John Morressy

John Morressy ( born December 8, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York City; † March 20, 2006 in Sullivan, New Hampshire) was an American science fiction and fantasy author.

Life

Morressy school graduation he visit his military service in the U.S. Army and began following a course of study at St. John 's University, from which he graduated in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). Later he completed postgraduate studies at New York University, which he finished in 1961 with a Master of Arts ( MA).

He started in the mid 1960s with the writing of science fiction and fantasy novels and made ​​his debut in 1966 with the novel The Blackboard Cavalier.

In 1968 he was appointed professor of English at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire and taught there until 1991. Besides he was 1978-1991 there also " Writer -in- Residence ".

He became known then from the 1970s with various novel series like the Del Whitby, Iron Angel and the Kedrigern series. In addition, he wrote short stories such as No More Pencils, No More Books ( 1979).

Some of his books have been published in German translation.

Publications

Del Whitby series

  • Starbrat (1972)
  • Star Drift ( 1973) (aka Nail Down the Stars )
  • Under a Calculating Star (1975 )
  • A Law for the Stars (1976 )
  • Frost World and Dream Fire ( 1977)
  • The Mansions of Space (1983 )

Iron Angel Series

  • Iron Fire (1980 )
  • Grey Mantle (1981 )
  • Kingsbane (1982 )
  • The Time of the Annihilator (1985 )

Kedrigern series

  • The Domesticated Wizard ( 2002), ISBN 978-1-892065-77-3
  • A Voice for Princess ( 1986)
  • The Questing of Kedrigern (1987 )
  • Dudgeon and Dragons (2003), ISBN 978-1-892065-91-9
  • Kedrigern in Hiking (1988 )
  • Kedrigern and the Charming Couple (1989 )
  • A Remembrance for Kedrigern (1990)

Novels

  • The Blackboard Cavalier (1966 )
  • The Addison Tradition ( 1968)
  • A Long Communion (1974 )
  • The Humans of Ziax II ( 1974)
  • The Windows of Forever ( 1975)
  • The Extraterritorial (1977 )
  • The Drought on Ziax II ( 1978)
  • The Juggler (1996 )
  • Other Stories (1983 ) - collection

Short stories

  • No More Pencils, No More Books ( 1979)
  • The Last Jerry Fagin Show ( 1980)
  • A Hedge Against Alchemy (1981 )
  • Final Version (1982 )
  • Stoneskin (1984 )
  • Spirits from the Vasty Deep ( 1986)
  • Alaska ( 1989)
  • Time Keeper (1990 )
  • A Boy and His Wolf: Three Versions of a Fable (1993 )
  • The Persistence of Memory (1998)
  • Unrest in Addison's College (The Addison tradition ), Berlin 1972
  • Labyrinth between the stars ( Under a Calculating Star ), Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-548-31018-4
  • Child of the Stars ( Starbrat ), Frankfurt am Main 1981, ISBN 3- 548-31032 -X
  • Mercenaries of the universe (Nail Down the Stars ), Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-548-31035-4
  • Frost World and Dream Fire ( Frost World and Dream Fire), Munich 1982, ISBN 3-426-05747-6
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