Robert Brenner (writer)
Robert Brenner (born January 8, 1931 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian writer and physicist .
Life
Brenner's dissertation dealt with a problem from the theory of elementary particles . This was followed by a full decade of basic metal-physical research in the electrical industry , the results of which were reflected in 20 scientific publications and three patents . Even at this time he was increasingly interested in questions about the future , stimulated by the rapid advances in space travel . In the following years the strictly scientific took a back seat and he turned to science fiction .
His first science fiction novel Signals from Jupiter's Moon was published in 1969, and three more followed. In 1972, four volumes of a 10-volume series of novels, People and Planets , were published, but the remaining six volumes were not published due to disputes with the publisher. This is how we live tomorrow , a treatise on visions of the future , followed in the mid-1970s . Brenner describes his view of "tomorrow" with the means and imagination of the 1970s. Influenced by Star Trek , the Orion spaceship and the moon landing , his books reflect the zeitgeist of the space age that began in 1957 with the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite .
Works
- Novels
- Signals from Jupiter's Moon (1968)
- Duel with the Sun (1972)
- The man from Neptune (short stories, 1972)
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People and Planets (1972)
- The black planet
- Hopkins and his moon
- The robot's trail
- Long live Marsilia
- Company "Aldebaran" (1972)
- Non-fiction
- The big hobby lexicon (3 vols., 1967)
- Atom in the Service of Humanity (1969)
- How We Live Tomorrow (1972)
- Hope Future (1978)
literature
- Hans Joachim Alpers , Werner Fuchs , Ronald M. Hahn : Reclam's science fiction guide. Reclam, Stuttgart 1982, ISBN 3-15-010312-6 , p. 61.
- Otto J. Groeg (Hrsg.): Who's Who in Literature: a biographical encyclopedia containing some 8000 biographies and addresses of prominent personalities, publishing companies, libraries and archives, associations and organizations of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria and Switzerland: some 5000 latest titles are listed, page 62, Who's Who Book & Publishing, 1978 ISBN 3-921220-20-3
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Brenner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert Brenner in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Brenner, Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian writer and physicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1931 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |