Christopher Hinz (born March 10, 1951) is an American writer best known for the Paratwa science fiction trilogy. Hinz has also written

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for

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and

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. He won the

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in 1988 for his novel '' Liege-Killer'', the first book in his "Paratwa Trilogy". As a comic books writer, Hinz created the nine-issue comic book series titled '' Gemini Blood'', published under the

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imprint of

. With illustrations from

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, the comics deal with the same themes and with similar characters as the Paratwa Trilogy; it ran from 1996 to 1997. He also co-created and wrote the '' Dead Corps'' four-issue limited series for Helix, and a ten-issue story arc for Marvel's ''

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'' which comprised Volume 2 of the series.

Bibliography

Paratwa

* ''Binary Storm'' (2016) tandalone prequel* '' Liege-Killer'' (1987) ook 1 of the trilogy* ''Ash Ock'' (1989) ook 2 of the trilogy* ''The Paratwa'' (1991) ook 3 of the trilogy

Other

* ''Anachronisms'' (1988) * ''Spartan X'' (2012) * ''Starship Alchemon'' (2019) * ''Refraction'' (2022)

References

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* 20th-century American novelists American comics writers American male novelists American science fiction writers Living people 1951 births 20th-century American male writers {{US-comics-writer-stub