Dirk Hess
Dirk Rüdiger Hess (born on 26. August 1945 in Magdeburg ) is a German writer and comic book writer , best known for his science fiction narratives from the Perry Rhodan - universe and as a writer of Perry Rhodan comic series Perry - Our Man in space .
Life
After graduating from high school, Hess did an apprenticeship as a banker, but was also very interested in science fiction and wrote stories and articles for SF fanzines , through which he came into contact with KH Scheer and in 1967 at the Frankfurt Convention, which Hess helped to organize, William Voltz through which he came to write two novels in the Condos-Vasac sub -cycle for the then newly started Perry Rhodan sub-series Atlan . He did not continue this work at first, however, because he had started studying psychology . In 1971 he began to write the texts for the comic series Perry - Our man in space from number 47 , which he continued until the series was discontinued with volume 129 in 1975. In 1973 Hess had started to write other Atlan novels and also wrote several horror magazines under the pseudonyms Derek Chess and Derek van Cleef for the demon killer and vampire horror novel series of Pabel Verlag . He also ventured into the horror genre as a comic book writer and wrote and translated for the German editions of Vampirella comics and the series of vampire comics, in which translations of the American series Creepy , Eerie and Vampirella published by Warren were published. In addition to these, he translated large parts of Bastei's comic program and for 25 years Mickey Mouse , Roter Blitz (the German version of The Flash ) and the Star Wars comics for Ehapa .
bibliography
- Atlan (booklet series)
- 21 attack by the dinosaurs
- 25 Manhunt on Lepso
- 126 The bio-parasite
- 140 Laboratory of Satan
- 150 The goddess and the barbarian
- 160 Campaign of the Soulless
- 168 The melody of death
- 177 Apocalypse for Glaathan
- 187 duel of the dwarves
- 198 Planet of the Zombies
- 210 The Witch of Yarden
- 221 Duel in the world of the dead
- 230 The psychological plot
- 237 Witch cauldron of the transmitter
- 240 slaves from the retort
- 252 Hunting in the Blue System
- 253 Land of Oblivion
- Demon Killer (booklet series, under the pseudonym Derek Chess)
- 80 commands from the afterlife
- 90 The wake
- 101 The scar face
- 105 The corpse bat
- 111 The haunted castle
- Vampire horror novel (booklet series, under the pseudonym Derek Chess)
- 152 Nightmare in the ghost town
- 255 The Revenge of Monko
- further novels
- as Derek Chess: Spy for Terra. Magic Circle Science Fiction # 110, 1971.
- Rebellion of the Forgotten . Terra Astra # 246, 1976.
- as Derek van Cleef: Apocalypse 2000. Gemini Science Fiction # 39. 1977.
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn , Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature. Heyne, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-453-02453-2 , p. 544.
- Klaus N. Frick: Interview with Dirk Hess. Perry-Rhodan.Net, February 2nd and 3rd, 2016, part 1 , part 2 .
- Michael Nagula : Short biography: Dirk Hess. In: (ders.): Perry Rhodan - The Chronicle. Part 1: The birth and triumph of a phenomenon (The classic years 1961–1974). Hannibal, 2011, ISBN 978-3-85445-326-0 , p. 296 ff.
Web links
- Dirk Hess in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Dirk Hess in Perrypedia
- Dirk Hess on PR material source
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Michael Nagula's short biography. The lexicon of science fiction literature names Frankfurt am Main as the place of birth .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hess, Dirk |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hess, Dirk Rüdiger (full name); Heß, Dirk (alternative spelling); Hess, Dirk E. (alternative spelling); Chess, Derek (pseudonym); Cleef, Derek van (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and comic book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |