Peter Tieryas
| Peter Tieryas | |
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| Born |
December 20, 1979 Seoul, Korea |
| Pen name | Peter Tieryas Liu |
| Occupation | Writer, VFX Artist |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Literary fiction, science fiction |
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Peter Tieryas (born 1979) is an Asian-American writer. He is the author of Watering Heaven (2012)[1] and Bald New World (2014).[2] He attended the University of California Berkeley. Tieryas is a Lead Character Technical Director at Sony Pictures Imageworks and has worked at LucasArts as both a technical artist and technical writer.[3]
Career
His work has appeared in literary journals including the Indiana Review, Evergreen Review, Gargoyle Magazine, Hobart (magazine), Kotaku,[4] New Letters, Word Riot, and ZYZZYVA.[5] His filmography includes Alice in Wonderland, Men in Black 3, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, I Am Legend, Hotel Transylvania, and Guardians of the Galaxy. He has worked on games including Star Wars: Bounty Hunter, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Escape from Monkey Island, Gladius, and Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault.[6]
Watering Heaven was longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Int'l Award.[7] Bald New World was listed by Buzzfeed as one of 15 Highly Anticipated Books of 2014. Buzzfeed contributor Richard Thomas described it as: "If you took the world building of Philip K. Dick, and added in the gritty reality and humor of Haruki Murakami, with a touch of Aldous Huxley (of course), you would get Bald New World." [8] Publishers Weekly named Bald New World as one of the Best Science Fiction Books of Summer 2014 in a starred review: "Gorgeous language choices combine with Nick’s philosophical journey of personal discovery to create a deceptively deep story." [9] Yahoo, in describing Tieryas's work, stated: "Highlighted by Kollaboration in March as one of three Asian American authors on the rise, Tieryas's debut novel "Bald New World" deals with a global epidemic of follicular proportions... When Baldification hits the planet, the pair find themselves caught up in an sci-fi tinged international conspiracy, turning their penchant for adventure into a series of daring discoveries.[10] David S. Atkinson at HTMLGiant said: "Dystopia has been done a lot, but no one has done it quite like Peter Tieryas. I’d like to enthusiastically welcome Bald New World to the must-read dystopian canon. Old Aldous would be proud." [11] However, in a mixed review, Electric Literature pointed out: "As a first novel, there are some growing pains—particularly the shifts in the pacing, and a certain episodic feel to parts of the narrative. Around the middle there’s a shift that might alienate certain readers, where the book suddenly becomes a high-octane romp. The two halves do feel very separate from each other, but the transition is natural (or, to try to avoid spoilers, jarring in the best possible way)." [12]
Peter Tieryas is also the co-founder and co-editor of Entropy Magazine.[13]
Literary Influences
Tieryas has cited Philip K. Dick, Franz Kafka, Herman Melville, Alan Moore, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Orwell, Pu Songling, John Steinbeck, Cao Xueqin, and the Biblical Book of Ecclesiastes as literary influences.[14][15]
References
External links
- IMDB
- Peter Tieryas Official website
- 3 Asian-American Authors on the Rise: Kollaboration
- Interview with Author at Hyphen Magazine