Sean Williams (writer)

Sean Williams

Sean Llewellyn Williams (* 23. May 1967 in Whyalla ) is an Australian science fiction - and fantasy - author .

Life

Williams lives in Adelaide, Australia. He has published over 40 novels and 75 short stories, including The Books of Cataclysm , and with Shane Dix Evergence , Orphans, and Geodesica . The two also co-wrote the series Star Wars - The Legacy of the Jedi . Williams has won the Australian Aurealis and Ditmar Awards several times . In addition, his works have been nominated for the Locus , Philip K. Dick and Seiun Awards. His novel about the computer game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed made it to number one on the bestseller list of " The New York Times ".

Works

The list of works is based on the date of first publication. The order of the series is based on the first published volume of the respective series. The information on the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) refers to the first edition of the respective work.

Evergence

In 1993 Williams and Shane Dix were commissioned to write a trilogy that would be set in the world of the role-playing game Cogal. After the publication of the first volume

• The Unknown Soldier (Book One of the Cogal) . 1995, ISBN 1-875346-11-2 (together with Shane Dix).

problems arose between the contractual partners, so that the planned additional volumes were no longer completed. The two authors revised the novel, which was published in 1998 as the first volume of the science fiction trilogy Evergence . The three volumes appeared under this title in 2001 as an anthology.

• The Prodigal Sun . 1999, ISBN 0-441-00672-8 .
• The Dying Light . 2000, ISBN 0-441-00742-2 (Ditmar Award 2001 for best novel ).
• The Dark Imbalance or A Dark Imbalance . 2001, ISBN 0-7322-6837-0 (Aurealis Award 2002 for best science fiction novel ).

Books of the Change

• The Stone Mage & the Sea . 2001, ISBN 0-7322-6994-6 .
• The Sky Warden & the Sun . 2002, ISBN 0-7322-6996-2 .
• The Storm Weaver & the Sand . 2002, ISBN 0-7322-6998-9 (Aurealis Award 2003 for best fantasy novel ).

Orphans

Williams also wrote these science fiction novels with Shane Dix.

• Echoes of Earth . 2002, ISBN 0-441-00892-5 (Ditmar Award 2003 for best australian novel ).
• Orphans of Earth . 2003, ISBN 0-441-01006-7 .
• Heirs of Earth . 2004, ISBN 0-441-01126-8 .

Starwars

Star Wars - Legacy of the Jedi

The series belonging to the Star Wars universe was originally published under the title Star Wars: The New Jedi Order . Together with Shane Dix, Williams wrote three of the nineteen novels published in the series between 1999 and 2003 . The respective volumes fifteen to seventeen appeared in 2003 as an anthology under the title Force Heretic .

• Force Heretic I: Remnant . 2003, ISBN 0-345-42870-6 .

Coruscant ruins . Blanvalet, 2006, ISBN 3-442-24433-1 .

• Force Heretic II: Refugee . 2003, ISBN 0-345-42871-4 .

The lost planet . Blanvalet, 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-24438-6 .

• Force Heretic III: Reunion . 2003, ISBN 0-345-42872-2 .

Against all hope . Blanvalet, 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-24459-1 .

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

The novels are based on the computer games of the same name from 2008 and 2010.

• The Force Unleashed . 2008, ISBN 978-0-345-49902-8 .

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed . Panini, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8332-1737-1 .

• The Force Unleashed II . 2010, ISBN 978-0-345-51154-6 .

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II . Panini, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8332-2129-3 .

Star Wars: The Old Republic

This novel is based, together with Deceived by Paul S. Kemp and Revan by Drew Karpyshyn , on the 2011 published computer game Star Wars: The Old Republic .

• Star Wars: The Old Republic - Fatal Alliance . 2010, ISBN 978-0-345-51132-4 .

An ominous alliance . Panini, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8332-2036-4 .

The books of the cataclysm

The fantasy series originally appeared under the title Books of the Cataclysm .

• The Crooked Letter . 2004, ISBN 0-7322-7925-9 (Aurealis Award 2005 for best fantasy novel and Ditmar Award 2005 for best novel ).

The mirror twins . Otherworld, 2009, ISBN 978-3-8000-9507-0 .

• The Blood Debt . 2005, ISBN 0-7322-7926-7 .

Blood guilt . Otherworld, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8000-9520-9 .

• The Hanging Mountains . 2005, ISBN 0-7322-7927-5 .
• The Devoured Earth . 2006, ISBN 0-7322-7928-3 .

Geodesica

The two science fiction novels written together with Shane Dix were published in 2006 as an anthology under the title Geodesica .

• Ascent . 2005, ISBN 0-441-01269-8 (Ditmar Award 2006 for best novel ).
• Descent . 2006, ISBN 0-441-01378-3 .

Astropolis

• Saturn Returns . 2007, ISBN 978-0-441-01493-4 (Ditmar Award 2008 for best novel ).
• Earth Ascendant . 2008, ISBN 978-0-441-01585-6 .
• The Grand Conjunction . 2009, ISBN 978-0-441-01713-3 .

The short novel also belongs to this science fiction series

• Cenotaxis . 2007, ISBN 978-1-932265-26-2 .

The Broken Land

Williams wrote this fantasy series for young readers.

• The changing . 2008, ISBN 978-0-7322-8474-9 .
• The Dust Devils . 2008, ISBN 978-0-7322-8475-6 .
• The Scarecrow . 2009, ISBN 978-0-7322-8476-3 .

The series also includes three short stories

• Ungentle Fire. In: Jack Dann , Gardner Dozois (Ed.) The Dragon Book. 2009, ISBN 978-0-441-01764-5 .
• The Spark (A Romance in Four Acts): A Tale of the Change. In: Jonathan Strahan , Jack Dann (eds.) Legends of Australian Fantasy. 2010, ISBN 978-0-7322-8848-8 .
• The Mirror in the Middle of the Maze. In: Paul Collins (Ed.) Trust Me Too. 2012, ISBN 978-1-921665-58-5 .

Fixers

The series published under the title Fixers is aimed at children. The illustrations are by Nial O'Connor.

• Castle of the Zombies . 2010, ISBN 978-1-86291-854-2 .
• Planet of the Cyborgs . 2010, ISBN 978-1-86291-855-9 .
• Curse of the Vampire . 2011, ISBN 978-1-86291-856-6 .
• Invasion of the Freaks . 2011, ISBN 978-1-86291-857-3 .

Troubletwisters

With Garth Nix , Williams wrote four fantasy novels for teenagers.

• Troubletwisters . 2011, ISBN 978-0-545-25897-5 .

Troubletwisters. The storm begins . cbj, 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15518-9 .

• The monster . 2012, ISBN 978-0-545-25898-2 .

Troubletwisters. Evil awakens . cbj, 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-15519-6 .

• The mystery . 2013, ISBN 978-0-545-25899-9 .
• The Missing . 2014, ISBN 978-0-545-25900-2 .

More novels

• Metal fatigue . 1996, ISBN 0-7322-5633-X (Aurealis Award 1997 for best science fiction novel ).
• The Resurrected Man . 1998, ISBN 0-7322-5903-7 (Ditmar Award 1999 for best australian long fiction ).

Resurrection . Heyne, 2006, ISBN 3-453-52197-8 .

• Blood Ties (=  Spirit Animals . Band 3 ). 2014, ISBN 978-0-545-59973-3 (with Garth Nix).

Evil rises (=  Spirit Animals . Band 3 ). Ravensburger, 2016, ISBN 978-3-473-36934-8 .

Volumes of stories

• Doorways to Eternity. 1994
• A View Before Dying. 1998
• New Adventures in Sci-Fi. 1999 - Ditmar Award 2000 for best collected work
• Light bodies falling. 2007
• Magic Dirt: The Best of Sean Williams. 2008 - Aurealis Award 2009 for best collection

Stories (excerpt)

• The Freezing of Sarah. 1997
• Entre les Beaux Morts en Vie (Among the Beautiful Living Dead). 1998
• Hunting Ground. 2003
• haikaiju. 2005
• daihaiku. 2005
• Ghosts of the Fall.
• White Christmas.
• The Jackie Onassis Swamp-Buggy Concerto.
• The soap bubble.
• The perfect gun.
• The Masque of Agamemnon. (with Simon Brown)
• The girl thing.
• Star Wars: Or Die Trying. (with Shane Dix)
• The Seventh Letter.
• Midnight in the Cafe of the Black Madonna. ( Doctor Who )

Web links

• Literature by and about Sean Williams in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sean Williams in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Sean Williams at Open Library
• Sean Williams in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Homepage of Sean William
• Interview by Rob H. Bedford for SFFWorld.com (English)
• Interview by Tobias Buckell for Clarkesworld Magazine ( Memento from July 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• South Australian Writers Center (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sean Williams: Bio.Retrieved July 22, 2012.
2. ↑ Mark R. Kelly and the Locus Science Fiction Foundation: Awards Sean Williams. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
3. ↑ The New York Times: Best Sellers - Hard Cover Fiction, September 7, 2008 ( September 7, 2008 memento on the Internet Archive ) (former website via Wayback Machine . Accessed July 22, 2012)
4. ^ Works by Sean Williams in the catalog of the German National Library
5. ↑ Internet Speculative Fiction Database (isfdb): Works by Sean Williams
6. ↑ Fantastic Fiction : Works by Sean Williams
7. ^ National Library of Australia : Works by Sean Williams
8. ↑ Sean Williams & Shane Dix: Evergence 1 - The Prodigal Sun ( July 18, 2011 memento in the Internet Archive ) (former website via Wayback Machine . Retrieved July 22, 2012)