Dietz grew up in the Seattle area and served in both the Navy and in the Marine Corps as a corpsman. He graduated from the University of Washington, and lived in Africa for half a year.[1] He has used the expertise he developed during his time in the military to produce realistic military narratives in several series of books.[2]
Dietz has been employed as a surgical technician, college instructor, news writer, television producer,[1] and director of public relations and marketing for an international telephone company.[3]
Written workedit
Dietz’s first book was War World (now Galactic Bounty), which was published in 1986. The book follows the story of the lead character Sam McCade, which was the focus of several follow-up books including the 1988 book Imperial Bounty and the 1990 books Alien Bounty and McCade’s Bounty. During this period he also published Freehold in 1987, a military adventure novel and the first of several more he would publish in the genre, which includes his Legion series. In 1990 his novel Matrix Man was published, which was followed up by the sequel Mars Prime in 1992. His book Drifters, published in 1991, also resulted in two sequel novels.[4] He has also written post-apocalyptic science fiction novels, including the America Rising series,[5][6] a trilogy that tells the story of a second American civil war. Publishers Weekly said of the final book in the series—Battle Hymn—that "Dietz has a steady hand with pacing (particularly in combat scenes) and a good ear for realistic battle chatter."[7]
Themes that Dietz writes about include sociological science fiction,[11] futuristic soldiers,[12] alien politics,[13] cyborgs, and shape shifters.[13] His books have been cited as including "brisk pacing and suspenseful twists",[14] and he is also known for his "topnotch action sequences".[15] Some of his works have been described as space operas, in which the "humanity of the characters mixes well with the action to give this space drama real punch."[12]
Personal lifeedit
Dietz and his wife Marjorie live near the city of Gig Harbor in Washington State.[3]
Referencesedit
^ abSavile, Steven; Kontis, Alethea (May 16, 2006). Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology: Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Macmillan. ISBN9781466827356 – via Google Books.
^Brown, Eric (April 10, 2014). "Science fiction roundup – reviews" – via www.theguardian.com.
william, dietz, born, 1945, american, science, fiction, writer, principally, military, science, fiction, novels, video, game, novelizations, born1945, occupationwriterlanguageenglishnationalityamericanalma, materuniversity, washingtongenrescience, fictionspous. William C Dietz born 1945 is an American science fiction writer principally of military science fiction novels and video game novelizations William C DietzBorn1945 age 78 79 OccupationWriterLanguageEnglishNationalityAmericanAlma materUniversity of WashingtonGenreScience fictionSpouseMarjorie Dietz Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Written work 3 Themes 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and career editDietz grew up in the Seattle area and served in both the Navy and in the Marine Corps as a corpsman He graduated from the University of Washington and lived in Africa for half a year 1 He has used the expertise he developed during his time in the military to produce realistic military narratives in several series of books 2 Dietz has been employed as a surgical technician college instructor news writer television producer 1 and director of public relations and marketing for an international telephone company 3 Written work editDietz s first book was War World now Galactic Bounty which was published in 1986 The book follows the story of the lead character Sam McCade which was the focus of several follow up books including the 1988 book Imperial Bounty and the 1990 books Alien Bounty and McCade s Bounty During this period he also published Freehold in 1987 a military adventure novel and the first of several more he would publish in the genre which includes his Legion series In 1990 his novel Matrix Man was published which was followed up by the sequel Mars Prime in 1992 His book Drifters published in 1991 also resulted in two sequel novels 4 He has also written post apocalyptic science fiction novels including the America Rising series 5 6 a trilogy that tells the story of a second American civil war Publishers Weekly said of the final book in the series Battle Hymn that Dietz has a steady hand with pacing particularly in combat scenes and a good ear for realistic battle chatter 7 Dietz has written a number of tie in novels including Halo The Flood 8 based on the Halo series of video games as well as three Star Wars expanded universe novels featuring the adventures of Kyle Katarn two books in the popular Resistance universe and novels based on the video games Mass Effect Hitman 9 and StarCraft 10 He also wrote the script for the Legion of the Damned game 8 based on his book of the same name and co wrote Resistance Burning Skies 9 Themes editThemes that Dietz writes about include sociological science fiction 11 futuristic soldiers 12 alien politics 13 cyborgs and shape shifters 13 His books have been cited as including brisk pacing and suspenseful twists 14 and he is also known for his topnotch action sequences 15 Some of his works have been described as space operas in which the humanity of the characters mixes well with the action to give this space drama real punch 12 Personal life editDietz and his wife Marjorie live near the city of Gig Harbor in Washington State 3 References edit a b Savile Steven Kontis Alethea May 16 2006 Elemental The Tsunami Relief Anthology Stories of Science Fiction and Fantasy Macmillan ISBN 9781466827356 via Google Books Brown Eric April 10 2014 Science fiction roundup reviews via www theguardian com a b Author interview with William C Dietz D Ammassa Don April 22 2015 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction Infobase Learning ISBN 9781438140629 via Google Books Busch Caitlin 11 Sci Fi Novels that will Define 2017 Inverse Get Cozy With 18 New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books This February io9 Fiction Book Review Battle Hymn by William C Dietz Ace 27 352p ISBN 978 0 425 27874 1 Publishers Weekly a b From bar fights to RPGs An interview with Damned author William C Dietz February 17 2014 a b Purchese Robert January 31 2012 Fans pick apart canonical errors in Mass Effect Deception book New Mass Effect novel penned by sci fi writer William C Dietz Engadget Fiction Book Review When All Seems Lost by William C Dietz Author Ace 24 95 342p ISBN 978 0 441 01524 5 PublishersWeekly com a b Fiction Book Review Legion of the Damned by William C Dietz Author Ace Books 7 99 352p ISBN 978 0 441 48040 1 PublishersWeekly com a b Fiction Book Review FOR THOSE WHO FELL by William C Dietz Author Ace 24 95 410p ISBN 978 0 441 01198 8 PublishersWeekly com Fiction Book Review Redzone by William C Dietz Ace 7 99 mass market 304p ISBN 978 0 425 27334 0 PublishersWeekly com Fiction Book Review For More Than Glory by William C Dietz Author Ace Books 24 95 496p ISBN 978 0 441 01091 2 External links editOfficial website William C Dietz Interview Halo The Flood June 7 2008 Halo Bungie Org Fan Fiction June 7 2008 Archived from the original on 2010 08 30 Retrieved 2022 02 11 The William C Dietz Bibliography William C Dietz at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William C Dietz amp oldid 1216417247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
