David Feintuch

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David Feintuch (born July 7, 1944 in Yonkers , New York , USA , † March 16, 2006 in Madison , Missouri ) was an American science fiction and fantasy author.

David Feintuch was a lawyer but had a penchant for writing . But only at the age of fifty did he manage to make his dream come true. For his first published novel, Midshipman's Hope , the prelude to Nicholas Seafort Saga, he was in 1996 with the John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award excellent.

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Nick Seafort (Seafort Saga)

The author has created a universe in which space travel acts like a kind of future Christian seafaring. There is a "state religion". The masses are uneducated. The fastest possible interstellar communication is the delivery of the messages by means of a spaceship. Traveling between planets that are light years apart usually takes months. As the representative of state and church, the captain is in fact the sole ruler on board.

  • Vol. 1: Midshipman's Hope , 1994, German Sternenkadett Nick Seafort , Bastei-Lübbe 1995, ISBN 3-404-23169-4
Due to an accident, Nick Seafort, senior ensign, is suddenly the highest-ranking officer in the order of command on board and has to take command in accordance with the regulations. Against the will of the majority of the passengers, the crew and even the deck officers (specialists such as doctor and pilot), Captain Kid decides to continue the journey to the original destination.
  • Vol. 2: Challenger's Hope , 1995, German Commander Nick Seafort. The second contact , Bastei-Lübbe 1996, ISBN 3-404-23178-3
Nick Seafort is maneuvered into a hopeless situation by a jealous superior. With practically no officers, with the old or unwelcome passengers as well as less fit crew members on board an almost wrecked spaceship, he is faced with the problem of establishing and maintaining discipline on board.
  • Vol. 3: Prisoner's Hope , 1995, German Captain Nick Seafort. The prisoners , Bastei-Lübbe 1996, ISBN 3-404-23184-8
Nick Seafort is injured in a duel and thus loses the command of a spaceship that was intended for him; for the foreseeable future he is only allowed to do ground duty on Hope Nation. Among other things, he has to struggle with bureaucratic mistakes, corrupt commanders, insurgent farmers and attacking aliens. The latter in particular worries him when the fleet returns to Earth and he remains as the highest ranking officer on the planet. In order to preserve the security of the colony, he is once again pushing the boundaries of what is allowed to the extreme.
  • Vol. 4: Fisherman's Hope , 1996, German Commander Nick Seafort. The fisherman's desperation , Bastei-Lübbe 1997, ISBN 3-404-23190-2
After several strokes of fate, which Nick Seafort had to accept in a relatively short time, he gave up another command of a spaceship, but was persuaded, albeit reluctantly, to take over the management of the cadet school. In the usual manner, he also eliminates grievances at this post and makes various faux pas when dealing with his superiors. In addition, he has to fight an alien invasion.
  • Vol. 5: Voices of Hope , 1996, German The Fisherman's Son , Bastei-Lübbe 1998, ISBN 3-404-23197-X
  • Vol. 6: Patriarch's Hope , 1999, German Admiral Nick Seafort. The coup , Bastei-Lübbe 2000, ISBN 3-404-23225-9
Nicholas Seafort is GenSek of the UN and therefore the most powerful man in the world. His brilliant son PT Seafort convinces him that the global economy must make a sharp U-turn towards environmental protection in order for the earth to survive. This leads to a mutiny on the most powerful spaceship known to man, the Galactic , as the captain fears that environmental laws will be at the expense of the fleet. Seafort is almost paralyzed after a bomb attack, but still manages to eliminate the threat.
  • Vol. 7: Children of Hope , 2001, German Children of Hope , Bastei-Lübbe 2002, ISBN 3-404-23255-0
  • Vol. 1–2: Seafort's Hope , 1995 (anthology)
  • Vol. 3–4: Seafort's Challenge , 1996 (anthology)

According to the forum on the official Seafort website, David Feintuch completed an eighth volume before his death (trial title: Galahad's Hope ). The novel has not yet been published. In addition to the German translation, there are also translations into Russian, Japanese and Spanish.

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SURNAME Fine cloth, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Yonkers
DATE OF DEATH March 16, 2006
Place of death Madison