M. John Harrison
M. John Harrison ( born July 26, 1945 in Rugby ( Warwickshire ) in the Peak District ) is a British science fiction writer.
Biography
Michael John Harrison writes mostly science fiction and fantasy. In 1971 his first novel, in 1982, was nominated " In Viriconium " for the Guardian Fiction Award. The short story, " Climbers " (1989 ) won the Boardman Tasker Prize -. His novel "Light " (Eng. light; Übers: Hendrik P. and Marianne Linckens ) was in 2003 a winner of the James Tiptree, Jr. Awards. For his novel " Nova Swing " (Eng. Nova; Übers: Hendrik P. and Marianne Linckens ) he received the 2007 Arthur C. Clarke Award. Together with the author Jane Johnson, he also used the pseudonym " Gabriel King ".
Harrison is considered the author of the New Wave and New Weird literature. Even his early works such as "The Centauri Device" let in Harrison recognize a talented stylist who not only strives to entertain his readers, but also - unlike in the science fiction usual - recognizable ( and with some success ) to formal perfection sought. The highlight of his work applies the novel " Light", whose prose style allows him to describe plausible future scenarios and to enable the reader to wonder. Rather than direct descriptions Harrison chooses indirect procedures. Hints and information Splitter add often only gradually together into one image. The world that describes Harrison in "Light", is not a linear projection of the current state of science and technology in the future, but something entirely its own.
M. John Harrison, (Guardian ) is also a lecturer and critic working, currently lives in West London.
Bibliography ( incomplete)
Viriconium series
Novels
The Kefahuchi tract trilogy
- 2002 - Light ( Germany 2004 ISBN 3-453-52004-1 light )
- 2006 - Nova Swing ( German Nova 2007 ISBN 978-3-453-52291-6 )
- 2012 - Empty Space