Title: Eater
Title Record # 20863
Author: Gregory Benford
Date: 2000-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Gregory Benford
Date: 2000-05-00
Type: NOVEL
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: From the flaps of the Eos first edition: "Dr. Benjamin Knowlton heads the High Energy Astrophysics Center, a prestigious research facility devoted to the interpretation of astronomical data. He stands at the apex of his profession, respected by his peers and involved in research with the potential to revolutionize our understanding of the universe. But Benjamin has no cause to celebrate. His beloved wife and colleague, Channing, an ex-astronaut turned astronomer, is dying of cancer. She has only a few months to live.
The entity - dubbed the Eater for its habit of devouring everything in its path - proves eager to share its vast knowledge, accumulated in the course of explorations that began long before life arose on Earth. In exchange, it seeks to learn about human art, culture, and science. The world is charmed by the seemingly beneficent alien. Even Channing is infused with fresh strength and purpose.
But gradually a terrifying truth about the singularity emerges - a truth almost too awful to comprehend. Now, as the world waits, Channing volunteers to undertake a desperate gamble: a one-to-one confrontation with the Eater."
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
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2 | 2001 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Nomination | 2003 Kurd Lasswitz Prize | Bestes ausländisches Werk |
Publications
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Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Eater | 2000-05-00 | Gregory Benford | Eos / HarperCollins | 0-380-97436-3 | $24.00?$: US dollar |
340 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Amy Halperin | |
Eater | 2000-05-00 | Gregory Benford | Eos / HarperCollins / SFBC | 10855 | $11.98?$: US dollar |
340 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Amy Halperin | |
Eater | 2001-01-00 | Gregory Benford | Orbit | 1-84149-017-2 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
386 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Fred Gambino | |
Eater | 2001-05-00 | Gregory Benford | Eos / HarperCollins | 0-380-79056-4 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
392 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Amy Halperin | |
Eater | 2009-10-13 | Gregory Benford | HarperCollins e-books | 978-0-06-183301-4 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Eater | 2013-03-29 | Gregory Benford | Gateway / Orion | 978-0-575-11847-8 | £2.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | |||
Artifact / Cosm / Eater | 2014-05-22 | Gregory Benford | Gollancz (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-0-575-11811-9 | £20.00?£: UK pound |
xii+ 848 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
omni | Sébastien Hue | |
Artifact / Cosm / Eater | 2014-05-22 | Gregory Benford | Gateway / Orion (SF Gateway Omnibus) | 978-1-4732-0203-0 | £9.99?£: UK pound |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni | |||
Eater | date unknown | Gregory Benford | Eos / HarperCollins | 0-380-79056-4 | $6.99?$: US dollar |
392 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Amy Halperin |
Reviews
- Review by Gary K. Wolfe (2000) in Locus, #471 April 2000
- Review by Jonathan Strahan (2000) in Locus, #471 April 2000
- Review by Russell Letson (2000) in Locus, #472 May 2000
- Review by Russell Blackford (2000) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 2000
- Review by Paul J. McAuley (2000) in Interzone, #160 October 2000
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (2000) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 2000
- Review by Kenneth Andrews (2001) in SFRA Review #251
- Review by Colin Bird (2001) in Vector 216
- Review [French] by Pascal J. Thomas (2001) in Galaxies, #23