Sergei Alexandrovich Snegov

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Sergey Snegov ( Russian Сергей Александрович Снегов ; actually Sergei Jossifowitsch stone * July 23 . Jul / 5. August  1910 greg. In Odessa , † 26 February 1994 in Kaliningrad ) was a Soviet scientist and author of the present and of Science Fiction literature.

Life

Snegov's father was Alexander Isidorovich Koserjuk, a member of the Bolsheviks , who left the family early and was deputy chief of the secret service in Rostov after the revolution in the 1920s . In his second marriage, Snegov's mother was married to the Odessa journalist Joseph Stein (hence the second patronymic ). Sergei Snegov studied in Odessa and worked as an engineer in Leningrad . He was arrested in 1936 for alleged deviations from Marxism and sentenced to ten years in a labor camp in Moscow . He was involved in the development of Soviet nuclear weapons as a scientist and political prisoner in a closed, military research institute. After his release he worked in a mining combine in Norilsk before he was rehabilitated in 1955. Since 1958 he lived with his family in Kaliningrad .

He began to write in the late 1950s and published his first science fiction novel "Тридцать два обличья профессора Крена" in 1964. As an author of SF literature, he was only part of the second guard in his home country, but he achieved a certain degree in German-speaking countries, especially in the GDR , with his trilogy of novels "Люди как Боги" (1966–1977, German people like gods ) Cult status. This is a so-called space opera , a genre that was otherwise not published in East Germany. It was not until the 1980s that a new generation of SF authors in the GDR followed in Snegow's footsteps and also primarily wrote action-oriented SF stories.

The volumes were received quite differently in the Soviet Union. Because of his uncertain political status - he had spoken contrary to official policy in the Sinyawski affair - Snegov was noticed rather casually. In addition to “People like Gods”, he wrote other SF novels, but also crime thrillers, non-fiction books about Soviet nuclear physicists, autobiographical stories and memories of life in Norilsk and in the labor camp.

In 1984 he was awarded the Aelita Prize for the trilogy .

In 2010 a new edition of the above was published by Wilhelm Heyne Verlag . Romans ( ISBN 978-3-453-52519-1 ).

bibliography

Братья Рой и Генрих Васильевы (short story series)
  • Обезьянка Олли (1970)
  • Огонь, который всегда в тебе (1971)
    • German: Albert Simagins Invention. In: Edwin Orthmann (Ed.): The time trial bike. New life (scientific and fantastic stories from all over the world), 1974.
  • Умершие живут (1971)
  • Машина Счастья (1974)
  • К проблеме среднего (1977)
  • Посол без верительных грамот (1977)
  • Принуждение к гениальности (1977)
  • Рожденный под несчастной звездой (1977)
  • Сверхцентр бессмертия (1977)
  • Сквозь стены скользящий (1977)
  • Стрела, летящая во тьме (1977)
  • Тяжёлая капля тщеславия (1977)
  • Эксперимент профессора Брантинга (1977)
  • Арифметика любви (1987)
  • Бритва в холодильнике (1981)
  • Прыжок над бездной (1981)
  • Право на поиск (1988)
Люди как боги / People like gods (novel cycle)
  • 1 Галактическая разведка [= Люди как боги. Книга 1] (1966)
    • German: The ride of the star plow. Mir, 1987, ISBN 3-360-00128-1 . Also in: people like gods. 2001.
  • 2 Вторжение в Персей [= В звёздных теснинах] (1968)
    • English: The invasion of Perseus. Mir, 1987, ISBN 3-360-00130-3 . Also in: people like gods. 2001.
  • 3 Кольцо обратного времени (1977)
    • German: The Ring of Counter-Time. Mir, 1987, ISBN 3-360-00131-1 . Also in: people like gods. 2001.
  • German: people like gods. Das Neue Berlin, 2001, ISBN 3-360-00838-3 (collective edition from 1–3).
Novels
  • В полярной ночи (1957)
  • Река прокладывает русло (1960)
  • В глухом углу (1962)
  • Вторжение в Персей [= В звёздных теснинах] (1968)
  • Ветер с океана (1977)
  • Кольцо обратного времени (1977)
  • Диктатор [= Диктатор, или Чёрт не нашего бога] (1996)
  • Рононавигаторы (1996)
  • Книга бытия (2007)
stories
  • Двадцать четыре часа (1956)
  • Взрыв (1958)
    • German: Explosion. Culture and progress, Berlin 1960.
  • Учительница (1958)
  • Обычное дело (1959)
  • Вариант Пинегина (1960)
    • German: The Pinegin Project. Translated by Mimi Barillot. Culture and Progress Publishing House (The Colorful Series # 25), 1963.
  • Иди до конца (1962)
  • В поисках пути (1963)
  • Пахари рыбных полей (1964)
  • Тридцать два обличья профессора Крена (1964)
  • Весна ждать не будет (1968)
  • Погоня в тумане (1969, with Владимир Черносвитов)
  • Держи на волну (1970)
  • Час мужества (1971)
  • Прометей раскованный. Повесть о первооткрывателях ядерной энергии (1972)
  • Над нами полярное сияние (1973)
  • Творцы: Историческая повесть о современниках (1976)
  • Посол без верительных грамот (1977)
  • Прометей раскованный. Повесть об Игоре Курчатове (1980)
  • Акционерная компания "Жизнь до востребования" (1981)
  • Галактическая одиссея [= Фантастическая одиссея] (1983)
  • Экспедиция в иномир (1983)
  • Право на поиск (1988)
  • Дороги, которые нас выбирают (1989)
  • Драма на Ниобее (1989)
  • Формула человека (1989)
  • Четыре друга (1989)
Collections
  • Неожиданность (1958)
  • Солнце не заходит (1959)
  • В поисках пути (1963)
  • Море начинается с берега (1964)
  • Трудный случай (1974)
  • Посол без верительных грамот (1977)
  • Прыжок над бездной (1981)
  • Весна ждать не будет (1983)
  • Дом с привидениями (1989)
  • Право на поиск (1989)
  • Норильские рассказы (1991)
  • Язык, который ненавидит (1992)
  • Люди и призраки (1993)

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personal data
SURNAME Snegov, Sergei Alexandrovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Снегов, Сергей Александрович (Russian); Stein, Sergei Jossifowitsch (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet scientist and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 5, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Odessa
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1994
Place of death Kaliningrad