R. i. P. Jay Lake (6. Juni 1964 – 1. Juni 2014)
Eben via Tor erfahren: der Science-Fiction-Autor Jay Lake ist tot. Der am 6. Juni 1964 geborene Gewinner des John W. Campbell Awards und mehrfach für den Hugo und World Fantasy Award nominierte Autor hatte Krebs und schrieb auch darüber in seinem Blog.
Tor schreibt:
We are extremely saddened to report that Jay Lake has passed away at the age of 49, after a long battle with colon cancer. Lake was born in Taiwan on June 6, 1964, and was raised there and in Nigeria. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1986. He began writing early in life, and he published over 300 short stories and nine novels, with more forthcoming. Lake set his tales in a variety of different universes, and his most recent series, taking place in the world of Green, saw the release of its latest installment, Kalimpura, in 2013. Lake was also working on novels set in the Sunspin Universe, the first of which is called Calamity of So Long a Life—stories set in this universe have previously appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, Subterranean Online, and elsewhere.
Among Lake’s numerous honors were a quarterly first prize in the Writers of the Future contest in 2003 and the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction in 2004.
Den vollständigen Nachruf gibt es hier.
Hier geht es zur Homepage von Jay Lake.
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In Deutschland erscheinen seine Romane bei Bastei Lübbe. Im April erschien dort sein Fantasy-Roman „Der stumme Gott“ (Endurance, 2011)
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