Tom Arden

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Tom Arden (born 1961 in Mount Gambier , Australia ; † December 15, 2015 in London , England ; civil David Christopher Rain ) was an Australian fantasy writer.

Life

The seven-year-old Arden wrote his first novella Moon Escape , inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island . As a teenager he played in pop and punk bands and worked as a disc jockey for a radio station. He then studied English literature at the University of Adelaide . In his doctoral thesis he dealt with the letter novel Clarissa by the English writer Samuel Richardson . From 1990 to 1998, he lectured in English at Queens University in Belfast , focusing on literature from the 18th and 19th centuries. His penchant for literature and history from the 18th and 19th centuries also inspired the world of his novels.

Since 1998 he has been a freelance writer. Tom Arden's greatest success was with his ten-volume fantasy cycle Der Kreis des Orokon (1997-2001). In 2002 his novel Shadow Black was published .

Since 2003 Arden has taught creative writing at Middlesex University , London. He died of cancer on December 15, 2015.

bibliography

The Orokon / The Circle of Orokon

German translations all by Wolfgang Thon.

  • 1 The Harlequin's Dance (1997)
  • 2 The King and Queen of Swords (1998)
    • English: 3 The secret in the mirror. Goldmann Fantasy # 24747, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-442-24747-0 .
    • English: 4 The golden tree. Goldmann Fantasy # 24832, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-442-24832-9 .
  • 3 Sultan of the Moon and Stars (1999)
    • English: 5 The Song of Disappearance. Goldmann Fantasy # 24833, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-442-24833-7 .
    • German: 6 Die Nebelprinzessin. Goldmann Fantasy # 24834, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-24834-5 .
  • 4 Sisterhood of the Blue Storm (2000)
    • English: 7 The distant island kingdom. Goldmann (Blanvalet Fantasy # 24169), Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-24169-3 .
    • English: 8 The blue jewel. Goldmann (Blanvalet Fantasy # 24173), Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-24173-1 .
  • 5 Empress of the Endless Dream (2001)
    • English: 9 The secret of the red moon. Goldmann (Blanvalet Fantasy # 24225), Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-24225-8 .
    • English: 10 The fifth crystal. Goldmann (Blanvalet Fantasy # 24226), Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-24226-6 .
Novels
  • Shadow Black (2002)
  • Nightdreamers (Doctor Who Telos Novel Series # 3, 2002)
  • The Translation of Bastian Test (2005)
  • The Heat of the Sun , 2012 (as David Rain)
  • Volcano Street (2014, as David Rain)
Short stories
  • The Indigenes (in: Interzone, # 136 October 1998 )
  • The Volvax Immersion (in: Interzone, # 143 May 1999 )
  • Believing Stories (in Maggie Butt (Ed.): Story: The Heart of the Matter , 2007, as David Rain)
  • Stormworld (in Maggie Butt (Ed.): Story: The Heart of the Matter , 2007, as David Rain)
  • Git a Hoss! (in: Slightly Foxed # 41, 2014, as David Rain)
Non-fiction
  • Genre (in: Steve Earnshaw (Ed.): The Handbook of Creative Writing , 2007, as David Rain)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tom Arden (1961-2015). In: Locus Online . Retrieved December 16, 2015 .
  2. ^ The SF Site: A Conversation With Tom Arden. In: www.sfsite.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ David Christopher Rain: The death of Clarissa. Richardson's Clarissa and the critics. Thesis, University of Adelaide, Department of English 1988. ( Summary ( Memento of the original dated December 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove them Note. , Accessed on December 30, 2015, English). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / digital.library.adelaide.edu.au
  4. ↑ Rain, David. In: www.mdx.ac.uk. Middlesex University London, accessed December 16, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Arden, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rain, David (real name); Rain, David Christopher (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Mount Gambier , Australia
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 2015
Place of death London