Brandon Q. Morris


Brandon Q. Morris, pseudonym of Matthias Matting, born 28 August 1966 in Luckenwalde, is a German writer of hard science-fiction.

Biography

After completing his physics studies at the TU Dresden, Matting became an editor at a specialist publisher for computer magazines in Munich. In the following years he worked among other things. as editor for Computer Bild, Wirtschaftswoche, Focus and Heise-Verlag. In addition, he regularly published specialist books on various technical topics as well as several fiction novels. Matting also operated web portals for self-publishers and offered seminars for authors. From February 2015 to December 2017 he was chairman of the board of the German Self Publisher Association, which he co-founded. Under the pseudonym, he has also been a science fiction writer since 2017.

Book features

All of Morris' books have an afterword educational chapter about the subject matter that drives the plot of the book.

Awards

  • In 2011 Matthias Matting was one of the first winners of the derneuebuchpreis.de, endowed with a total of 20,000 euros, in the non-fiction category for Travel to Fukushima.
  • Skoutz Award 2019 in the Science Fiction category together with Cliff Allister for the novel Helium-3.
  • Fantastik-Literaturpreis Seraph 2020 - nomination longlist “Best Independent Title” for the novel Das Triton-Desaster.

Publications

Ice Moon series
  • * Enceladus Mission
  • * Titan Probe
  • * Io Encounter
  • * Return to Enceladus
  • * Jupiter Catastrophe Solar System series
  • * Hole
  • * Silent Sun
  • * Rift
  • * Triton Disaster
  • * Clouds of Venus
  • * Dark Spring
  • * The Beacon
  • * Pluto Debacle
  • * The Uranus Fiasco Disturbance series
  • * The Disturbance
  • * The Disturbance 2: The Answer
  • * The Disturbance 3: The Truth Proxima Trilogy
  • * Proxima Rising
  • * Proxima Dying
  • * Proxima Dreaming Proxima Logfiles
  • * Marchenko's Children
  • * Into the Darkness
  • * Into the Light
  • * Runaway
  • * Evolution
  • * Olom
  • * Earthward
  • Big Rip Trilogy
  • * The Death of the Universe
  • * Ghost Kingdom
  • * Rebirth
  • Amphirite series
  • * Amphirite 1: The Black Planet
  • * Amphirite 2
  • * Amphirite 3
  • Andromeda series
  • * Andromeda: The Encounter
  • * Andromeda: The Sojourn
  • * Andromeda: The Arrival
  • The Timeless Artifact series
  • * Möbius – The Timeless Artifact
  • * Möbius 2 – The Timeless Artifact
  • * Möbius 3 – The Timeless Artifact
  • Mars Nation series
  • * Mars Nation Part 1
  • * Mars Nation Part 2
  • * Mars Nation Part 3
  • Helium 3 series, co-written by Cliff Allister
  • * Helium-3: Fight for the Future
  • * Helium-3: Death from the Past
  • Impact series
  • * Impact: Titan
  • * Impact: Earth
  • Standalone novels
  • * The Wall: Eternal Day
  • * ''Lost Moon: Lunar Eclipse ''