John Morressy

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John Morressy (born December 8, 1930 in Brooklyn , New York City , † March 20, 2006 in Sullivan , New Hampshire ) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

Life

Morressy completed his military service in the US Army after attending school and then began studying at St. John's University , from which he graduated in 1951 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He later completed postgraduate studies at New York University , which he completed in 1961 with a Master of Arts (MA).

He began writing science fiction and fantasy novels in the mid-1960s and made his debut in 1966 with the novel The Blackboard Cavalier .

In 1968 he took over a professorship for English studies at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire and taught there until 1991. Between 1978 and 1991 he was also “Writer-in-Residence” there.

He then became known from the 1970s with various series of novels such as the Del Whitby , Iron Angel and the Kedrigern series. He also wrote short stories such as No More Pencils, No More Books (1979).

Some of his books also appeared in German translation .

bibliography

Del Whitby series
  • Starbrat (1972)
  • Stardrift (1973, also as Nail Down the Stars )
  • Under a Calculating Star (1975)
  • A Law for the Stars (1976)
  • Frostworld and Dreamfire (1977)
    • German: Frostwelt and Traumfeuer. Knaur-Science-fiction # 5747, 1982, ISBN 3-426-05747-6 .
  • The Mansions of Space (1983)
Iron Angel series
  • Ironbrand (1980)
  • Greymantle (1981)
  • Kingsbane (1982)
  • The Time of the Annihilator (1985)
Piping series
  • 1 A Voice for Princess (1986)
  • 2 The Questing of Kedrigern (1987)
  • 3 Kedrigern in Wanderland (1988)
  • 4 Kedrigern and the Charming Couple (1989)
  • 5 A Remembrance for Kedrigern (1990)
  • 6 Kedrigern and the Dragon Comme Il Faut (1994)
  • The Kedrigern Chronicles Vol. I: The Domesticated Wizard (2002, short stories)
  • The Kedrigern Chronicles Vol. II: Dudgeon and Dragons (2003)
Novels
  • The Blackboard Cavalier (1966)
  • The Addison Tradition (1968)
    • English: Unrest in Addison College. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 1972.
  • A Long Communion (1974)
  • The Humans of Ziax II (1974)
  • The Windows of Forever (1975)
  • The Extraterritorial (1977)
  • The Drought on Ziax II (1978)
  • The Juggler (1996)
collection
  • Other Stories (1983)
Short stories
  • Accuracy (1971)
    • German: The Unregistered. In: Wulf H. Bergner (Ed.): Sieg in der Kälte. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3320), 1972.
  • When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears (1973)
    • German: The exam. In: Wulf Bergner (Ed.): One day in Suburbia. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3353), 1973.
  • No More Pencils, No More Books (1979)
    • German: A very normal school day. In: Manfred Kluge (ed.): Dangerous games. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 3899), 1982, ISBN 3-453-30822-0 .
  • The Empath and the Savages (1979)
  • Autumn Sunshine for Moe Joost (1979)
  • The Last Jerry Fagin Show (1980)
  • Final Version (1982)
  • The Mirrors of Moggropple (1982)
  • Circumstances (1983)
  • Concerning the Game (1983)
  • Flight and Pursuit (1983)
  • Heinrich's Game (1983)
  • The Corridor (1983)
  • The Detour (1983)
  • The Man at the Wall (1983)
  • Short Timer (1983)
  • Glory, Glory (1983)
  • Nothing to Lose, Nothing to Kick (1983)
  • Executives and Elevators (1984)
  • Stoneskin (1984)
  • Some Work of Noble Note (1985)
  • Two Fables (1985)
  • Laugh Clone Laugh (1986)
  • A Legend of Fair Women (1987)
  • Timekeeper (1990)
    • German: Guardian of Time. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): Guardian of Time. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 4888), 1992, ISBN 3-453-05402-4 .
  • The Three Wishes (1990)
  • The Liberator (1991)
  • Except My Life, Except My Life, Except My Life (1991)
  • Variant: Except My Life³ (1991)
  • A Tale of Three Wizards (1991)
  • The Call (1992)
  • In and Out with Me (1992)
  • A Boy and His Wolf: Three Versions of a Fable (1993)
  • Working Stiffs (1993)
  • Orphan's Choice (1993)
  • Quality Time (1994)
  • The Last Variety of Religious Experience (1995)
  • Rimrunner's Home (1997)
    • English: The home of the patrolman. In: Ronald M. Hahn (Ed.): The Mars Princess. Heyne (Heyne Science Fiction & Fantasy # 6330), 1999, ISBN 3-453-15663-3 .
  • The Persistence of Memory (1998)
  • Millmouth's Last Walk-In (2001)
  • About Face (2001)
  • When Bertie Met Mary (2002)
  • The Resurrections of Fortunato (2003)
  • The Curse of the Von Krumpelsteins and Other Horrors: Contents of Volume 1 (2003)
  • The Artificer's Tale (2003)
  • The Unpleasantness at Le Château Malveillant (2004)
  • The Long Run (2004)
  • A Life in the Day of Eb and Flo: An American Epic (2004)
  • The Courtship of Kate O'Farrissey (2004)
  • Walter and the Wonderful Watch (2004)
  • The Legend of the Whiney Man (2005)
  • The Tournament at Surreptitia (2005)
  • The Long and the Short and the Tall (2006)
  • The True History of the Picky Princess (2006)
  • The Return of the O'Farrissey (2006)
  • Fool (2007)

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personal data
SURNAME Morressy, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction and fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 2006
Place of death Sullivan , New Hampshire