Jiří Walker Procházka Explained

Jiří Walker Procházka
Birth Date:	1959 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Kutná Hora, Czechoslovakia
Nationality:	Czech
Other Names:	George P. Walker
Occupation:	Writer
Known For:	Science fiction, detective fiction

Jiří Walker Procházka (born 18 August 1959), also known by the pseudonym George P. Walker, is a Czech sci-fi and detective fiction author. In 1989, Procházka described himself as "the permanent political prisoner" because he had lived since his birth in communist Czechoslovakia.^[1]

Career

His professional career started at the Research Institute for High Voltage Electronics (VÚSE) in Prague in 1982. He then worked for some time in a printers, during which time he wrote his first stories (around 1985). Afterwards, Procházka worked as an IT specialist, later becoming a writer and publisher.^[2] He was part of a wave of new authors that emerged from 1980 to 1990.^[3] His story Rox'n'Roll was written in 1988. described Procházka as "a striking element in the Czech sci-fi waters" whose "highly imaginative stories became examples for a good many followers."^[4] According to Boris Hokr, Procházka was an author that opened the door to Czech sci-fi, alongside Ondřej Neff.^[5]

Books

• Ken Wood a meč krále D'Sala (Ken Wood and the Sword of the King D'Sal), Ivo Železný, Prague 1991, first part of a fantasy series published under the name of George P. Walker. New edition 2008 published by Triton Prague.
• Tvůrci času (Creators of Time), Winston Smith, Prague 1991, sci-fi anthology.
• Ken Wood a perly královny Maub (Ken Wood and the Queen Maub's Pearls), Ivo Železný, Prague 1992, second part of a fantasy series published under the name of George P. Walker.
• Hvězdní honáci (Star Cowboys), Altar, Prague 1996, sci-fi novel, galactic space-opera, awarded by the SF, Fantasy and Horror Academy Award, ^[6]
• Jablka z Beltamoru (Apples from Beltamor), Ivo Železný, Prague 2002, 63rd part of the sci-fi serie Mark Stone.
• Totální ztráta rozměru (Total Loss of Dimension), Millenium Publishing, Prague 2003, sci-fi stories collection
• Agent JFK 1 - Pašerák (Bootlegger), Triton, Prague 2005, with Miroslav Žamboch,
• Agent JFK 2 - Není krve bez ohně (Where there's blood, there's fire),, Prague 2005, with Miroslav Žamboch^[7]
• Agent JFK 3 - Meč a tomahawk (Sword and Tomahawk), Triton, Prague 2006, with Miroslav Žamboch,
• Agent JFK 4 - Armády nesmrtelných (Armies of Immortals), Triton, Prague 2006, with Miroslav Žamboch^[8]
• Agent JFK 11 - Podhoubí smrti (Breeding Ground Called Death), Triton, Prague 2007,
• Agent JFK 27 - Dlouhý černý úsvit (Long Black Dawn), Triton, Prague 2012,
• Druhý krok nikam (Second Step to Nowhere), Brokilon 2011, (free sequel to Total Loss of Dimension)^[9]
• Agent JFK 33 - Soumrak světů (Twilight of Worlds), Triton, Prague 2014,, SF stories collection
• Mrtvá šelma - Souřadnice zločinu 1 (Dead Beast – Coordinates of Crime), Plus, Prague 2015, with Klára Smolíková, ^{[10] [11] [12]}
• Šest nevinných (Six Innocent), Pavel Mervart, Červený Kostelec 2015,, with Josef Pecinovský, David Zábranský, Přemysl Krejčík, Jan Sviták, Lukáš Vavrečka
• Tajná dvojka A+B. Zločin mezi dinosaury Klára Smolíková; Jiří Walker Procházka; Viktor Svoboda, Fragment, Prague 2016^[13]

Literary awards

• 1992 Ludvík Souček Award
• 1993 Certificate of Merit in the Karel Čapek literary contest
• 1997 Science-fiction, Fantasy and Horror Academy Award
• 1997 Ikaros Award
• 2002 Science-fiction, Fantasy and Horror Academy Award
• 2004 Science-fiction, Fantasy and Horror Academy Award
• 2015 Science-fiction, Fantasy and Horror Academy Award
• 2014 Grand Master of the SF genre
• 2015 Aeronautilus Award

External links

• Jiří Walker Procházka in The European Library (66 items in the period 1990–2016)

Notes and References

1. Book: Kdo je kdo v české a slovenské sci-fi. 1999. 80-85845-07-5. Nová Vlna. whoiswho.
2. Web site: Jiří Walker Procházka. Databáze knih. cs. 28 April 2017.
3. Book: Neff. Ondřej. Encyklopedie literatury science fiction. 1995. AFSF. 80-85390-33-7.
4. Book: Jireš. Ondřej. Hvězdy české sci-fi. 2010. ARGO. 978-80-257-0270-3.
5. Web site: Hokr. Boris. Brakobraní: Co hlásají krvaví proroci božského Kulhánka?. Aktuálně.cz. cs. 28 April 2017.
6. Web site: Jiří Walker Procházka – Hvězdní honáci (audiokniha). Pevnost. cs. 28 April 2017.
7. Book: Procházka. Jiří Walker. Žamboch. Miroslav. Není krve bez ohně. WorldCat. Triton. cs. 1 January 2005. 85164864.
8. Book: Armády nesmrtelných (Book, 2006). WorldCat. 85549362. cs. 28 April 2017.
9. Web site: XB-1 " Výsledky vyhledávání " jwp. XB-1. 28 April 2017. cs.
10. Web site: Dva už na obklíčení města stačí! (rozhovor). XB-1. cs. 28 April 2017.
11. Book: Smolíková. Klára. Procházka. Jiří Walker. Mrtvá šelma (Souřadnice zločinu I). Plus, Albatros Media a.s.. 28 April 2017. cs. 21 February 2017. 9788025904022.
12. Book: Procházka. Jiří Walker. Smolíková. Klára. Mrtvá šelma: souřadnice zločinu 1: Tábor. WorldCat. Plus. 28 April 2017. cs. 1 January 2015. 908822529.
13. Book: Smolíková. Klára. Procházka. Jiří Walker. Svoboda. Viktor. Tajná dvojka A+B.. WorldCat. 28 April 2017. Czech. 1 January 2016. 970633185.