Julian Savarin

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Julian Jay Savarin (born 1950 in Dominica ) is a British musician , composer and writer, best known as a science fiction writer .

Life

Born on the Caribbean island of Dominica, Savarin has lived in Great Britain since his youth. He was the organist and songwriter for the group Julian's Treatment . The group's two concept albums, A Time Before This (1972) and Waiters on the Dance, are to be assigned to progressive rock and depict content from Savarin's Lemmus trilogy, Savarin's best-known book, especially the first band, Waiters on the Dance, with the same title as the second album . Vernon Joynson rated the first album as worth listening to and particularly praised Cathy Prudens' dramatic spoken chants. The second album, however, he found organ-heavy and tough.

Lemmus is an extensive space opera in which human history and in particular the Judeo-Christian tradition ( Adam and Eve etc.) and other well-known legends ( Atlantis etc.) with the colonization of the earth by an advanced galactic civilization in the distant past is explained . The idea was no longer new in the early 1970s and so Brian Stableford judged : "Remarkable because of the repulsive lack of ideas and what is brought about has long since rotten." Both David Pringle and John Clute recognize the rationalization of biblical myths in Savarin's science fiction the well-known cliché of the Shaggy God story .

In addition to science fiction, Savarin also wrote a number of thrillers, some of which have been translated into German.

bibliography

Series

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

His Lemmus: A Time Trilogy
  • 1 Waiters on the Dance (1972)
  • 2 Beyond the Outer Mirr (1976)
  • 3 The Archives of Haven (1977)
Gordon Gallagher (series of novels)
  • 1 Wolf Run (1984)
    • German: Enterprise wolf hunting. Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck. Moewig # 2422, 1987, ISBN 3-8118-2422-8 .
  • 2 The Queensland File (1994)
David Pross (novel trilogy)
  • Lynx (1986)
  • Hammerhead (1987)
  • Windshear (1988)
    • German: company wind turbine. Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck. Moewig # 2453, 1987, ISBN 3-8118-2453-8 .
MacAllister (series of novels)
  • 1 MacAllister's Run (1995)
  • 2 Macallister's Task (1997)
Muller and Pappenheim (series of novels)
  • 1 A Cold Rain in Berlin (2002)
  • 2 Romeo Summer (2003)
  • 3 Winter and the General (2003)
  • 4 A Hot Day in May (2004)
  • 5 Hunter's Rain (2004)
  • 6 Summer of the Eagle (2005)
  • 7 Seasons of Change (2005)
  • 8 The Other Side of Eden (2006)

Single novels

  • Arena (1979)
  • Water Hole (1982)
    • German: Company water hole. Translated by Helga Atkinson. Moewig # 2410, 1986, ISBN 3-8118-2410-4 .
  • Gunship (1985)
    • German: Gunship. Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck. Moewig # 2504, 1987, ISBN 3-8118-2504-6 .
  • Red Gunship (1989)
  • Well (1990)
    • German: Well. Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck. Moewig # 2525, 1988, ISBN 3-8118-2525-9 .
  • Trophy (1990)
  • Villiger (1991)
  • Target Down! (1991)
  • The Quiraing List (1993)
  • Pale Flyer (1994)
  • Horsemen in the Shadows (1996)
  • Typhoon Strike (1996)
  • Strike Eagle (1997)
  • Norwegian Fire (1998)
  • Starfire (2000)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vernon Joynson: The Tapestry of Delights: The Comprehensive Guide to British Music of the Beat, R & B, Psychedelic and Progressive Eras, 1963-1976. Borderline 1996, ISBN 1-899855-04-1 , pp. 463 and 480 f ..
  2. ↑ Remarkable for an appalling poverty of ideas. Most of the ones it gets by with putrefied long ago. Quoted from: David Pringle : The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction. Pharos Books 1990, ISBN 0-88687-537-4 , p. 180.
  3. ↑ David Pringle: The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction. Pharos Books 1990, ISBN 0-88687-537-4 , p. 180. John Clute: Savarin, Julian Jay. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 3rd edition (online edition), version dated February 10, 2017. For the Shaggy God Story, see: David Langford : Shaggy God Story. In: John Clute, Peter Nicholls: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. 3rd edition (online edition), version dated September 23, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Savarin, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Savarin, Julian Jay (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British musician, composer and science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Dominica