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




Biography


Aiki Mira lives in Hamburg and is listed as a Hamburg author in the authors' gallery of the Hamburg City Library. After studying media communication, Aiki Mira researched youth culture and computer games. Aiki Mira is the first non-binary science fiction author to be listed as an authorx on the homepage of the Kurd-Laßwitz Prize. 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, and was nominated for the Kurd-Laßwitz Award and the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis. Two other short stories, Vorsicht synthetisches Leben and Utopie27 were also nominated for the same awards, something that nobody had achieved so far.
Their short story Utopie27 won the Kurd-Laßwitz Award and the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis in 2022.
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.
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.
This was followed in December 2022 by the cyberpunk novel Neongrau: Game over in Neurosubstrat published by Polarise. The novel won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2023. Their novel Neurobiest won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis 2024 as well
Since 2023, Aiki Mira has been co-hosting the SWR podcast Das war morgen together with political scientist Isabella Hermann.




Queer science fiction


Aiki Mira considers to be part of the queer science fiction genre and also publishes essays on the subject, for example on Tor Online and in Queer*Welten magazine.
Aiki Mira verortet sich in der Queer*Science Fiction und veröffentlicht zum Thema auch Essays, zum Beispiel auf Tor Online und im Queer*Welten Magazin.
Some of their stories have been listed as queer science fiction. 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.




Works






= 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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Mana Tahaaan...
• Ibnu Batutah
• Mars
• Scarlett Johansson
• Finlandia
• Lexus
• Slovenia
• Backstage (film 2021)
• Mirai Sentai Timeranger
• Terminal Purabaya
• Aiki Mira
• Kurd Laßwitz Award
• Eurocon
• List of You Quiz on the Block episodes
• Ayumu Saito
• 2002 Toronto International Film Festival
• 59th Venice International Film Festival
• Ditmar Award results