Gianluigi Zuddas
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Gianluigi Zuddas is an Italian author and translator of science fiction
. His first novel, Amazon, won a Premio Italia prize.
Zuddas was born at Carpi, near Modena
, but moved to Livorno
with his family when he was very young and many biographies list the latter as his birthplace. His father was a non-commissioned navy officer. He was a keen reader of Salgari, Zane Grey
and Steinbeck as a child and took a liking to Frederik Pohl
and Robert Sheckley
's sociological science fiction and Jack Vance
's stories in his early teens.
He tried his hand at various jobs, such as metal worker, mechanic, technician in medical radiology, and painter, before deciding for writing fantasy
stories. His first novel, Amazon, won a prize in Italy. After 1989 translation jobs did not leave enough time for him to go on with his own writing, though a new novel of his, C'era una volta un computer ("There Was Once a Computer"), came out in 2006, being reprinted on Urania
in the following year; in this novel Zuddas reviews, remakes and expands on his previous story, "Le armi della Lupa".
In Zuddas' stories the main character is usually female. His Amazons
are not like the unreal ones readers and movie goers generally see in other works. He puts and effort to try and make them realistic.
Zuddas considers his Amazon stories as heroic fantasies too. He prefers human-centered explanations to events and phenomena where some try to find extraterrestrial sources.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
. His first novel, Amazon, won a Premio Italia prize.
Zuddas was born at Carpi, near Modena
Modena
Modena is a city and comune on the south side of the Po Valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
, but moved to Livorno
Livorno
Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
with his family when he was very young and many biographies list the latter as his birthplace. His father was a non-commissioned navy officer. He was a keen reader of Salgari, Zane Grey
Zane Grey
Zane Grey was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and stories that presented an idealized image of the Old West. Riders of the Purple Sage was his bestselling book. In addition to the success of his printed works, they later had second lives and continuing influence...
and Steinbeck as a child and took a liking to Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl
Frederik George Pohl, Jr. is an American science fiction writer, editor and fan, with a career spanning over seventy years — from his first published work, "Elegy to a Dead Planet: Luna" , to his most recent novel, All the Lives He Led .He won the National Book Award in 1980 for his novel Jem...
and Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley was a Hugo- and Nebula-nominated American author. First published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s, his numerous quick-witted stories and novels were famously unpredictable, absurdist and broadly comical.Sheckley was named Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and...
's sociological science fiction and Jack Vance
Jack Vance
John Holbrook Vance is an American mystery, fantasy and science fiction author. Most of his work has been published under the name Jack Vance. Vance has published 11 mysteries as John Holbrook Vance and 3 as Ellery Queen...
's stories in his early teens.
He tried his hand at various jobs, such as metal worker, mechanic, technician in medical radiology, and painter, before deciding for writing fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
stories. His first novel, Amazon, won a prize in Italy. After 1989 translation jobs did not leave enough time for him to go on with his own writing, though a new novel of his, C'era una volta un computer ("There Was Once a Computer"), came out in 2006, being reprinted on Urania
Urania (magazine)
Urania is an Italian science fiction magazine published by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore since October 10, 1952.-History:The first issue featured the novel The Sands of Mars by Arthur C. Clarke...
in the following year; in this novel Zuddas reviews, remakes and expands on his previous story, "Le armi della Lupa".
In Zuddas' stories the main character is usually female. His Amazons
Amazons
The Amazons are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia...
are not like the unreal ones readers and movie goers generally see in other works. He puts and effort to try and make them realistic.
Zuddas considers his Amazon stories as heroic fantasies too. He prefers human-centered explanations to events and phenomena where some try to find extraterrestrial sources.
Novels
- Amazon (1978)
- Balthis, l'avventuriera (1983)
- Le amazzoni del Sud (1983)
- Stella di Gondwana (1983)
- Le guerrieri degli abissi (1983)
- Il volo dell'angelo (1984)
- Le armi della Lupa (1989)
- C'era una volta un computer (2006)
Short stories
- "L'amazzone e il sacerdote" (1979)
- "Per cercare Aurade" (1981)
- "Mitis degli Alicorni" (1982)
- "Babeeri" (1982)
- "Il ritorno di Lupa Bianca" (1984)
- "Luci di cristallo"(1985)