The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories (Volume 1)

Gregory Benford (Gregory Albert Benford) is an astrophysicist and science fiction author who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is also a contributing editor of Reason magazine. Benford is best known for the Galactic Center Saga novels, a series that postulates a galaxy in which sentient organic life is in constant warfare with sentient electromechanical life. Greg was born in Mobile, Alabama. He received his Bachelor of...

Craig DeLancey is the author of Loosed Upon the World, a collection of speculative fiction. His stories explore the intersection of technology and the human condition.

Alexander Christian Irvine (born March 22, 1969) is an American fantasy and sci-fi author.

Gwyneth Jones is an author known for her contributions to science fiction, especially within the hard science fiction genre. Her works include entries in "The Year's Top Hard Science Fiction Stories" series and the collection "Myth-understandings." She also wrote a critical study on fellow author Joanna Russ.