Gentry Lee

Gentry Lee

Gentry Lee (* 1942 ) is an American science fiction writer.

He became known as the co-author of various science fiction novels by Arthur C. Clarke . The three joint sequels of the novel Rendezvous with Rama (dt. Rendezvous with 31/439 ), which Arthur C. Clarke wrote in 1972, are particularly well known . Together, the four books form the so-called Rama cycle.

After his last collaborative work with Arthur C. Clarke Rama Revealed (Eng .: Nodus), Lee wrote three more science fiction novels, two of which are set in the Rama universe ( Bright Messengers (Eng .: messengers of light) and Double Full Moon Night ).

From 1977, Gentry Lee was chief engineer of the Galileo project at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena (California) , whose space probe reached Jupiter in December 1995 . Lee was also involved in the Viking probe's Mars mission .

From 1978 to 1981 Lee developed the popular science television series Cosmos together with the astronomer Carl Sagan . It has been broadcast in over sixty countries and has won numerous awards, including three Emmys .

In 1988 Lee took a leave of absence from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory to devote himself to his writing. However, he continued to work in an advisory capacity at NASA . He now lives near Dallas , Texas with his wife, Stacey, and seven sons .

Works

Rama cycle

(with Arthur C Clarke)

• Rendezvous with the day after tomorrow , 1991, ISBN 3-404-24380-3 , Rama II , 1989
• The Next Encounter , 1992, ISBN 3-404-24383-8 , The Garden of Rama , 1991
• Nodus , 1996, ISBN 3-453-09247-3 , Rama Revealed , 1993

Single novels

• The Cradle of the Future , 1989, ISBN 3-453-03312-4 , Cradle , 1988 (with Arthur C. Clarke)
• Messengers of Light , 1997, ISBN 3-404-24222-X , Bright Messengers , 1995
• Double Full Moon Night , 1999
• The Tranquility Wars , 2000

Non-fiction

• Cosmos: The Story of Cosmic Evolution, Science and Civilization , 1980 (with Carl Sagan)
• Rama: The Official Strategy Guide , 1996
• A History of the Future , The History of the Twenty-First Century , 2001 (with Michael White)

literature

• Karlheinz Steinmüller : A story of the future , in: The Science Fiction Year 2004 , edited by Sascha Mamczak and Wolfgang Jeschke , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-453-87896-5 , pp. 890-894.

Web links

• Literature by and about Gentry Lee in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gentry Lee in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Gentry Lee at Open Library