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Асприн Роберт Линн
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Дата рождения:
28 June 1946
Место рождения:
St. Johns, Michigan, US
Дата смерти:
22 May 2008
Место смерти:
New Orleans, Louisiana
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11346
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Robert Lynn Asprin was an American science fiction and fantasy author and active fan, best known for his humorous MythAdventures and Phule's Company series.
Robert Asprin was born in St. Johns, Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1964 through 1965. From 1965 through 1966 he served in the United States Army. He was married (twice) and had two children. He was active in science fiction fandom and in the early years of the Society for Creative Anachronism under the name "Yang the Nauseating", and co-founded the Great Dark Horde in 1971. He was also the founder and an influential member of the Dorsai Irregulars. In 1976, he was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for The Capture, a cartoon slide show written by Asprin and drawn by Phil Foglio.
Early writing
Asprin's first novel, The Cold Cash War, an expansion of an earlier short story of the same title, was published in 1977.
Over the next few years, he created and edited (with his then-wife, Lynn Abbey) the Thieves' World[4] series of shared world anthologies, credited as the first project of its type. Soon after the series hit its stride, many of the authors produced novels and stories outside the anthologies, beginning with Beyond Sanctuary by Janet Morris, the first "authorized" Thieves World novel, published in 1985. Janet Morris and Chris Morris went on to produce two more authorized Thieves' World "Beyond" novels and a series of related novels about their immortalized character, Tempus, and the Sacred Band of Stepsons. A series of graphic novels followed in the mid-1980s, and several other authors, including Andrew J. Offutt and David Drake, published novels about their characters. In 2002, Lynn Abbey resurrected the series with the novel Sanctuary.
In 1978, Asprin began the "MythAdventures" series, chronicling the comic adventures of Skeeve and Aahz, with the book Another Fine Myth. Originally illustrated by Frank Kelly Freas, and later by Phil Foglio, the highly pun-driven books follow a "demon" magician who has lost his powers and his inexperienced human apprentice as they travel through a variety of worlds in pursuit of finding their place in life, though under the guise of seeking wealth and glory. Some of the early "Myth" novels were later adapted as comic books by Foglio and others. The Myth books have passed through three publishing companies over the years: Donning Starblaze, Meisha Merlin and, as of 2008, Wildside Press.
In the 1990s, Asprin's "Phule" novels followed the humorous science-fiction exploits of a rag-tag company of the "Space Legion" and its wealthy and iconoclastic leader, Willard Phule.
Hiatus in writing career
Due to a series of personal and financial problems, Asprin stopped writing in the 1990s. He had two books on The New York Times Best Seller list which piqued the interest of fans and the IRS. Unfortunately this came right at the time of an almost seven-year writing drought. He eventually negotiated an agreement with the IRS,[6] that encouraged him to return to writing, and, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, he wrote several novels in collaboration with authors Peter Heck, Jody Lynn Nye, and Linda Evans. These novels included continuations of the "Myth" series and the "Phule" series as well as works in new series.
Later work
One of Asprin's last projects was NO Quarter, originally co-authored with Eric Del Carlo, and later edited by Teresa Patterson. It is a dark fantasy/suspense/ murder mystery novel set in the author's beloved New Orleans French Quarter. Although the novel's fantasy elements (voodoo and black magic, tarot readings and precognition, ghosts and mysticism) are secondary to the brutal murder that is the focus of the plot, it is set in the same milieu as Asprin's Griffen McCandles novels (Dragons series), Dragons Luck and Dragons Wild. The two protagonists of NO Quarter, Maestro and Bone, also appear as minor characters in the Dragons novels. Maestro, the mysterious pool shark and fencing master in NO Quarter, is a highly fictionalized but recognizable self-portrait of the author. NO Quarter was published November 2009 by DarkStar Books.
Asprin's ofttimes co-author, Jody Lynn Nye, has completed one further Griffen McCandles novel, Dragons Deal, and continued the Myth Adventures series. Dragons Deal was published by Ace in December 2010.
Death and aftermath
Asprin died on May 22, 2008 of a myocardial infarction at his home in New Orleans.He was found lying on a sofa with a Terry Pratchett novel still open in his hands.[9] He was to have been the Guest of Honor at Marcon that weekend.
In 2008, his heirs donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University.
Написанные книги
| Заголовок | Оценка | Добавлена | Жанры | Серии | Язык | Издана | Написана | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aftermath |
0 (0) | 0 | 29 мая 2009 20:00 | Фэнтези | 49 | Thievs World #0010 | EN | ||
Another Fine Myth |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:40 | Юмористическая фантастика, Фэнтези | 39 | Myth Adventures #0001 | EN | ||
A Phule and His Money |
0 (0) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 01:25 | Научная фантастика | 65 | Phule's Company #0003 | EN | ||
Blood Ties |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:41 | Фэнтези | 69 | Thievs World #0009 | EN | ||
Catwoman |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:42 | Научная фантастика | 46 | EN | |||
Class Dis-Mythed |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:43 | Юмористическая фантастика | 63 | Myth Adventures #0016 | EN | ||
Dragons Luck |
0 (0) | 0 | 27 октября 2010 07:03 | Научная фантастика | 74 | Griffen McCandles #0002 | EN | 2009 | |
Dragons Wild |
0 (0) | 0 | 23 октября 2010 21:13 | Фэнтези | 66 | Griffen McCandles #0001 | EN | 2008 | |
E.Godz |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:43 | Научная фантастика | 53 | EN | |||
For King and Country |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:43 | Научная фантастика | 114 | EN | |||
Hit Or Myth |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:40 | Фэнтези | 29 | Myth Adventures #0004 | EN | 1997 | |
License Invoked |
0 (0) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 01:30 | Научная фантастика | 62 | Time Scout #0005 | EN | ||
Little Myth Marker |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:41 | Научная фантастика | 32 | Myth Adventures #0006 | EN | ||
Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe |
0 (0) | 0 | 27 октября 2010 07:59 | Научная фантастика | 36 | EN | |||
Myth Alliances |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:43 | Фэнтези | 56 | Myth Adventures #0014 | EN | 2004 | |
Myth-Chief |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:44 | Научная фантастика | 54 | Myth Adventures #0018 | EN | ||
Myth Conceptions |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:40 | Научная фантастика | 38 | Myth Adventures #0002 | EN | ||
Myth Directions |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:40 | Научная фантастика | 39 | Myth Adventures #0003 | EN | ||
Myth-Fortunes |
0 (0) | 0 | 24 октября 2010 07:48 | Научная фантастика | 60 | Myth Adventures #0019 | EN | 2008 | |
Myth-Gotten Gains |
0 (0) | 0 | 26 октября 2010 15:54 | Научная фантастика | 60 | Myth Adventures #0017 | EN | 2008 | |
M.Y.T.H. Inc In Action |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:41 | Научная фантастика | 39 | Myth Adventures #0009 | EN | ||
M.Y.T.H. INC. Instructions |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:43 | Научная фантастика | 4 | EN | |||
M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:41 | Научная фантастика | 31 | Myth Adventures #0007 | EN | ||
Mything Persons 14+ |
0 (0) | 0 | 29 мая 2009 20:00 | Научная фантастика | 40 | Myth Adventures #0005 | EN | ||
Myth-Ing Persons |
0 (0) | 0 | 27 октября 2010 08:00 | Фэнтези | 33 | Myth Adventures #0005 | EN | 1986 | |
Myth-ion Improbable |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:42 | Научная фантастика | 41 | Myth Adventures #0011 | EN | ||
Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:41 | Научная фантастика | 36 | Myth Adventures #0008 | EN | ||
Myth-Taken Identity |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:43 | Научная фантастика | 59 | Myth Adventures #0014 | EN | ||
Myth-Told Tales |
0 (0) | 0 | 27 октября 2010 07:08 | Фэнтези | 51 | Myth Adventures #0013 | EN | 2007 | |
No Phule Like an Old Phule |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:39 | Научная фантастика | 70 | Phule's Company #0005 | EN | ||
Phule Me Twice |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:39 | Научная фантастика | 68 | Phule's Company #0004 | EN | ||
Phule's Company |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:39 | Научная фантастика | 58 | Phule's Company #0001 | EN | ||
Phule's Errand |
0 (0) | 0 | 26 октября 2010 15:53 | Научная фантастика | 61 | Phule's Company #0006 | EN | 2006 | |
Phules Paradise |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:39 | Научная фантастика | 59 | Phule's Company #0002 | EN | ||
Ripping Time |
0 (0) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 01:30 | Научная фантастика | 99 | Time Scout #0003 | EN | ||
Shadow Of Sanctuary |
10.0 (1) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:40 | Фэнтези | 61 | Thievs World #0003 | EN | 1981 | |
Something M.Y.T.H. Inc. |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:42 | Научная фантастика | 32 | Myth Adventures #0012 | EN | ||
Soul of the City |
0 (0) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 01:28 | Фэнтези | 70 | Thievs World #0008 | EN | ||
Stealers' Sky |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:42 | Фэнтези | 62 | Thievs World #0012 | EN | ||
Storm Season |
10.0 (1) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:41 | Фэнтези | 58 | Thievs World #0004 | EN | 1982 | |
Sween Myth-tery of Life |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:42 | Фэнтези | 36 | Myth Adventures #0010 | EN | ||
Tales From The Vulgar Unicorn |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:40 | Фэнтези | 57 | Thievs World #0002 | EN | ||
Tambu |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:39 | Научная фантастика | 39 | EN | |||
The Blood Of Ten Chiefs |
0 (0) | 0 | 28 октября 2010 08:39 | Фэнтези | 70 | EN | 1986 | ||
The Bug Wars 16+ |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:39 | Научная фантастика | 53 | EN | |||
The Cold Cash War |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:40 | Научная фантастика | 35 | EN | |||
The Dead of Winter |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:41 | Фэнтези | 75 | Thievs World #0007 | EN | ||
The Face of Chaos |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:41 | Фэнтези | 55 | Thievs World #0005 | EN | ||
The House That Jack Built |
0 (0) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 01:30 | Научная фантастика | 99 | Time Scout #0004 | EN | ||
Thieve's World |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:40 | Фэнтези | 54 | Thievs World #0001 | EN | ||
Time Scout |
0 (0) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 01:30 | Научная фантастика | 96 | Time Scout #0001 | EN | ||
Uneasy Alliances |
0 (0) | 0 | 1 декабря 2010 17:42 | Фэнтези | 53 | Thievs World #0011 | EN | ||
Wages of Sin |
0 (0) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 01:30 | Научная фантастика | 95 | Time Scout #0002 | EN | ||
Wartorn: Resurrection |
0 (0) | 0 | 27 октября 2010 06:27 | Фэнтези | 61 | Wartorn #0001 | EN | 2005 | |
Wings of Omen |
9.00 (1) | 0 | 25 октября 2010 01:29 | Фэнтези | 67 | Thievs World #0006 | EN |