Aaron Allston

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Aaron Allston (2005)

Aaron Dale Allston (born December 8, 1960 in Corsicana , Texas , † February 27, 2014 in Springfield , Missouri ) was an American writer and game designer. Allston is known in German-speaking countries as the author of Star Wars novels .

Life

Aaron Allston was the son of Tom Dale Allston and Rose Binford Boehm. According to his own account, he began to write at the age of eleven. He studied journalism and attended high school in Denton . After finishing high school, he moved to Austin , the capital of Texas, and attended the University of Texas there . He became an employee of Space Gamer magazine ; later he worked as a game designer. In addition, he continued to work as an author and published his first novel in 1988. In 1997 he began writing on the Star Wars universe.

As a game designer, Allston worked primarily with Steve Jackson and developed extensions for his game Car Wars as well as for the games Battle Cars by Gary Chalk and Ian Livingstone and Highway 2000 by Russell P. Neal.

bibliography

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Doc Sidhe (novels)
  • 1 Doc Sidhe (1995)
  • 2 Sidhe-Devil (2001)
Bard's Tale (novels; with Holly Lisle )
  • 5 Thunder of the Captains (1996)
  • 6 Wrath of the Princes (1997)
Action Figures (short stories)
  • 1 Big Plush (2012, in: Kevin J. Anderson (Ed.): Five by Five )
  • 2 Coffee Black Sea (2013, in: Kevin J. Anderson (Ed.): Five by Five 2: No Surrender )
Star Wars - X-Wing
Star Wars - The New Jedi Order
  • 11 Rebel Dream (2002)
  • 12 Rebel Stand (2002)
  • Enemy Lines (collective edition of 11 and 12; 2002)
  • Cloak of Deception (2002)
Star Wars - Legacy of the Force
Star Wars - Fate of the Jedi
  • 1 Outcast (2009)
    • German: The Outcast. Translated by Andreas Kasprzak. Blanvalet Fantasy # 26660, 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-26660-9 .
  • 4 backlash (2010)
  • 7 Conviction (2011)
    • German: condemnation. Translated by Andreas Kasprzak. Blanvalet Fantasy # 26681, 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-26681-4 .
Terminator 3 (novel series)
  • Terminator 3: Terminator Dreams (2003)
  • Terminator 3: Terminator Hunt (2004)
Single novels
  • Web of Danger (1988, in: Flint Dille (Eds.), David Marconi (Eds.) And Aaron Allston: Acolytes of Darkness / Web of Danger )
  • Galatea in 2-D (1993)
  • Double Jeopardy (Car Warriors # 2; 1994)
  • Insecurity (Basil and Moebius # 5; 2016; with Michael A. Stackpole)
Short stories
  • Djinn Coffee (in: Dragon Magazine, # 189, January 1993 ; with Allen Varney)
  • Spam from a Galaxy Far, Far Away— (in: Star Wars Insider Issue # 64, December 2002 / January 2003 / Bantha Tracks Number One December 2002 )
  • The Pengalan Tradeoff (in: Star Wars Insider Issue # 65, February 2003 / Bantha Tracks Number Two February 2003 )
  • League of Spies (in: Star Wars Insider Issue # 73, February 2004 / Bantha Tracks Number Six February 2004 )
  • Hostile Takeover (in: Amazing Stories, December 2004 )
  • Replay Value (2012, in: Jean Rabe (Ed.): Time-Traveled Tales )
  • Green Room (2013, in: Kelly Swails (Ed.): Heroes! )
  • Epistoleros (2013, in: JE Mooney and Bill Fawcett (Eds.): Shadows of the New Sun: Stories in Honor of Gene Wolfe )
  • Defenders of Beeman County (2013, in: Rick Klaw (Ed.): Rayguns Over Texas )
  • Disarray (2015, in: Apollo's Daughters ; with Bryan Young)
  • Hypothecary (2014, in: Jean Rabe (Ed.): Time Traveled Tales, Volume 2 )
Non-fiction
  • Trail of the Gold Spike: Death Stalks the Lost Mine (1984)
  • Poor Wizard's Almanac & Book of Facts (1992)

Games

  • 1982: Crash City ( Steve Jackson Games ), expansion for Car Wars by Steve Jackson and Chad Irby
  • 1983: Autoduel Champions (Steve Jackson Games), expansion for Car Wars
  • 1984: Ultraforce (Associated Clearing Services), expansion to Car Wars , Battle Cars by Gary Chalk and Ian Livingstone and Highway 2000 by Russell P. Neal
  • 1984: TurboFire (Associated Clearing Services), expansion to Car Wars , Battle Cars and Highway 2000
  • 1984: Hell on Wheels (Associated Clearing Services), expansion to Car Wars , Battle Cars and Highway 2000
  • 1985: Street Fighter (Associated Clearing Services), expansion to Car Wars , Battle Cars and Highway 2000
  • 1985: The Road (Associated Clearing Services), expansion to Car Wars , Battle Cars and Highway 2000
  • 1986: The Gauntlet (Associated Clearing Services), expansion to Car Wars , Battle Cars and Highway 2000
  • 1988: Uncle Albert's Auto Stop & Gunnery Shop 2038 Catalog (Steve Jackson Games), extension to Car Wars
  • 1988: The AADA Duel Circuit: L'Outrance - A Car Wars Supplement (Steve Jackson Games), expansion of Car Wars
  • 1992: Uncle Albert's Auto Stop & Gunnery Shop Catalog From Hell (Steve Jackson Games), expansion for Car Wars

literature

Web links

Commons : Aaron Allston  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ theforce.net: author Aaron Allston Has Passed Away. In: www.theforce.net. Archived from the original on April 29, 2015 ; accessed on January 8, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Obituary for Aaron Dale Allston , accessed October 16, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Allston, Aaron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allston, Aaron Dale
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American novelist and game designer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Corsicana , Texas
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2014
Place of death Springfield , Missouri