Free Speculative Fiction Online: Gregory Benford

Award-winning fiction:

With Gordon Eklund: If The Stars Are Gods (Universe Anthology #4, 1974)
Nebula for Best Novelette 1974.
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Not freely available online!

Timescape (Simon & Schuster, 1980)
Nebula for Best Novel 1980.
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Not freely available online!

Award-nominated fiction:

This list is limited to the Hugo Awards, the Nebula Awards, and the World Fantasy Awards. See here for further awards.

Deeper Than the Darkness (F & SF, April 1969)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 1970.
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 1969.
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Not freely available online!

White Creatures (New Dimensions Anthology #5, 1975)
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1975.
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Not freely available online!

Doing Lennon (Analog, April 1975)
Hugo Nomination for Best Short Story 1976.
Nebula Nomination for Best Short Story 1975.
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Not freely available online!

In the Ocean of Night (Quantum/ Dial, 1977)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 1977.
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Not freely available online!

A Snark in the Night (F & SF, August 1977)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 1978.
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Not freely available online!

Swarmer, Skimmer (SF Digest, October 1981)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 1981.
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Not freely available online!

Against Infinity (Amazing, March 1983)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 1983.
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Not freely available online!

Newton Sleep (F & SF, January 1986)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 1986.
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Not freely available online!

Great Sky River (Bantam Spectra, 1987)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novel 1988.
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Not freely available online!

Matter’s End (Full Spectrum Anthology #3, 1991)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novelette 1992.
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Not freely available online!

Soon Comes Night (Asimov's, August 1994)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 1995.
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Immersion (SF Age, March 1996)
Hugo Nomination for Best Novella 1997.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Fourteenth Edition.
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Dark Heaven (Alien Crimes Anthology, 2007)
Nebula Nomination for Best Novella 2008.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Fifth Edition.
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Not freely available online!

Other fiction online:

Pebble Among the Stars (Faster Than Light Anthology, 1976)
A sample from this anthology.
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Time Shards (Universe Anthology #9, 1979)
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Dark Sanctuary (Omni, May 1979)
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Dread Moon (The Jupiter War Anthology, 1991)
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A Desperate Calculus (New Legends Anthology, 1995)
A sample from this anthology.
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The Clear Blue Seas of Luna (Asimov's, October 2002)
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twentieth Edition.
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Available as part of this magazine (Cosmos Magazine #2, August 2005)
Also available on a freely distributable CD.
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The Semisent (Continuum SF, Fall 2006)
Available as part of this magazine.
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Bow Shock (Jim Baen's Universe Vol. 1 No. 1, June 2006)
Available as part of this magazine. Also available on a freely distributable CD.
Featured in Gardner Dozois’s ‘Year’s Best SF’, Twenty-Fourth Edition.
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With David Brin: I Could’ve Done Better (Jim Baen's Universe Vol. 1 No. 5, February 2007)
A sample from this magazine. Alternate link.
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The Champagne Award (Nature #451, February 2008)
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SETI for Profit (Nature #452, April 2008)
Available as part of this anthology.
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Caveat Time Traveller (Nature #458, April 2009)
Available as part of this magazine.
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The Final Now (Tor.com, March 2010)
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Penumbra (Nature #465, June 2010)
Featured in Hartwell & Cramers’s ‘Year’s Best SF 16’.
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Gravity’s Whispers (Nature #466, July 2010)
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Grace Immaculate (Tor.com, October 2011)
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The Sigma Structure Symphony (Tor.com, March 2012)
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Backscatter (Tor.com, April 2013)
Available as part of this anthology.
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Think Big (Nature #499, July 2013)
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Leaving Night (Lightspeed, December 2013)
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Free Speculative Fiction Online

Gregory Benford

Award-winning fiction:

With Gordon Eklund: If The Stars Are Gods (Universe Anthology #4, 1974)

Timescape (Simon & Schuster, 1980)

Award-nominated fiction:

Deeper Than the Darkness (F & SF, April 1969)

White Creatures (New Dimensions Anthology #5, 1975)

Doing Lennon (Analog, April 1975)

In the Ocean of Night (Quantum/ Dial, 1977)

A Snark in the Night (F & SF, August 1977)

Swarmer, Skimmer (SF Digest, October 1981)

Against Infinity (Amazing, March 1983)

Newton Sleep (F & SF, January 1986)

Great Sky River (Bantam Spectra, 1987)

Matter’s End (Full Spectrum Anthology #3, 1991)

Soon Comes Night (Asimov's, August 1994)

Immersion (SF Age, March 1996)

Dark Heaven (Alien Crimes Anthology, 2007)

Other fiction online:

Pebble Among the Stars (Faster Than Light Anthology, 1976)

Time Shards (Universe Anthology #9, 1979)

Dark Sanctuary (Omni, May 1979)

Dread Moon (The Jupiter War Anthology, 1991)

A Desperate Calculus (New Legends Anthology, 1995)

The Clear Blue Seas of Luna (Asimov's, October 2002)

Available as part of this magazine (Cosmos Magazine #2, August 2005)

The Semisent (Continuum SF, Fall 2006)

Bow Shock (Jim Baen's Universe Vol. 1 No. 1, June 2006)

With David Brin: I Could’ve Done Better (Jim Baen's Universe Vol. 1 No. 5, February 2007)

The Champagne Award (Nature #451, February 2008)

SETI for Profit (Nature #452, April 2008)

Caveat Time Traveller (Nature #458, April 2009)

The Final Now (Tor.com, March 2010)

Penumbra (Nature #465, June 2010)

Gravity’s Whispers (Nature #466, July 2010)

Grace Immaculate (Tor.com, October 2011)

The Sigma Structure Symphony (Tor.com, March 2012)

Backscatter (Tor.com, April 2013)

Think Big (Nature #499, July 2013)

Leaving Night (Lightspeed, December 2013)