Brandon Q. Morris

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Brandon Q. Morris, pseudonym of Matthias Matting, born 26 August 1966 in Luckenwalde (East Germany), is a German writer of hard science-fiction.

Biography[edit]

After completing his physics studies at the TU Dresden, Matting became an editor at a specialist publisher for computer magazines in Munich. In the following years he worked among other things. as editor for Computer Bild, Wirtschaftswoche, Focus and Heise-Verlag. In addition, he regularly published specialist books on various technical topics as well as several fiction novels. Matting also operated web portals for self-publishers and offered seminars for authors. From February 2015 to December 2017 he was chairman of the board of the German Self Publisher Association, which he co-founded.[1] Under the pseudonym, he has also been a science fiction writer since 2017.[2]

Book features[edit]

All of Morris' books have an afterword educational chapter about the subject matter (such as a celestial object like Enceladus or concept like black holes) that drives the plot of the book.

Awards[edit]

  • In 2011 Matthias Matting was one of the first winners of the derneuebuchpreis.de (dnbp), endowed with a total of 20,000 euros, in the non-fiction category for Travel to Fukushima.[3][4]
  • Skoutz Award 2019 in the Science Fiction category together with Cliff Allister for the novel Helium-3.[5]
  • Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph 2020 - nomination longlist “Best Independent Title” for the novel Das Triton-Desaster.[6]

Publications[edit]

  • Ice Moon series
    • Enceladus Mission (2017)
    • Titan Probe (2018)
    • Io Encounter (2018)
    • Return to Enceladus (2018)
    • Jupiter Catastrophe (2018)
  • Solar System series
    • Hole (2018)
    • Silent Sun (2018)
    • Rift (2019)
    • Triton Disaster (2020)
    • Clouds of Venus (2020)
    • Dark Spring (2020)
    • The Beacon (2021)
    • Pluto Debacle (2023)
    • The Uranus Fiasco (2023)
  • Disturbance series
    • The Disturbance (2022)
    • The Disturbance 2: The Answer (2022)
    • The Disturbance 3: The Truth (2023)
  • Proxima Trilogy
    • Proxima Rising (2019)
    • Proxima Dying (2019)
    • Proxima Dreaming (2019)
  • Proxima Logfiles
    • Marchenko's Children (2021)
    • Into the Darkness (2021)
    • Into the Light (2021)
    • Runaway (2021)
    • Evolution (2021)
    • Olom (2022)
    • Earthward (2022)
  • Big Rip Trilogy
    • The Death of the Universe (2020)
    • Ghost Kingdom (2020)
    • Rebirth (2020)
  • Amphirite series
    • Amphirite 1: The Black Planet (2020)
    • Amphirite 2 (2021)
    • Amphirite 3 (2021)
  • Andromeda series
    • Andromeda: The Encounter (2022)
    • Andromeda: The Sojourn (2022)
    • Andromeda: The Arrival (2022)
  • The Timeless Artifact series
    • Möbius – The Timeless Artifact (2022)
    • Möbius 2 – The Timeless Artifact (2022)
    • Möbius 3 – The Timeless Artifact (2022)
  • Mars Nation series
    • Mars Nation Part 1 (2019)
    • Mars Nation Part 2 (2019)
    • Mars Nation Part 3 (2019)
  • Helium 3 series, co-written by Cliff Allister
    • Helium-3: Fight for the Future (2021)
    • Helium-3: Death from the Past (2021)
  • Impact series
    • Impact: Titan (2020)
    • Impact: Earth (2020)
  • Standalone novels
    • The Wall: Eternal Day (2021) (a companion book, The Wall: Eternal Night (2021) is written by Joshua Calvert)
    • Lost Moon: Lunar Eclipse (2022) (a companion book, Lost Moon: Earth Storms (2022) is written by Tim L. Rey)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Vorstandswahl 2017". Buchreport. 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2017-12-17.
  2. ^ Fritz Greiler (2017-03-16). "Passauer Wochenblatt: Bestseller-Autor aus Passau auf der Buchmesse Leipzig". Retrieved 2017-10-29.
  3. ^ Die Preisträger sind ausgewählt, Börsenblatt, 6. Oktober 2011
  4. ^ Buchpreis für FOCUS-Redakteur Matthias Matting: Ausgezeichnetes Format-Experiment, Focus, 6. Oktober 2011
  5. ^ "Skoutz-Award 2019 - Hier sind die Preisträger". 19 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Literaturpreis für Phantastik in drei Kategorien".

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