Of all the planets apart from Earth in our solar system, Mars is the most hospitable. Yeah. Right. Better keep my visit short. And yet, despite the discomfort, the danger, I love it here. I love coming back for these imaginary vacations. The sights are amazing.

Early in his career he also publiGreg Beard work as an artist including illustrations for an early version of the Star Trek Concordance and covers for Galaxy and F&SF. It won the Best Novelette Nebula Award (1983) and Hugo Award (1984). He sold his first story "Destroyers" to Famous Science Fiction in 1967.

Greg Bear has written 44 books in total. His work has covered themes of galactic conflict (Forge of God books) artificial universes (The Way series) consciousness and cultural practices (Queen of Angels) and accelerated evolution (Blood Music Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children).