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James Patrick Hogan

ジェームズ・パトリック・ホーガン

Jēmusu Patorikku Hōgan

Aliases: James P. Hogan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1941-06-27 （London, England）
Died
2010-07-12 （Dromahaire, County Leitrim, Ireland） age 69
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
London, England (Portobello Road area) → Farnborough, England → Various places in Europe → Boston, Massachusetts, USA → Orlando, Florida, USA → Sonora, California, USA → Ireland

Career

Occupations
science fiction author, design engineer, sales engineer, sales training manager
Active Years
1977-2010
Affiliations
Honeywell, Digital Equipment Corporation

Education

Royal Aircraft Establishment
electrical, electronic, and mechanical engineering
Period: 5年間
Country: United Kingdom
Left school at 16, scholarship for 5-year program

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Inherit the Stars

1977 hard science fiction

First book in the Giants series about a human corpse found on the Moon dating back 50,000 years

ancient astronautspanspermiascientific inquiry

The Gentle Giants of Ganymede

1978 hard science fiction

Giants series book 2 about alien giants crash-landed on Ganymede

first contactevolution

Giants' Star

1981 hard science fiction

Giants series book 3 exploring origins of humans and giants

cosmic historyconspiracy

The Genesis Machine

1978 hard science fiction

Early novel about AI and universe creation

artificial intelligencecosmology

Bibliography

  • Inherit the Stars
  • The Gentle Giants of Ganymede
  • Giants' Star
  • The Genesis Machine
  • The Two Faces of Tomorrow
  • Thrice Upon a Time
  • Voyage from Yesteryear
  • Code of the Lifemaker
  • The Proteus Operation
  • Endgame Enigma
  • The Mirror Maze
  • The Infinity Gambit
  • The Multiplex Man
  • The Immortality Option
  • Realtime Interrupt
  • Paths To Otherwhere
  • Bug Park
  • Outward Bound
  • Cradle of Saturn
  • The Legend That Was Earth
  • The Anguished Dawn
  • Echoes of an Alien Sky
  • Moon Flower
  • Migration
  • Entoverse
  • Mission to Minerva

Style & Themes

Literary Style
hard science fictiondetailed scientific explanationslogical plotting
Recurring Motifs
artificial intelligencealiensscientific heresycatastrophism

Health

  • heart failure
    2010年
    cause of death

Legacy

British hard SF author known for the Giants series. Later controversial for contrarian views on evolution, climate change, AIDS, and Holocaust.

Trivia

  • Left school at age 16 and worked odd jobs
  • Married four times, fathered six children
  • Supported Immanuel Velikovsky's catastrophism
  • AIDS denialist
  • Expressed Holocaust denial views