

“Enthusiastically introduced by no less than Orson Scott Card, this far-future novel does credit to everyone concerned, starting with its German author. “A considerable achievement, and one that suggests the presence of a world-class SF voice that we ought to know about.” - Locus As of 2006, his only novel translated into English was Die Haarteppichknüpfer, published in 2005 as The Carpet Makers.“Eschbach's first novel will blow you away. In 2003, his novel Eine Billion Dollar was adapted for German radio. In 2002, his novel Das Jesus Video was adapted for German television. His novels have also been translated into a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, Turkish and Japanese.

Five of his novels have won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the German SF scene. His first professional publication was the short story Dolls, published in 1991 in German computing magazine C't. He has been writing since he was 12 years old. Even if some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre, they usually feature elements of the fantastic.Įschbach studied aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and later worked as a software engineer. In 20 Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction.

Eschbach studied aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and later worked as a software engineer. Even if some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre, they usually feature elements of the fantastic.

Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction.
