Janet Morris

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Janet Ellen Morris (born May 25, 1946 in Boston , Massachusetts ) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Life

Morris studied at New York University from 1965 to 1966 . In 1971 she married the writer and musician Christopher C. Morris . In the mid-1970s she played bass guitar in her husband's band. From the end of the 1980s she was engaged in various functions with the evaluation and propagation of non-lethal weapons . In particular, she was a project manager at the US Global Strategy Council in 1989 and, from 1990, head of research in the area of non-lethal programs at the Institute for Geopolitical Studies . She wrote several non-fiction books on strategy and non-lethal weapons, including The Warrior's Edge in 1990 with John B. Alexander and Richard Groller . In 1995 she and her husband founded M2 Technologies in Stafford , Virginia , which offers various services and advice in connection with the use of non-lethal and other weapon systems. Morris is the managing director of M2 Technologies .

Published in 1977 Morris their first SF novel, high bed of Silistra , the first volume of Silistra - tetralogy . Estri Hadrath, guardian of Astria's well, is faced with the task of finding the man who fathered her with her mother, the chief courtesan . Silistra is a planet destroyed by an apocalyptic war long ago, on which the consequences of the war still weigh on the inhabitants, including through reduced fertility. The "fountains" were originally intended to counteract sterility, but have become brothels, praised far beyond the planet Silistra, matrilineally ruled by the chief courtesans, the "high companions". Here and in subsequent novels, Morris describes a complex society, often borrowing from history.

The use of historical material is even more pronounced in Morris's second cycle, in which artificially conscious spaceships form the power base of the Kerrions, a powerful family of interstellar traders. Morris again describes a complex world in which the 16-year-old Shebat tries to find her way around and which in many ways reflects the world of Hellenism . In addition, as in the Silistra tetralogy, paranormal abilities play a not insignificant role.

The next cycle, The Sacred Band of Stepsons , was a side branch opened by Morris in Robert Lynn Asprins Thieves' World Fantasy Universe , to which she contributed a series of short stories and seven novels from 1980, consisting of the Beyond trilogy (1985 / 1986) and the Tempus tetralogy (1987–1990), with her husband Chris Morris co-authoring several times.

At the same time, Morris began the Heroes in Hell series together with CJ Cherryh , the volumes of which are largely anthologies with stories from several authors - in the first volume, for example, alongside Morris and Cherryh, Chris Morris, Gregory Benford and David Drake - in which various historical figures such as Julius Caesar , Alexander and Macchiavelli in hell continue with their power struggles and intrigues exactly where death left them off. There is a volume for each of the various groups of people (heroes, kings, pirates, lawyers, poets, etc.). By 2017, 20 volumes had appeared in the series, of which Morris was involved as an author.

Morris also wrote a number of individual novels in the 1980s, mostly in collaboration . These are often techno thrillers set in the near future with a secret agent as the protagonist. This subheading includes The 40-Minute War (1984), Active Measures (1985) and Medusa (1986).

In addition to science fiction, Morris has also written several other novels. Mention should be made here of I, the Sun (1980), a historical novel about the Hittite king Šuppiluliuma I.

bibliography

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

The fighters of Silistra
  • 1 High Couch of Silistra (1977, revised as Returning Creation , 1984)
    • English: The golden courtesan. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 24091, 1987, ISBN 3-404-24091-X .
  • 2 The Golden Sword (1977)
  • 3 Wind from the Abyss (1978)
    • English: A storm from the abyss. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 24095, 1987, ISBN 3-404-24095-2 .
  • 4 The Carnelian Throne (1979)
Kerrion Empire
  • 1 Dream Dancer (1980)
    • German: dream dancer. Translated by Sylvia Pukallus. Goldmann Science-fiction # 23418, 1983, ISBN 3-442-23418-2 .
  • 2 Cruiser Dreams (1981)
    • German: Traumschiffe. Translated by Sylvia Pukallus. Goldmann Science-fiction # 23419, 1983, ISBN 3-442-23419-0 .
  • 3 Earth Dreams (1982)
    • German: dream world. Translated by Sylvia Pukallus. Goldmann Science-fiction # 23420, 1983, ISBN 3-442-23420-4 .
Thieves' World: The Sacred Band of Stepsons
  • Vashanka's Minion (1980, short story)
  • An End to Dreaming (1982, short story)
  • High Moon (1983, short story)
  • What Women Do Best (1984, short story, with Chris Morris)
  • Hell to Pay (1985, short story)
  • Pillar of Fire (1986, short story)
  • Power Play (1986, short story)
  • Sanctuary Is for Lovers (1986, short story, with Chris Morris)
  • The Sacred Band (2010, with Chris Morris)

Sacred Band Tales

  • A Man and His God (1981, short story)
  • Wizard Weather (1982, short story)
  • Wake of the Riddler (1987, short story)
  • The Fish the Fighters and the Song-Girl and Other Sacred Band Tales (2012, collection, with Chris Morris)

Sacred Band of Stepsons / Beyond

  • 1 Beyond Sanctuary (1985)
  • 2 Beyond the Veil (1986)
  • 3 Beyond Wizardwall (1986)

Tense

  • 1 Tempus (1987)
  • 2 City at the Edge of Time (1988, with Chris Morris)
  • 3 Tempus Unbound (1989, with Chris Morris)
  • 4 Storm Seed (1990, with Chris Morris)
Heroes in Hell
  • 1 Heroes in Hell (1986, anthology)
  • 2 The Gates of Hell (1986, novel, with CJ Cherryh )
  • 3 Rebels in Hell (1986, anthology)
  • 4 Kings in Hell (1987, novel, with CJ Cherryh)
  • 5 Crusaders in Hell (1987, anthology)
  • 7 Angels in Hell (1987, anthology)
  • 8 Masters in Hell (1987, anthology)
  • 9 The Little Helliad (1988, novel, with Chris Morris)
  • 10 War in Hell (1988, anthology)
  • 11 Prophets in Hell (1989, anthology)
  • 12 Explorers in Hell (1989, novel, with David Drake )
  • 13 Lawyers in Hell (2011, anthology, with Chris Morris)
  • 14 Rogues in Hell (2012, anthology, with Chris Morris)
  • 16 Dreamers in Hell (2013, anthology, with Chris Morris)
  • 17 Poets in Hell (2014, anthology, with Chris Morris)
  • 18 Doctors in Hell (2015, anthology, with Chris Morris)
  • 20 Pirates in Hell (2017, anthology)
The Fleet (short story series)
  • The Collaborator (1988)
  • Witch Hunt (1990)
Threshold (with Chris Morris)
  • 1 Threshold (1990)
  • 2 Trust Territory (1992)
  • 3 The Stalk (1994)
ARC Riders (with David Drake)
  • 1 ARC Riders (1995)
  • 2 The Fourth Rome (1996)
Novels
  • I, the Sun (1980)
  • The 40-Minute War (1984, with Chris Morris)
    • German: The 40 Minute War. Translated by Jürgen Bürger. Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 13155, 1988, ISBN 3-404-13155-X .
  • Active Measures (1985, with David Drake)
  • Medusa (1986, with Chris Morris)
  • Soul of the City (1986, with Lynn Abbey and CJ Cherryh)
  • Warlord! (1987)
  • Kill Ratio (1987, with David Drake)
  • Outpassage (1988, with Chris Morris)
  • Target (1989, with David Drake)
Short stories
  • Raising the Green Lion (1980)
  • Hero's Welcome (1985)
  • Basileus (1985, with CJ Cherryh)
  • To Reign in Hell (1986)
  • Graveyard Shift (1986)
  • The Great Beer Shortage (1986, with David Drake)
  • Sword Play (1987, with Chris Morris)
  • Gilgamesh Redux (1987)
  • The Nature of Hell (1987, with Chris Morris)
  • Instant Karma (1987)
  • Sea of ​​Stiffs (1987)
  • Sea Change (1987)
  • Battle for the Plain of Just Desserts (1988)
  • The Best of the Achaeans (1988)
  • The Prisoner (1988)
  • Mystery (1988, with Chris Morris)
  • Needs Must (1988)
  • [...] Is Hell (1988)
  • Moving Day (1989)
  • Bad Luck (1989)
  • Second Opinion (1989)
  • Birthday Present (1990)
  • Rapproachment (1990, with Chris Morris)
  • Fratricide (1991)
  • The Bottom Line (1991)
  • Escape from Merovingen (Act One Reprised) (1991, with Chris Morris)
  • Escape from Merovingen: Finale in Two Acts (1991, with Chris Morris)
  • A Transmigration of Soul (1992)
  • Interview with the Devil (2011, with Chris Morris)
  • Tribe of Hell (2011)
  • Babe in Hell (2012, with Chris Morris)
  • Which Way I Fly is Hell (2012)
  • Boogey Man Blues (2013)
  • Alms for Oblivion (2013)
  • Fools in Hell (2013, with Chris Morris)
  • Hell Bent (2013)
  • Dress Rehearsal (2014)
  • Seven Against Hell (2014, with Chris Morris)
  • Bring Your Rage (2015, with Chris Morris)
  • The First Dragon Eater (2015, with Chris Morris)
  • The Wager (2015, with Chris Morris)
  • Writer's Block (2015)
Non-fiction
  • The Warrior's Edge: Front-line Strategies for Victory on the Corporate Battlefield (1990, with John B. Alexander and Richard Groller)
  • Nonlethality: A Global Strategy (1990, 2010, with Chris Morris)
  • The American Warrior (1992) (with Chris Morris, as editor)
  • Weapons of Mass Protection: Nonlethality, Information Warfare, and Airpower in the Age of Chaos (1995, with Morris and Thomas Baines)

literature

Web links

Commons : Janet Morris  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ M2 Technologies , company profile on bloomberg.com (accessed on June 7, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Morris, Janet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morris, Janet Ellen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston , Massachusetts