousness and cultural practices, and accelerated evolution. |
| Bear was born in San Diego, California. From 1968 to 1973 he attended San Diego State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree. He has two children, and currently lives with his wife Astrid Anderson outside Seattle, Washington. | |
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| Often classified as a [[Wikipedia:Hard science fiction|hard science fiction]] author, Bear is known to pay close attention to scientific details in his work, and he addresses major questions in contemporary science and culture with fictional solutions. His themes are often broad and abstract, one of them being reality as a function of observers. He has also been credited as being the first author to describe nanotechnology in science fiction. Some of his more recent works which deal with accelerated evolution triggered by a strange disease stick closely to the known facts of their respective fields of science.
| | His most recent project is a [[Forerunner Saga|trilogy of novels]] focusing on the [[Forerunner]] civilization for the first time, set prior to the activation of the [[Halo Array]], before and during their war with the [[Flood]]. The first novel in the series, titled ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'', is set to be released on [[2011|January 4, 2011]].<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/news/headline/science-fiction-legend-greg-bear-set-to-explore-the-time-of-the-forerunners/5011 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Science fiction legend Greg Bear set to explore the time of the Forerunners'']</ref> |
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| Bear has written several acclaimed original novels and series, including [[Wikipedia:The Way (Greg Bear)|''The Way'' series]], ''[[Wikipedia:The Forge of God|The Forge of God]]'' and the ''[[Wikipedia:Darwin's Radio|Darwin series]]'' to name a few. He has also authored several novels set in established series and franchises, such as ''[[Wikipedia:The Foundation Series|The Foundation Series]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Man-Kzin Wars|Man-Kzin Wars]]'', ''[[Wikipedia: Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia: Star Trek|Star Trek]]''. He has received many accolades, including five [[Wikipedia:Nebula Award|Nebula awards]] and two [[Wikipedia:Hugo Award|Hugo awards]] for science fiction.
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| While most of Bear's work is science fiction, he has also written fantasy and horror stories, as well as combinations of science fiction and fantasy.
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| == ''Halo'' bibliography ==
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| *''[[The Forerunner Saga]]''
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| **''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' (2011)
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| **''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' (2012)
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| **''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' (2013)
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| ***''[[Rebirth]]'' (2013) - Co-authored with Chloe Bear
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| ==Trivia==
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| Nearly every author who was asked to provide stories for the ''[[Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe|Halo: Evolutions]]'' anthology accepted the offer. Greg Bear was among those who declined; though he was interested in the project, he wished to write a full-length novel rather than a short story.<ref>'''Halo Waypoint''', ''Inside Halo: Evolutions, Part 2''</ref> A few months later, [[Eric Raab]], [[343 Industries]]' contact within [[Tor Books]], suggested that Bear be hired as the author of the planned ''Forerunner Saga''. When [[Frank O'Connor]] approached Bear about writing the series, the latter gladly accepted the offer.<ref>'''Halo Waypoint''', ''Greg Bear Talks Halo Cryptum, Part 1''</ref>
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