Carlos Rasch
# Carlos Rasch

Carlos Rasch (6 April 1932 in Curitiba, Brazil – 7 January 2021) was a science fiction author, whose works mostly appeared in East Germany before German reunification.

## Biography

At the age of six, he moved with his parents from Brazil to Germany. In 1951 he started working as a reporter for the GDR's Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst. It was during his days as a reporter that he started writing literature. In 1965 he became a full-time writer. In addition to writing novels, he penned science-fiction short stories and radio dramas as well co-authoring the unproduced thirteen-part GDR television series Raumlotsen. There followed a period in which he was out of favor with the ruling powers and earned his keep through pick-up jobs and writing under pseudonyms. By the mid-80s, he was once again able to publish. From 1990 until he retired in 1997, he worked for the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung in Potsdam.

## Selected publications

* Asteroidenjäger (1961; movie version produced by DEFA in 1970 as Signale – Ein Weltraumabenteuer, directed by Gottfried Kolditz)
* Der blaue Planet (1963)
* Der Untergang der Astronautic (1963)
* Im Schatten der Tiefsee (1965)
* Die Umkehr der Meridian. Raumfahrterzählung aus dem Jahre 2232 (1966)
* Das unirdische Raumschiff (1967)
* Rekordflug im Jet-Orkan (1970)
* Krakentang (1972)
* Magma am Himmel (1975)
* Vikonda (1986)
* Raumlotsen-Series

   * Zurück zum Erdenball (2009)

   * Orbitale Balance (2010)

   * Daheim auf Erden (2011)

   * Stern von Gea (2011)
