Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 4 November 1950) is a German physicist and
science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...
author. Together with his wife
Angela Steinmüller
Angela Steinmüller (born 15 April 1941 in Schmalkalden) is a German mathematician and science fiction author. Together with her husband Karlheinz Steinmüller she has written science fiction short stories and novels that depict human developmen ...
he has written science fiction short stories and novels that depict human development on a cosmic scale, grounded in an analysis of social structures and mechanisms. Angela and Karlheinz Steinmüller were not only among the most widely read authors in the
GDR
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...
, ranking at the top of a 1989 poll of most popular science fiction authors in the GDR,
but their works continue to be republished.
Awards
* 1995:
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis "Best short story" for ''Leichter als Vakuum'' (with Angela Steinmüller and Erik Simon)
* 2001: German Fantasy Prize for ''die Verbreitung der phantastischen Literatur in zwei verschiedenen Gesellschaftssystemen sowie ihre Zukunftsperspektiven.'' (with Angela Steinmüller)
* 2004: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis "Beste Kurzgeschichte" for ''Vor der Zeitreise'' (with Angela Steinmüller)
Novels (with Angela Steinmüller)
* ''
Andymon. Eine Weltraum-Utopie'', 1982
* ''Pulaster. Roman eines Planeten'', 1986
* ''
Der Traummeister
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Places
* Darkənd, Azerbaijan
* Dearborn (Amtrak station) (station code), in Michigan, US
* Der (Sumer), an ancient city located in modern-day Iraq
* d'Entrecasteaux Ridge, an oceanic ridge in the south-west Pacific Ocean ...
'', 1990
* ''Spera'', 2004
References
External links
Angela & Karlheinz Steinmüller's home page
1950 births
Living people
People from Klingenthal
East German writers
German science fiction writers
Writers from Saxony
German male writers
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