SM Stirling

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Stephen Michael Stirling

Stephen Michael Stirling (born September 30, 1953 in Metz ) is a Canadian - American science fiction - and fantasy writer and one of the most famous authors of counterfactual history .

His science fiction novels have almost exclusively a military / militaristic background.

He was born to a Canadian father and an English mother. He currently lives with his wife Jan in New Mexico , USA.

Most famous works

The Peshawar Lancers

This book (2001) takes place on an earth that was hit by a heavy meteor shower in 1878 , which destroyed civilization in North America and Europe. In 2025 the world will be divided between the British Empire (the center of which is now in India ), a new caliphate , pagan-satanic Russia , a Sino-Japanese empire, and a few smaller powers.

The Draka novels

Also known as The Domination , this series tells the story of a militaristic , slave-holding empire in Africa that over time conquered the entire world.

The deviation from real history takes place after the American Revolution , when many loyalists flee to South Africa (here: Drakia, later Draka). This was followed by French royalists, Icelanders after a volcanic eruption in their homeland, Napoleonic veterans and finally many southerners after the American Civil War . Over time, Draka acts more and more independently of the British Empire, eventually declaring itself as the "Domination of Draka". The Drakas (sometimes described as “anti-USA”) have (similar to ancient Sparta ) a culture that is explicitly directed against freedom and equality - they not “only” enslave Africans, but ultimately all who are not Drakas. Interestingly, there is complete equality between the sexes, and nudity and homosexuality are more accepted among the Drakas than in the world today. The Drakas are highly militarized; In addition to the elite army, which consists only of citizens, they have an army of millions of janissaries (slave soldiers) who serve as cannon fodder. They are also technological leaders and eventually develop into a new species, the Homo draka, with the help of genetic engineering . In the end, the Drakas conquer the whole earth (which is generally criticized as unrealistic), and free humanity has to flee the solar system in a spaceship .

  • Marching Through Georgia (1988)
  • Under the Yoke (1989)
  • The Stone Dogs (1990)
  • Drakon (1995) (alternate world story; Drakas try to conquer our world)
  • The Domination (2000) (Omnibus edition of first 3 works) ISBN 0-671-57794-8
  • Drakas! (2000) (anthology, edited by Stirling)

Flight Engineer (with James Doohan )

SF novel trilogy that he published with the man who became famous as "Scotty" on Star Trek .

Island in the Sea of ​​Time

Due to an unexplained event (referred to in the book as the "Event"), the island of Nantucket is moved from the present to the year 1250 BC. Transported back. Some of the inhabitants are trying to use their advanced technology to build their own empire in the rest of the world and have themselves worshiped as gods.

  • Island in the Sea of ​​Time (1998)
  • Against the Tide of Years (1999)
  • On the Oceans of Eternity (2000)

Dies the fire

With the "event" in Iceland in the Sea of ​​Time, gunpowder , electricity , combustion engines and steam engines cease to function on earth . Civilization is collapsing worldwide. The books are primarily set in Oregon's Willamette Valley .

  • Dies the Fire (2004)
  • The Protector's War (2005)
  • A Meeting at Corvallis (2006)

The Sunrise Lands

  • The Sunrise Lands (2007)
  • The Scourge of God (2008)
  • The Sword of the Lady (2009)
  • The High King of Montival (2010)
  • The Tears of the Sun (2011)

The Lords of Creation

When probes reached Mars and Venus in the 1960s, it turns out that not only does life exist there, but that it is astonishingly similar to life on earth. For example, dinosaurs exist on Venus alongside several intelligent human species. During the Cold War in the 1980s, both superpowers started a race to Venus to establish colonies there.

  • The Sky People (2006)
  • In the Courts of the Crimson Kings (2008)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://hem.bredband.net/b108107/stirling/biblio.html

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Stirling, SM
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stirling, Stephen Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-American science fiction writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Metz