Herr aller Dinge

Series · 2 books · 2011

By Andreas Eschbach

Books in series

Herr aller Dinge

2011

Winner of the 2012 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for best German science fiction novel, Lord of All Things is also a story about love against all odds. They are just children when they meet for the first time: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress’s son. One day, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world. An unprecedented idea of how to sweep away all differences between rich and poor. When Hiroshi runs into Charlotte several years later, he is trying to build a brighter future through robotics. Determined to win Charlotte’s love, he resurrects his childhood dream, convinced that he can eradicate world poverty by pushing the limits of technology beyond imagination. But as Hiroshi circles ever closer to realizing his vision, he discovers that his utopian dream may contain the seeds of a nightmare—one that could obliterate life as we know it. Crisscrossing the globe from Tokyo to the hallowed halls of MIT to desolate Arctic islands and Buenos Aires and beyond - far beyond - Lord of All Things explores not only the dizzying potential of technology but also its formidable dangers.

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Das schwarze Messer

2011

"Das schwarze Messer" ist eine Kurzgeschichte und thematische Erweiterung von "Herr aller Dinge". Alain Whitstock II. hat eine besondere Schwäche für alte Gegenstände. Sobald er sie berührt, lösen sie eine so warme, wohltuende Schwere in ihm aus, dass er schier süchtig nach solchen Artefakten ist. Je älter sie sind, desto länger hält dieses Gefühl an. Bei einem Besuch in Japan findet er einen Schrein, zu dem ein schwarzes Messer zählt, Alain spürt schon von weitem, was für ein unglaubliches Alter diese Antiquität ausstrahlt. Wenn er dieses Messer zu seinem Eigen zählen könnte, würde es ihm jahrelang dieses wunderbare Gefühl bereiten. Welche Grenzen wird Alain überschreiten, um an das schwarze Messer zu gelangen?

Author

Andreas Eschbach

Author · 58 books

Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction. Even if 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 12 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, Polish, 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. As of 2006, his only novel translated into English was Die Haarteppichknüpfer, published in 2005 as The Carpet Makers.