Christopher Evans (Author)

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Christopher D. Evans (born 1951 in Tredegar , South Wales ) is a British science fiction writer.

Life

From 1969 to 1973 Evans studied at Cardiff University and from 1973 to 1974 at Swansea University . In 1980, he published his first novel, Capella's Golden Eyes, about an alien race-ruled planet with a human colony.

In connection with the controversy about the presence of Scientology at Worldcon 1987, he was editor of the essay volume Conspiracy Theories , in which various SF authors commented on the events. Evans' 2014 novel Future Perfect , which is about conspiracy, the SF fandom and a dead, apparently clairvoyant SF author whose lost works are accordingly sought. Involved in the search is a "church" founded by another author, which has similarities with the Church of Scientology .

Together with Robert Holdstock, he edited the anthology series Other Edens from 1987 to 1989 .

In 1994 Evans received the British SF Association Award for his Alternate History novel Aztec Century .

Evans lives in south London, where he teaches in a secondary school.

bibliography

Novels
  • Capella's Golden Eyes (1980)
  • Plasmid: A Novelization (1980, as Robert Knight)
  • The Insider (1981)
    • German: Visions of an Insider . Translated by Friedrich Taprogge. Edition SF in Hohenheim Verlag, 1984, ISBN 3-8147-0038-4 .
  • In Limbo (1985)
  • The Twilight Realm (1985, as Christopher Carpenter)
  • The Summoning (1985, as John Lyon)
  • Innerspace (1987, as Nathan Elliott)
  • Aztec Century (1993)
    • English: The Storm of the Aztecs. Translated by Caspar Holz. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 23154, 1994, ISBN 3-404-23154-6 .
  • Mortal Remains or Heirs of the noosphere (1995, also as Mortal Remains , 2013)
  • Ice Tower ( Dreamtime # 3, 2000)
  • Omega (2008)
  • Future Perfect (2014, with Leroy Kettle)
The Hood's Army Trilogy (series of novels, as Nathan Elliott)
  • 1 Earth Invaded (1986)
  • 2 Slaveworld (1986)
  • 3 The Liberators (1986)
Star Pirates (series of novels, as Nathan Elliott)
  • 1 Kidnap in Space (1987)
  • 2 Plague Moon (1987)
  • 3 Treasure Planet (1987)
Vendavo (short story series)
  • 1 Transmutations (1991)
  • 2 Birth-Rites (1992)
  • 3 The Bridge (1989)
  • 4 The Wailing Woman (1989)
  • 5 Artefacts (1988)
  • 6 Coda (1992)
  • Chimeras (novel, fix-up of the series, 1992)
    • German: Chimeras. Translated by Christine Strüh. Heyne SF&F # 9089, 2000, ISBN 3-453-17235-3 .
Short stories
  • Guardian Angel (1982)
  • The Rites of Winter (1983)
  • Who's Who in the Universe (1986)
  • The Facts of Life (1987)
  • Lifelines (1989)
  • Sense of Unease (1989)
  • The Sins of the Fathers (1990)
  • After the Fall (1993)
  • Borderlands (1993)
  • The Hiss of Life (1993)
  • House Call (1995)
  • Da Capo (2001)
  • Posterity (2002)
  • The President's Minah Bird (2003)
Non-fiction
  • The Guide to Fantasy Art Techniques: Based on Interviews Between the Artists and Martyn Dean (1984, with Martyn Dean)
  • Lightship (1985, with Jim Burns)
  • Writing Science Fiction (1988)
  • Dream Makers: Six Fantasy Artists at Work (1988, with Martyn Dean)
Other Edens (anthologies, edited with Robert Holdstock)
  • 1 Other Edens (1987)
  • 2 Other Edens II (1988)
  • 3 Other Edens III (1989)
editor
  • Conspiracy Theories (1987, online )

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Evans, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carpenter, Christopher (pseudonym); Christie, Evan (pseudonym); Davies, Alwyn (pseudonym); Elliott, Nathan (pseudonym); Evans, Christopher D. (alternative spelling); Evans, CD (alternative spelling); Evans, Chris (alternative spelling); Knight, Robert (pen name); Lyon, John (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Tredegar , South Wales