''Als die Götter starben'' (''When the Gods Died'') is a 1963 science fiction novel by German author

Günther Krupkat Günther Krupkat (5 July 1905, Berlin14 April 1990, Berlin) was a German fiction writer, known as one of the leading science fiction writers of East Germany. Biography Born in Berlin in 1905, Krupkat studied engineering before dropping out for ...

about contact between humans and an alien race from the distant planet "Meju." After the discovery of alien diaries on the Martian moon Phobos in the 21st century, a frame narrative tells the interconnected stories of human power struggles in ancient Mesopotamia and alien flight from a distant planet following a cataclysm. A 1989 poll ranked it as the seventh most popular East German science fiction novel.

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* Fritzsche, Sonja. ''Science Fiction Literature in East Germany''. Oxford; New York: Lang, 2006. * Neumann, Hans-Peter. ''Die grosse illustrierte Bibliographie der Science Fiction in der DDR''. Berlin: Shayol, 2002. * Steinmüller, Angela and Karlheinz. Vorgriff auf das Lichte Morgen. Passau: Erster Deutscher Fantasy Club, 1995. 1963 German novels 1963 science fiction novels German science fiction novels East German novels Novels set on Phobos (moon) Novels about extraterrestrial life Ancient Mesopotamia in popular culture {{1960s-sf-novel-stub