Gregory Benford
Author
Series
Bowl of heaven volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A human expedition to another star system is jeopardized by the discovery of an immense bowl-shaped structure in space that leads to hostile alien encounters and profound revelations about humanity's place in the universe.
Author
Series
Timescape volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In this thematic sequel to Gregory Benford's award-winning bestseller Timescape, a history professor finds that he is able travel back to 1968, the year he was sixteen-here, he finds a slew of mentors with the same ability, including Robert Heinlein, Albert Einstein, and Philip K. Dick and becomes a successful Hollywood screenwriter until some wicked time travelers try to subvert him. It's 2002, and Charlie, in his late forties, is a bit of a sad-sack...
3) Shipstar
Author
Series
Bowl of heaven volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Timescape) continue the thrilling adventure of a human expedition to another star system that is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which, tantalizingly, is on a direct path heading toward the same system the human ship is...