Als die Götter starben

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When the Gods Died
First edition
AuthorGünther Krupkat
Original titleAls die Götter starben
Cover artistMartin Kotsch
CountryEast Germany
LanguageGerman
GenreScience fiction novel
PublisherDas Neue Berlin, Berlin
Publication date
1982
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)

Als die Götter starben (When the Gods Died) is a 1963 science fiction novel by German author Günther Krupkat about contact between humans and an alien race from the distant planet "Meju." After the discovery of alien diaries on the Martian moon Phobos in the 21st century, a frame narrative tells the interconnected stories of human power struggles in ancient Mesopotamia and alien flight from a distant planet following a cataclysm. A 1989 poll ranked it as the seventh most popular East German science fiction novel.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Steinmüller, Angela and Karlheinz (1995). Vorgriff auf das Lichte Morgen. Passau: Erster Deutscher Fantasy Club. p. 173.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Fritzsche, Sonja. Science Fiction Literature in East Germany. Oxford; New York: Lang, 2006.
  • Neumann, Hans-Peter. Die grosse illustrierte Bibliographie der Science Fiction in der DDR. Berlin: Shayol, 2002.
  • Steinmüller, Angela and Karlheinz. Vorgriff auf das Lichte Morgen. Passau: Erster Deutscher Fantasy Club, 1995.