Gregory Keyes is a writer of science fiction and fantasy. He is famous for his Age of Unreason quartet, a steampunk/alchemical story starring Benjamin Franklin and Isaac Newton. He wrote the Babylon 5 Psi Corps trilogy, a history of the Psi Corps, and a biography of Psi Corps member Alfred Bester. He has also written The Briar King and Blackgod. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... The Age of Unreason is a series of four books written by Gregory Keyes. ... A rocket lands on the moon in Le Voyage dans la Lune, the film adaptation of Jules Vernes From the Earth to the Moon. ... Benjamin Franklin by Jean-Baptiste Greuze 1777 Benjamin Franklin (January 17 [O.S. January 6] 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most prominent of the Founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States. ... Sir Isaac Newton, PRS, (4 January [O.S. 25 December 1642] 1643 – 31 March [O.S. 20 March] 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor, and natural philosopher who is generally regarded as one of the most influential scientists in history. ... Babylon 5 is an epic science fiction television series created, produced, and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. ... Spoiler warning: In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps was an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for telepathic individuals. ... Alfred Bester is the name of a fictional character in the television series Babylon 5, played by Walter Koenig. ...

He was born on 11 April 1963 in Meridian, Mississippi, to a large, diverse, storytelling family. He received degrees in anthropology from Mississippi State University, and the University of Georgia before becoming a full time writer. He lives and fences in Savannah, Georgia. April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Meridian is a city located in, and the county seat of, Lauderdale County in Mississippi, a state of the United States of America. ... Anthropology (from the Greek word άνθρωπος, human or person) consists of the study of humanity (see genus Homo). ... Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in north east-central Mississippi in the town of Starkville and is situated 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of Columbus. ... The University of Georgia, located approximately 70 miles north-east of Atlanta in Athens, Georgia, is the largest institution of higher learning and research in the State of Georgia. ... Russian Ivan Tourchine and American Weston Kelsey fence in the second round of the Olympic Mens Individual Épée event at the Helliniko Fencing Hall on Aug. ...

Bibliography

Age of Unreason

• Newton's Cannon
• A Calculus of Angels
• Empire of Unreason
• Shadows of God

External links

• J. Gregory Keyes at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Interview with Greg Keyes conducted by Rob Bedford, at the SFF World website