Tomasz Pacyński (4 February 1958 – 30 May 2005) was a Polish

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and

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writer, born in

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. He was one of the creators and, from 2004, the chief editor of ''

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'', the first Polish

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. He published short stories in such magazines as ''Science Fiction'', ''SFera'', and ''Fantasy'', and in Internet fanzines such as ''Fahrenheit'', '' Esensja'', ''Fantazin'' and ''Srebrny Glob''. He also wrote articles published in ''SFera'' and ''Science Fiction''. He made his debut as a fantasy writer with his 2001 novel ''Sherwood'', based on the

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legend. He published four novels — the ''Sherwood''

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and ''Wrzesień'' (''September'') — a

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novel, as well as numerous short stories. His humorous stories about

Ded Moroz Ded Moroz (russian: Дед Мороз, ; Russian diminutive: russian: Дедушка Мороз, Dedushka Moroz, label=none; sk, Dedo Mráz; pl, Dziadek Mróz) or Morozko (russian: Морозко) is a legendary figure similar to Saint Nich ...

were published in 2005 in ''Linia ognia'' (''Line of Fire'') collection. ''Sherwood'' and ''Wrzesień'' received nominations for the

Janusz A. Zajdel Award The Janusz A. Zajdel Award (''Nagroda imienia Janusza A. Zajdla''), often called just Zajdel, is the annual award given by the Polish science fiction and fantasy fandom for the best stories published in the previous year. The winners are chose ...

. In the Internet he often used the nickname Pacek. His son, Krzysztof Pacyński, is also a write

Bibliography

''Sherwood'' trilogy

*''Sherwood'' - 3,49 2001, RUNA 2003 *''Maskarada'' - RUNA 2003 *''Wrota światów. Zła piosenka'' - RUNA 2004 *''Wrota światów. Garść popiołu'' - RUNA (not published yet)

Other books

*''Wrzesień'' - RUNA 2002 *''Linia ognia'' - Fabryka Słów 2005 (short stories: "Opowieść wigilijna", "Straty uboczne". "Linia ognia", "Łysa Góra", "Skarby pustyni", "Dobre Mzimu", "Ścieżki wiedźm", "Bajki dla dorosłych") *''Szatański interes'' - Fabryka Słów 2005 *''Smokobójca'' - Fabryka Słów 2006

Short stories

*"Siódmy kot" - "Fahrenheit XVI", 2000 *"Koral i smok" - "Fahrenheit i Fantazin", 2000 *"Nagroda" - "Science Fiction" nr 3/2001 *"Nic osobistego" - "Science Fiction" nr 7/2001 *"Dziedzictwo" - "Science Fiction" nr 12/2002 *"Opowieść wigilijna" - ''Strefa mroku'' anthology, Bauer 2002, ''Linia ognia'' collection, Fabryka Słów 2005 *"Diabelska alternatywa" - "Fahrenheit" XXII, 2002 *"Wspomnienie" - "Fahrenheit" XXVIII, 2003 *"Straty uboczne" - "Fantasy", 2003, ''Linia ognia'' collection, Fabryka Słów 2005 *"Linia ognia" - "SFera" nr 6/2003, Linia ognia'' collection, Fabryka Słów 2005 *"Łysa Góra" - "Science Fiction" nr 2/2004, ''Linia ognia'' collection, Fabryka Słów 2005 *"Stokrotka na blaszanym dachu" - "Science Fiction" nr 4/2004 (sequel to the novel ''Wrzesień'') *"Skarby pustyni" - "Science Fiction" nr 7/2004, ''Linia ognia'' collection, Fabryka Słów 2005 *"Komu wyje pies" - "Science Fiction" nr 12/2004 (prequel to ''Sherwood'' trilogy) *"Dobre Mzimu" - ''Linia ognia'' collection, Fabryka Słów 2005 *"Ścieżki wiedźm" - ''Linia ognia'' collection, Fabryka Słów 2005 *"Bajki dla dorosłych" - ''Linia ognia'' collection, Fabryka Słów 2005

External links

Official website
(Polish)
Fahrenheit
(Polish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pacynski, Tomasz 1958 births 2005 deaths Polish fantasy writers Polish science fiction writers