Karlheinz Steinmüller

German physicist and science fiction author
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Karlheinz Steinmüller
Born4 November 1950 (1950-11-04) (age 73)
Klingenthal, East Germany
Occupationauthor, physicist
LanguageGerman
Alma materHumboldt University
GenreScience fiction
SpouseAngela Steinmüller
Website
steinmuller.de/pages/zukunftsforschung/neuigkeiten.php

Karlheinz Steinmüller (born 4 November 1950 in Klingenthal) is a German physicist and science fiction author.[1] Together with his wife Angela Steinmüller he has written science fiction short stories and novels that depict human development on a cosmic scale, grounded in an analysis of social structures and mechanisms. Angela and Karlheinz Steinmüller were not only among the most widely read authors in the GDR, ranking at the top of a 1989 poll of most popular science fiction authors in the GDR,[2] but their works continue to be republished.

Awards

  • 1995: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis "Best short story" for Leichter als Vakuum (with Angela Steinmüller and Erik Simon)
  • 2001: German Fantasy Prize for die Verbreitung der phantastischen Literatur in zwei verschiedenen Gesellschaftssystemen sowie ihre Zukunftsperspektiven. (with Angela Steinmüller)
  • 2004: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis "Beste Kurzgeschichte" for Vor der Zeitreise (with Angela Steinmüller)

Novels (with Angela Steinmüller)

  • Andymon. Eine Weltraum-Utopie, 1982
  • Pulaster. Roman eines Planeten, 1986
  • Der Traummeister, 1990
  • Spera, 2004

References

  1. ^ Fritzsche, Sonja (2006). Science Fiction Literature in East Germany. Oxford and New York: Lang. p. 241.
  2. ^ Steinmüller, Angela and Karlheinz (1995). Vorgriff auf das Lichte Morgen. Passau: Erster Deutscher Fantasy Club. p. 174.

External links

  • Angela & Karlheinz Steinmüller's home page
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