Tus Sau Fred Saberhagen: biography, tsev neeg, creativity

2024 Tus sau: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2023-12-17 05:37

Fred Thomas Saberhagen (Tsib Hlis 18, 1930 - Lub Rau Hli 29, 2007) yog tus kws sau ntawv keeb kwm Asmeskas paub zoo tshaj plaws rau nws cov dab neeg kev tshawb fawb, tshwj xeeb yog Berserker series.

Saberhagen kuj tau sau ntau zaj dab neeg vampire uas lawv (xws li Dracula nto moo) yog cov cim tseem ceeb. Nws kuj tau sau ib tug xov tooj ntawm post-apocalyptic mytho-magical novels, los ntawm nws nrov "Empire of the East" mus rau "Swords" series.

Ntuj tsim txiaj

Fred Saberhagen yug thiab loj hlob hauv Chicago, Illinois. Nws tau ua haujlwm hauv US Air Force thaum Tsov Rog Kauslim thaum nws muaj nees nkaum xyoo. Rov qab mus rau pej xeem lub neej, Saberhagen ua haujlwm ua tus kws tshaj lij hluav taws xob rau Motorola Corporation los ntawm 1958 txog 1962, thaum nws muaj hnub nyoog 30 xyoo.

Tsuas yog lub sijhawmThaum nws nyob ntawm Motorola, Fred pib sau ntawv tseeb hauv siab. Nws thawj zaug luam tawm yog nyob rau hauv Galaxy magazine, nyob rau hauv uas nws luam tawm nws zaj dab neeg luv luv "PAA-PYX Volume" nyob rau hauv 1961. Lub Fortress, nws thawj phau ntawv luv luv hauv Berserker series, tau luam tawm xyoo 1963. Tom qab ntawd, xyoo 1964, Saberhagen luam tawm nws thawj phau ntawv tshiab, Tus txiv neej Golden.

Los ntawm 1967 txog 1973 nws tau ua haujlwm ua tus kws kho tshuaj kho mob rau Encyclopædia Britannica thiab tseem tau sau cov ntawv sau tsis tseeb. Tom qab ntawd Fred tau mob siab rau nws tus kheej tag nrho rau kev muaj tswv yim. Xyoo 1975 nws tsiv mus rau Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Tsev neeg thiab kev ntseeg

Xyoo 1968 nws tau sib yuav tus kws sau ntawv Joan Spicci. Nkawd muaj ob tug tub thiab ib tug ntxhais. Thaum Lub Rau Hli 29, 2007, Fred Saberhagen tuag ntawm prostate cancer hauv Albuquerque.

Nyob rau hauv nws lub xyoo laus, nws yog ib tug xyaum Catholic. Cov cim qhia ntawm nws txoj kev ntseeg tshwm sim nyob rau qee lub sijhawm hauv nws phau ntawv tau pom tseeb rau cov neeg nyeem ceev faj thiab ua siab ntev.

YDracula Series

Fred Saberhagen cov phau ntawv hais txog tus cwj pwm no yog ua raws li lub hauv paus uas vampires yog kev ncaj ncees sib npaug ntawm tib neeg ib txwm: lawv muaj lub hwj chim ua qhov zoo lossis qhov phem, nws yog lawv xaiv.

Thawj phau ntawv hauv koob, Dracula Daim Kab Xev, yog zaj dab neeg ntawm Bram Stoker qhia los ntawm qhov pom ntawm vampire. Saberhagen portrays Dracula raws li ib tug keeb kwm daim duab - Vlad lub Impaler, tus tswv xeev ntawm Wallachia. Hauv cov dab neeg, nws tau los ua vampire tom qab raug tua. Tus cwj pwm hais tias los ntawm "kev ua siab zoo ntawm kev xav" nws tsis kam tuag. Tab sis qhov tseeb, nws pom tseeb tias txawm nws tsis paub meej li castiag tiag ua li ntawd. Feem coob ntawm cov neeg hauv qhov yeeb yam tau yug dua tshiab thaum lawv haus cov ntshav vampire.

Nyob rau hauv no version, Van Helsing (tus swindler thiab heretic) thiab lub tuam txhab yog portrayed li feem ntau incompetent.

Dracula yog lim hiam thiab luv luv, tab sis txawm li cas los xij yog khi los ntawm nws tus kheej lo lus hwm thiab mob siab rau nws cov neeg hlub. Nws tau tawm tsam hauv nws lub neej hauv ntiaj teb no tawm tsam Ottoman Turkish ntxeem tau ntawm Tebchaws Europe ("Tsis muaj ib qho av ntawm no uas tsis tau muaj txiaj ntsig los ntawm cov ntshav ntawm cov neeg hlub.") Hauv cov dab neeg tom qab, Dracula cuam tshuam nrog cov ntawv sau, suav nrog Sherlock Holmes. Cov koob no feem ntau raug xa mus rau hauv cov khoom siv tshaj tawm raws li "Tus Tshiab Dracula". Fred txoj kev vam meej nrog cov yeeb yaj kiab tshiab txog tus cwj pwm yog qhov uas nws tau raug ntiav los sau qhov screenplay rau Bram Stoker zaj duab xis ntawm tib lub npe hauv xyoo 1992.

Books:

1. "Dracula daim kab xev" (1975)
2. "Cov ntaub ntawv Holmes-Dracula" (1978). Nco ntsoov tias lub npe no tsis raug xaiv los ntawm Saberhagen vim tias lub rooj sib tham ntawm cov cim yuav tsum yog qhov xav tsis thoob.
3. "Qub Tsev Neeg Phooj Ywg" (1979).
4. "Torn" (1980).
5. "Dominion" (Lub Rau Hli 1982).
6. "Los ntawm Ntoo Ntoo" (1986).
7. "Ib yam ntawm saj" (1990).
8. "Ib Lub Sijhawm" (1992).
9. "A Seance for a Vampire" (1994), rov tso dua li Kev Tshaj Tawm Ntxiv ntawm Sherlock Holmes: Lub Seance rau Vampire (2010).
10. "Ntxig raucaj dab" (1996).
11. "Box tsib caug" (story).
12. "Dracula in London" (2001).
13. "Cold in the Blood" (2002).

Berserker Series

Cov dab neeg no yog hais txog kev ua tsov rog tsis tu ncua ntawm tib neeg thiab cov tshuab ua tsov rog. Fred Saberhagen's berserkers yog tus kheej-replicating, programmed robots nrog ib lub hom phiaj: rhuav tshem tag nrho lub neej. Tom qab kev ploj ntawm ob tus neeg tsim thiab cov neeg tawm tsam hauv kev ua tsov rog galactic ntev, lawv txuas ntxiv rhuav tshem txhua yam kev ua neej uas lawv tau ntsib hauv Milky Way, ua rau muaj kev koom tes thiab kev sib koom ua ke ntawm ntau haiv neeg hauv kev sim kom kov yeej lawv.

Series:

1. "Berserker" (1967).
2. "Tus Kwv Txhiaj" (1969).
3. "Planet of the Berserker" (1974).
4. "Berserker Man" (1979).
5. "Tus yeeb ncuab kawg" (1979).

Tib neeg, txawm hais tias tshiab rau qhov chaw galactic, yog tus neeg ua si tseem ceeb vim nws qhov kev nruj heev. Cov koob no nthuav dav ntau lub sijhawm thiab qhov chaw thiab yog li ntawd muaj cov dab neeg txuas ntxiv tsawg dua li lwm yam ntawm Saberhagen.