Christopher Stasheff

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Christopher Boris Stasheff (born January 15, 1944 in Mount Vernon , New York ; died June 10, 2018 in Champaign , Illinois ) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Life

Stasheff studied at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor , where he received his bachelor's degree in 1965 and his master's degree in 1966 . In 1972 he received his PhD in theater studies from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln , where he also worked as an actor in the university's theater company. Since then he has been a lecturer and since 1977 Assistant Professor at Montclair State College , New Jersey. After teaching for 15 years and working as a freelance writer for some time, he took up a lectureship at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales , New Mexico . In 2009 he retired and moved to Champaign, Illinois.

Stasheff's best-known work is the Warlock cycle, of which 13 volumes the first is considered the best volume in the series and a classic of humorous science fantasy . The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969) is both Stasheff's debut novel and his best-known book. According to Stasheff, the novel was intended as a contribution to an SF competition for new authors, but he could not finish it by the closing date, but completed it and sent it to Ace Books , where it was accepted and published in 1969. The series is about the adventures that Rod Gallowglass and his robot mare Fess have on the planet Gramarye, where magic works.

Stasheff wrote 12 more volumes in the series by 2004, including the 1983 prequel Escape Velocity . He was unable to repeat the success of the first volume with any of the subsequent volumes and John Clute noted steadily decreasing freshness ( joie de vivre ) in the volumes of the series , while religious topics were treated with increasing detail. John C. Wright, on the other hand, wants to recognize a unique selling point for Stasheff. In addition to the volumes of the main series with the protagonist Rod Gallowglass, there were several collective editions and two minor series, namely Warlock's Heirs (4 volumes, 1994-2001) and Rogue Wizard (10 volumes, 1995-2001).

Stasheff had been married to Mary Miller since 1973 and had four children. He died in 2018 at the age of 74 from complications of Parkinson's disease .

bibliography

Series and cycles

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

Warlock cycle

Rod Gallowglass

  • 1 Escape Velocity (1983)
  • 2 The Warlock in Spite of Himself (1969)
    • English: Wizard of the Stars. Pabel (Terra Fantasy # 83), 1981.
  • 3 King Kobold (1971, also as King Kobold Revived , 1984)
  • 4 The Warlock Unlocked (1982)
  • 5 The Warlock Enraged (1985)
  • 6 The Warlock Wandering (1986)
  • 7 the Warlock Is Missing (1986)
  • 8 The Warlock Heretical (1987)
  • 9 The Warlock's Companion (1988)
  • 10 The Warlock Insane (1989)
  • 11 The Warlock Rock (1990)
  • 12 Warlock and Son (1991)
  • 13 The Warlock's Last Ride (2004)

Collections:

  • The Warlock Enlarged (1986, collection of 3,4,5)
  • To the Magic Born (1986, collection of 1,2)
  • The Warlock's Night Out (1988, collection of 6.7)
  • Odd Warlock Out (1989, collection of 8,9,10)
  • Warlock: To the Magic Born (1990, collection of 1,2,3)
  • The Warlock Enlarged (1991, collection of 4-5)
  • The Warlock's Night Out (1991, collection of 6,7,8)

Warlock's Heirs

  • 1 M'Lady Witch (1994)
  • 2 Quicksilver's Knight (1995)
  • 3 The Spell-Bound Scholar (1999)
  • 4 Here Be Monsters (2001)

Rogue Wizard

  • 1 A Wizard in Mind (1995)
  • 2 A Wizard in Bedlam (1979)
  • 3 A Wizard in Absentia (1993)
  • 4 A Wizard in War (1995)
  • 5 A Wizard in Peace (1996)
  • 6 A Wizard in Chaos (1997)
  • 7 A Wizard in Midgard (1998)
  • 8 A Wizard and a Warlord (2000)
  • 9 A Wizard in the Way (2000)
  • 10 A Wizard in a Feud (2001)
A Wizard in Rhyme
  • 1 Her Majesty's Wizard (1986)
  • 2 The Oathbound Wizard (1993)
  • 3 The Witch Doctor (1994)
  • 4 The Secular Wizard (1995)
  • 5 My Son, the Wizard (1997)
  • 6 The Haunted Wizard (2000)
  • 7 The Crusading Wizard (2000)
  • 8 The Feline Wizard (2000)
The Fleet (short stories)
  • Civilians (1988)
  • Suicide Mission (1989)
  • Resistance (1990)
  • Pirates (1990)
  • Orphans (1991)
Starship Troupers
  • 1 A Company of Stars (1991)
  • 2 We Open on Venus (1993)
  • 3 A Slight Detour (1994)
The Star Stone
  • 1 The Shaman (1995)
  • 2 The Sage (1996)
Saint Vidicon
  • The Martyrdom of St. Vidicon of Cathode (2003, short story)
  • The Afterlife of St. Vidicon of Cathode (2004, short story)
  • Saint Vidicon to the Rescue (2005)

Individual publications

novel
  • Wing Commander 2: End Run (1993, with William R. Forstchen)
collection
  • Mind Out of Time (2003)
Anthologies
  • The Crafters (1991, with Bill Fawcett)
  • The Gods of War (1992)
  • The Enchanter Reborn (1992, with L. Sprague de Camp )
  • Blessings and Curses ( The Crafters # 2, 1992, with Bill Fawcett)
  • Dragon's Eye (1994)
  • The Day the Magic Stopped (1995)
  • The Exotic Enchanter (1995, with L. Sprague de Camp)

Short stories

  • How the Rebellion Came to a Shuddering Halt (1990)
  • The Simulated Golem (1990)
  • Papa Don't 'Low (1991)
  • The Alchemist and the Witch (1991)
  • Goblin's Children (1992)
  • Whose Ghost There? (1992)
  • What Are We Going to Do with Grandfather? (1992)
  • Gordon's Quest (1992)
  • Professor Harold and the Trustees (1992)
  • Sir Harold and the Monkey King (1992)
  • Hearing (1993)
  • The Ghost of Resartus (1993)
  • Mission of Mercy (1993)
  • In the Heavens and On the Earth (1994)
  • Shared Experience (1994)
  • Pride and Puppetry (1995)
  • Sir Harold and the Hindu King (1995)
  • Return with Your Spacesuit, Or On It (1996, with Eleanore Stasheff)
  • Corona of the Bell (2002)
  • Mind Out of Time (2003)
  • The Warlock's Grandfather (2003)
  • Who Ghost There? (2003)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The (mostly) Serious Biography of Christopher Stasheff , accessed September 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ See John C. Wright: Christopher Stasheff, the Soothsayer in Spite of Himself , February 2012, accessed on September 17, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Stasheff, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stasheff, Christopher Boris (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Vernon , New York
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 2018
Place of death Champaign , Illinois