LE Modesitt, Jr.

LE Modesitt, Jr. in May 2007 at a convention in Salt Lake City

Leland Exton Modesitt, Jr. (* 1943 in Denver , Colorado ) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his fantasy cycle Recluce, which now comprises 21 volumes .

Life

Modesitt studied at Williams College in Massachusetts and then moved to Washington, DC for 20 years , where he first devoted himself to political literature. During this time he worked as a Navy pilot , lifeguard, messenger boy, radio DJ, assistant to a congressman, advisor to the American Environmental Protection Agency and as a university lecturer. He moved to New Hampshire , where he met his current wife, Carol A., an opera singer, in 1989. The couple has lived in Cedar City , Utah, since 1993 . In total, LE Modesitt Jr. was married three times; he has six daughters and two sons.

His first short story was published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1973, entitled The Great American Economy . Since then, over 70 science fiction and fantasy books have been published. He also published poems, short stories and scientific papers. Three of Modesitt's books were named best book of the year by the trendy newspaper Kirkus Reviews . That was Flash 2004, The Eternity Artifact 2005 and Scholar 2011.

Works

Timegods' World

• Timegods' World. 2000 (anthology), ISBN 0-312-87495-2 .

• The Fires of Paratime / The Timegod. 1982, ISBN 0-8125-2436-5 .
• Timediver's Dawn. 1992, ISBN 0-8125-1447-5 .

Forever Hero

• The Forever Hero. 1999 (anthology), ISBN 0-312-86838-3 .

• Dawn for a Distant Earth. 1986, ISBN 0-8125-4586-9 .
• The Silent Warrior. 1987, ISBN 0-8125-4588-5 .
• In Endless Twilight. 1988, ISBN 0-8125-4590-7 .

Ecolitan Matter

• Empire and Ecolitan. 2001 (anthology), ISBN 0-312-87879-6 .

• The Ecologic Envoy. 1986, ISBN 0-8125-4584-2 .
• The Ecolitan Operation. 1989, ISBN 0-8125-4582-6 .

• Ecolitan Prime. 2003 (anthology), ISBN 0-7653-0898-3 .

• The Ecologic Secession. 1990, ISBN 0-8125-0348-1 .
• The Ecolitan Enigma. 1997, ISBN 0-8125-7117-7 .

Saga of Recluce / Recluce cycle

• The Magic of Recluce. 1991, ISBN 0-8125-0518-2 , in German as Magische Insel. 1999, ISBN 3-453-15628-5 .
• The Towers of Sunset. 1993, ISBN 0-8125-1967-1 , in German as Towers of Twilight. 1999, ISBN 3-453-15629-3 .
• The Magic Engineer. 1994, ISBN 0-8125-3405-0 , in German as Magische Maschinen. 2000, ISBN 3-453-15635-8 .
• The Order War. 1995, ISBN 0-8125-3404-2 , in German as war of order. 2000, ISBN 3-453-16227-7 .
• The Death of Chaos. 1995, ISBN 0-8125-4824-8 , in German as Kampf dem Chaos. 2000, ISBN 3-453-16234-X .
• Fall of Angels. 1996, ISBN 0-8125-3895-1 , in German as Sturz der Engel. 2000, ISBN 3-453-17213-2 .
• The chaos balance. 1997, ISBN 0-8125-7130-4 , in German as Der Chaos-Pakt. 2001, ISBN 3-453-17225-6 .
• The White Order. 1998, ISBN 0-8125-4171-5 , in German as The White Order. 2001, ISBN 3-453-17319-8 .
• Colors of chaos. 1999, ISBN 0-8125-7093-6 , in German as part I: The colors of chaos. 2001, ISBN 3-453-17890-4 and Part II: The Magician of Fairhaven. 2001, ISBN 3-453-17905-6 .
• Magi'I of Cyador. 2000, ISBN 0-8125-7948-8 , in German as Part I: Storm of the Barbarians. 2002, ISBN 3-453-18808-X and Part II: Freedom for Cyador. 2002, ISBN 3-453-18874-8 .
• Scion of Cyador. 2001, ISBN 0-8125-8926-2 , in German as Part I: The arms dealers from Hamor. 2002, ISBN 3-453-19636-8 , Part II: The Malachite Throne. 2003 ISBN 3-453-21382-3 . The following volumes have not yet been translated
• Wellspring of Chaos. 2004, ISBN 0-7653-4808-X .
• Order master. 2005, ISBN 0-7653-1213-1 .
• Natural Ordermage. 2007, ISBN 978-0-7653-1813-8 .
• Mage-Guard of Hamor. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7653-1927-2 .
• Arms Commander. 2010, ISBN 978-0-7653-2381-1 .
• Cyador's Heirs. 2014, ISBN 978-0-7653-7477-6 .
• Heritage of Cyador. 2014, ISBN 978-0-7653-7613-8 .
• The Mongrel Mage. 2017, ISBN 978-0-7653-9468-2 .
• Outcasts of Order. 2018, ISBN 978-1-250-17255-6 .
• The Mage-Fire War. 2019, ISBN 978-1-250-20782-1 .

Ghost Books / Johan Eschbach

• Ghosts of Columbia. 2005 (anthology), ISBN 0-7653-1314-6 .

• Of Tangible Ghosts. 1994, ISBN 0-8125-4822-1 .
• The Ghost of the Revelator. 1998, ISBN 0-312-86426-4 .

• Ghost of the White Nights. 2001, ISBN 0-7653-4032-1 .

Parafaith

• The Parafaith War. 1996, ISBN 0-8125-3894-3 .
• The Ethos Effect. 2003, ISBN 0-7653-4712-1 .

Spellsong Cycle

• The Soprano Sorceress. 1997, ISBN 0-8125-4559-1 .
• The Spellsong War. 1997, ISBN 0-8125-4002-6 .
• Darksong Rising. 1999, ISBN 0-8125-6668-8 .
• The Shadow Sorceress. 2001, ISBN 0-7653-4013-5 .
• Shadowsinger. 2002, ISBN 0-7653-4258-8 .

Archform: Beauty

• Archform. Beauty. 2002, ISBN 0-7653-4364-9 .
• Flash. 2004, ISBN 0-7653-1128-3 .

Corean Chronicles

• Legacies. 2002, ISBN 0-7653-4513-7 .
• Darknesses. 2003, ISBN 0-7653-4633-8 .
• Scepters. 2004, ISBN 0-7653-1042-2 .
• Alector's Choice. 2005, ISBN 0-7653-1387-1 .
• Cadmian's Choice. 2006, ISBN 0-7653-1528-9 .
• Soarer's Choice. 2006, ISBN 0-7653-1647-1 .
• The Lord-Protector's Daughter. 2008, ISBN 978-0-7653-2163-3 .
• Lady Protector. 2011, ISBN 978-0-7653-2804-5 .

Imager portfolio

• trilogy

• Imager. 2009, ISBN 978-0-7653-2034-6 .
• Imager's Challenge. 2009, ISBN 978-0-7653-2126-8 .
• Imager's intrigue. 2010, ISBN 978-0-7653-2562-4 .

• Quaeryt Imager series (plot takes place several centuries before the trilogy)

• Scholar. 2011, ISBN 978-0-7653-2955-4 .
• Princeps. 2012, ISBN 978-0-7653-3095-6 .
• Imager's Battalion. 2013, ISBN 978-0-7653-3283-7 .
• Antiagon Fire. 2013, ISBN 978-0-7653-3457-2 .
• Rex Regis. Jan. 2014, ISBN 978-0-7653-3634-7 .

Single novels

• Hammer of Darkness. 1985, ISBN 0-8125-6322-0 .
• The Green Progression. 1991 (with Bruce Scott Levinson), ISBN 0-8125-1641-9 .
• Adiamante. 1996, ISBN 0-8125-4558-3 .
• Gravity Dreams. 1999, ISBN 0-8125-6661-0 , in German as Schwerkraftträume. 2001, ISBN 3-453-19662-7 .
• The Octagonal Raven. 2001, ISBN 0-8125-7008-1 .
• The Eternity Artifact. 2005, ISBN 0-7653-1464-9 .
• The Elysium Commission. 2007, ISBN 978-0-7653-1720-9 .
• Haze. 2009, ISBN 978-0-7653-2302-6 .
• Empress of Eternity. 2010, ISBN 978-0-7653-2664-5 .
• The One-Eyed Man: A Fugue, With Winds and Accompaniment. 2013, ISBN 978-0-7653-3544-9 .
• Solar Express , 2015, ISBN 978-0-7653-8195-8 .

Short story collection

• Viewpoints Critical: Selected Stories. 2008 (anthology), ISBN 978-0-7653-1857-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about LE Modesitt, Jr. in the catalog of the German National Library
• LE Modesitt, Jr. in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• LE Modesitt Jr. in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about LE Modesitt, Jr. at Open Library
• official homepage
• LE Modesitt on a fantastic couch