Eduardo Sastre
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| Full Name | Eduardo Sastre |
| Birth Date | 06.IX.1656 AN |
| Death Date | 21.IV.1738 AN |
| Residence | Punta Santiago, Alduria |
Eduardo Sastre, was an Alduria-Wechua and later Nouvelle Alexandrien author, screenwriter, and playwright. Best known for his groundbreaking Voyage Through the Stars quintology, Sastre is widely regarded as an innovator who helped redefine both science-fiction and broader fictional literature in the early history of Nouvelle Alexandrie. He is often regarded as one of the most influential science-fiction authors in Nouvelle Alexandrie.
Sastre began his career publishing short stories in literary journals, before having his literary breakthrough with the serialized release of Voyage Through the Stars, a five-volume saga exploring a fictional galaxy in the distant future, incorporating moral dilemmas of interstellar exploration and the boundaries of identity and conciousness.
Aside from literature, Sastre is known for his work on multiple stage plays and screenplays. He died in 1738 AN from a short sickbed of lung cancer.
In Punta Santiago, the Sastre Theatre was renamed in 1740 AN to honour him.
Voyage Through the Stars
Voyage Through the Stars is a celebrated five-volume science-fiction saga, following the adventures of the crew of the FS Dauntless, a pioneering deep-space exploration vessel tasked with charting unknown regions of space. The volumes are highly episodic, with the crew encountering alien species, battling hostile forces, and uncovering spatial anomalies. Its main lead is Captain Tarek Vol, the commanding officer whose leadership often gets tested by political and ethical dilemmas; however, the series features an ensemble cast of diverse crew members, including 'alien' members.
Sastre storytelling blends character-driven plots with mystery, and incorporates real-world philosophical themes with science-fiction tropes like faster-than-light travel and advanced technologies. In 1730 AN, a popular television series of the same name was produced and ran for three seasons, roughly covering each book.
Bibliography
Fiction
- The Spiral of Glass (1682 AN)
- Stars of the Silent Stage (1689 AN)
- The Etheric Labyrinth (1695 AN)
- Voyage Through the Stars Quintology
- The Architect of Worlds (1717 AN)
- Horizons of the Mind (1730 AN)
Non-Fiction
- Narratives of the Future: A Study of Sci-Fi Literature (1700 AN)
- The Writer's Compass: Craft, Myth, and Futurism (1730 AN)
Stage Plays
- The Observatory on Midnight (1685 AN)
- Engines of Dawn (1693 AN)
- The Seventh Equation (1706 AN)
- The Gate at Chorazin (1724 AN)
Screenplays
