R. Scott Bakker

Richard Scott Bakker (born February 2, 1967 in Simcoe , Ontario ) is an English-speaking Canadian writer .

R. Scott Bakker

Life

Bakker grew up as the son of a tobacco grower. He studied English at the University of Western Ontario . He also holds a Masters degree in Theory and Criticism . Bakker then spent some time in Nashville to do a PhD in philosophy at Vanderbilt University , but currently lives in London, Ontario .

Bakker is the author of the fantasy novel trilogy The Prince of Nothing (published in Germany under the title Der Krieg der Propheten by Klett-Cotta Verlag ), which was very well received by critics. This is followed by the tetralogy The Aspect-Emperor . Bakker has also published two thrillers so far .

Works

The Second Apocalypse

The Prince of Nothing

• Volume 1: The Darkness That Comes Before , 2004
  • Shadowfall . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-608-93783-8 ; Heyne, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-453-53047-8
• Volume 2: The Warrior Prophet , 2005
  • The prince from Atrithau . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-93784-8 ; Heyne, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-53048-5
• Volume 3: The Thousandfold Thought , 2006
  • The thousandfold thought . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-608-93785-5 ; Heyne, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-52459-0

The Aspect Emperor

• Volume 1: The Judging Eye , 2009
• Volume 2: The White Luck Warrior , 2011
• Volume 3: The Great Ordeal , 2016
• Volume 4: The Unholy Consult , 2017

The no-god

Announced third series, probably in two or three volumes.

Short stories

• The False Sun (A Second Apocalypse Story) , Three Pound Brain
• The Four Revelations of Cinial'jin (A Second Apocalypse Story) , Three Pound Brain
• The Knife of Many Hands (A Second Apocalypse Story) , Part 1 of 2, Grimdark Magazine Issue 2, January 1, 2015
• The Knife of Many Hands (A Second Apocalypse Story) , Part 2 of 2, Grimdark Magazine Issue 3, March 25, 2015

thriller

• Neuropath , 2008
  • Neuropath . Heyne, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-52458-3
• Disciple of the Dog , 2010

Web links

• Literature by and about R. Scott Bakker in the catalog of the German National Library
• R. Scott Bakker in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• R. Scott Bakker in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about R. Scott Bakker at Open Library
• Forum
• interview
• Presentation at Klett-Cotta
• R. Scott Bakker on a fantastic couch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ reddit Ask me Anything: Unholy Consultation: R. Scott Bakker bares the soul he claims he does not have! * SPOILER ALERT *
2. ^ Three Pound Brain
3. ^ Three Pound Brain
4. ↑ Grimdark Magazine Issue # 2
5. ↑ Grimdark Magazine Issue # 3