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Steve Erickson was born and raised in Los Angeles. For many years his mother, a former actress, ran a small theatre in L.A. His father, who died in 1990, was a photographer. Erickson had a pronounced stutter as a child when teachers believed he couldn't read. This motif occasionally has recurred in novels such as Amnesiascope.
Steve Rune Lundin (born October 7, 1959), known by his pseudonym Steven Erikson, is a Canadian novelist who was educated and trained as both an archaeologist and anthropologist. He is best known for his ten-volume spanning epic fantasy series Malazan Book of the Fallen , which began with the publication of Gardens of the Moon (1999) and was ...
Tours of the Black Clock is the third novel by Steve Erickson, published in 1989.It has been translated into French, Spanish, Dutch and Japanese among other languages. The narrative concerns itself with two of the most influential figures of the 20th century, as Adolf Hitler appears as an important character, and allusions are made to Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity.
The Sea Came in at Midnight (1999) is the sixth novel by Steve Erickson. [1] [2] It has been translated into French, German, Italian, Russian and Japanese. It was named one of the year's best novels by the The New York Times Book Review and shortlisted for a British Fantasy Award. [3] It was followed by a sequel, Our Ecstatic Days, in 2005.
Days Between Stations is the first novel by Steve Erickson. Upon publication in 1985 it received notable praise from Thomas Pynchon [1] and has been cited as an influence by novelists such as Jonathan Lethem and Mark Z. Danielewski. It has been translated into French, [2] Spanish, [3] Italian, [4] Russian, [5] Polish and Japanese. [6]
Arc d'X (1993), by Steve Erickson, is an avant-pop novel. Upon publication in 1993 it received wide attention particularly from other novelists such as Thomas Pynchon , Tom Robbins and William Gibson , and has been translated into Italian , Japanese and other languages.
Erikson and Ian C. Esslemont initially devised the Malazan world as a backdrop for a table-top role-playing game. [1] [2] Unhappy with the lack of quality adult oriented fantasy movies at the time, the duo decided to write their own movie script using their gaming experience and the world they had created.
Amnesiascope is a 1996 novel by Steve Erickson. Set in Los Angeles after a cataclysmic earthquake, the novel incorporates elements of other novels that Erickson had published, such as the silent film from his first novel, Days Between Stations. [1] [2] Though not a genre novel, it was a finalist for the British Fantasy Award. [citation needed]