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Wolfgang Jeschke (19 November 1936 ? 10 June 2015) ^{[1] [2]} 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 [ edit ]

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Jeschke was born in 1936 in D??in (then in Czechoslovakia , now in the Czech Republic ). After the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia after World War II, he grew up in Asperg near Ludwigsburg . After graduating from high school, he trained as a toolmaker and worked in mechanical engineering . In 1959, he went back to complete the Abitur and studied German, English literature, and philosophy at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich . He completed a publishing internship at the publisher C.H. Beck . In 1969, he was hired as editorial assistant for Kindlers literature encyclopedia , and later became an editor.

In 1970, author Herbert W. Franke offered Kindler a science fiction novel; the publisher remembered Jeschke's interest in science fiction and asked him for his opinion. ^[3] The result was Science Fiction fur Kenner ( Science Fiction for Connoisseurs ) under the imprint Lichtenberg Verlag , which included not only Franke's novel, Zone Null , but also Jeschke's own short story collection, Der Zeiter .

This imprint published a number of important authors in German for the first time, including Robert Silverberg , Thomas M. Disch , and Brian W. Aldiss . In late 1972, Jeschke became science fiction consultant and editor at Heyne Verlag . After Franke's departure in 1979, Jeschke was the sole science fiction editor at Heyne, where he remained until his retirement in 2002. He continued to live in Munich , where he continued to work on the Science Fiction Jahrbuch ( Science Fiction Yearbook ), with Sascha Mamczak  [ de ] .

Work [ edit ]

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Jeschke was one of the first members of the Science Fiction Club Deutschland (SFCD), founded in 1955. His first short stories appeared in fanzines and semi-professional publications, and together with Peter Noga, he published his own fanzine, Ad Astra . He wrote little during his years as consultant and editor, and his body of work remains relatively small. His science fiction is known for its themes of time travel and paradox. ^[4] His first novel, Der letzte Tag der Schopfung ( The Last Day of Creation ), was widely translated. He also wrote radio plays .

Bibliography [ edit ]

Novels [ edit ]

• 1981 Der letzte Tag der Schopfung ( The Last Day of Creation )
• 1993 Midas oder Die Auferstehung des Fleisches ( Midas Or The Rising of the Flesh ; UK edition 1990: Midas . ISBN   0-450-50937-0 )
• 1997 Meamones Auge ( Meamone's Eye )
• 1997 Osiris Land ( Land of Osiris ; US edition The Land of Osiris in ?Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine“, March 1985)
• 2005 Das Cusanus-Spiel oder Ein abendlandliches Kaleidoskop ( The Cusanus Game , Deutscher Science Fiction Preis )
• 2013 Dschiheads

Short fiction [ edit ]

• 1959 Die Anderen ( The Others )
• 1970 Der Zeiter (rev. Edition 1978)
• 1993 Schlechte Nachrichten aus dem Vatikan ( Bad News from the Vatican )

Collected Stories [ edit ]

• 2006 Der Zeiter (expanded edition; foreword by Andreas Eschbach )
• 2008 Partner furs Leben (including Meamones Auge ; foreword by Franz Rottensteiner )
• 2011 Orte der Erinnerung (including Osiris Land ; foreword by Herbert W. Franke )

Non-fiction [ edit ]

• 2003 Marsfieber ( Mars Fever , with Rainer Eisfeld )

Anthologies/Magazines [ edit ]

• Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband. ("Heyne Annual Science Fiction Anthology", 21 volumes published 1980?2000)
• Heyne Science Fiction Magazin. ("Heyne Science Fiction Magazine", 12 issues published 1981?1985)
• Bibliothek der Science Fiction Literatur. ("Library of Science Fiction Literature", 101 volumes published 1981?2001)
• Das Science Fiction Jahr. ("The Science Fiction Year of ...", 34 volumes as of April 2020, on-going (from ...of 1986 to ...of 2019)
• Science Fiction Story Reader. (21 issues published 1974?1984, six of them edited by Herbert W. Franke)
• Titan. (23 issues published 1976?1985)

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Wolfgang Jeschke at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Wolfgang Jeschke at Library of Congress , with 6 library catalogue records