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Steven Hall

スティブン・ホール

Suteibun Hōru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1975 （Derbyshire, England）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
Derbyshire, England → Kingston upon Hull, England

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Video game writer, Screenwriter
Active Years
2005-2024
Nominations
Arthur C. Clarke Award 2008 shortlist (The Raw Shark Texts)

Awards

Borders Original Voices Award
2007
Work: The Raw Shark Texts
Organization: Borders
Result: Winner
Somerset Maugham Award
2008
Work: The Raw Shark Texts
Organization: Society of Authors
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Raw Shark Texts

2007 Experimental science fiction

A man with amnesia discovers a conceptual shark devouring his memories. Innovative debut featuring typographic experiments including ASCII art.

memoryidentitylanguageconceptual horror

Maxwell's Demon

2021 Science fiction

A story intertwining quantum mechanics, Maxwell's demon, and questions of observation and reality.

quantum mechanicsobservationreality

Bibliography

  • The Raw Shark Texts
  • Maxwell's Demon
  • Stories for a Phone Book
  • Ten Tickets
  • What I Think About When I Think About Robots
  • The End of Endings

Translations of Works

  • Translated into 29 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Innovative use of typographyNon-linear narrativeConcept-driven storytelling
Recurring Motifs
Memory lossConceptual entitiesDisintegration of reality

Legacy

Renowned for innovative novelistic techniques, selected in Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. Also active in video games and advertising.

Trivia

  • His debut novel has been translated into 29 languages.