James P. Hogan (writer)

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James Patrick Hogan (* 27. June 1941 in London , † 12. July 2010 in Ireland ) was a British science fiction - writers .

James P. Hogan at the 63rd World Science Fiction Congress in Glasgow in August 2005

Life

James P. Hogan worked as an engineer in the aerospace industry and for several computer companies until he turned full-time to writing in 1979. He emigrated to the USA in 1977 .

Hogan has been writing science fiction novels since 1977. He tended towards a more technically oriented science fiction ( Hard-SF , based on the term hard science ) and is therefore sometimes compared to Arthur C. Clarke ; he wrote more than a dozen novels. His philosophical view of how science should be carried out is noticeable in most of his novels: Theories are to be formulated on the basis of empirical data.

This is particularly evident in one of his most famous works, the Giants series, which consists of a total of five volumes. It begins with the discovery of a 50,000 year old human body on the moon. After much research and the discovery of other facts, theories about how the astronaut reached the moon 50,000 years ago are worked out, discarded and replaced.

In the later years, Hogan's preferred subjects evolved into pseudoscientific aspects. He represented opinions such as catastrophism or intelligent design . He also sympathized with the positions of the AIDS deniers . On the subject of the Holocaust , Hogan wrote that, in his opinion , the works of Arthur Butz and Mark Weber were “more learned, more scientific and more convincing than the story written by the victors”. Butz and Weber are well-known Holocaust deniers .

Hogan lived in both Ireland and Florida . He died in Ireland on July 12, 2010.

Works

Series

Giants

Code of the Lifemaker

Cradle of Saturn

  • Cradle of Saturn , 1999
  • The Anguished Dawn , 2003

Novels

  • The Creation Machine , 1982, ISBN 3-811-83564-5 , The Genesis Machine , 1978
  • The Computer Satellite , 1982, ISBN 3-811-83593-9 , The Two Faces of Tomorrow , 1979
  • It was three times ... , 1985, ISBN 3-811-83661-7 , Thrice Upon a Time , 1980
  • The Children of Alpha Centauri , 1983, ISBN 3-442-23437-9 , Voyage From Yesteryear , 1982
  • Proteus Company , 1987, ISBN 3-453-00979-7 , The Proteus Operation , 1988
  • Endgame Enigma , 1987
  • The Mirror Maze , 1989
  • The Infinity Gambit , 1991
  • The Multiplex Man , 1992
  • Out of Time , 1993
  • Paths to Otherwhere , 1995
  • Realtime Interrupt , 1995
  • Bug Park , 1997
  • Outward Bound , 1999
  • The Legend That Was Earth , 2000
  • Echoes of an Alien Sky , 2007
  • Moon Flower , 2008
  • Migration , 2010

Short story collections

  • Mind, Machines and Evolution , 1988
  • Star Child , 1998
  • Rockets, Redheads and Revolution , 1999
  • Martian Knightlife , 2001
  • Catastrophes, Chaos & Convolutions , 2005

Non-fiction

  • Mind Matters: Exploring the World of Artificial Intelligence , 1997
  • Kicking the Sacred Cow: Heresy and Impermissible Thoughts in Science , 2004
  • Truth Under Tyranny: Science's Impermissible Thoughts , 2004

Prices

  • 1981: Seiun Prize for Inherit the Stars
  • 1982: Seiun Prize for The Genesis Machine
  • 1983: Prometheus Award for Voyage from Yesteryear
  • 1993: Prometheus Award for The Multiplex Man
  • 1994: Seiun Prize for Entoverse

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James P. Hogan: Catastrophism . October 14, 2006.
  2. ↑ James P. Hogan: Evolution & Intelligent Design . October 14, 2006.
  3. ↑ James P. Hogan: AIDS Skepticism . October 14, 2006.
  4. ↑ James P. Hogan: Free-speech Hypocrisy . October 14, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Hogan, James P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hogan, James Patrick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH July 12, 2010
Place of death Ireland