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Aiki Mira

Aiki Mira is a German, non-binary[1] person who publishes science fiction literature under this pseudonym.

Aiki Mira
Occupationscience fiction writer
SubjectScience fiction
Notable awardsKurd Laßwitz Award

Biography

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Aiki Mira lives in Hamburg[2] and is listed as a Hamburg author in the authors' gallery of the Hamburg City Library.[3] After studying media communication, Aiki Mira researched youth culture and computer games.[4] Aiki Mira is the first non-binary science fiction author to be listed as an authorx on the homepage of the Kurd-Laßwitz Prize.[5] In addition to novels, Aiki Mira publishes essays and short stories for : Tor Online, Phantastisch!, Exodus, Queer*Welten, Future Fiction Magazine and c't.

Das Universum ohne Eisbärin is Aiki Miras first published short story. It was published in c’t in 2021,[6] and was nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz Award[5] and the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis. Two other short stories, Vorsicht synthetisches Leben and Utopie27 were also nominated for the same awards,[7] something that nobody had achieved so far.[8]

Their short story Utopie27 won the Kurd-Laßwitz Award and the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis in 2022.[5][7]

Together with Uli Bendick and Mario Franke, Aiki Mira published the anthology Am Anfang war das Bild in 2021, which was nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2022 and came second in the special prize category.[9]

Aiki Mira's prize-winning story Utopie27 also appeared in the anthology. In June 2022, Aiki Mira published the science fiction novel Titans Kinder. Eine Space-Utopie published by p.machinery.[10]

This was followed in December 2022 by the cyberpunk novel Neongrau: Game over in Neurosubstrat published by Polarise.[11][12] The novel won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2023[13]. Their novel Neurobiest won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2024 as well[14]

Since 2023, Aiki Mira has been co-hosting the SWR podcast Das war morgen together with political scientist Isabella Hermann.[15]

Queer science fiction

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Aiki Mira considers to be part of the queer science fiction genre and also publishes essays on the subject, for example on Tor Online[16] and in Queer*Welten magazine.[17][18]

Aiki Mira verortet sich in der Queer*Science Fiction und veröffentlicht zum Thema auch Essays, zum Beispiel auf Tor Online[19] und im Queer*Welten Magazin.[20]

Some of their stories have been listed as queer science fiction.[21] Theresa Hannig, another German science fiction author, thinks that Aiki Mira is part of the authors of science fiction who deal with social science fiction rather than pure technical SF.[22]

Works

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Articles

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  • Mira, Aiki (2024-02-02). "Schreiben als Beruf: Der schreibende Körper". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 2024-07-22.

Science fiction novels

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  • Titans Kinder. Eine Space-Utopie, 2022
  • Mira, Aiki (2023). Neongrau: Game Over im Neurosubstrat (1. Auflage ed.). Heidelberg: Polarise. ISBN 978-3-949345-28-9.
  • Neurobiest

Science fiction short stories

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  • Das Universum ohne Eisbärin, 2021
  • Vorsicht synthetisches Leben, 2021
  • Utopie27, 2021

Anthology

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  • Am Anfang war das Bild, 2021

References

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  1. ^ Buschek, Oliver; Noack, Noe (2024-06-24). "Sci-Fi-Autor*in Aiki Mira: "Kurt Cobain habe ich nicht als klassisch maskulin, sondern als genderfluid gelesen"". Bayerischer Rundfunk (in German).
  2. ^ "Tor Online". TOR Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  3. ^ Mira, Aiki | Bücherhallen Hamburg, abgerufen am 17. Januar 2023
  4. ^ "Aiki Mira". aikimira.webnode.page (in German). 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  5. ^ a b c "KLP 2022 Beste deutsche sprachige SF Erzählungen mit erstaugabe von 2021". www.kurd-lasswitz-preis.de (in German). 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  6. ^ Mira, Aiki (2021-02-12). "Das Universum ohne Eisbärin". c't (in German). Vol. 2021, no. 5. pp. 182–186. ISSN 0724-8679. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  7. ^ a b "2022 Deutscher Science-Fiction-Preis (DSFP)". www.dsfp.de (in German). 2022. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  8. ^ "News, Cons & Events | Science Fiction Club Deutschland e.V." sfcd.eu (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  9. ^ "KLP 2022 Sonderpreis einmalig". www.kurd-lasswitz-preis.de (in German). 2022.
  10. ^ Mira, Aiki (2022). Titans Kinder: eine Space-Utopie. AndroSF (in German). Winnert: p.machinery Michael Haitel. ISBN 978-3-95765-294-2.
  11. ^ Mira, Aiki (2023). Neongrau: Game Over im Neurosubstrat (in German) (1. Auflage ed.). Heidelberg: Polarise. ISBN 978-3-949345-28-9.
  12. ^ Moll, Carsten. "Genderfluide Gamer*innen im Hamburg des 22. Jahrhunderts". queer.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  13. ^ Boersenblatt. ""Neongrau" zum besten Science Fiction-Roman gewählt". www.boersenblatt.net (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  14. ^ "Kurd-Laßwitz-Preisträger 2024 bekanntgegeben". www.boersenblatt.net (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  15. ^ "Das war morgen" (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  16. ^ Mira, Aiki (17 August 2022). "Was ist Queer*SF? Mehr als nur Science Fiction!". TOR Online (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  17. ^ Aiki, Mira (2021-07-21). "Wovon träumen Androiden? Von Queer*Scifi! in in Queer*Welten | Ankündigung Ausgabe 6". Queer*Welten (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  18. ^ nreichel. "Poetik der Queerness". Demokratischer Salon (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  19. ^ Was ist Queer*SF? Mehr als nur Science Fiction! | TOR Online, abgerufen am 17. Januar 2023
  20. ^ Queer*Welten | Ankündigung Ausgabe 6, abgerufen am 17. Januar 2023
  21. ^ Reactor (2024-06-04). "The Stories in Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity Showcase a Spectrum of Queer Experiences". Reactor. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  22. ^ NDR. "Science-Fiction-Autorin Theresa Hannig: "Wir brauchen Utopien!"". www.ndr.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-07-22.
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