. Stephen R. Donaldson

Stephen R.Donaldson.

Stephen R.Donaldson is het meest bekend geworden om zijn serie cycli rondom Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever. Hij is inmiddels aan het schrijven aan deel vier van de derde cyclus rondom Thomas Covenant.

Stephen Reeder Donaldson (born May 13, 1947, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American Fantasy, Science Fiction end Mystery novelist, most famous for his Thomas Covenant series. His work has attracted critical attention for its "imagination, vivid charac-terizations, and fast pace." He earned his bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and Master's degree from Kent State University. He currently resides in New Mexico.

Stephen R. Donaldson is part of the generation of fantasy authors, which came to prominence in the 1970s and early 1980s. Like that of many of his peers, his writing is heavily influenced by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. However, Stephen R. Donaldson's stories show a wide range of other influences, including Mervyn Peake, C.S. Lewis, Robert E. Howard, and even the operas of Richard Wagner. Stephen R. Donaldson is also a great fan of Roger Zelazny's Amber novels, which were a direct inspiration for his own Mordant's Need series. Also, in the Gradual Inter-view section of his website, Stephen R. Donaldson mentions his extensive study of Joseph Conrad, Henry James and William Faulkner to further develop his narrative style.

Stephen R. Donaldson's most celebrated series is The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, which centers on a cynical leper, shunned by society, who is destined to become the heroic savior of an alternate Earth. Covenant struggles against the tyrannical Lord Foul, who intends to break the physical universe in order to escape his bondage and wreak revenge upon his arch-enemy, The Creator. The Chronicles were originally published as two trilogies of novels between 1977 and 1983. According to his current publisher, Putnams, those two series sold more than 10 million copies. A third series, "The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant" began publication in 2004 with the novel The Runes of The Earth. With the second book of that series, Fatal Revenant, Stephen R. Donaldson again attained bestseller status when the book reached number 12 on the New York Times Bestseller List in October 2007. On his own site Stephen R. Donaldson gives away the first chapter op part three: 'Against All Things Dying.'

A Science Fiction epic set in a future where humans have pushed far out into space in the attempt to replace depleted resources, The Gap Cycle follows two concurrent story arcs. The first concerns an ensign in the United Mining Companies Police (UMCP), Morn Hyland, who is attempting simply to stay alive after being captured by a marauder named Angus Thermopyle. The second follows the Byzantine political maneuvering of the head of the UMCP, Warden Dios, as he attempts to thwart the machinations of his boss, Holt Fasner, who is the CEO of United Mining Companies (UMC) and the most powerful man in human space. Each of the epics takes place against the backdrop of a threat to human survival itself from an alien species called the Amnion who use genetic mutation as a way to assimilate and overcome. Trade in raw materials (mostly ores) is carried out with the Amnion in exchange for technology, by both the UMC and illegals. Some illegals trade in Amnion territorial space, referred to as "forbidden space", out of bounds to the UMCP by treaty. Stephen R. Donaldson wrote the series in part to be a reworking of Wagner's Ring Cycle. The "Gap" of the title refers to the FTL (faster than light) drives used by the space vessels in order to cross great distances, an instantaneous occurrence similar to the notion of "folding" space.

Lees ook: Variations on the Fantasy Tradition door Stephen R.Donaldson.

Lees ook: Stephen R.Donaldson and the Modern Epic Vision door Christine Barkley.

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Zie ook: Dossier Stephen R. Donaldson.

Zie ook: Fragment Cyclus drie, boek drie.

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