Charles Stross

Charles David George Stross ( born October 18, 1964 in Leeds ) is a British science fiction, horror and fantasy writer who lives in Edinburgh.

Life

Stross visited the University of London and worked as a pharmacist before he gave up this work and in Bradford made ​​a second degree in computer science. For several years he wrote, in part, as a freelance journalist, numerous articles on KDE, Perl, and Linux in the British magazine Computer Shopper. The success as a science fiction writer made ​​it possible for him from 2004 to live as a freelance writer.

Awards

  • 2004 Hugo Award for The Concrete Jungle as the best short novel
  • 2006 Locus Award for Accelerando for best science fiction novel of the year
  • 2006 Sidewise Award for the novels The Family Trade, The Hidden Family and The Clan Corporate from the Merchant Princes cycle
  • 2007 Prometheus Award for Glass House
  • 2007 Locus Award for Best Short Missile Gap novel
  • 2008 Kurd - Laßwitz Prize for Glass House as the best foreign novel.
  • 2009 Hugo Award for best short novel Palimpsest

Works

(The list of works is based on the date of the first publication. The order of the series is based on the first published volume of the respective series. The information on the International Standard Book Number ( ISBN ) refer to the first edition of a particular work. )

Eschaton

In the original edition of the series was published under the title The Singularity Sky.

  • Singularity Sky. 2003, ISBN 978-0-441-01072-1.
  • Iron Sunrise. 2004, ISBN 978-0-441-01159-9.

The mysterious cases of Bob Howard

In the original edition of the series was published under the title Laundry.

  • Vol 1: The Atrocity Archives. 2004, ISBN 978-1-930846-25-8
  • Vol 2: The Jennifer Morgue. 2006, ISBN 978-1-930846-45-6
  • Vol 4: The Apocalypse Codex. 2012, ISBN 978-1-937007-46-1
  • Vol 5: The Rhesus Chart. announced for July 2014, ISBN 978-0-425-25686-2

For the series also includes five short stories:

  • The Concrete Jungle. 2004
  • Pimpf. 2006
  • Down on the Farm. 2008
  • Overtime. 2009
  • Equoid. 2013

The first two novels and the first two short stories are included in On Her Majesty's Occult Service. 2006, ISBN 978-0-7394-8112-7.

The Merchant Princes

  • Vol 1: The Family Trade. 2004, ISBN 978-0-7653-0929-7
  • Vol 2: The Hidden Family. 2005, ISBN 978-0-7653-1347-8
  • Vol 3: The Clan Corporate. 2006, ISBN 978-0-7653-0930-3
  • Vol 4: The Merchants ' War. 2007, ISBN 978-0-7653-1671-4
  • Vol 5: The Revolution Business. 2009, ISBN 978-0-7653-1672-1
  • Vol 6: The Trade of Queens. 2010, ISBN 978-0-7653-1673-8

Halting State

  • Halting State. 2007, ISBN 978-0-441-01498-9
  • Rule 34 in 2011, ISBN 978-0-441-02034-8

The children of Saturn

In The Children of Saturn Stross describes the development of a society of androids after the extinction of humanity. In Neptune's Brood he writes this story in a very distant future.

  • Saturn 's Children. 2008, ISBN 978-0-441-01594-8
  • The short story was published in 2010 Bit Red (Jonathan Strahan ( ed. ): Engineering Infinity 2010, ISBN 978-1-907519-52-9. ).
  • Neptune's Brood. 2013, ISBN 978-0-425-25677-0

Single novels

  • Accelerando. 2005, ISBN 978-0-441-01284-8.
  • Glasshouse. 2006, ISBN 978-0-441-01403-3
  • Missile Gap. 2006, ISBN 978-1-59606-058-6
  • Scratch Monkey. 2011, ISBN 978-1-886778-95-5
  • The Rapture of the Nerds. 2012, ISBN 978-0-7653-2910-3 with Cory Doctorow

Collections of short stories

  • Toast. 2002, ISBN 978-1-58715-413-3
  • Wireless. 2009, ISBN 978-0-441-01719-5

Stories

  • The Boys. 1987
  • In the Dreamtime. 1988
  • Generation Gap. 1989
  • Monastery Of Death. 1990
  • Yellow Snow. 1990
  • Something Sweet. 1991 Simon Ings
  • SEAQ and Destroy. 1991
  • Examination Night. 1992
  • Ancient of Days. 1992
  • Tolkowsky 's cut. 1993 Simon Ings
  • Red, Hot and Dark. 1993
  • Ship of Fools. 1995
  • Dechlorinating the moderator. 1996
  • A Boy and His God. 1997
  • Extracts from the Club Diary. 1998
  • Toast: A Con Report. 1998
  • Antibodies. 2000
  • A Colder War. 2000
  • Bear Trap. 2000
  • Lobsters. 2001
  • Troubadour. 2001
  • Tourist. 2002
  • Halo. 2002
  • Router. 2002
  • Jury service. Cory Doctorow 2002
  • Big Brother Iron. 2002
  • Nightfall. 2003
  • Curator. 2003
  • Flowers from Alice. Cory Doctorow 2003
  • Rogue Farm. 2003
  • Appeals Court Cory Doctorow 2004
  • Unwirer. Cory Doctorow 2004
  • Elector. 2004
  • Survivor. 2004
  • Missile Gap. 2005
  • Snowball 's Chance. 2005
  • Minutes of the Labour Party Conference, 2016. 2006
  • Message in a Time Capsule. 2006
  • Trunk and Disorderly. 2007
  • MAXOS. 2009
  • Palimpsest. 2009
  • A Bird in the Hand. 2011

Non-fiction book

  • The Web Architect 's Handbook. 1996, ISBN 978-0-201-87735-9

Criticism

" The singularity is still a theme in science fiction remain - but probably a little less oversubscribed. Singularity brings the Space Opera ahead with new scientific concepts and presents a parody of one of their most popular subgenres, the Military SF. Weaknesses in the not too eventful plot and style - in the entire novel is hardly a metaphor - Stross is contrary to the meticulousness of scientific information and the configuration of the settings. The author tries a new literary synthesis in SF, and you will see if it succeeds better in other novels to balance such different elements. "

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