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Benjamin Burress

Biography

My working life has always centered around science and education, but writing fiction--mostly science fiction and fantasy--has been an accompaniment throughout; another mode of expressing thoughts and feelings about the world and universe. As a Peace Corps Volunteer I taught physics and math in Cameroon. I worked for ten years at research observatories, first NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory, and then at Lowell Observatory. Since 1999 I have been a staff astronomer and content researcher at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California.

Books

Ouijatech by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 144,260. Language: English. Originally Published: January 2, 2024 by Benjamin Burress. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
The Board is set. The Spirits are listening. Pose your questions. Be careful what you ask. Twenty years after the discovery of intelligent signals emanating from the dark energy spectrum of the universe, the world copes with the implication that they originate from the souls of the dead. Science, religion, and society seek to understand the relationship humans appear to share with "ouijans."
Cadre of Silken Voices by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 60,490. Language: English. Originally Published: October 29, 2016 by Benjamin Burress. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
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Congratulations! Your personal link to the galaxy awaits! Engage in thrilling adventures, diverse friendships, and instant access to a spectrum of cumulative thought that does not exist within any one culture, civilization, or planet, and at virtually no cost. So promised the long-distance sales call Max received late one night, an offer he decided he could not refuse.
A Change of Mind by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 81,060. Language: English. Originally Published: February 19, 2016 by Benjamin Burress. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
Linvaria has overseen the affairs of seventy star systems for a thousand years, a job that she carries on with tireless dedication and implicit loyalty. However, within the privacy of her spare thoughts there is discontent. Galactic civilization has reached a state of arrested development. There is no advancement. There is only the edict of maintaining the steady state, for better or for worse.
The Myriad Millennium by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 68,270. Language: English. Originally Published: February 6, 2015 by Benjamin Burress. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
Paul is an android created for a singular purpose: to find and kill the enemy of his maker. In a wide world containing few clues to the identity of his quarry, and a commander who is missing in action, it is not an easy task.
The G.O.D. Machine by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 66,470. Language: English. Originally Published: June 7, 2013 by Benjamin Burress. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General
Becoming lost in a world of her own is the last thing on Holly Winston's to-do list in the pursuit of her academic and career goals. She has her assignment: poke, prod, dig at, do whatever it takes to break the dream-spell illusion of a virtual reality of haunting realism.
The Chronicles of Elliot Chang by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 102,470. Language: English. Originally Published: October 15, 2012 by Benjamin Burress. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General
Elliot Chang lives a rational, logical life, free from superstitions and notions of gods, demons or impending apocalypses that subjugated human thought. Elliot Chang, high school science teacher, has mastered a content and blissfully uneventful life--until it takes an unexpected and supernatural turn and the world he knows ends.

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