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JENS
(Writer, March 2008+)
BIOGRAPHY
Jens Deffner was born 1979 in Germany. He was a casual Star Trek viewer since TNG began airing, but didn't become a dedicated fan until he began to read the novels in the late nineties. At first he only read the German translations, but when the number of translations declined he switched over to reading the original English novels, and he never regretted leaving the sometimes-sloppy translations behind. DS9 is his favourite Star Trek series, but he enjoys to read about any incarnation of the franchise.
His flash fiction story God's Ways, co-written with Dayton Ward, can be found on DZ Allen's Muzzle Flash.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNREALITY SF
REVIEWS: Star Trek - Glass Empires, Obsidian Alliances, The Sky's the Limit, Constellations, Aftermath, The Good That Men Do, A Burning House, Sword of Damocles, Orion's Hounds, Wildfire, Forged in Fire, Grand Designs, Exodus, Provenance of Shadows, The Fire and the Rose, The Star to Every Wandering, Exiles, Epiphany, Creative Couplings, Greater Than the Sum, Fearful Symmetry, Infinity's Prism, Demands of Honor; Supernatural - Nevermore; Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Blackout; Marvel - Down These Mean Streets, Watchers on the Walls
INTERVIEWS: Christopher L. Bennett (co-written with Dan), Greg Cox (co-written with Dan), David Mack
FEATURES: The Accessibility of Leadership
JENS'S RATING SYSTEM
He looks at four points when reviewing a book:
1) Story - Does it work as it was intended? Is it well thought-through? Is it believable?
2) Characterisation & character development - Do the characters shown in the novel fit what we have seen on screen? How well the new characters are fleshed out?
3) Originality - Is the story fresh and new or just the thousandth reiteration of the same story?
4) Writing style - How is the story written? Is it so interesting you doesn’t even notice the time flying by, or do you need a lot of caffeine to stay awake?
The percentage rating is a mix of those four points, and simply the fun he had while reading the story.
The scores can roughly be broken down to this:
>95% : (nearly) perfect story
>85% : very good / excellent story
>75% : good story
>65% : solid, okay story
>50% : average story
>35% : barely average story |
GET IN TOUCH
If you'd like to get in touch with Jens, send an email to contact@unreality-sf.net with "Jens" as the subject, and it will be forwarded to him. |
