WL man
WL Mann (pseudonym for Wolfgang Ludwig Hausmann) (* before 1959) is a German science fiction author.
There are three novels by WL Mann, each with very idiosyncratic themes, although the themes themselves are quite common to the genre. The Giant (1971), for example, is a story about a man who gradually turns into a gigantic, moronic monster. The book is impressive because of its through and through tragic mood, which climbs to a cruel and sad climax, and because of the enigmatic fatalistic void that its end leaves in the reader.
Works
- Operation Sleeping Beauty . Utopia Zukunft 256. Erich Pabel Verlag, Rastatt 1961
- The giant . Heyne, Munich 1971
- The biomats . Heyne, Munich 1971
In addition, between 1959 and 1961, Hausmann translated several novels from English for the Pegasus publishing house.
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- ↑ Alpers et al .: Lexicon of Science Fiction Literature . Heyne, Munich 1988, p. 699
Web links
- Literature by and about WL Mann in the catalog of the German National Library
- WL man in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Man, WL |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hausmann, Wolfgang Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German science fiction author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1959 |