Andrey John "Andy" Remic (26 July 1971 – 26 February 2022) was a British author of
thriller
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** Thriller film, a film genre under the general thriller genre
Comics
* ''Thriller'' (DC Comics), a comic book series published 1983–84 by DC Comics i ...
s,
science fiction
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and
military science fiction. He was also an indie filmmaker.
Life and career
Born in 1971 to Yugoslav emigrant Nikolas Remic and British-born Sarah Ann Bragger, Andy Remic was first published in 2003 through
Orbit Books with his fast-paced action SF thriller,
Spiral'' and has since written over twenty novels including the ''Clockwork Vampire Chronicles'' (a fantasy series), the ''Blood Dragon Empire'' grimdark fantasy novels, and ''A Song For No Man's Land'', dark fantasy set during the
First World War
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. His books have been translated into six languages.
Remic previously worked as an English teacher at Counthill School and Branston Community Academy in
Branston, Lincolnshire
Branston is a large village in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, south-east of Lincoln on the B1188 road to Sleaford. It is the principal settlement in the civil parish of Branston and Mere, population 4,019 (in the 200 ...
, England.
Remic wrote and directed indie films, originally for the UK-based independent film company Anarchy Films, then for RAM films, and in 2015 released his directorial debut film ''Impurity''. Recently he made films about the iconic ZX Spectrum computer, notably
Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict', which received "Pick of the Month" in ''Retro Gamer Magazine'', followed b
''Spectrum Addict: LOAD "FILM2"''in 2018.
Remic wrote a number of computer games when he was a child, including several
text adventures for the
ZX Spectrum
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Referred to during development as t ...
in the 1980s and early 1990s. Some of these appeared on the cover-mounted cassettes that accompanied ''
Crash
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Common meanings
* Collision, an impact between two or more objects
* Crash (computing), a condition where a program ceases to respond
* Cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating
* Couch su ...
'' magazine, and others were sold by mail order. Many of his games were produced under the name Psychaedelic Hedgehog Software.
Remic died from complications from cancer on 26 February 2022, at the age of 50, leaving behind his wife Linda and two children.
Bibliography
Spiral
# ''Spiral'' (
Orbit
In celestial mechanics, an orbit is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a p ...
, 2003, )
# ''Quake'' (Orbit, 2004, )
# ''Warhead'' (Orbit, 2005, )
''Combat K''
# ''War Machine'' (
Solaris
Solaris may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Literature, television and film
* ''Solaris'' (novel), a 1961 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem
** ''Solaris'' (1968 film), directed by Boris Nirenburg
** ''Solaris'' (1972 film), directed by ...
, 2007, )
# ''BioHell'' (Solaris, 2009, )
# ''Hardcore'' (Solaris, 2010, )
# ''Cloneworld'' (Solaris, 2011, )
''Clockwork Vampire Chronicles''
# ''Kell's Legend'' (Angry Robot, 2010, )
# ''Soul Stealers'' (Angry Robot, 2010, )
# ''Vampire Warlords'' (Angry Robot, 2011, )
* Omnibus (
Angry Robot
Angry Robot is a British-based publishing house dedicated to producing modern adult science fiction and fantasy, or as they call it “SF, F and WTF?!?”. The Nottingham-based company first released books in the UK in 2009, and since September 2 ...
, 2012, )
''Rage of Kings''
# ''The Iron Wolves'' (Angry Robot, 2014, )
# ''The White Towers'' (Angry Robot, 2014, )
''A Song for No Man’s Land''
# ''A Song for No Man’s Land'' (Tor-Forge, 2016)
# ''Return of Souls'' (Tor-Forge, 2016, )
# ''The Iron Beast'' (Tor-Forge, 2016)
Standalone works
* ''Serial Killers Incorporated'' (Anarchy Books, 2011, )
* ''SIM'' (Anarchy Books, 2011, )
* ''Theme Planet'' (Solaris Books, 2012, )
* ''Toxicity'' (Solaris Books, 2012, )
Anthologies
* ''Legends 2: Stories in Honour of David Gemmell'' (NewCon Press, 2015, ASIN B00YMDLVQ8)
Filmography
*Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict
*Spectrum Addict Load "Film2"
*Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict 2.5 The Lost Tapes
*8-Bit wars (in production)
References
External links
*
Anarchy Books*
*
Andy Remic ZX-Spectrum gamesa
WOSAndy Remic interviewat Punktalk
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1971 births
2022 deaths
English male novelists
English science fiction writers
Writers from Manchester