Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Gregory Benford -- Chapter 2. Benford in His Own Words -- Chapter 3. Fictional Directions -- Chapter 4. Galactic Center One -- Chapter 5. Galactic Center Two -- Chapter 6. To the Galactic Center -- Chapter 7. The Science Fiction Novel of Manners -- Chapter 8. Benford's Short Fiction -- Conclusion -- Interview with Gregory Benford -- A Gregory Benford Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.