Summary
Nir Yaniv (Hebrew: ניר יניב) is an Israeli multidisciplinary artist.[1]
Nir Yaniv | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Occupation | Author, editor, musician |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Genre | Science fiction |
He was active early on as a science fiction editor in Israel. In 2000 he founded the webzine of the Israeli Society for Science Fiction and Fantasy,[2] and in 2007 he became chief editor of Chalomot Be'aspamia, Israel's only professionally printed SF&F magazine.[3]
As an author, Yaniv's short fiction has appeared in Weird Tales,[4] Apex Magazine,[5] The Best of World SF[6] and others. He collaborated with World Fantasy Award winning author Lavie Tidhar on two novels, including the "deranged sci-fi extravaganza" (per The Jewish Quarterly) The Tel Aviv Dossier and released the English language collection The Love Machine & Other Contraptions.[3] Yaniv returned to fiction publishing in 2024 with the novel The Good Soldier, an " amiable satire of the gung-ho heroics of military sci-fi".[7]
Yaniv has been active as a musician from early on, initially with the Israeli jazz-funk band Plutonium[8] and more recently with the Emmy Award winning soprano Hila Plitmann.[9] He released several independent albums, including "the first Hebrew-language SF Music themed album", The Universe in a Pita.[3]
From 2013 he has also been making short films as a writer/director,[10] including the animated Liftoff, a "touching, hand-illustrated piece of a man’s journey to the moon".[11] Welcome To Your A.I. Future (2023) dealing with emergent A.I. technology, was featured in New Scientist.[12] Loontown (also 2023), imagines "a Dystopian Los Angeles populated by sentient Balloons".[13]
Fiction edit
In Hebrew edit
- Ktov Ke'shed Mi'shachat (One Hell of a Writer). Israel: Odyssey Press, 2006. A short story collection.
- Retzach Bidyoni (Fictional Murder). Israel: Odyssey Press, 2009. A novel, with Lavie Tidhar.
- Melech Yerushlaim (King of Jerusalem). Israel: Yaniv Publishing, 2019. a novel.
In English edit
- The Tel Aviv Dossier. Canada: ChiZine Publications, 2009. A novel, with Lavie Tidhar.
- The Love Machine & Other Contraptions. UK: Infinity Plus Books, 2012. A short story collection.
- The Good Soldier. Canada: Shadowpaw Press, 2024. Novel.
Selected Short Stories edit
- "A Wizard on the Road". Shimmer Magazine, 2006
- "The Dream of the Blue Man". Weird Tales, September 2008
- "A Painter, a Sheep, and a Boa Constrictor". Shimmer Magazine, 2009. Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2010 ed. Rich Horton (2010).
- "Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys". Apex Magazine, November 2009. Reprinted in The Best of World SF, ed Lavie Tidhar (2021).
- "The Believers". Chizine, March 2010. Reprinted in Zion's Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature, ed. Lottem & Teitelbaum.
- "Undercity". Apex Magazine, August 2012.
Music edit
- The Universe in a Pita: a Hebrew science fiction rock album.
- Funkapella: a concept-album using vocals and drums only, with no other instruments.
- Happiness is Real: a live dance and music performance with choreographer and dancer Ilanit Tadmor.
- The Voice Remains[14]
Filmography edit
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | MicroTime | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2017 | Addict | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Animated short film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Liftoff | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2018 | Memories of a Third Planet | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2023 | Welcome To Your A.I. Future | Yes | No | Yes |
| 2023 | Loontown | Yes | No | Yes |
Short Form Animated Series
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive producer |
Creator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mars Machines | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
References edit
- ^ "Multidisciplinary Artist Nir Yaniv Releases New EP the Voice Remains".
- ^ "The Universe in a Pita: An Interview with Nir Yaniv". 17 March 2008.
- ^ a b c "SFE: Yaniv, Nir". sf-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- ^ "Weird Tales: Nir Yaniv on Writing Speculative Fiction in Israel". 9 December 2007.
- ^ "Nir yaniv Archives".
- ^ "Celebrating International Speculative Fiction: Lavie Tidhar on the Best of World SF Anthology". 4 December 2020.
- ^ https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781989398821
- ^ "מוזיקה – להקת פלוטוניום".
- ^ @HilaPlitmann (24 December 2018). "@niryanivmusic a.k.a 💝 @nyfiction sharing love from us two yokels to all of you #sunny #losangeles…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nir Yaniv". IMDb.
- ^ "UK Film Festival 2013: Animation and Student Shorts". 16 November 2013.
- ^ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2369244-sci-fi-author-lavie-tidhar-using-midjourney-to-explore-ethics-of-ai/
- ^ https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/loontown
- ^ "In Conversation—with Nir Yaniv". 8 June 2018.
External links edit
- Nir Yaniv's web site
- Positronish