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 ''Liege Killer'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Christopher Hinz. The book and its sequels ''Ash Ock'' and ''The Paratwa'' are set in human colonies in orbit around a desolated post-apocalyptic Earth. The antagonists of the books ...

'' (1987)

ook 1 of the trilogy Ook, OoK or OOK may refer to: * Ook Chung (born 1963), Korean-Canadian writer from Quebec * On-off keying, in radio technology * Toksook Bay Airport (IATA code OOK), in Alaska * Ook!, an esoteric programming language based on Brainfuck * Ook, ...

*''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)

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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