Ian Irvine

Ian Irvine, 2007

Ian Irvine (* 1950 in Bathurst , New South Wales) is an Australian marine biologist and fantasy writer who also writes ecothriller . He lives with his family in the mountains in northern New South Wales .

Life

Irvine graduated from the University of Sydney , where he earned a PhD in marine biology in 1981. The management of contaminated sediments was particularly interesting for him , which quickly made him an expert in this field. To distract himself from the hassle of studying, he began creating detailed maps and images of a fantasy world in the late 1970s, which delayed his graduation for a year and a half. Immediately after completing his studies, he started working for an international consulting firm, from which he left after two failed expeditions and then founded a consulting company himself.

Several eventful years followed, working both in Australia and internationally ( Mauritius , Bali , Fiji ). During this time he helped, among other things, to develop the national guidelines for the protection of the ocean. As early as 1987, the scientific work was no longer enough and Irvine began to create his first fantasy project ( The View From The Mirror ), using the drawings he made from his student days as a basis.

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Three Worlds Cycle - The Three Worlds

The cycle around the three worlds currently consists of two tetralogies and a trilogy . Further excursions into the created universe are planned. The Well Of Echoes takes place two centuries after the events of The View From The Mirror . The Song Of The Tears continues with a break of 10 years where the events in the second tetralogy came to an abrupt end.

• The View from the Mirror
  • A Shadow on the Glass , Penguin Books Australia 1998, ISBN 0-14-027196-1
    1. The mirror of memory , Bastei Lübbe 2007, translator Rainer Schumacher, ISBN 3-404-20569-3
    2. The magic relic , Bastei Lübbe 2007, translator Rainer Schumacher, ISBN 3-404-20576-6
  • The Tower on the Rift , Penguin Books Australia 1998, ISBN 0-14-027680-7
    1. Tower of Katazza , Bastei Lübbe 2007, translator Rainer Schumacher, ISBN 3-404-20581-2
    2. Fortress of Power , Bastei Lübbe 2007, translator Rainer Schumacher, ISBN 3-404-20585-5
  • Dark is the Moon , Penguin Books Australia 1999, ISBN 0-14-027681-5
    1. Dunkler Mond , Bastei Lübbe 2008, Translator Malte Schulz-Sembten, ISBN 3-404-20591-X
    2. Curse of the beggar , Bastei Lübbe 2008, translator Malte Schulz-Sembten and Dietmar Schmidt, ISBN 3-404-20593-6
  • The Way Between the Worlds Penguin Books Australia 1999, ISBN 0-14-027682-3
    1. Way between the worlds , Bastei Lübbe 2008, translator Alfons Winkelmann, ISBN 3-404-20597-9
    2. Call of the Guardians , Bastei Lübbe 2008, Translator Alfons Winkelmann, ISBN 3-404-20598-7

• The Magic of the Three Worlds (The Well of Echoes)
  • Geomancer . Viking Australia 2001, 0-670-91226-3
  • Die Geomantin , Bastei Lübbe 2009, translator Holger Hanowell, ISBN 3-404-28529-8
  • Tetrarch , Viking / Penguin Group 2002, ISBN 0-670-91227-1
  • The Tetrarch , Bastei Lübbe 2009, translator Holger Hanowell, ISBN 3-404-28533-6
  • Scrutator , Viking / Penguin Group 2003, ISBN 0-670-91228-X (outside Australia as: Alchymist published)
  • Die Sucherin , Bastei Lübbe 2010, translator Holger Hanowell, ISBN 3-404-28539-5
  • Chimaera , Viking / Penguin Group 2004, ISBN 0-670-04119-X
  • Die Chimaere Bastei Lübbe 2010, translator Arno Hoven, ISBN 3-404-28544-1

• The Song of the Tears
  • Torments of the Traitor , Viking / Penguin Group 2006, ISBN 0-670-04188-2 (published outside Australia as: The Fate of the Fallen )
  • The Curse on the Chosen , Viking / Penguin Group 2007, ISBN 978-0-670-04189-3
  • The Destiny of the Dead , Orbit 2009, ISBN 978-1-84149-472-2

• The Gates of Good and Evil
• The Summon Stone , Orbit 2016, ISBN 978-0-316-38687-6
• The Fatal Gate , Orbit 2017, ISBN 978-0-316-38690-6

• Short story collection
  • A Wizard's War and Other Stories , Ian Irvine 2015

The Tainted Realm

Fantasy epic that has a loose connection to the three worlds .

• Vengeance , Orbit / Hachette Australia 2011, ISBN 978-0-7336-2427-8
• Rebellion , Orbit / Hachette Australia 2012, ISBN 978-0-7336-2428-5
• Justice , Orbit / Hachette Australia 2013, ISBN 978-0-7336-2429-2

Human rites

A future trilogy on the subject of eco- terrorism .

• The Last Albatross , Simon & Schuster (Australia) 2000, ISBN 0-7318-1044-9
• Terminator Gene , Earthlight / Simon & Schuster (Australia) 2003, ISBN 0-7318-1049-X
• The Life Lottery , Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster (Australia) 2004, ISBN 0-7318-1051-1

Runcible Jones

This series is planned as a pentalogy and takes place on two twin worlds: an earth-like world in which the use of magic is illegal and Iltior, a wonderful world in which science is forbidden.

• Runcible Jones: The Gate to Nowhere , Puffin / Penguin Group (Australia) 2006, ISBN 0-14-330158-6
• Runcible Jones and The Buried City , Puffin / Penguin Group (Australia) 2007, ISBN 978-0-14-330294-0
• Runcible Jones and the Frozen Compass , Puffin / Penguin Group (Australia) 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-330295-7
• Runcible Jones and the Backwards Hourglass , Puffin / Penguin Group (Australia) 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-330296-4

Grim and Grimmer

Fantasy cycle for teenagers.

• Grim and Grimmer: Book 1: The Headless Highwayman , Omnibus Books / Scholastic Australia 2010, ISBN 978-1-86291-858-0
• Grim and Grimmer: Book 2: The Grasping Goblin , Omnibus Books / Scholastic Australia 2010, ISBN 978-1-86291-859-7
• The Desperate Dwarf , Omnibus Books / Scholastic Australia 2011, ISBN 978-1-86291-860-3
• The Calamitous Queen , Santhenar Press 2011, ISBN 978-0-648-18696-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Ian Irvine in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ian Irvine in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Ian Irvine in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Ian Irvine at Open Library
• Ian Irvine's website (English)
• View From The Mirror - Fansite (English)