Jon Bing

After graduating with a degree at Trondheim Cathedral School, Bing began studying at the University of Oslo.

Together with Tor Åge Bringsværd and other students at the University of Oslo, Jon Bing started the Aniara society, a club for science fiction fans.

He was a much-loved public figure, often offering opinions on digital media, copyright, science fiction, etc.

In the short story Riestopher Josef from Around the Sun in a Circle he wrote about a boy who can't leave his house due to skin disease.

The short story is about Riestopher who builds himself a spaceship and goes to the sun to capture a sunbeam.

Bing and Bringsværd received the Rivertonprisen in 1979 for the television series Marco Polo ( Blindpassasjer) and the 1980 Ministry of Culture's award for best comic story.