Galactic Center Saga

Galactic Center Saga

The Galactic Center Saga is a series of books by author Gregory Benford detailing a galactic war between mechanical and biological life.cite news |work=Sci Fi Weekly |title=Mean, stupid, ugly, and the terror of all other species |url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/interviews/sfw5466.html |date=2000-03-20 |first=Paul |last=Witcover |quote=He is perhaps best known for his Galactic Center novels, which together constitute one of the most ambitious and enthralling sagas in all of science fiction: the epic tale of a star-spanning civilization of intelligent machines methodically working to exterminate a species of pestiferous vermin that calls itself humanity.]

* "In the Ocean of Night" (1977)cite news |work=Los Angeles Times |title=The Science of Fiction; UCI Astrophysicist Gregory Benford Puts Reality Into His Novels |date=1994-08-28 |first=Dennis |last=McLellan |page=E1 |quote= Benford's latest book, "Furious Gulf", (Bantam Spectra) is about an expedition exploring the black hole at the center of the galaxy. It's the fifth in his "Galactic Center" series, which began in 1976 with "In the Ocean of the Night".]
* "Across the Sea of Suns" (1984)
* "Great Sky River" (1987)cite news |work=Los Angeles Times |title=If Homer Were to Write Science Fiction: "Great Sky River" by Gregory Benford |date=1987-12-27 |first=John G. |last=Cramer |page=B11 |quote=The novel is set several thousand years in the future of Benford's previous novels, "In the Ocean of Night" and "Across the Sea of Suns", two books of a projected trilogy.]
* "Tides of Light" (1989)cite news |work=The Washington Post |title=Of Machines And Men |date=1989-02-26 |first=Ted |last=White |page=BW09 |quote=Gregory Benford's "Tides of Light" is a sequel to his "Great Sky River", and part of a loosely-linked series that includes "In the Ocean of Night" and "Across the Sea of Suns".]
* "Furious Gulf" (1994)
* "Sailing Bright Eternity" (1996) [cite web |accessdate=2008-08-06 |work=Fantastic Fiction |url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/b/gregory-benford/sailing-bright-eternity.htm |title=Sailing Bright Eternity (Galactic Center, book 6) by Gregory Benford |quote=The finale to the GALACTIC CENTRE sequence, in which three generations of men who hold the key to human survival become the target of 'the Mechs'.]

In other media

In 2001, film director Jan De Bont announced that a television series based on the six-book saga was "in the works" at Viacom Productions. [cite news |work=Variety |title=De Bont plans FX sci-fi mini |url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117851503.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 |first=Michael |last=Schneider |date=2001-08-20 |quote=Besides "Eater", Blue Tulip also has a series project in the works at Viacom Prods. based on Benford's six-book "The Galactic Center Series" anthology. "Galactic Center" is described as a future-set "Odyssey."] As of August 2008, no such series has been produced.

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