Herbert W. Franke – författare

This book is a new English translation of the classic science fiction story written in 1961 by Herbert W. Franke, widely held to be the most important German-language science-fiction writer.A dead city on a distant planet, two groups of people trying to explore it. Step by step, they penetrate the outer ring with its ultra-modern technology, the half-ruined medieval city center and finally the mysterious center. But is the eerie city really dead? Suddenly the factories start working again, the automatons intervene, and somewhere in the background there is still something hidden that could perhaps awaken. But is it people or machines? Herbert W. Franke leads the reader into an oppressively strange world; only after the startling resolution does it become clear what lies behind the adventures of the intruders - not a cosmic strangeness, but a threatening development that could affect humans in the same way. Franke's novel is thus a parable of the evolution of all humans in the age of technical communication ...

German-english edition>/p>Herbert W. Franke is regarded as one of the world’s first theorists ofalgorithmic processes, artificial intelligence, and digital media. In his publication Kunst und Konstruktion / Art and Construction, it becomes clear that he was a radical pioneer of an ‘artistic substance to technology.’ This volume in the edition presents his idea that future art would be shaped by cooperation between human beings and machines. Franke formulated this notion as early as 1957, making Kunst und Konstruktion / Art and Construction a seminal text. At a time when mathematics, the digital, and artificial intelligence are redefining our understanding of creativity in a radical way, Franke’s ideas seem well ahead of their time. Kunst und Konstruktion / Art and Construction is a book that still challenges us to rethink art in the light of a technologically determined world.First volume of the German-English edition of the writings of Herbert W. FrankeFusion of art and scientific phenomenaHerbert W. Franke as a pioneer of mathematically coded art

German-english editionIn 1971, Herbert W. Franke presented Computergrafik – Computerkunst / Computer Graphics – Computer Art), the first compendium of an art form that was just beginning to emerge. His presentation of methodological, technical and artistic developments and their prospective future – also in the context of a rational art theory – gave Franke a profound influence on generative artists. To this day, his reflections influence our understanding of the dynamic interactions between the fields of art, science and technology. In this volume, Franke examines more than 80 works of computer art, many of which are now viewed as icons of a new art movement. This early observation offers impressive insights into the history of computer-generated art, which is highly topical today.Standard work on the early history of computer graphicsMethods and devices in their first artistic applicationBroad-based study of the beginnings of computer art

Ten years have passed since the first edition of this book, a time sary to stress that the availability of colors further assists artistic span during which all activities connected with computers have ambitions. experienced an enormous upswing, due in particular to the ad­ The dynamics of display which can be achieved on the screen is vances in the field of semiconductor electronics which facilitated also of significance for the visual arts. It is a necessary condition microminiaturization. With the circuit elements becoming small­ for some technical applications, for example when simulating er and smaller, i. e. the transition to integrated circuits, the price dynamic processes. Although the graphics systems operating in real time were not designed for artistic purposes, they nonethe­ of hardware was reduced to an amazingly low level: this has de­ less open the most exciting aspects to the visual arts. While the finitely been an impulse of great importance to the expansion of computer technology, as well as to areas far removed from tech­ static computer picture was still a realization in line with the nology.

"Eine Menge origineller Ideen, großteils ansprechend bis fantastisch umgesetzt. So sollten Anthologien sein." (standard.at)Science Fiction und Phantastik in erlesener Auswahl: Tiefgründig, hintersinnig und nachdenklich, aber auch abenteuerlich und böse sind die erzählerischen Streifzüge, zu denen der Leser eingeladen ist. Schon die Titel der einzelnen Geschichten wirken wie zufällige Markierungspunkte im Kontinuum einer harmlos scheinenden und dennoch verstörenden Welt: Sonne, Schatten, Schwärze, die Nacht, Stille, letzte Tage und Sommernächte kommen darin vor.Anspruchsvolle Unterhaltung ist garantiert, wenn Stilisten wie Herbert W. Franke, Hubert Katzmarz, Georg Klein, Friedrich Wilhelm Korff und Alban Nikolai Herbst ihre Geschichten erzählen. Ambitionierte Geschichten weiterer namhafter Autoren ergänzen die Palette. – Das Titelbild schuf Stefan Böttcher.DIE STORYSMichael J. Awe: "Unter der Sonne von Cela 14"Andreas Fieberg: "Der Stoff, aus dem die Schatten sind"Kurt Tichy: "Schwarze Hügel"Alban Nikolai Herbst: "Gaudís Klinke"Matthias Ramtke: "In der Grube"Hubert Katzmarz: "Nachtwanderung"Georg Klein: "Allwurzler"Uwe W. Appelbe: "Die Kinder"Herbert W. Franke: "Das Spiel der letzten Tage"F.W. Korff: "Der stille Katarakt"Ambrose Bierce: "In einer Sommernacht"Stefan Lammers: "Acht Grad"AUS DEM INHALTTraumurlaub auf einem exotischen Planeten / Fluch und Segen des Schattenwerfens / Zeitreise ans Ende der Welt / Magie formschöner Innenausstattung / Gefängniskoller auf einem Strafplaneten / Nachtwanderung durch einen Alptraum / Bizarre Symbiosen / Grauen im Nebel englischer Moore / Mondänes Leben im virtuellen Schloss / Tödlicher Sog eines Naturphänomens / Verschreckte Grabräuber / Wenn Küchengeräte sich zu sehr langweilen

Willkommen zur Geschichte des österreichischen Science-Fiction- und Fantasy-Fandoms! Herausgeber und Autor Alfred »Hyperfan« Vejchar stieß 1957 mit zwölf Jahren ins Fandom und gilt heute mit 77 als »Urgestein« der immer noch aktiven Szene. Im vorliegenden Buch beschreiben er und weitere Autoren – wie Franz Rottensteiner, Rainer Eisfeld, Herbert W. Franke, Dieter Braeg, Edi Lukschandl, Robert Christ, Hermann Urbanek und Reinhard Habeck – die Geschichte und Gegenwart der lebendigen Fangemeinschaft in Österreich, untermalt mit zahlreichen historischen und aktuellen Fotos.