Brandon Q. Morris

Brandon Q. Morris, pseudonym of Matthias Matting, born 28 August 1966 in Luckenwalde (East Germany), is a German writer of hard science-fiction.

Biography

After completing his physics studies at the TU Dresden, Matting became an editor at a specialist publisher for computer magazines in Munich. In the following years he worked among other things. as editor for Computer Bild, Wirtschaftswoche, Focus and Heise-Verlag. In addition, he regularly published specialist books on various technical topics as well as several fiction novels. Matting also operated web portals for self-publishers and offered seminars for authors. From February 2015 to December 2017 he was chairman of the board of the German Self Publisher Association, which he co-founded. Under the pseudonym, he has also been a science fiction writer since 2017.

Book features

All of Morris' books have an afterword educational chapter about the subject matter (such as a celestial object like Enceladus or concept like black holes) that drives the plot of the book.

Awards

* In 2011 Matthias Matting was one of the first winners of the derneuebuchpreis.de (dnbp), endowed with a total of 20,000 euros, in the non-fiction category for Travel to Fukushima.
* Skoutz Award 2019 in the Science Fiction category together with Cliff Allister for the novel ''Helium-3''.
* Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph 2020 - nomination longlist “Best Independent Title” for the novel ''Das Triton-Desaster''.

Publications

* ''Ice Moon'' series
** ''Enceladus Mission'' (2017)
** ''Titan Probe'' (2018)
** ''Io Encounter'' (2018)
** ''Return to Enceladus'' (2018)
** ''Jupiter Catastrophe'' (2018)
* ''Solar System'' series
** ''Hole'' (2018)
** ''Silent Sun'' (2018)
** ''Rift'' (2019)
** ''Triton Disaster'' (2020)
** ''Clouds of Venus'' (2020)
** ''Dark Spring'' (2020)
** ''The Beacon'' (2021)
** ''Pluto Debacle'' (2023)
** ''The Uranus Fiasco'' (2023)
* ''Disturbance'' series
** ''The Disturbance'' (2022)
** ''The Disturbance 2: The Answer'' (2022)
** ''The Disturbance 3: The Truth'' (2023)
* ''Proxima Trilogy''
** ''Proxima Rising'' (2019)
** ''Proxima Dying'' (2019)
** ''Proxima Dreaming'' (2019)
* ''Proxima Logfiles''
** ''Marchenko's Children'' (2021)
** ''Into the Darkness'' (2021)
** ''Into the Light'' (2021)
** ''Runaway'' (2021)
** ''Evolution'' (2021)
** ''Olom'' (2022)
** ''Earthward'' (2022)

*''Big Rip Trilogy''
** ''The Death of the Universe'' (2020)
** ''Ghost Kingdom'' (2020)
** ''Rebirth'' (2020)
*''Amphirite'' series
** ''Amphirite 1: The Black Planet'' (2020)
** ''Amphirite 2'' (2021)
** ''Amphirite 3'' (2021)
*''Andromeda'' series
** ''Andromeda: The Encounter'' (2022)
** ''Andromeda: The Sojourn'' (2022)
** ''Andromeda: The Arrival'' (2022)
*''The Timeless Artifact'' series
** ''Möbius – The Timeless Artifact'' (2022)
** ''Möbius 2 – The Timeless Artifact'' (2022)
** ''Möbius 3 – The Timeless Artifact'' (2022)
*''Mars Nation'' series
** ''Mars Nation Part 1'' (2019)
** ''Mars Nation Part 2'' (2019)
** ''Mars Nation Part 3'' (2019)
*''Helium 3'' series, co-written by Cliff Allister
** ''Helium-3: Fight for the Future'' (2021)
** ''Helium-3: Death from the Past'' (2021)
*''Impact'' series
** ''Impact: Titan'' (2020)
** ''Impact: Earth'' (2020)
*Standalone novels
** ''The Wall: Eternal Day'' (2021) (a companion book, ''The Wall: Eternal Night'' (2021) is written by Joshua Calvert)
** ''Lost Moon: Lunar Eclipse (2022)'' (a companion book, ''Lost Moon: Earth Storms (2022)'' is written by Tim L. Rey)

References

External links

Author website

iSFdb

Fantastic-fiction.com

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21st-century German writers
Hard science fiction
German science fiction writers
People from Luckenwalde
1966 births
Living people