Matthias Falke

Matthias Falke (* 1970 in Karlsruhe ) is a German writer , editor and translator.

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After graduating from the Lessing-Gymnasium in Karlsruhe and completing basic military service in the Air Force , he studied musicology , literature and philosophy at the universities of Karlsruhe and Freiburg / Breisgau from 1991 to 1999 . He wrote his master's thesis on Max Bruch ’s symphonies . Falke's drama Kassandra-Szene was awarded the audience prize at the 1st authors' competition of the Karlsruhe Sandkorn Theater on July 7, 2007. His short story Harey was nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis in 2009; at the German Science Fiction Prize she took 3rd place. Falke's short story "Boa Esperanca" was nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz Prize in 2010 and won the German Science Fiction Prize. His novella Der Bruch der Nordwestlichen Stelze (published in Nova 19) was nominated for both prizes in 2013, while the novel Bran was nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz Prize in 2014.

Publications (selection)

prose

• The experience - a metaphysical hike , Verlag Die Blaue Eule, Essen 1998, ISBN 3-89206-886-0 .
• Advertise for Echo - Fantastic Stories , Edfc, Passau 2006, ISBN 3-932621-88-3 .
• Blohmdahl's legacy. Stories , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9336-2 .
• Waiting for blue. Stories , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9529-8 .
• The opaque. Stories , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9426-0 .
• Report from the country of Kham. Narratives . With illustrations by Michael Mittelbach. [first 2007] 2nd, revised edition Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8334-9576-2 .
  • from this the title story was also published separately: Report from the land of Kham . With illustrations by Crossvalley Smith. Murnau 2012, ISBN 978-3-942533-20-1 .
• The Dutchman's Library. Roman , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9500-7 .
• The house on the Eisfjord , Roman, Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9255-6 .
• Alexander on Everest. Essays , With a preface by Prof. Dr. Ernst Oldemeyer, Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9682-0 .
• Congress of Demiurges. Novelle , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9864-0 .
• Lore & D (i) ana. Two novellas , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9975-3 .
• Reeds and soap bubble. Short prose . With illustrations by Michael Mittelbach, Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9766-7 .
• On Lake Como. Stories , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9695-0 .
• Harey. SF narratives. Norderstedt 2008. ISBN 978-3-8334-9712-4 . New edition under the title HAREY reloaded . Murnau 2010, ISBN 978-3-942533-01-0 .
• The big noon. Poems , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9837-4 .
• Wanderlust. Oden to Kassandra , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8370-0066-5 .
• Kassandra scenes. A play in seven pictures , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8334-9948-7 .
• The echo complex. Stories. With illustrations by Michael Mittelbach. Norderstedt 2010, ISBN 978-3-8423-2583-8 .
• In the Chambers Beyond Time: Stories , Norderstedt 2007, ISBN 978-3-8370-1276-7 .
• The Magic of Synesthesia - Essays. [first 2007] 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-1788-5 .
• The red desert. Narrative. Illustrated by Andrae Martyna. Murnau 2012, ISBN 978-3-942533-27-0 .
• BRAN SF novel. Stolberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86402-062-9 .
• Book made of stone. Stories. Traunstein 2014. ISBN 978-3-944729-51-0 .
• The terraformer. SF novel. Stolberg 2014. ISBN 978-3-86402-189-3 .
• The diver's song. Novel. Meßkirch 2014. ISBN 978-3-7349-9280-3 .
• ZHID SF novel. Stolberg 2015. ISBN 978-3-86402-241-8 .

The ninth expansion

• Crystal in the Far Sky , 2014. ISBN 978-3-95556-012-6 .
• Agents of the Hondh . 2015. ISBN 978-3-95556-016-4 .
• Behind enemy lines. 2017. ISBN 978-3-95556-239-7 .

Star Voyager

• The virus planet. Windeck 2009, ISBN 978-3-89840-281-1 .
• The daughter of the peacock. Windeck 2010, ISBN 978-3-89840-289-7 .
• World of octopuses. Windeck 2010, ISBN 978-3-89840-314-6 .
• The swarm of steel. Windeck 2011, ISBN 978-3-89840-316-0 .
• In the gray areas. Windeck 2011, ISBN 978-3-89840-321-4 .
• The black pagoda. Windeck 2012, ISBN 978-3-89840-335-1 .
• Black Space Planet. Windeck 2014, ISBN 978-3-89840-343-6 .

Enthymesis Universe

• The Enthymesis Trilogy - Three SF Novels. Norderstedt 2007.
• The Gaugamela Trilogy - Three SF Novels. MgVerlag: Plaidt 2008.
• The Zthronmic Trilogy - Three SF Novels. Norderstedt 2009.
• Jin Xing and the Doge . SF narrative. With illustrations by Michael Mittelbach. Norderstedt 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-8457-8 .
• The Dyson sail . SF narrative. With illustrations by Michael Mittelbach. Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8391-2401-7 .
• Opaque . Stories. Mülheim an der Ruhr 2015. ISBN 978-3-95777-009-7 .

The Exploration Trilogy:

• Ruins World , 2012. ISBN 978-3-9813946-8-9 .
• Explorer Enthymesis - Early Adventures , 2012. ISBN 978-3-943795-25-7 .
• The actinid idol , 2013. ISBN 978-3-943795-37-0 .

The Gaugamela trilogy:

• Planet slingshot , 2013. ISBN 978-3-943795-48-6 .
• Museum ship , 2013. ISBN 978-3-943795-65-3 .
• Battle of Sina , 2013. ISBN 978-3-943795-71-4 .

The Zthromic trilogy:

• Torus der Tloxi , 2014. ISBN 978-3-943795-86-8
• The Thronic War , 2014. ISBN 978-3-95777-001-1
• The stockades of S'Dero , 2014. ISBN 978-3-95777-014-1

The Tloxi trilogy:

• Fighting the Tloxi , 2015. ISBN 978-3-95777-050-9
• Phalansterium , in two volumes, 2015. ISBN 978-3-95777-052-3 and 978-3957770738
• Star Gate , 2016. ISBN 978-3-95777-089-9

The Laertes trilogy

• First flight , 2016. ISBN 978-3-95777-090-5
• Persephone , 2017. ISBN 978-3-95777-097-4
• Lombok , 2018. ISBN 978-3957771056

Lyrics to music

• The symphony between Schumann and Brahms - studies on Max Bruch and Robert Volkmann , Kuhn, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-936637-09-0 .
• Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy : Third Symphony . Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8391-3715-4 .
• Jean Sibelius : Fifth Symphony . Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8391-2367-6 .
• Nikolai Miaskowsky : First Symphony . Norderstedt 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-4307-0 .

Travel reports

• Sajama - Bolivia's highest mountain. An expedition diary . Murnau 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-5432-8 .
• Rongbuk - monastery on Mount Everest . A travel journal . Murnau 2011, ISBN 978-3-942533-26-3 .
• Trinakria - Records from the Isle of Lion . Murnau 2013, ISBN 978-3-942533-77-5 .

As editor

• The Myth of Kassandra - texts from Aeschylus to Christa Wolf , Reclam, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-379-20114-8 .

Translations

all from Robinson Jeffers :

• Such was your advice (1937)
• Angry with the Sun (1941)
• The double ax (1948)
• Hungerfield (1954)
• Beginning and End (from the 1962 estate)

Web links

• Literature by and about Matthias Falke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Enthymesis page from Begedia-Verlag: http://begedia.de/?q=enthy
• Enthymesis page by Matthias Falke: https://www.facebook.com/enthymes/?ref=hl
• Interviews and reviews about Matthias Falke: http://fantasyguide.de/falke-matthias-autor.html
• Matthias Falke in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Review of "Werben um Echo" by Patrick Benz in "Die Gazette", March 2007, pp. 87f.
2. ^ Review of "Blohmdahl's legacy" by Franz Schröpf in "Fantasia", December 2007, p. 150f.
3. ↑ Review of “The Enthymesis Trilogy” by Hermann Urbanek in SpaceView, November 2007, p. 77.
4. ^ Review of "Die Planetenschleuder" ("The Gaugamela Trilogy") by Franz Schröpf in "Fantasia", December 2007, p. 218f.
5. ↑ Review of the Zthronmic trilogy on scifinet.org