Biography
American writer Robert Asprine is known to fans fantastic around the world. From under the pen's pen, dozens of novels were released, combined in the series. The most famous is the "mythical cycle" dedicated to the Great Skill and his comrades.
The works of the aspin is characteristic of the sense of humor, the dynamism of the plot and the originality of the characters. The fictional worlds of the masters are populated by the magicians and dragons, but they can easily see the hint of reality, full of social problems and contradictions. Grotesque fantasy works of an American unpredictable and over the years do not lose their popularity from the reader.
Childhood and youth
Robert Lynn Asprin from Michigan, USA. The future science fiction appeared on June 28, 1946 in St. John's and had the Philippino-Irish roots. Daniel's father worked as a driver, and Lorrain Cook's mother taught in elementary school. Bob had a younger sister. The family moved to Ann Arbor's university town, where the childhood and youth of the writer passed. Education The guy got there, however, in Michigan University he studied only 2 years - from 1964 to 1965.
The next couple of years, the young man spent in the ranks of the US Army, where he was in the times of the Vietnamese war. Returning home, became an employee of the company "Cerox", where he served 12 years in the accounting department. In the evenings, a man begins to write the first fantastic stories. His favorite entertainment was to participate in the role and reconstruction communities. Here Robert creates its own clan, calls him a great dark garden and writes for the needs of Fandom songs, ballads and saga.
Books
The first novel "Cold Financial Wars" came out in 1977 and rose from the story of the same name. The book describes the principles for which industrial corporations are fighting. Kanva narration is built under the laws of fiction, but the tools of struggle - spying, betrayal, murder - remain the same as in the real world.
An allegorical novel "War of Zhukov and Lizards", released 2 years later, represents the model of society, where they rule the reptiles and insects. This civilization lives according to the laws of wartime, and it does not have a place for creative personalities. Everyone should produce a utilitarian useful product or catch the battle skills.
The first major work, published from under the feather aspin, became the cycle "The World of Thieves", started in the late 1970s. And if the first experiments are written in the genre of science fiction, then in the series about thieves, the artist acquires the company handwriting master of humorous fantasy. Books are becoming the beginning of a big deal, to which other authors are joined, and as a result, the cycle turns into a virtuoso collective work, in which Robert also performs the role of the editor. The series includes such texts as "Restless allies", "Gift for farewell" and "PRICE PRICE".
"The World of Thieves" expected commercial success and reading love, since the reality created was a living, voluminous and encouraging to reflections. Based on the anthology, board games were developed, comics were drawn, and the rights to the decrees were sold back in 2005, but nothing heard about the project.
The science fiction generates a lot of ideas, and impatient prevents him from focusing on one topic. Perhaps, therefore, many works are written by them in co-authors, when colleagues help in work on details and details. Among the writers with whom Asprin worked together - Jody Lynn Nai, Lynn Ebby, Linda Evans and others.
The love of fans enjoys a cycle about the student of the Magician Magician and Demon Aaza, who became the heroes of the "mythical" universe, complete humor, unexpected turns and bizarre characters. The series includes 19 books, including the "MiF Corporation in Action", "Another Magnificent Myth", "Mythical Persons".
In 1990, the author opened a selection of humorous novels in the genre of the Military Fiction "Jodotskaya Rota". The adventures of Captain Willard Jott and his crazy team are devoted to 6 books. Other popular aspinted cycles - "Duncan and Mallory", "time scouts" ("time station").
The works of the master twice got into the list of bestsellers New York Times, and it was honored with 2 premiums in the field of science fiction and fantasy - "Locus" and "Balrog". In the texts of the writer, you can hardly detect the deep quotes, but the dynamics of the plot and the witty syllable is something that they attract the reader to this day.
Personal life
The man was married twice. The first spouse was the Colleague on the office of the "Xerox" Ann Brett, the wedding with which was held in 1968. Two children were born in the couple - Annette and Daniel.
The second wife Robert Lynn Ebby has spent his co-author for many years. They met in 1976 in the Lunacone - the science fiction congress in New York, together worked on the series "World of Thieves", which included 12 books of Prosaik. The woman was younger than her husband for 2 years, wrote novels and scenarios, although in the profession it is a programmer and system analyst. The wedding was played in 1982.
In 1993, in the personal life of Asprina, the most pleasant event happened - a divorce with his wife, which was peaceful, but protracted. The woman re-married and moved to another state, and Robert lived his own a century.
Death
According to the memoirs of the former spouse, the last years of the writer were overshadowed by an unhealthy and common inquiry. Lynn Abby has not met Robert for a long time, but looking at the photo, it could hardly recognize him because he looked aged and broken.Since the mid-1990s, a crisis has come in the fiction biography: he abandoned creativity and launched his financial affairs. Not wanting to deal with tax subtleties, the author ended up in a situation where he could not receive feces for fresh editions. However, over time, the prose began to write again and found the strength to overcome the problems with alcohol.
In April 2008, the last book was published - "Dragon Games", and on May 22, the aspina did not. At the time of death, the man was 62nd. According to loved ones, nothing foreshadowed troubles: Robert continued to work on his manuscripts in his Novornoral House and was in a complacent mood. Among the nearest plans was to visit the main congress of science fiction in Marcon as an honorary guest. The cause of death is called a heart attack. The writer discovered lying on the sofa with a book in her hands. Fantastic cremated, because he was an opponent of funeral ceremonies.
Bibliography
- 1977 - "Cold Financial Wars"
- 1978 - "Another magnificent myth"
- 1979 - "War of Zhukov and Lizards"
- 1979 - "The World of Thieves"
- 1980 - "The stories of the tavern" Slutric Unicorn ""
- 1980 - "Mythotaging"
- 1982 - "Mythouquations"
- 1983 - "Luck or Myth"
- 1984 - "Mythical Persons"
- 1990 - "Shot Rota"
- 1992 - "Shot" Paradise "
- 1995 - "Scouts of Time"
- 2000 - "Time Rutters"
- 2008 - "Dragon Games"