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Phantastik Aus Deutschland – Die Wichtigsten Bücher Des Jahres SAMMELBAND DER 1 AUSGABEN 43 BIS 50 20020022002002 JAHRBUCH FÜR SCIENCE FICTION UND FANTASY Storys von: George R. R. Martin Elizabeth Hand Erik Simon Ekkehard Redlin Myra Çakan Gerd Frey Arno Behrend Alexander Weis Thorsten Küper Außerdem: Walter Moers über das Schreiben Franz Rottensteiner über SF-Magazine Interviews mit Norman Spinrad, Andreas Eschbach und Erik Simon Norman Spinrad über Krieg Rezensionen von John Clute www.alien-contact.de ALIEN CONTACT Jahrbuch 2002 Ausgaben 43 bis 50 LESEPROBE ALIEN CONTACT Jahrbuch 2002 Erste Auflage 2/2003 © der Texte by ALIEN CONTACT, sofern am Ende der Texte nicht anders angegeben © 2002 dieser Ausgabe: SHAYOL Verlag, Berlin Alle Rechte vorbehalten Redaktion: Hardy Kettlitz, Siegfried Breuer, Gerd Frey, Hannes Riffel, Bernhard Kempen, Ronald Hoppe, Arno Behrend, Jakob Schmidt Korrektur: Uwe Schlegel Titelbild: Thomas Thiemeyer Schriftsatz und Umschlaggestaltung: Hardy Kettlitz Produktion: Ronald Hoppe Druck und Verarbeitung: Schaltungsdienst Lange Printed in Germany SHAYOL Verlag Bergmannstraße 25 10961 Berlin E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.shayol-verlag.de Wir senden Ihnen gern unser Verlagsprogramm zu. ISBN 3-926126-22-1 INHALT Storys Alexander Weis: Bra Bel 3 ................................................................... 13 Ekkehard Redlin: Astralo ..................................................................... 27 Thorsten Küper: Wenn dich der Bluesmann holen kommt … ................ 42 Arno Behrend: Undank ist der Quanten Lohn ...................................... 62 Elizabeth Hand: Schnee auf Sugar Mountain ....................................... 77 Erik Simon: Die drei Königinnen ......................................................... 112 Myra Çakan: Nachtbrenner ............................................................... 128 Gerd Frey: Terminiert ........................................................................ 145 Alexander Weis: Appell für die bemannte Raumfahrt ........................ 159 George R. R. Martin: Brot und Fische ................................................. 168 Essays & Artikel Norman Spinrad: Muss es Krieg geben?............................................... 15 Franz Rottensteiner: Deutschsprachige Science-Fiction-Magazine. Ein nostalgischer Rückblick ................................................................ 36 Adam Roberts: Ist Swifts Gullivers Reisen (1726) Science Fiction? ....... 50 Gerd Frey: Lass mich (d)ein Held sein. Über die Magie von Rollenspielen ..................................................... 68 Arno Behrend: Autorenporträt Herbert George Wells ........................ 106 Andreas Gruber: TOP LISTE – Die zwölf cleversten Filme in meiner Videosammlung ............................................................... 126 Hardy Kettlitz: Auf nach Zamonien! Die Romane des Walter Moers .. 137 Walter Moers: Vom Tagtraum zum Traumbuch. Über die Arbeit an Wilde Reise durch die Nacht ...................................................... 142 Gregor Jungheim: Wer will schon was von Aliens wissen? Eine Einschätzung der Qualität von Science-Fiction-Literatur .......... 161 Hannes Riffel: Wer will schon was von Büchern wissen? ................... 166 Arno Behrend: 25 Jahre Star Wars ..................................................... 234 Interviews Hannes Riffel & Hardy Kettlitz: Interview mit Norman Spinrad ............ 22 Hardy Kettlitz: Science Fiction ist (k)ein Kinderspiel. Gesprächsrunde mit Dr. Renate Grubert und Andreas Eschbach ........ 71 Hans-Peter Neumann: Wieso denn Kasanzew? Gespräch mit Erik Simon zur Auswahl sowjetischer SF in DDR-Verlagen ............... 117 Dirk Berger: Tim Powers im Gespräch ................................................ 153 Andreas Eschbach & Thomas Thiemeyer: Die letzten Geheimnisse um Quest .................................................. 208 Myra Çakan: Evolution – Interview mit David Duchovny ................... 239 ALIEN CONTACT JAHRBUCH 5 INHALT Rubriken Siggi Stardusts weise Worte gesammelt von Siegfried Breuer .......... 34, 49, 105, 136, 144, 160, 226 Science Fiction History – Phantastik vor 25, 50, 75 und 100 Jahren ... 216 John Clute: Gefährlich ehrlich – Folgen 7 bis 9 ................................... 227 Lesefutter – Die wichtigsten Bücher des Jahres .................................. 240 Phantastik aus Deutschland – Die wichtigsten Bücher des Jahres ....... 249 Filmrezensionen – Die wichtigsten Filme des Jahres ........................... 256 SF Interaktiv – Die wichtigsten Computerspiele des Jahres ................. 262 Nachrufe ........................................................................................... 268 Preise und Auszeichnungen................................................................ 272 Bibliographie der ALIEN-CONTACT-Heftausgaben 1 bis 42 .................. 275 Personen- und Titelindex ................................................................... 300 Grafiken Thomas Thiemeyer (Titelseite), Thomas Hofmann (Seiten 14, 65), Franz Miklis (Seiten 29, 81, 114), Gerd Frey (Seiten 48, 133), Manfred Lafrentz (Seiten 150, 171), Tim Powers (Seite 154) Inhaltsverzeichnis der Online-Ausgaben ALIEN CONTACT 43 bis 50 (2002) 1994) und Meer ohne Ufer (Sea Without Shore • 1996) ALIEN CONTACT 43 (28. Dezember 2001) von Sean Russell Titelbild von Franz Miklis Irene Salzmann: Wolkensammler – Barbaren-Trilogie 2 von Editorial Sean Russell (Gatherer of Clouds [1. Teil] • 1992) Vier Jahre Alien Contact Online Irene Salzmann: Der Goldene Khan – Barbaren-Trilogie 3 von Story Sean Russell (Gatherer of Clouds [2. Teil] • 1992) Arno Behrend: Undank ist der Quanten Lohn Hardy Kettlitz: Die Ersten ihrer Art von Theodore Sturgeon [Originalveröffentlichung] (More Than Human • 1953) Essay Science Fiction aus Deutschland Norman Spinrad: Muss es Krieg geben? Thomas Hofmann: Der Tote im Maisfeld von Boris Koch (2001) [Originaltitel: »Must There Be War?«, aus: ISAAC ASIMOV’S [AC Award] SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE, 1985; Ü: Hannes Riffel] Peter Samol: Die Kerian-Verschwörung – Die Gallaghar- Filmrezension Chroniken 1 von Achim Hiltrop (2001) Hardy Kettlitz: Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen W. Pankow: Geschichten aus der Zukunft von Bettina Licht Interview (2001) Myra Çakan: Evolution – Interview mit David Duchovny Fred Siebert: Wiener Blei – Shadowrun 41 von Leo Lukas Lesefutter (1998) Bernhard Kempen: Die Töchter Egalias von Gerd Brantenberg W. Pankow: Das Dosenbuch von Michael Oefner (2001) (Egalias døtre • 1977) [AC Award] SF Interaktiv Gregor Jungheim: Rückkehr zum Mars von Ben Bova (Return to Gerd Frey: Besprechungen der Computerspiele: Etherlords Mars • 1999) (Fishtank Interactive), Frank Herbert’s Dune (Cryo-Modern Thomas Hofmann: Die Masken des Cthulhu von August Games), Harry Potter und der Stein der Weisen (Electronic Derleth (The Mask of Cthulhu • 1958) Arts) und S.W.I.N.E. (Fishtank Interactive) Hardy Kettlitz: Das Haus Atreides von Brian Herbert und Kevin Siggi Stardusts weise Worte J. Anderson (Dune: House Atreides • 1999) zusammengestellt von Siegfried Breuer Irene Salzmann: Wolfgang Hohlbeins Fantasy Selection 1999, Nachruf herausgegeben von Wolfgang Hohlbein (1998) Siegfried Breuer: Stefan Heym (1913 – 2001) Hardy Kettlitz: Moderne Horrorautoren von S. T. Joshi, Band 1 Neuerscheinungen im Dezember 2001 und 2 (The Modern Weird Tale • 2001) zusammengestellt von der UFO Buchhandlung Hardy Kettlitz: Parasit von Richard Laymon (Flesh • 1987) Bernhard Kempen: Welt ohne Ende (World Without End • 6 ALIEN CONTACT JAHRBUCH ESSAY Franz Rottensteiner Deutschsprachige Science-Fiction-Magazine Ein nostalgischer Rückblick Sind Science-Fiction-Magazine im deutschen mehrere Ausgaben. Der Inhalt des ersten Ban- Sprachraum ein essentiell notwendiger Bestand- des war gewiss nicht sehr aufregend, es gab teil des SF-Angebotes, wenn sie es je waren? Storys von eher unbekannten Autoren wie Lan Das darf man bezweifeln, denn trotz der allge- Wright, Fox Holden, Raymond Z. Gallun und meinen Krise der SF ist das Kurzgeschich- dem Urgestein des amerikanischen SF-Fandoms tenangebot auf dem Buchmarkt noch immer Forrest J. Ackerman, einem der Geburtshelfer beträchtlich, und für Informationen über SF, des SF-Fandoms in Deutschland, der auch über vor allem das riesige Fernseh- und Filman- sein Spezialgebiet, den »Utopischen Film in gebot, gibt es genügend Quellen, von Publi- Hollywood« berichtete; immerhin enthielt es kumszeitschriften über Filmmagazine bis zu bereits die für Magazine typische Mischung akademischen Nachschlagewerken und Unter- von Storys und Berichten über SF und populäre suchungen. Ist die Sehnsucht nach Magazinen Wissenschaft. In dem Heft war aber auch Ro- daher nicht etwas Überholtes, für viele ver- bert A. Heinleins gefühlvolle Geschichte von bunden mit Kindheitserinnerungen? Bei uns patriotischer Tugend und männlichem Helden- konnten sich SF-Magazine nie auf Dauer hal- tum »Die ewige Wacht« zu finden, die mich ten, anders als auf dem riesigen US-Markt, wo damals tief beeindruckte. In Walter Ernstings sie zwar auch nur ein Nischenprodukt sind, Leitartikel »Das Ziel« war noch von der Förde- aber sich einige doch zumindest über Jahr- rung des Weltraumgedankens die Rede und da- zehnte behaupten konnten. Gewiss, eines der von, dass sich das Magazin vor allem an Leser größten, GALAXY, ist nicht mehr, das älteste, wende, »die für technische Dinge und wissen- AMAZING, auch nicht (obwohl man laufend schaftliche Erkenntnisse zwar Interesse haben, von Wiederbelebungsversuchen hört), aber sich aber nur schwer mit komplizierten Formeln ANALOG (das alte
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