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Andreas Eschbach
Andreas Eschbach (born 15 September 1959, in Ulm) is a German writer, primarily of science fiction. His stories that are not clearly in the SF genre usually feature elements of the fantastic. Biography Eschbach studied aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and later worked as a software engineer. He has been writing since he was 12 years old. His first professional publication was the short story ''Dolls'', published in 1991 in German computing magazine ''C't''. His first novel was published in 1995. Nine of his novels have won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, one of the most prestigious awards in the German SF scene. Four of his novels have won the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis. His novels have also been translated into a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Russian, Serbian, Polish, Turkish and Japanese. In 2002, his novel ''Jesus Video'' was adapted for German television. In 2003, his novel '' Eine Billion Dollar'' was adapted for German rad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Pierre Bordage
Pierre Bordage (born 29 January 1955 in La Réorthe, Vendée) is a French science fiction author. He won the Cosmos 2000 prize in 1996 for his novel ''La Citadelle Hyponéros''. Pierre Bordage is one of France's best-selling science fiction writers. With more than 20 novels published in just over a decade, his books often touch on the spiritual aspects of society, in a style that combines the best of classic adventure stories with reflection on the future and the present. Bordage's books are best-sellers in France, and have been translated in several European countries (Russia, Italia, Spain, Slovenia, Romania...) but there still remains the difficulty of getting published in English, especially in the United States. He was winner of the 2008 Cezam Prix Littéraire Inter CE for ''Porteur d’âmes''. He was influenced by Philip José Farmer, Robert A. Heinlein, Frank Herbert, Orson Scott Card, and Star Wars. Bibliography Rohel le conquérant ''Rohel the conqueror'' 1992-1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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German Thriller Writers
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German Male Novelists
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1959 Births
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Marrak
Michael Marrak (born 1965 in Weikersheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a German science fiction and horror writer. He is also an illustrator and from 1993 to 1996 he edited the magazine ''Zimmerit''. His first novel ''Stadt der Klage'' was published by the Austrian art group and publishing collective monochrom. One of his best-known works is the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis winning novel ''Lord Gamma''. He also won the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis for his short stories twice. He's also the author of the backstory for the real-time combat space massively multiplayer online game '' Black Prophecy'', developed by Reakktor Media GmbH and released March 21, 2011. In 2020, he was the artist-in-residence of monochrom at Museumsquartier Vienna. His project was to create the novel ''Anima Ex Machina''. Novels * Stadt der Klage, 1997 – '' edition mono/monochrom'' * Lord Gamma, 2000 * Imagon, 2002 * Morphogenesis, 2005 * Das Aion 1 – Kinder der Sonne, 2008 * Anima Ex Machina (edited by Johannes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Jeschke
Wolfgang Jeschke (19 November 1936 – 10 June 2015) was a German science fiction author and editor at Heyne Verlag. In 1987, he won the Harrison Award for international achievements in science fiction. Biography Jeschke was born in 1936 in Děčín (then in Czechoslovakia, now in the Czech Republic). After the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II, he grew up in Asperg near Ludwigsburg. After graduating from high school, he trained as a toolmaker and worked in mechanical engineering. In 1959, he went back to complete the and studied German, English literature, and philosophy at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He completed a publishing internship at the publisher C.H. Beck. In 1969, he was hired as editorial assistant for the Kindler literature encyclopedia, and later became an editor. In 1970, author Herbert W. Franke offered a science fiction novel; the publisher remembered Jeschke's interest in science fiction and asked him for his opinion. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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