Andreas Eschbach
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Andreas Eschbach (born September 15, 1959, in Ulm) is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction. Even if his some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre, they usually feature elements of the fantastic.
Eschbach studied aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and later worked as a software engineer.
He has been writing since he was 11 years old. His first professional publication was the short story Dolls, published in 1991 in German computing magazine C't.
His first novel was published in 1995. Five of his novels have won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the German SF scene.
His novels have also been translated into a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Russian, Turkish and Japanese.
In 2002, his novel Das Jesus Video was adapted for German television.
In 2003, his novel Eine Billion Dollar was adapted for German radio.
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Bibiliography
Novels
- Die Haarteppichknüpfer (1995), ISBN 3795113717, translated as "The Carpet Makers" (2005), ISBN 0765305933
- Solarstation (1996), ISBN 3795114063
- Das Jesus Video (1998), ISBN 3795117976
- Kelwitts Stern (1999), ISBN 3795116244
- Quest (2001), ISBN 3453187733
- Eine Billion Dollar (2001), ISBN 3785720491 ("One Trillion Dollars")
- Der Letzte seiner Art (2005), ISBN 3404153057
- Der Nobelpreis (2005), ISBN 3785722192
Young Adult novels
- Perfect Copy: Die zweite Schöpfung (2002), ISBN 3401054252
- Das Marsprojekt (2004), ISBN 3404243323
- Die seltene Gabe (2004)
Short stories
- "Dolls"
- "Der Mann aus der Zukunft"
- "Die Wunder des Universums"
- "Humanic Park"
- "Halloween"
- "Eine unberührte Welt"
- "Unerlaubte Werbung"
- "Der Drache im Hindukusch"
Other
- Der Gesang der Stille (novella in the Perry Rhodan series)
- "Die Rückkehr" (his second Perry Rhodan novella as a "guest writer")
- Exponentialdrift (novel serialized in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
- Eine Trillion Euro (short story anthology of European SF writers edited by Eschbach)
- Das Buch von der Zukunft: Ein Reiseführer (2004), ISBN 3871344761, non-fiction