Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf

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Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf in 2006

Karl-Ulrich Burgdorf (born October 7, 1952 in Hagen ) is a German writer and translator who also uses the pseudonyms Henry Wolf , Robert Craven (as co-author of Wolfgang Hohlbein ), CT Bauer , Arl Duncan , Harald Münzer and Martin Hollburg (together with Martin Baresch and Wolfgang Hohlbein).

Life

From 1971 to 1973 he completed editorial traineeships for two daily newspapers and from 1973 studied journalism, politics and sociology at the University of Münster . He has been a freelance writer and translator since 1982. He mainly publishes fantastic novels and short stories as well as comics. Under the pseudonym Henry Wolf , mainly used by Wolfgang Hohlbein , he wrote a number of novel booklets for the Ghost Crime series (in the sub-series " Raven "), which later saw several new editions under his own name. He also wrote - sometimes also under a pseudonym - as a guest author for series such as Vampira , Damona King , Die UFO-Akten , Die Terranauten , Erde 2000 , Fantasy - Götter, Krieger und Demonen , and translated texts by Philip K. Dick , Orson Scott Card and John Schneider (the play My Werewolf for the Theater im Pumpenhaus , Münster). In 1980 he advised the then unknown author Wolfgang Hohlbein to apply to Bastei-Verlag (for the Professor Zamorra series ) as a novelist, which led to Wolfgang Hohlbein's first professional publication. In 1978 and 1979 he was editor of the magazine Science Fiction Baustelle and from 1986 to 1991 co-editor of the information service science fiction media . In 2001 Burgdorf was assistant director for the Loco Mosquito production Fight Club - The End of the Beginning and in 2002 co-organizer of the Patrick Wildermann / Loco Mosquito retrospective RadikalRomanzen in the Theater im Pumpenhaus, Münster.

Today he lives in Münster and, after retiring from literary life for more than 15 years, has been active as a writer again since 2013.

Works

  • Nijha, the assassin. (Magic circle. SF No. 149). Zauberkreis-Verlag, Rastatt 1974.
  • with Norbert Nowotsch (Ed.): Video practice. Munster 1976.
  • Dolphin games. About people and dolphins on a lonely research station. Youth book. Arena Verlag, Würzburg 1977, ISBN 3-401-03810-9 .
  • The Crystal Skull , The Magician of Maronar , The Tower of the Living Dead , The Stonehenge Monster (with Wolfgang Hohlbein) and The Spider Plague . Bastei-Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1983–1984.
  • with Wolfgang E. Hohlbein under the collective pseudonym Martin Hollburg: Starship of Adventure: The Tigers of Vaultron. Franckh, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-440-05368-7 .
  • with Wolfgang Hohlbein: The great Enwor role play book. The island of the star beast. Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-442-24522-2 .
  • with Wolfgang Hohlbein and Frank Rehfeld: Raven - Shadow Chronicle. Bastei Lübbe Verlag, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-404-20511-0 . (published with the wrong name of the author "Wolfgang Hohlbein")
  • with Wolfgang Hohlbein and Frank Rehfeld: Raven - Shadow Chronicle. (6-CD audio book cassette, read by David Nathan). Lübbe Audio, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-7857-4462-8 . (published with the wrong name of the author "Wolfgang Hohlbein")
  • Abattoir. eBook. Verlag Hary-Production, Zweibrücken 2015, ISBN 978-3-7368-7104-5 .
  • Gunslinger, in love. Poems & Co. sonderpunkt Verlag, Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-95407-063-3 .
  • The shame-shit virus and other unlikely stories. Westphalian series, Münster 2016, ISBN 978-3-95627-514-2 .
  • Delta Omicron. Apex-Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-746777-08-5 (paperback), ISBN 978-3-7438-8551-6 (e-book).
  • Blue fire planet. Apex-Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-7467-9513-3 (paperback), ISBN 978-3-7438-9101-2 (e-book).

Translations

  • 1980: Philip K. Dick: The dark umbrella.
  • 1981: Philip K. Dick: The Secret Rebel. (Afterword by Hans Joachim Alpers )
  • 1981: Greg Bear : The Obelisks of Hegira. (Afterword by Hans Joachim Alpers)
  • 1984: Philip K. Dick: The Unteleported Man.
  • 1986: Orson Scott Card: The Big Game.
  • 1988: Orson Scott Card: Spokesman for the Dead.
  • 1991: Loren D. Estleman: Motown. Thriller from Motor City, USA (with Thomas Hoheisel under the common pseudonym CT Bauer)
  • 1992: Robert L. Forward : The Rainbow of Mars. (with Peter Treede)
  • 1995: Poul Anderson : Star Spirit. A breathtaking galactic odyssey.
  • 1997: Poul Anderson: Starfire. A novel from the "Star Spirit Universe".
  • 1998: Orson Scott Card: Ender's Children.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information at phantastik-couch.de
personal data
SURNAME Burgdorf, Karl-Ulrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolf, Henry (pseudonym); Bauer, CT (pseudonym); Duncan, Arl (pseudonym); Münzer, Harald (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen