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Paul Evenblij

ポール・エーフェンブライ

Pōru Ēfenburai

Pen Names: Paul Evanby（Pseudonym used for the novel series 'Het Levend Zwart'）

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
Dutch
Languages
Dutch, English

Career

Occupations
author, computer programmer, musician
Active Years
1988-2010
Influenced By
William Gibson, William S. Burroughs

Awards

Paul Harland Prize
1988
Work: short stories
Result: winner
Paul Harland Prize
2001
Work: short stories
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Systems of Romance

1995 speculative fiction short stories

English language collection of short stories written in conjunction with Paul Harland.

speculative fiction

Gödel slam

2003 short stories collection

Dutch language collection of short stories.

Manneken

2009 short story

Dutch language short story.

De Scrypturist

2009 alternate history novel

First novel in the 'Het Levend Zwart' series ('The Living Black'), describing a fictional historical society where scribes escape and alter their dystopian society via magical script, creating an alternate reality akin to Gibson's cyberspace and Burroughs' Interzone. Described as 'steampunk without steam engines'.

dystopiaalternate realitymagical scriptescapism

De Vloedvormer

2010 alternate history novel

Second part in the 'Het Levend Zwart' series.

dystopiaalternate reality

Bibliography

  • Systems of Romance
  • Gödel slam
  • Manneken
  • De Scrypturist
  • De Vloedvormer
  • A Thousand Trains Out of Here

Style & Themes

Literary Style
speculative fictionalternate history
Recurring Motifs
dystopian societymagic and reality boundariesescapism and creation

Legacy

Dutch speculative fiction author who won the Paul Harland Prize for short stories in 1988 and 2001. Published novels under the pseudonym Paul Evanby to critical acclaim.

Trivia

  • A free Scrypturist app was released for iPhone and iPad, including a city plan of Weltryck, extra information about Ristryck, and a glossary.