Ludvík Souček

Ludvík Souček (17 May 1926 – 26 December 1978) was a Czech science fiction writer.

Biography Born at Prague, he graduated at Medical faculty of Charles University in Prague as a dentist in 1951 and started his professional life at the dental clinic as an assistant. Later, he joined the military (1954) and became an officer. He spent two years (1954–1955) in Korea as a member of the Czechoslovak military mission in Korea (1952–1956) after Korean War. Next, he was employed as a dentist in the Central Military Hospital in Prague (1955–1964), then served at Czechoslovak Ministry of National Defence (1964–1968). He shortly worked at the Central Committee KSČ (Communist Party of Czechoslovakia) (1968). The same year he was employed in the military redaction of the Czechoslovak Television as an editor (1969–1971) and later in the Albatros publishing house (1971–1976). Because of serious disease, he went into disability pension in 1976. He was a member of KSČ (Communist Party of Czechoslovakia) all his life, and the ideology definitely profoundly influenced his literary work. In spite of his deep communist persuasion, Souček arguably remains the most popular and most widely known author of Czech Science fiction. Non-fiction is one of the most important elements in Souček's writings. Souček is actually best known as the "Czech Erich…Citește mai mult

Selected bibliography 1951 Hrajeme maňáskové divadlo (about puppet theater)

1962 Hrátky kolem křižovatky (for children) 1963 Jak se světlo naučilo kreslit (about photography) 1964 Cesta slepých ptáků (SF, further ed. 1976, 1989 and 1999)

1965 Co oko nevidí (about photography) 1966 Cesta k moderní fotografii (about photography) 1967 Cesta slepých ptáků II. Runa rider (SF, further ed. 1976 and 1999) 1968 Cesta slepých ptáků III. Sluneční jezero (SF, further ed. 1976 and 1999) 1968 Případ ztraceného suchoplavce (ft. Martin Anděl, detective) 1969 Bratři Černé planety (SF short stories) 1970 Operace "Kili" (SF short stories; part of the distribution banned) 1970 Záhada S M (a theater play) 1970 Případ Jantarové komnaty (SF, ft. Martin Anděl, detective, further ed. 1990)

1971 Fotografujeme na cestách (about photography) 1972 Případ baskervillského psa (SF, ft. Martin Anděl, detective)

1974 Tušení stínu 1975 Co zavinil Gutenberg (about book printing) 1976 Rakve útočí (about the armored ships CSS Virginia, USS Merrimack and USS Monitor in the American Civil War)

1978 Tušení souvislosti 1980 Blázni z Hepteridy (SF, further ed. in 1986 and 2000) 1983 Bohové Atlantidy (SF, further ed. v roce 2000; English translation - Gods of Atlantis 2024) 1985 Hippokratův slib (SF short stories, further ed. 1997)