Fantastic reality
Fantastic Reality - Science Fiction World was a 1971 to 1975 in Insel Verlag published book series with predominantly international science fiction . The series was published by Franz Rottensteiner . Works by Stanisław Lem , the Strugazki brothers and Philip K. Dick appeared here for the first time in German translation in bound editions. In appearance, format and design of the volumes of approximately simultaneously appearing resembled fantasy series Library of the House of Usher .
After the end of the series, the volumes were reissued in paperback form in the Fantastic Library near Suhrkamp .
The following 15 titles have been published:
| Author (s) | German title | year | Original title | year | translator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanisław Lem , Franz Rottensteiner (Eds.) | The rat in the maze (stories) | 1971 | Marie Thérèse Kerschbaumer, Klaus Staemmler, Rudolf Hermstein, Michael Maier | ||
| Edward de Capoulet-Junac | Pallas or the Visitation | 1971 | Pallas ou la Tribulation | 1967 | Willy Thaler |
| Philip K. Dick | LSD astronauts | 1971 | The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch | 1964 | Anneliese Strauss |
| Brian W. Aldiss | The Impossible Star (Stories) | 1972 | Brian W. Aldiss: Best Science Fiction Stories | 1965 | Rudolf Hermstein |
| Stanislaw Lem | Night and mold (stories) | 1972 | Opowiadania | 1969 | I. Zimmermann-Göllheim |
| Herbert W. Franke | Einstein's heirs (stories) | 1972 | |||
| Philip K. Dick | Mozart for Martians | 1973 | Martian Time slip | 1964 | Renate Laux |
| Arkadi and Boris Strugazki | The second invasion on earth | 1973 | Vtoroje prischestwije marsian / Skaska o trojkje | 1968 | Giuseppina Morbioli |
| Stanislaw Lem | The hunt. New stories of the pilot Pirx ( short stories) | 1973 | Opowiesci o pilöcie Pirxie | 1968 | Roswitha Buschmann, Kurt Helm, Barbara Sparing |
| Cordwainer Smith | Gentlemen in space (stories) | 1973 | Space Lords | 1965 | Rudolf Hermstein |
| Stanislaw Lem | The futurological congress. From Ijon Tichy's memories (short stories) | 1974 | Congress futurologiczny | I. Zimmermann-Göllheim | |
| Arkadi and Boris Strugazki | Monday starts on Saturday | 1974 | Ponedel'nik nacinaetsja v subbotu | 1965 | Hermann Buchner |
| Stanislaw Lem | The astronauts | 1974 | Astronauci | 1950 | Rudolf Pabel |
| Cordwainer Smith | Star dreamer ( short stories) | 1975 | Rudolf Hermstein | ||
| Kobo Abe | The fourth intermediate ice age | 1975 | Daiyon-Kampyoki | 1959 | Siegfried Schaarschmidt |
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn , Wolfgang Jeschke : Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature 2. Heyne, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-453-01064-7 , p. 896 f.