Helge Kautz
Helge Thorsten Kautz (born February 14, 1967 in Hilden ) is a German science fiction author and musician. He is known for his novels for the computer game series "X" .
Life
Kautz was born in Hilden in 1967 as the son of a printer and a chemical technician. He began his work as a science fiction writer at the age of 13 with short stories and later with a novel. In the late 1980s and early 1990s there were minor publications in computer magazines and his SF fairy tale Marina was broadcast on local radio. Between 1996 and 2006 Kautz worked as a webmaster for THQ . His novel Farnhams Legende , which was included in the computer game X-Tension in 2000 , was nominated for the 2001 Kurd-Laßwitz Prize .
Kautz has been working as a freelance author and musician since mid-2007 and lives in Düsseldorf .
In 2013 Kautz released the debut album Beyond the Frontier with his band Voxager (stylized as voXager ) .
bibliography
X universe
- X: Farnham's Legend , Original Edition : June 2000, THQ Entertainment, New Edition: March 2005, Panini, ISBN 3-8332-1204-7
- X2: Nopileos , January 2004, Panini, ISBN 3-8332-1041-9
- X3: Yoshiko , April 2006, Panini, ISBN 3-8332-1344-2
- X3: Guardian of the Gates , 2009, Panini, ISBN 978-3-8332-1793-7
- X3: Guardians of the Earth , August 2009, Panini, ISBN 978-3-8332-1942-9
Another band called X Rebirth: Plutarch Rising was originally slated for release in 2014. In 2015, however, Kautz announced in the Egosoft forum that the novel had been postponed indefinitely due to personal problems. The only published material of the novel is a reading sample, which was included in the "Collector's Edition" by X Rebirth published in November 2013 (not part of the purely digital version). The novel would have been published via Panini with the ISBN 978-3833227035 .
Other publications
- The Sagittarius Conspiracy , September 2003, ISBN 978-3980669825 (tie-in to the computer game Yager )
Discography
- 2013 · Voxager - Beyond the Frontier
Web links
- Literature by and about Helge Kautz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Helge Kautz in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Helge T. Kautz at Open Library
- Works by and about Helge Kautz at Open Library
- Homepage of Helge Kautz
Individual evidence
- ↑ Best German-language SF novel with first edition from 2000. In: Kurd Laßwitz Prize. Retrieved March 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Music . Website by Helge T. Kautz. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
- ↑ Announcement that Plutarch Rising will be postponed indefinitely . Egosoft forum. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
- ↑ Further background information on the reason for the shift . Egosoft forum. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kautz, Helge |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kautz, Helge Thorsten (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German science fiction author and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hilden |