Hans Maeter
Hans Maeter (born December 22, 1923 in Stettin ; † August 12, 2012 in Thailand ) was a German writer and translator.
Life
Maeter published a number of novels in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as writing scripts for television series such as Das Kriminalmuseum . Under the pseudonym William Garnett , he wrote four novels for the booklet series Sea Wolves, Corsairs of the Oceans . From the late 1960s he switched to translating narrative works from English . With around 180 translated titles from the genres of science fiction , fantasy , western and detective novel, Maeter was one of the most productive translators of this time. Hans Maeter lived in Thailand since the 1990s , where he died in 2012.
Works
- With Tina Onassis on the Ölstrasse , Reutlingen 1956
- Sergeant Chung Ming , Darmstadt 1958
- The secret of rejuvenation , Gelnhausen 1963
- Widow with insurance , Munich 1969
Translations
- Edward S. Aarons : A cross behind the date , Munich 1969
- Edward S. Aarons: There is only room for one dead person , Munich 1969
- Brian Wilson Aldiss : The Dark Light Years , Munich 1983
- Fred Allhoff : Blitzkrieg , Munich 1984
- Poul Anderson : Die Chroniken der Zeitpatrouille , Munich 1997 (translated together with Peter Pape)
- Poul Anderson: Zeitpatrouille , Munich 1987
- Piers Anthony : Tausendstern , Munich 1984 (translated with Michael Kubiak)
- William Arden : Three dead this week , Munich 1971
- William Arden: As Lived, So Died , Munich 1975
- Pierre Audemars : The bitter breath of death , Munich 1975
- Todhunter Ballard : For a handful of dollars , Munich 1972
- Gloria Barrett : Hungrig , Munich 1970
- Anthony Berkeley : The Gone Away Murder , Munich 1972
- The best crime stories of the year , Munich 1970
- Lloyd Biggle : The Deadly Silence , Munich 1982
- David Bischoff : Mandala , Munich 1984
- David Bischoff: Star fall , Munich 1986
- David Bischoff: Wargames , Munich 1983
- Michael Bishop : Flammenaugen , Munich 1981
- William D. Blankenship : Death of an Unimportant Person , Rastatt / Baden 1977
- James Blish : Der Asylplanet , Munich 1998
- James Blish: Enterprise , Alsdorf
- 2 (1972)
- 3 (1972)
- 4 (1972)
- 5 (1972)
- 6 (1972)
- 7 (1972)
- 8 (1972)
- 9 (1972)
- James Blish: The Lights of Zhetar , Munich 1998
- James Blish: The Paradise Syndrome , Munich 1998
- James Blish: The silicone monster , Munich 1998
- James Blish: Spock is running amok , Munich 1997
- James Blish: Spock Must Die! , Munich 1999
- James Blish: Criminal Planet Tantalus , Munich 1997
- Lawrence Block : The Specialists , Munich 1970
- Wendy Boase : Ancient Egypt , Rastatt 1978
- Geoffrey H. Bourne : The people of the apes , Munich [u. a.] 1971
- Carter Brown : Poisonous Water , Munich 1974
- Fredric Brown : Dwarves die half as hard , Munich 1970
- John Brunner : Doppelganger , Munich 1981
- John Brunner: The infinitive of Go , Munich 1983
- John Brunner: More things between heaven and earth , Munich 1983
- John Brunner: Das Menschenspiel , Munich 1984
- John Brunner: Traveler in Black , Munich 1982
- John Brunner: Dreaming Earth , Munich 1985
- John Brunner: From that day on , Munich 1984
- John Brunner: Warning to the World , Munich 1983
- Benjamin Capps : The Endless Drift , Munich 1972
- Jack L. Chalker : Das Netz der Chozen , Munich 1981
- CJ Cherryh : Brothers of the Earth , Munich 1979
- Hal Clement : Das Nadelöhr , Munich 1983
- Hal Clement: Die Needelsuche , Munich 1983
- Bud Clifton : He should hang , Munich 1962
- Computers don't argue , Munich 1970
- Michael Coney : Brontomek! , Munich 1983
- Michael Coney: The Last Spaceship , Munich 1983
- Michael Coney: The Monitor in Orbit , Munich 1986
- Albert Conroy : Clayburn, the player , Munich 1962
- Will Cook : Carrion vultures in Texas , Munich 1971
- Sonni Cooper : Black Fire , Munich 1993
- Lee Correy : Hort des Lebens , Munich 1992
- Rupert Croft-Cooke : Revenge for Julie , Munich 1973
- John Crowley : Creatures , Munich 1980
- Frederick C. Davis : The End of a Bloodsucker , Rastatt / Baden 1976
- Ovid Demaris : Divorce in American , Munich 1968
- Gordon R. Dickson : Uralt, mein Feind , Munich 1979
- Harry Sinclair Drago : The Rancher of Montana , Munich 1964
- 13 Kriminal-Stories , Munich 1973
- Diane Duane : The Wounded Sky , Munich 1990
-
Ellery Queen's Kriminalmagazin , Munich
- 33 (1972)
- 34 (1972)
- 35 (1972)
- John Farris : Days of Fear , Munich 1977
- Bruno Fischer : Kill with Love , Munich 1969
- Keith Franklin : Everything on one card , Munich 1974
- Richard Austin Freeman : The Secret of Jewels , Munich 1976
- Jacques Futrelle : The Thinking Machine , Munich 1973
- Charles Gibson : The ship with five names , Munich 1966
- The giant , Munich 1971
- William Goldman : Total Control , Munich 1987
- Frank Gruber : On four wheels through hell , Munich 1972
- Henry Rider Haggard : Allan Quatermain der Jäger , Munich 1986
- Henry Rider Haggard: Allan Quatermain and the Ice Gods , Munich 1987
- Henry Rider Haggard: When the world trembled , Munich 1985
- Henry Rider Haggard: Ayescha - she returns , Munich 1984
- Henry Rider Haggard: Das Elfenbeinkind , Munich 1987
- Henry Rider Haggard: The Spirit of Bambatse , Munich 1986
- Henry Rider Haggard: The Yellow God , Munich 1987
- Henry Rider Haggard: The Wanderer's Collar , Munich 1985
- Henry Rider Haggard: The Holy Flower , Munich 1985
- Henry Rider Haggard: The Heart of the World , Munich 1986
- Henry Rider Haggard: Cleopatra , Munich 1986
- Henry Rider Haggard: Morgenstern , Munich 1985
- Henry Rider Haggard: Nada, the Lily , Munich 1980
- Henry Rider Haggard: Das Nebelvolk , Munich 1986
- Henry Rider Haggard: The longing of the world , Munich 1985
- Henry Rider Haggard: Sie and Allan , Munich 1985
- Henry Rider Haggard: Daughter of Wisdom , Munich 1985
- Cyril Hare : The Angler's Secret , Munich 1977
- Brian Harris : The Next World War , Munich 1983
- Ernest Haycox : The Ranch of Death , Munich 1972
- Gerald Heard : Bitter Honey , Munich 1976
- Jack Higgins : The River of the Dead , Munich 1974
- Christopher Hodder-Williams : Virus of Fear , Munich 1981
- Cecelia Holland : Wandering Worlds , Munich 1979
- William Hopson : The Last Apaches , Munich 1971
- William Hopson: Montana-Cowboys , Munich 1971
- Hordes out of darkness , Rastatt / Baden 1977
- Jill Hughes : The Eskimos , Rastatt 1978
- Richard Hull : The murder of my aunt , Munich 1974
- Richard Hummel : Murder on the side program , Rastatt (Baden) 1974
- John Jakes : Amanda de la Gura , Hamburg 1979
- John Jakes: Off to Richmond , Munich 1991
- John Jakes: The Prisoner , Hamburg 1978
- John Jakes: The massacre on Ohio , Hamburg 1978
- John Jakes: The Pioneers , Frankfurt / M. 1987
- John Jakes: Die Rache , Frankfurt / M. 1988
- John Jakes: Black April , Hamburg 1979
- John Jakes: Voices of War , Munich 1990
- John Jakes: The Hour of Vengeance , Hamburg 1979
- John Jakes: The Hour of Atonement , Munich 1990
- John Jakes: The Titans , Hamburg 1979
- Charles Kearey : Fatal Aviators in Africa , Munich 1974
- Warren Kiefer : The Lingala Code , Munich 1973
- Garry Kilworth : Einsiedler , Munich 1981
- Raphael Aloysius Lafferty : The Odyssey of Captain Roadstrum , Munich 1980
- Louis L'Amour : Then came Conagher , Munich 1972
- Louis L'Amour: His name was Flint , Munich 1962
- Henry Lionel Lawrence : Children of Light , Munich 1962
- Fritz Leiber : Mistress of Darkness , Munich 1980
- Edward Lindall : The Death Expedition , Munich 1974
- Mark M. Lowenthal : Crispan Magicker , Munich 1983
- John D. MacDonald : Nightmare in pink , Munich 1967
- John D. MacDonald: Poison green for Vivian , Munich 1967
- Philip MacDonald : The Secret of the Dead Police , Munich 1976
- Helen MacInnes : The drug plot , Munich 1975
- Helen MacInnes: Rebellion of the Damned , Munich 1977
- Phillip Mann : The Queen's Eye , Munich 1985
- Sondra Marshak : The Prometheus Project , Munich 1992
- Gerhard Masur : Imperial Berlin , Munich [u. a.] 1971 (translated together with Charlotte Roland)
- Vonda N. McIntyre : In Search of Mr. Spock , Munich 1990
- Vonda N. McIntyre: The Entropy Effect , Munich 1991
- Vonda N. McIntyre: Back to the Present , Munich 1990
- James McKimmey : The Weird Passengers , Munich 1963
- Joe Millard : Two Glorious Scoundrels , Munich 1972
- Nicholas Monsarrat : The baby cried until shortly before twelve , Munich 1969
- MS Murdock : The Romulan Network , Munich 1991
- Dwight B. Newton : Menschenjäger , Munich 1968
- Larry Niven : The Flight of the Horse , Munich 1981
- Elisabeth Ogilvie : Die, my darling, and don't cry , Munich 1974
- Breakdown in Hell , Munich 1973
- Colin D. Peel : Bloody Gold , Munich 1974
- Hugh Pentecost : The Champagne Killer , Munich 1973
- Charles Platt : Twilight over the City , Munich 1982
- Bill Pronzini : The game is called Mord , Rastatt / Baden 1977
- Shepard Rifkin : The Night of Blood , Rastatt (Baden) 1974
- Keith Roberts : Homo Gestalt , Bergisch Gladbach 1980
- Willo Davis Roberts : The Castle on the Cliffs , Munich 1973
- Stephen Robinett : A man with responsibility , Munich 1986
- Arthur Robinson : After the third murder , Rastatt / Baden 1977
- Mike Roote : We are still separated by a ball , Rastatt / Baden 1976
- Donald Royal : The Sex Revolution , Munich 1970
- Matthew P. Shiel : The purple cloud , Munich 1982
- Luke Short : Silver Rock , Munich 1971
- 17 horror stories , Munich 1974
- Michael Sinclair : How to steal a million , Munich 1967
- Peter Stone : Charade , Munich 1965
- Der Tag Million , Munich 1971 (translated with Mary Hammer)
- Martin Tarmey : Murder Money , Munich 1975
- Louis Trimble : The Best of All Worlds , Alsdorf 1972
- Seldon Truss : Escape from Dartmoor , Munich 1977
- Robert E. Vardeman : The Klingon Gambit , Munich 1991
- Robert E. Vardeman: Mutiny on the Enterprise , Munich 1990
- William Jon Watkins : The Litany of Sh'reev , Munich 1982
- Howard Weinstein : The Power of the Crown , Munich 1995
- Carolyn Weston : No alibi for Mr. Farr , Munich 1973
- Dennis Wheatley : The Agent Who Chased the Devil , Munich 1975
- Lionel White : The Journey of Death , Munich 1976
- Roger Zelazny : Jack out of the shadow , Munich 1982
- Roger Zelazny: changeable country , Munich 1985
Filmography (selection)
- 1963: The crime museum - The woman in the mink
- 1963: The crime museum - five photos
- 1964: The Crime Museum - Dr. W.
- 1965: The fifth column - flowers for room 19
- 1966: The Fifth Column - The Telltale Light
- 1967: The crime museum - Tea roses
- 1968: The crime museum - the tire track
Web links
- Hans Maeter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Directory of translations by Hans Maeter in the science fiction field
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maeter, Hans |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Garnett, William (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 2012 |
| Place of death | Thailand |