David Dvorkin
David Dvorkin (born October 8, 1943 in Reading , Berkshire ) is an American science fiction and horror writer.
Life
Born in southern England, Dvorkin, son of a rabbi, lived in the USA from 1957. He studied mathematics at Indiana University and the University of Houston , where he graduated with a Masters . From 1967 he worked as an engineer at NASA and at Martin Marietta for the Apollo and Viking programs. He has been working as a software developer since 1974 . Dvorkin lives in Denver , Colorado .
His first science fiction novel, The Children of Shiny Mountain , appeared in 1974. Since then, he has published a number of SF novels, including three tie-ins to the SF television series Spaceship Enterprise , and three horror novels. He wrote two of his novels with his son Danniel Dvorkin.
bibliography
- Spaceship Enterprise novels
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The Trellisane Confrontation (TOS Star Trek Pocket Books # 14, 1984)
- English: Star Trek: The Trellisans Confrontation. Translated by Andreas Brandhorst. E-book. Random House, 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-11621-7 .
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Timetrap (TOS Star Trek Pocket Books # 40, 1988)
- German: Star Trek: Die Zeitfalle. Translated by Andreas Brandhorst. E-book. Random House, 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-11485-5 .
- with Daniel Dvorkin: The Captains' Honor (TNG Star Trek Pocket Books # 8, 1989)
- German: Star Trek - The Next Generation: The Honor of the Captain. Translated by Andreas Brandhorst. E-book. Random House, 2014, ISBN 978-3-641-11531-9 .
- Novels
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The Children of Shiny Mountain (1977, also called Shiny Mountain , 1978)
- German: The children of the shining mountains. Goldmann SF # 23271, 1978.
- The Green God (1979)
- Time for Sherlock Holmes (1983)
- Budspy (1987)
- Central Heat (1988)
- The Seekers (1988)
- Ursus (horror, 1989)
- Insatiable ( Prisoner of Blood series, Horror, 1993)
- Unquenchable ( Prisoner of Blood series, Horror, 1995)
- Pit Planet (2003)
- with Daniel Dvorkin: Dawn Crescent (2003)
- Business Secrets from the Stars (2004)
- Children of the Undead (2012)
- Slit (2014)
- Short stories
- Reign of Blood (1995)
- Life Sentence (2002)
- Children's book
- Damon the Caiman (2010)
- Non-fiction
- At Home with Solar Energy: A Consumer's Guide (1979)
- Dust Net: The Future of Surveillance, Privacy, and Communication: Why Drones Are Just the Beginning (2013)
- Once a Jew, Always a Jew? (2015)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 137.
- John Clute : Dvorkin, David. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls : The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction . 3rd edition (online edition), version dated January 14, 2017.
Web links
- David Dvorkin in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about David Dvorkin at Open Library
- official website
- David Dvorkin in Fantastic Fiction (English)
- David Dvorkin on Memory Alpha
Individual evidence
- ↑ Resume David Dvorkin , accessed January 11, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dvorkin, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction and horror writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reading , Berkshire |