Stephen Reeder-Donaldson

Stephen Reeder Donaldson (Cleveland, May 13, 1947) is an American science fiction and epic fantasy writer.

Biography

He was born in Cleveland, the son of James R. Donaldson, a missionary physician, and Mary Ruth Reeder, a specialist in prosthetics. From the age of three to sixteen he lived in India, where his father was in charge of treating lepers. Donaldson received his Master of Arts degree in English from Kent State University in 1971.

He has often been compared to J. R. R. Tolkien for his magnificent world and culture building, as well as his splendid staging of battles and wonders. On the other hand, influences from William Shakespeare, Mervyn Peake and the operas of Richard Wagner are indicated. Both the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever and Mordant's Necessity make use of the “other world” paradigm already used by C.S. Lewis.

His series The Gap Cycle, not yet translated into Spanish, is Donaldson's ambitious foray into the science fiction genre. As in The Thomas Covenant Chronicles, the author shows human weakness and cruelty in situations of survival and brutality.

Work

Works translated into Spanish

• Thomas Covenant Chronicles Incredible

1. The ruin of the execrable master (1977)
2. The War of Illearth (1978)
3. The power it preserves (1979)

• Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

1. The wounded kingdom (1980)
2. The One Tree (1982)
3. The bearer of white gold (1983)

• The Need of Mordant

1. Mirror of His Dreams (1986)
2. The Walls of Orison (1986)
3. The Bear of Mordant (1987)
4. The Horseman through the Mirror (1987)

Works not translated into Spanish

• Last chronicles

1. Land runes (2006)
2. Fatal Revenant (2007)

• The Gap Cycle (fiction science)

1. The Gap into Conflict: The Real Story (1990)
2. The Gap into Vision: Forbidden Knowledge (1991)
3. The Gap into Power: A Dark and Hungry God Arises (1992)
4. The Gap into Madness: Chaos and Order (1994)
5. The Gap into Ruin: This Day All Gods Die (1996)

Short stories:

• Daughter of Regals and Other Tales (1984)
• Reave the Just and Other Tales (1998)

• The Man Who:

The Man Who Killed His Brother (1980)

The Man Who Risked His Partner (1984)

The Man Who Tried to Get Away (1990)

The Man Who Fought Alone (2001)

Awards

• 1977: British Fantasy Society Award for the best novel (Lord Foul's Bane).
• 1979: John W. Campbell Award to the best science fiction novel of the year.
• 1981: Balrog Award for the best novel (The Wounded Land).
• 1983: Balrog Award for the best novel (The One Tree).
• 1983: Saturn Prize to the best novel (The One Tree).