David Zindell

David Zindell (born November 28, 1952 in Toledo , Ohio ) is an American science fiction and fantasy author and a graduate mathematician.

Life

David Zindell was born on November 28, 1952 in Toledo, Ohio. He attended the University of Colorado at Boulder , where he received a BA in Mathematics in 1984 . He still lives in Boulder today.

His first published story was The Dreamer's Sleep in 1984. The following year he won the Writers of the Future competition. Another year later he was nominated for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer .

In his novels, starting with Neverness , Zindell tries to overcome the contrast between materialism and spiritualism. In part, these work like a mathematical search for the origin of life. In his Valasho epic , a fantasy cycle, he explores the evolution of consciousness.

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A Requiem for Homo Sapiens

• Vol. 1: The Broken God , 1992
• Vol. 2: The Wild , 1995
• Vol. 3: Was in Heaven , 1998

The Valashu Epic (The Ea Cycle)

• Vol. 1: The Lightstone , 2001

Volume 1: The magic stone , Blanvalet, 2003, ISBN 3-442-24980-5

• Vol. 2: The Lord of Lies , 2004

Volume 2: The Lord of Lies , Blanvalet, 2004, ISBN 3-442-24982-1

• Vol. 3: Black Jade , 2005

Volume 3: The Cursed Forest , Blanvalet, 2006, ISBN 3-442-24984-8

• Vol. 4: The Diamond Warriors , 2007

Single novels

• Neverness , 1988

Neverness , Heyne, 1991, ISBN 3-453-04284-0

Short stories

• The Dreamer's Sleep , 1984
• Caverns , 1985
• Shanidar , 1985
• When the Rose Is Dead , 1991

Web links

• Literature by and about David Zindell in the catalog of the German National Library
• David Zindell in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about David Zindell at Open Library
• David Zindell in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)