caption birth_place influences notableworks name birth_date genre image article_title birth_name occupation
bear in 2005 san diego , california , u.s. poul anderson '' blood music '' greg bear 20 august 1951 science fiction , speculative fiction greg_bear . jpg greg bear
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greg bear

gregory dale `` greg '' bear -lrb- born august 20 , 1951 -rrb- is an american writer best known for science fiction .
his work has covered themes of galactic conflict -lrb- `` forge of god '' books -rrb- , artificial universes -lrb- `` the way '' series -rrb- , consciousness and cultural practices -lrb- `` queen of angels '' -rrb- , and accelerated evolution -lrb- `` blood music '' , `` darwin 's radio '' , and `` darwin 's children '' -rrb- .
his most recent work is the forerunner trilogy , written in the halo universe .
greg bear has written 44 books in total .
greg bear was also one of the five co-founders of the san diego comic-con .
