Richard Morgan (writer)

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Richard Morgan (2008)

Richard Morgan (born September 9, 1965 in London ) is a British science fiction and fantasy writer.

Richard Morgan grew up in Hethersett , a small town near Norwich . He studied English and History at Cambridge . This was followed by fourteen years in which he earned his living as an English teacher abroad, including a. in Istanbul , Madrid and Latin America.

He landed a surprise best seller with the science fiction novel The Immortality Program in 2002. The title, which won the Philip K. Dick Award as the best novel of the year, marked the beginning of a trilogy about the mercenary Takeshi Kovacs . After the film rights to the novel had been sold to Hollywood producer Joel Silver for a seven-figure sum , the author made the decision to earn his living as a writer from now on. Today he lives and works in Glasgow .

The Takeshi Kovacs trilogy was completed with the sequels Fallen Angels and Holy Wrath . In addition, the globalization thriller Profit has been released, which is also set in the future, but has no direct reference to the trilogy.

In November 2007 his novel Scorpio was published, which is about 100 years in the future, at the time of the colonization of Mars. Carl Marsalis, a so-called "Thirteen" (genetically modified elite soldiers who are socially and politically no longer opportune) has the task of arresting or liquidating other Thirteen. The novel received the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2008 .

Morgan claims for his science fiction novels to be authentic in relation to the representation of social and technological developments. His stories stand out for their partly subliminal, partly obvious social criticism and their protagonists are often downright cynical. He himself categorizes his science fiction as future noir .

With The Steel Remains - first part of a planned trilogy A Land Fit For Heroes - Richard Morgan tried to transfer his noir style into a fantasy scenario. In 2011 the second part of the trilogy The Cold Commands was released .

In addition to his novels, Morgan also wrote the lyrics for two Marvel comics and developed the plot for the computer game Crysis 2.

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Takeshi Kovacs

translated by Bernhard Kempen

Land Fit for Heroes

  • Vol. 1: The Steel Remains , 2008; German glowing steel , translated by Alfons Winkelmann, Heyne 2010, ISBN 978-3453525917
  • Vol. 2: The Cold Commands , 2011; German The Cold Sword , translated by Alfons Winkelmann, Heyne 2013, ISBN 978-3453525924
  • Vol. 3: The Dark Defiles , 2013;

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Single novels

comics

Computer games

  • Crysis 2 (2011)
  • Syndicate (new edition 2012)
  • A Land Fit For Heroes (2015)

TV Shows

criticism

“Morgan treats the topics of identity, personality, responsibility and atonement, transience and eternity in a very unpretentious way. That's what makes this book so recommendable despite the tumultuous action. The author can think of a lot for the eyes and ears, purely playfully, but also to make our life recognizable in a well-polished distorting mirror. Yes, it is precisely many unsavory details that reveal the normally hidden connections in society ... A book that is worth reading twice, once to follow the plot and again to appreciate the details and connections. "

- Gundula Sell on The Immortality Program

“Richard Morgan draws multi-layered, multi-faceted characters, while some colleagues don't know how to give their characters anything besides loading the magazine. This quality alone - and the often gorgeous dialogues - makes the reading worthwhile; a little patience with Technoblabla and a bit of tolerance for worrying, lovingly painted scenes of violence should, however, be present. "

- Karsten Kruschel on Fallen Angels / Holy Wrath

literature

  • Uwe Kramm: I tell violent stories about violent conflicts between violent people. A conversation with Richard Morgan, in: Sascha Mamczak and Wolfgang Jeschke (eds.): Das Science Fiction Jahr 2006. Heyne, Munich 2006, pp. 715–734, ISBN 3-453-52183-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Das Science Fiction Jahr 2005 , ed. by Sascha Mamczak and Wolfgang Jeschke , Heyne Munich 2005, ISBN 3-453-52068-8 , p. 998.
  2. ↑ Cf. Das Science Fiction Jahr 2006 , ed. by Sascha Mamczak and Wolfgang Jeschke, Heyne Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-453-52183-4 , p. 1369.

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personal data
SURNAME Morgan, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morgan, Richard K.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH London