Michael Szameit
Michael szameit (* 29. July 1950 in Prießen ; † the thirtieth May 2014 ) was a German science fiction - writers and publishers .
Life
Szameit learned the profession of electromechanic and later began studying physics , which he had to abandon for health reasons. He then worked in various film and television professions and eventually became the head of a recording studio in a film studio. From 1981 to 1984 he was an editor at the Neues Leben publishing house , and then a freelance writer. He later worked in Hamburg as an editor and journalist for the fishing magazine Blinker .
His first stories were published in 1976, his first novel Alarm im Tunnel Transterra then in 1982 in the series Exciting told by Verlag Neues Leben .
According to a survey published in the SFC Andymon Clubfanzine Transfer in 1990 , he was one of the four most popular science fiction authors in the GDR .
bibliography
Novels
- Alarm in the Transterra tunnel , 1982, Verlag Neues Leben
- In the shine of the sun Zaurak , 1983, Verlag Neues Leben
- The Secret of the Sunstones , 1984, ISBN 3-355-00962-8
- Dragon cruiser Ikaros , 1987, ISBN 3-453-07780-6
- Copyworld , 1997, ISBN 3-360-00892-8
stories
- The animal and vacation in Aldebaran in the anthology Encounters in Light (1976), vacation in Aldebaran again in the anthology Window into the Light (1983), edited by Michael Nagula
- The apple sauce cruiser in the anthology Paths to Impossibility (1983), edited by Ekkehard Redlin
- Planet der Windharfen in the series Das neue Abenteuer , Issue 441 (1983)
- Milli Dreierleibit in Alien Contact magazine (1988)
- Three-Eyes, Watch ... in Alien Contact magazine (1990)
- Song of Fear (1990)
- Happy Independence Day in Alien Contact magazine (2000)
- The eighth day of creation (2011)
As editor
- From the diary of an ant , 1985, Verlag Neues Leben
- The long way to the blue star , 1990, Verlag Neues Leben
literature
- Christian Schobeß: Interview with Michael Szameit. In: Quarber Merkur 102, Passau 2005, ISBN 3-932621-82-4 , pp. 84-88.
- Karsten Kruschel : Michael Szameit. In: Erik Simon , Olaf R. Spittel (ed.): The science fiction of the GDR. Authors and works. A lexicon. Verlag Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-360-00185-0 , pp. 251-256.
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Szameit in the catalog of the German National Library
- Michael szameit in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Official website ( Memento of December 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- Obituary in the blinker
- Michael Szameit @ epilog
- Obituary in the daily newspaper Junge Welt
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary on the website of Blinker magazine from June 3, 2014 (accessed September 25, 2019).
- ↑ Michael Szameit. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2014/2015: Volume I: AO. Volume II: PZ. , Walter De Gruyter Incorporated, 2014, p. 1052, ISBN 978-3-11-033720-4 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Szameit, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-speaking science fiction writer and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prießen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 2014 |