Andreas Brandhorst (born 26 May 1956) is a

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(English to German) and author of

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

and

science fiction Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space ...

. In addition to writing under his own name, he uses the pseudonyms Thomas Lockwood and Andreas Weiler.

Early life, family and education

Andreas Brandhorst was born in Sielhorst,

Rahden Rahden is a town in the far north of North Rhine-Westphalia between Bielefeld and Bremen and between Hanover and Osnabrück. Rahden is part of the Minden-Lübbecke District in East Westphalia-Lippe. Rahden was first mentioned in 1033, and from 1 ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

Career

His short story "Die Planktonfischer" won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis in 1983.

Selected works

Kantaki series Diamant-Trilogie *Diamant (2004) *Der Metamorph (2004) *Der Zeitkrieg (2005) Graken trilogy *Feuervögel (2006) *Feuerstürme (2007) *Feuerträume (2008) Im-Zeichen-der-Feuerstraße-trilogy *Dürre (1988) *Flut (1988) *Eis (1988) Other novels *Der Netzparasit (1983) *Schatten des Ichs (1983) *Die Sirenen von Kalypso (1983, as by Andreas Werning) *In den Städten, in den Tempeln (1984, with Horst Pukallus) *Mondsturmzeit (1984) *Verschwörung auf Gilgam (1984) *Das eherne Schwert (1985) *Planet der wandernden Berge (1985) *Die Macht der Träume (1991) *Exodus der Generationen (2004) - *

Perry Rhodan ''Perry Rhodan'' is a German space opera franchise, named after its hero. It commenced in 1961 and has been ongoing for decades, written by an ever-changing team of authors. Having sold approximately two billion copies (in novella format) worl ...

- Lemuria 3 *Die Trümmersphäre (2005) - Perry Rhodan - Pan-Thau-Ra 2 *Äon (2009)

Secondary literature

Alexander Seibold: "Wenn das Eigenleben der Figuren der Story schadet, greife ich ein" in Sascha Mamczak,

Wolfgang Jeschke Wolfgang Jeschke (19 November 1936 – 10 June 2015) was a German science fiction author and editor at Heyne Verlag. In 1987, he won the Harrison Award for international achievements in science fiction. Biography Jeschke was born in 1936 in D� ...

(eds.): ''Das Science Fiction Jahr 2008''. Heyne, München 2008, . pp. 543–558.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandhorst, Andreas German translators 1956 births Living people German science fiction writers German fantasy writers German male non-fiction writers