thumb|Roland C. Wagner, December 2010
Roland C. Wagner (6 September 1960 – 5 August 2012) was a French writer of humorous science fiction.
Major works
Histoire d'un futur
Les Futurs Mystères de Paris ("The Future Mysteries of Paris") features a "transparent" (not exactly invisible) private detective. Starting with La Balle du néant ("The Bullet From Nowhere"), this cycle has nine titles (up to Mine de rien, 2006) inside a larger set, including Le Chant du cosmos ("The Song of the Cosmos"), a far-future tale which describes a mental game inspired by Go.
Rêves de Gloire
Rêves de Gloire (Dreams of Glory) is an alternate history of Algeria with several divergence points. One of them is the assassination of Charles de Gaulle before the Évian Accords.
Other works
Roland C. Wagner wrote under multiple pseudonyms, including Richard Wolfram and Red Deff.
La Saison de la sorcière ("Season of the Witch", 2003) takes place in France with extremely high-level police security, which is invaded by the United States. The novel received the Bob Morane Prize and the Prix Rosny-Aîné in 2004. Le Temps du voyage ("Trip Time", 2005) is a space opera in the mood of Jack Vance.
He also wrote an alternate history biography of H. P. Lovecraft under the title HPL (1890–1991) which has been translated in English, and several pastiches of famous science fiction authors. For example, his Three Laws of Robotic Sexuality parodies Isaac Asimov's robot stories.
Other activities
Music
He also wrote lyrics for rock bands, and was a member of the acid punk group Brain Damage, beginning in 1977.
Awards and honors
Asteroid 428102 Rolandwagner, discovered by astronomer Bernard Christophe at Saint-Sulpice Observatory in 2006, was named in his memory.
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External links
- List of publications at L'Atalante (in English)
- Official site (in French)
- Du pays de la peur (his musical & political blog, in French)