Ludvík Souček

Ludvík Souček (17 May 1926 - 26 December 1978 in Prague) was probably the best-known author of science fiction in Czechoslovakia.

He was educated at the medical school of Charles University in Prague as a dentist. After graduation, went to (then) mandatory military service for two years. He spent two years in Czechoslovak Army in Korea during the Korean War. Then he worked in the Czech Department of Defence, Czech state television and publishing house Albatros.

He was a life-time member of KSČ (Communist Party of Czechoslovakia), and it definitely left an imprint on his literary works. In spite of that, he remained the most popular author of Czech sci-fi not only during his life, but also after his death.

ome of Ludvík Souček works

* 1951 "Hrajeme maňáskové divadlo" (about puppet theater)
* 1962 "Hrátky kolem křižovatky" (for children)
* 1963 "Jak se světlo naučilo kreslit" (about photography)
* 1964 "Cesta slepých ptáků" (SF, further ed. 1976, 1989 and 1999)
* 1965 "Krotitelé ďáblů" (adventure)
* 1965 "Co oko nevidí" (about photography)
* 1966 "Cesta k moderní fotografii" (about photography)
* 1967 "Cesta slepých ptáků II. Runa rider" (SF, further ed. 1976 and 1999)
* 1968 "Cesta slepých ptáků III. Sluneční jezero" (SF, further ed. 1976 and 1999)
* 1968 "Případ ztraceného suchoplavce" (ft. Martin Anděl, detective)
* 1969 "Bratři Černé planety" (SF short stories)
* 1970 "Operace "Kili" (SF short stories; part of the distribution banned)
* 1970 "Záhada S M" (a thater play)
* 1970 "Případ Jantarové komnaty" (SF, ft. Martin Anděl, detective, further ed. 1990)
* 1971 "Fotografujeme na cestách" (about photographyí)
* 1972 "Případ baskervillského psa" (SF, ft. Martin Anděl, detective)
* 1972 "Pevnost bílých mravenců" (SF)
* 1973 "Zájem Galaxie" (SF short stories)
* 1974 "Blázniví vynálezci" (about "crazy inventors")
* 1974 "Tušení souvislosti"
* 1975 "Co zavinil Gutenberg" (about book printing)
* 1976 "Rakve útočí" (about the armored ships "Virginia" ("Merrimack") and "Monitor" in the American Civil War)
* 1978 "Tušení stínu"
* 1980 "Blázni z Hepteridy" (SF, further ed. in 1986 and 2000)
* 1983 "Bohové Atlantidy" (SF, further ed. v roce 2000)
* 1985 "Hippokratův slib" (SF short stories, further ed. 1997)

References

* Ondřej Neff: "Literární sopka Ludvíka Součka", in "Něco je jinak", Albatros, Praha 1981, s. 285 - 305.
* František Novotný: "Tlustý muž, který se smál", in: Ludvík Souček: "Po stopách bludiček", AF 167, Brno 1992, s. 11 - 63.