Richard Paul Russo
Richard Paul Russo (born December 11, 1954 in San José , California ) is an American science fiction writer.
Life
Richard Paul Russo's first publication was the short story Firebird Suite (as Richard P. Russo) in Amazing Stories from September 1981. In 1983 he was a participant in the prestigious Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop for aspiring science fiction and fantasy authors, in which he subsequently also worked as a lecturer. His first novel Inner Eclipse (dt. Inside Eclipse , 1993) was published in 1988. His second novel Subterranean Gallery (1989) (dt. The underground gallery , 1994) won the Philip K. Dick Award and was a finalist for the Arthur C. Clarke Award . It was followed by the Carlucci trilogy with Destroying Angel (1992) (Eng. Angel of Destruction , 1999), Carlucci's Edge (1995) and Carlucci's Heart (1997). In the atmospherically dense Carlucci novels, Russo describes a dystopian-trashy cyberpunk world. For his novel Ship of Fools Russo succeeded again in receiving the Philip K. Dick Award. His works also appeared in Italy and Israel.
Richard Paul Russo lives in Seattle .
Publications
Novels
The first publication is given:
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Inner Eclipse. Gate, New York City 1988, ISBN 978-0-812-55256-0 .
German-language edition: Inner Darkening. Translation: Biggy Winter, Heyne , Munich 1993, ISBN 3-453-07246-4 . -
Subterranean Gallery. Gate, New York City 1989, ISBN 978-0-812-55259-1 .
German-language edition: The underground gallery. Translation: Ralph Tegtmeier , Heyne, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-07275-8 . -
Destroying Angel. Headline, London 1992, ISBN 978-0-7472-3885-0 .
German-language edition: Angel of Destruction. Translation: Walter Brumm , Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-4531-4891-8 . - Carlucci's Edge. Ace, New York City 1995, ISBN 978-0-441-00205-4 .
- Carlucci's Heart. Ace, New York City 1997, ISBN 978-0-441-00485-0 .
- Ship of Fools. Ace, New York City 2001, ISBN 978-0-441-00798-1 . The British edition was published by Orbit Books in 2003 under the title Unto Leviathan.
- The Rosetta Codex. Ace, New York City 2005, ISBN 978-0-441-01330-2 .
Short story collections
- Terminal Visions. Golden Gryphon Press, Urbana 2001, ISBN 978-0-9655901-3-6 .
Web links
- Literature by Richard Paul Russo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Richard Paul Russo in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Richard Paul Russo in the science fiction awards database (English)
- Works by and about Richard Paul Russo at Open Library
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SURNAME | Russo, Richard Paul |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American science fiction writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1954 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | San Jose , California |