Jacqueline Lichtenberg

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Jacqueline Lichtenberg (born on 25. March 1942 in New York City ) is an American author of science fiction - and horror stories , best known for the novels in the created by it fictional universe of Sime / Gen.

Life

She studied chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley , where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1964 . She then worked as a chemist in industry for two years, including one year in Israel. She has been a freelance writer since 1968. She is married to Salomon Lichtenberg, with whom she has two daughters.

Her first SF story, Operation High Time , which appeared in If magazine in January 1969 , was set in the world of the Sime and Gen , two symbiotic races into which humanity in a distant future has split. In 1974, House of Zeor , the first novel set in the Sime / Gen universe, was published, which Lichtenberg wrote together with the author Jean Lorrah . In the meantime over a dozen volumes have been published, some by Lorrah, some by Lichtenberg, or in collaboration . Three of the volumes have also been translated into German.

Lichtenberg is a committed member of the science fiction and especially the Star Trek - fandom . In 1975 she released Star Trek Lives with Sondra Marshak and Joan Winston ! , an account of the early years of Star Trek fandom. In 2001 she was awarded the Franson Award and the Kaymar Award by the National Fantasy Fan Federation (N3F) , in 2008 with the Neffy Award as Fan of the Year and in 2012 she was awarded the honorary membership of the N3F for life.

bibliography

Series

The series are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Sime / Gen Universe (novel cycle)
  • Operation High Time (1969, short story)
  • House of Zeor (1974)
  • The Channel's Exemption (1977, short story)
  • Unto Zeor, Forever (1978)
  • First Channel (1980, with Jean Lorrah)
    • German: The third kind. Translated by Reinhold H. Mai. Moewig Science Fiction # 3830, 1988, ISBN 3-8118-3830-X .
  • Mahogany Trinrose (1981)
  • Channel's Destiny (1982, with Jean Lorrah)
  • Zelerod's Doom (1986, with Jean Lorrah)
  • RenSime (1984)
  • Personal Recognizance (2011)
  • The Farris Channel (2011)
  • A Change of Tactics (2017, with Mary Lou Mendum and Jean Lorrah)
Kren Universe (novel cycle)
  • 1 Molt Brother (1982)
  • 2 City of a Million Legends (1985)
The Dushau Trilogy ( novel cycle)
  • 1 Dushau (1985)
  • 2 Farfetch (1985)
  • 3 Outreach (1986)
  • Dorian St. James (short story series)
  • Through the Moon Gate (1988)
  • Vampire's Fast (1994)
  • True Death (1995)
  • Vampire's Friend (2002)
Tales of the Luren (novel cycle)
  • 1 Those of My Blood (1988)
  • 2 Dreamspy (1989)
Hero (novel cycle, as Daniel R. Kerns)
  • Hero (1993)
  • Border Dispute (1994)

Short stories

  • T'Zorel (1972)
  • Recompense (1976)
  • Adjustment (1978)
  • The Vanillamint Tapestry (1978)
  • The Answer (1980, with Jean Lorrah)
  • Science Is Magic Spelled Backwards (1982)
    • English: Magic is a science in itself. In: Susan M. Shwartz (Ed.): Hexengeschichten. Bastei Lübbe General series # 13003, 1985, ISBN 3-404-13003-0 .
  • Event at Holiday Rock (1982)
  • Aventura (1989)
  • False Prophecy (1989)
  • A Mother's Curse (1992)
  • Ruella and the Stone (2006)
  • True Hospitality (2006)
  • Vampire's Daymare (2013)
Collections
  • Science Is Magic Spelled Backwards and Other Stories (2011)
  • Through the Moon Gate and Other Tales of Vampirism (2011)

Non-fiction

  • Star Trek Lives! (1975, with Sondra Marshak and Joan Winston)

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Lichtenberg, Jacqueline
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kerns, Daniel R. (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City