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• demallien · Oct 11, 2014 · Recommends

  …the list, I was a little disappointed. Yes, there are some great classics, but Timeline" by Michael Crichton as the "time travel" sci-fi novel of reference. No, just no. For time travel based sci-fi, Timescape by Gregory Benford is my pick of the lot. Bedford is actually an astrophysicist, so his version of time travel actually make sense. Plus, the characters in the books are scientists. It's a very thought…

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• interfixus · May 21, 2023 · Recommends

  A few favourites off the top of my head: The Difference Engine - William Gibson & Bruce Sterling Diaspora - Greg Egan Flashback - Dan Simmons Timescape - Gregory Benford Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke (but the "co"-authored sequels are too terrible for words)

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• ChuckMcM · Jul 19, 2013 · Recommends

  …the fear. Bill Joy went through a similar phase with his infamous grey goo manifesto. I think he has come back somewhat from the brink on that. I can appreciate the fear aspect of it. Greg Benford's TimeScape [1] scared the crap out me. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timescape

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• ChuckMcM · Apr 23, 2016 · Recommends

  Benford's Timescape always freaked me out a bit. Scientists in a dystopian future sending messages into the past in order to prevent their future from occurring.

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• ChuckMcM · May 13, 2017 · Recommends

  Of the three "The Sheep Look Up" was the most interesting to me. Read that and then read Benford's "Timescape". You won't be able to sleep for at least a week :-)

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• ChuckMcM · Mar 16, 2011 · Mentions

  When I read it I couldn't help but think of Timescape[1] which, when I read that, well it really creeped me out. [1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0553297090/102-4803255-3756...

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• petre · Dec 28, 2023 · Mentions

  Is this the novelist that wrote the novel with the tachyon messages to our past generations warning them about the impending climate change disaster? Edit: no, it's Timescape by Gragory Benford. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/778990.Timescape

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• pmontra · May 30, 2023 · Mentions

  It reminds me of the algae in Benford's Timescape novel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timescape

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• monkey_monkey · Dec 28, 2023 · Mentions

  I think the novel you're referring to is 'Timescape', and it was written by Gregory Benford. From what I remember (and it's been 20 years at least since I read it), it's quite a bleak story.

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• petre · Dec 28, 2023 · Mentions

  They're about the same thickness and number of pages and I've read them at about the same age. Timescape got the Nebula award, Red Mars got the BSFA and Nebula awards. They have about the same number of stars on Goodreads, so roughly the same reception? I haven't finished reading Red Mars, I think I grew…

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• softjobs · Jun 27, 2025 · Mentions

  In Gregory Benford's novel "Timescape" a diatom bloom features as a crucial plot element. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timescape

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