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Benford has an identical twin brother, Jim Benford, with whom he has collaborated on Science Fiction stories and projects. Both got their start in science fiction fandom. Benford was the co-editor of the fanzine '' Void ''. His first professional sale was the story "Stand-In", which appeared in the June 1965 issue of the '' Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction ''. In 1969 , he began writing a regular science column for '' Amazing Stories ''. Benford tends to write Hard Science Fiction which incorporates the research he is doing as a practical scientist. He has worked on several collaborations with authors including William Rotsler, David Brin and Gordon Eklund, but has really made a name for himself with the Galactic Center Saga beginning with ''In the Ocean of Night'' ( 1977 ). This series postulates a Galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient mechanical life. His breakthrough novel may have been the time-travel classic '' Timescape '' ( 1980 ), which won the Nebula Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award . A scientific procedural, the novel eventually loaned its title to a line of science fiction published by Pocket Books. Benford has also served as an editor of numerous '' (1998), '' The Martian Race '' (1999) and '' Eater '' (2000). Benford has been nominated for four Hugo Award s (for two short stories & two novellas) and 12 Nebula Awards (in all categories). He won the Nebula for his novel ''Timescape'' and the novelette "If the Stars Are Gods" (with Gordon Eklund ). In addition to establishing in the late 1960s. In 2004 , Benford proposed that the harmful effects of Global Warming could be reduced by the construction of a rotating Fresnel Lens 1000 Kilometre s across, floating in space at the Lagrangian Point L1. According to Benford, this lens would diffuse the light from the Sun and reduce the solar energy reaching the Earth by approximately 0.5% to 1%. He estimated that this would cost around $ 10 Billion . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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