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Hans Joachim Alpers (July 14, 1943 – February 16, 2011[1]) was a German writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy. Together with Werner Fuchs and Ulrich Kiesow he founded Fantasy Productions, which became one of the premier German RPG- and board game producers and retailers. He was born in Bremerhaven.

As an editor he co-founded the highly successful German-language role-playing game The Dark Eye and the Science Fiction Times and as a critic he was a contributor to Science Fiction Studies.[2] As a writer he used several pseudonyms including Jürgen Andreas, Thorn Forrester, Daniel Herbst, Gregory Kern, Mischa Morrison, P.T. Vieton, and Jörn de Vries. He won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for the novels Das zerrissene Land and Die graue Eminenz. He also co-wrote a six-volume series of young-adult SF with Ronald M. Hahn Das Raumschiff der Kinder (translates as "The Children's Spaceship").[3]

He edited anthologies, annual publications, and reference works. Anthologies included Science Fiction aus Deutschland: 24 Stories von 20 Autoren[4] (1974). Annual publications included the Science-fiction-Almanach (1981–1987) and Science-fiction-Jahrbuch (1983–1987). Reference works included Reclams Science-fiction-Führer (1982), Lexikon der Science-fiction-Literatur (1980, 1988), Lexikon der Horrorliteratur (1999), and Lexikon der Fantasy-Literatur (2005).[5]

He lived in Hamburg.

In 2012 he was awarded a posthumous special Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for his many years of contributing to German-language SF.[6]

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External links

• Interview with Hans Joachim Alpers (in German)
• Obituary (in German)
• Brief biography of Alpers from the publisher Pabel-Moewig
• Entry for Alpers in the Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek (catalog of the German National Library)

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[de] Hans Joachim Alpers

Hans Joachim Alpers (* 14. Juli 1943 in Wesermünde; † 16. Februar 2011 in Niebüll) war ein deutscher Verleger und Schriftsteller. Unter seinem richtigen Namen, aber auch unter den Pseudonymen Jürgen Andreas, Thorn Forrester, Gregory Kern, Mischa Morrison, P. T. Vieton und Jörn de Vries verfasste er mehrere Science-Fiction- und Fantasy-Romane. Gemeinsam mit Ronald M. Hahn verfasste Werke erschienen teilweise unter dem Pseudonym Daniel Herbst.

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