Armin Roessler

Armin Rößler (* 1972 in Heilbronn ) is a German science fiction writer, journalist and editor of science fiction literature.

biography

Armin Rößler grew up in Heilbronn and studied German , English and politics at the University of Mannheim . His master's thesis (published in the secondary literary series of the EDFC) dealt with Carl Amery's novel The Downfall of the City of Passau . Today Rößler lives in Wiesloch and works as an editor for the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung .

He began his literary work with short stories in the genres of science fiction, fantasy and horror . About the Story Olympics his stories came in anthologies of publishers Aarachne, BEJOT, Betzel, Go and write content. From the beginning of 2004 he was co-editor of the science fiction series of the Story Olympiad and later also co-editor of the SF series at Wurdack-Verlag . He made his debut as a novelist in 2004. Several of his books and stories have been nominated for literary prizes, most recently Die Fänger (for the German Science Fiction Prize ).

Novels

• 2004 The Forgotten Portal , Fantasy, ISBN 3-938065-02-8
• 2006 Entheete , Science Fiction, ISBN 3-938065-16-8
• 2007 Andrade , Science Fiction, ISBN 3-938065-25-7
• 2008 Argona , Science Fiction, ISBN 978-3-938065-30-3

Narratives (selection)

• 2001 Smooth transitions
• 2001 On the shore of the lake
• 2002 The temporary instability phenomenon
• 2003 Exhibit 84, fragmentary
• 2005 The Gravo Cathedral
• 2006 The heart of the sun
• 2007 Lazarus
• 2008 The web
• 2009 The catchers
• 2010 Phoenix , in the audience (Wurdack-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-938065-62-4 )
• 2011 The Promise in Emotio (Wurdack-Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3938065754 )

As editor

• 2004 Deus ex Machina (with Dieter Schmitt )
• 2004 Walfred Goreng (with Dieter Schmitt) ISBN 3-938065-04-4
• 2005 surplus ISBN 3-938065-08-7
• 2005 Golem & Goethe ISBN 3-938065-13-3
• 2006 Tabula Rasa (with Heidrun Jänchen ) ISBN 978-3-938065-18-1
• 2007 SFX (with Heidrun Jänchen) ISBN 978-3-938065-29-7
• 2007 Lazarus (with Heidrun Jänchen) ISBN 3-938065-21-4
• 2008 Lotus effect (with Heidrun Jänchen) ISBN 978-3-938065-32-7
• 2009 Molecular Music (with Heidrun Jänchen) ISBN 978-3-938065-47-1
• 2011 Emotio (with Heidrun Jänchen) ISBN 978-3938065754
• 2014 Tiefraumphasen (with Frank Hebben and André Skora) ISBN 978-3-957770-06-6
• 2016 Gamer (with Frank Hebben and André Skora) ISBN 978-3-95777-070-7

Non-fiction

• 2000 Carl Amerys The Fall of the City of Passau. An examination of the central topic complexes , ISBN 3-932-62139-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Armin Rößler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Armin Rößler in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)