“ Electromagnetic theory and experiment gave us the telephone, radio, TV, computers, and made the internal combustion engine practical - thus, the car and airplane, leading inevitably to the rocket and… Gregory Benford
“ It turns out that if you optimize the performance of a car and of an airplane, they are very far away in terms of mechanical features. So you can make a flying car. But they are not very good planes,… Gregory Benford
“ Very little useful science got done in the space station. NASA never did the experiments needed to develop the technologies required for a genuine interplanetary expedition: centrifugal gravity to avo… Gregory Benford
“ The thing that most critics miss about Faulkner is that his famous storytelling voice is, in fact, a standard Southern storytelling voice that is typical of the Gulf Coast - Mississippi, Alabama and s… Gregory Benford
“ In a tough situation, don't avoid acting just because it's easier or comfortable. Don't lapse into a passive state. People who give up, die. Gregory Benford
“ As fandom grew more variegated, genzines reflected a broadening of interests, carrying personal columns of humor and reflection, science articles, amateur fiction, stylish gossip, and inevitably, thou… Gregory Benford
“ We’re more interested in the editor of this Astounding Science Fiction. General Groves sent me to ask that someone who knows more about this work you’re doing interview this—he glanced at a card—John… Gregory Benford
“ Humans and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. With aliens, that has to go double. Gregory Benford
“ Redwing had read somewhere that one of his favourite writers, Ernest Hemingway, had been asked what was the best training for a novelist. He had said “an unhappy childhood.” Redwing had enjoyed a fine… Gregory Benford
