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  THE GALACTIC CENTER SERIES GREGORY BENFORD

  A classic novel of humankind’s future and fate, and of one man’s encounter with the greatest mystery from outer space that humanity has ever encountered.

  IN THE OCEAN OF NIGHT (0-446-61159-X)

  ACROSS A SEA OF SUNS (0-446-61156-5)

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  GREAT SKY RIVER (0-446-61155-7)

  TIDES OF LIGHT (0-446-61154-9

  FURIOUS GULF (0-446-61153-0)

  SAILING BRIGHT ETERNITY (0-446-61152-2)

  “Overwhelming power … irresistible strength.”

  —Washington Post Book World for Great Sky River

  “Benford is a rarity: a scientist who writes with verve and insight not only about black holes and cosmic strings but about human desires and fears.”

  —New York Times Book Review for Tides of Light

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  A CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION STORY

  THE MARTIAN RACE

  GREGORY BENFORD

  As NASA bogs down in politics, tycoon John Axelrod mounts a privately funded expedition to the Red Planet. Axelrod’s not high-minded—he expects the televised flight to net him billions, including the $30 billion dollar Mars Prize being offered by the Mars Accords. In the grand tradition of offering incentives to goose exploration, the Mars Accords have opened the planet to the first comer.

  But for astronaut-scientists Julie, Viktor, Marc and Raoul, the mission’s not about money. It’s about discovery … and surviving for two years on a frigid, alien world that can kill them in countless ways …

  “Combines a realistic Mars mission plan with a dynamic plot and a sense of wonder to produce a real page-turner. One of the finest novels about human exploration of the Red Planet ever written.”

  —Dr. Robert Zubrin, president of The Mars Society and author of The Case for Mars

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