Official name: Carsten Kurte
True name: Le-matya
Mostly a straight, cis male, but that doesn’t make him a bad person. 😉
Atheist, but not materialist.
Born in Düsseldorf on December 14, 1971
Marital status: free
Age: over 53 revolutions of our overheated mudball around Sol
Size: somewhat too much for comfort
Lives in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany not too far from where the river Ruhr flows into the river Rhine.
Majored in Comparative literature and minored in English and Philosophy at the University of Duisburg and Essen in Germany and works mostly as a teacher for German as a foreign language. Sometimes also teaches English as a foreign language and translates English into German.
Interests:
Filk fan since around 1992
DC Comics and other media fan since 1979
Star Wars fan since late 1983
Star Trek fan since 1985
Not sure about the rest but also a fan of including but not limited to and in no particular order:
Franchises:
Babylon 5, Marvel, Elfquest, His Dark Materials, Harry Potter, Middle Earth and Arda, Top Cow Universe, David Mack’s Kabuki, Manga by Shirow Masamune (Ghost in the Shell, Appleseed, Dominion u. a.), Patlabor, Seikai, Battle Angel Alita, Stargate, Dark Matter, Battlestar Galactica (old and new), Knight Rider, Sherlock Holmes, Hunger Games, Alien, Predator, Terminator, Robocop, Planet of the Apes, Indiana Jones
(Sorry, no Dr. Who or Perry Rhodan.)
Favorite authors:
J.R.R. Tolkien, George R. R. Martin, N. K. Jemisin, J. K. Rowling, Isaac Asimov, Robert A Heinlein, Ursula K. Le Guin, Philip Pullman, Suzanne Collins
Favorite Directors:
James Cameron, George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch
Music:
Filk, film scores, Die Toten Hosen (German Punk band), Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift
Other hobbies:
Languages (real and constructed), Sciences (hard and soft) Swimming, riding bicycles (without motors)
