Roger MacBride Allen

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Roger MacBride Allen

Roger MacBride Allen (* 26. September 1957 in Bridgeport , Connecticut ) is an American science fiction - writers .

Life

Allen was born in 1957 as the youngest of three children. At the age of nine he and his family moved to Bethesda , Maryland . He grew up in the Washington area, where he attended Walt Whitman High School . He then studied at the University of Boston , which he graduated in 1979 with an academic degree in journalism .

After graduating from university, Allen returned to the Washington area, where he took on various jobs to help finance his living. In his spare time he began writing and working on his first novel. After various jobs, including as a waiter, bookstore clerk and typewriter representative, he got - more by chance - a position in the publications department of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB).

While he was still working at AGB, he was able to sell his first novel, The Torch of Honor , to Baen Books . It wasn't long after that before he was able to sell a second novel called Rogue Powers . Allen then quit his job at AGB, where he had learned a lot about layout, design, editing and production, and became a full-time writer. Since then he has published a book about every year.

Among other things, he wrote books in Isaac Asimov's robot universe. In 1995 he wrote the three-part Corellia trilogy for Bantam Books , which takes place in George Lucas ' Star Wars universe.

In 1992 he met his future wife Eleanore Fox at a science fiction convention in New York , whom he married in July 1994. They lived together in the Brazilian capital Brasília for over two years before they returned to Washington. Their son Matthew Thomas Allen was born on November 12, 1998, and a daughter named James Maury followed on April 27, 2004.

bibliography

The series and cycles are arranged according to the year of publication of the first part.

Hunted Earth (novels)
  • 1 The Ring of Charon (1990)
  • 2 The Shattered Sphere (1994)
    • English: The Shattered Sphere. Translated by Martin Gilbert. Heyne SF&F # 5913, 1998, ISBN 978-3-453-13295-5 .
Allies and Aliens (novels)
  • 1 The Torch of Honor (1985; revised version 1995)
    • German: The Alliance of Freedom. Translated by Thomasschichtel. Bastei-Verlag Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 23146), Bergisch Gladbach 1993, ISBN 978-3-404-23146-1 .
  • 2 Rogue Powers (1986; revised 1995)
    • English: The torch of freedom. Translated by Thomasschichtel. Bastei-Verlag Lübbe (Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch # 23143), Bergisch Gladbach 1993, ISBN 978-3-404-23143-0 .
  • Allies and Aliens (Collective Edition of 1 and 2; 1995)
Chronicles of Solace (novel trilogy)
  • 1 The Depths of Time (2000)
  • 2 The Ocean of Years (2002)
    • German: The Ocean of Years. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne SF&F # 6427, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-453-87542-5 .
  • 3 The Shores of Tomorrow (2003)
Bureau of Special Investigations (novel trilogy)
  • 1 The Cause of Death (2006)
  • 2 Death Sentence (2007)
  • 3 Final Inquiries (2008)
Star Wars - The Corellian Trilogy (novel trilogy from the Star Wars universe)
  • 1 Ambush at Corellia (1995)
  • 2 Assault at Selonia (1995)
  • 3 Showdown at Centerpoint (1995)
    • German: Showdown on Centerpoint. Translated by Thomas Ziegler. Heyne General Series # 10203, 1997, ISBN 978-3-453-12524-7 .
Isaac Asimov's Robot Mysteries (novel trilogy from Isaac Asimov's robot / Foundation universe)
  • 1 Isaac Asimov's Caliban (1993)
    • English: Isaac Asimov's Caliban: The Great New Robot Novel. Translated by Winfried Czech and Thomas Haufschild. Bastei Lübbe Paperback # 28214, 1993, ISBN 978-3-404-28214-2 .
  • 2 Isaac Asimov's Inferno (1994)
    • German: Isaac Asimov's Inferno. Translated by Rainer Gladys. Bastei Lübbe Paperback # 28222, 1994, ISBN 978-3-404-28222-7 .
  • 3 Isaac Asimov's Utopia (1996)
    • German: Isaac Asimovs Utopia. Translated by Winfried Czech. Bastei Lübbe Science Fiction # 28302, 1997, ISBN 978-3-404-28302-6 .
Single novels
  • Orphan of Creation: Contact with the Human Past (1988)
    • German: Orphans of Creation. Translated by Walter Brumm. Heyne SF&F # 5973, Munich 1998, ISBN 978-3-453-13998-5 .
  • Farside Cannon (1988)
    • German: Die Laserfaust. Translated by Rosemarie Hundertmarck. Heyne SF&F # 5083, Munich 1994, ISBN 978-3-453-07247-3 .
  • The War Machine (Crisis of Empire # 3, 1989; with David Drake)
  • Supernova (1991; with Yoji Kondo (as Eric Kotani))
  • The Modular Man (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact , 4 episodes from February 1992)
  • The Game of Worlds (David Brin's Out of Time # 3, 1999)
Short stories
  • Phreak Encounter (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, May 1986 )
  • Young as You Feel (in: Jerry Pournelle and Jim Baen (Eds.): Far Frontiers, Volume VII / Winter 1986 )
  • A Hole in the Sun (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, April 1987 )
  • Thing's Ransom (in: Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, May 1988 )
  • Side Effect (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1990 )
  • Monkey See (1992, in: Mike Resnick (Ed.): Whatdunits )
  • A Touch of Diphtheria (in: Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1993 )
  • Evolving Conspiracy (1993, in: Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg (Eds.): Dinosaur Fantastic )
Non-fiction
  • A Quick Guide to Book-On-Demand Printing: Learn How to Print and Bind Your Own Paperback Books (2000)

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personal data
SURNAME Allen, Roger MacBride
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Bridgeport , Connecticut , USA