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Caroline Spector
Caroline Spector (born Caroline Skelley) is a science fiction and fantasy writer who has also written role-playing game modules and computer game hint books. She also spent two years as associate editor at ''Amazing Stories'' magazine. She is a member of George R. R. Martin's ''Wild Cards'' consortium, the group of contributing authors to the ongoing ''Wild Cards'' shared world original story anthology series edited by Martin, now in its 22nd volume, and currently published by Tor Books. Personal life Caroline Skelley met writer Warren Spector in 1984 at a comic book store in Austin, Texas, where she was employed. They were married on April 11, 1987. The couple have at times worked together on game supplements for the ''Marvel Super Heroes (role-playing game), Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing game. Works Gaming * ''Ultima: The Avatar Adventures (Secrets of the Games series)'' with Rusel DeMaria (May 18, 1992) Prima Games, * ''Ultima VII and Underworld: More Avatar Adventures ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warren Spector
Warren Evan Spector (born October 2, 1955) is an American role-playing and video game designer, director, writer, producer and production designer. He is known for creating immersive sim games, which give players a wide variety of choices in how to progress. Consequences of those choices are then shown in the simulated game world in subsequent levels or missions. He is best known for the critically acclaimed video game ''Deus Ex'' that embodies the choice and consequence philosophy while combining elements of the first-person shooter, role-playing, and adventure game genres. In addition to ''Deus Ex,'' Spector is known for his work while employed by Looking Glass Studios, where he was involved in the creation of several acclaimed titles including ''Ultima Underworld'', '' Ultima Underworld II, System Shock'', and '' Thief: The Dark Project''. He is employed by OtherSide Entertainment, where he was part of the development team for now-cancelled '' System Shock 3''. He is currently w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reap The Whirlwind (adventure)
''Reap the Whirlwind'' is a role-playing game adventure published by TSR in 1987 for the '' Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing game. Contents ''Reap the Whirlwind'' is a scenario for the Advanced rules, third in the future-history X-Men series. Publication history MX3 ''Reap the Whirlwind'' was written by Caroline Spector and Warren Spector Warren Evan Spector (born October 2, 1955) is an American role-playing and video game designer, director, writer, producer and production designer. He is known for creating immersive sim games, which give players a wide variety of choices in how ..., and was published by TSR, Inc., in 1987 as a 32-page book, a large color map, and an outer folder. Reception Reviews References {{reflist Marvel Comics role-playing game adventures Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Women (anthology)
''Dangerous Women'' is a cross-genre anthology featuring 21 original short stories and novellas "from some of the biggest authors in the science fiction/fantasy field", edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois and released on December 3, 2013. The works "showcase the supposedly weaker sex's capacity for magic, violence, and mayhem" and "explores the heights that brave women can reach and the depths that depraved ones can plumb." In his own introduction, Dozois writes: "Here you'll find no hapless victims who stand by whimpering in dread while the male hero fights the monster or clashes swords with the villain ... And if you want to tie these women to the railroad tracks, you'll find you have a real fight on your hands." According to Dozois, ''Dangerous Women'' was conceived as a "cross-genre anthology, one that would mingle every kind of fiction, so we asked writers from every genrescience fiction, fantasy, mystery, historical, horror, paranormal romance, men and women al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suicide Kings
''Suicide Kings'' is a 1997 American crime thriller black comedy film directed by Peter O'Fallon, and starring Christopher Walken, Denis Leary, Sean Patrick Flanery, Johnny Galecki, Jay Mohr, Jeremy Sisto and Henry Thomas. Based on Don Stanford's short story ''The Hostage'', the film follows the group of students who kidnap a respected former Mafia figure. The movie gets its title from the “King of Hearts” in playing cards (which are often wild) as the king appears to be committing suicide by stabbing himself in the head. It has a 35% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed $1.7 million in the US, making it a flop. It has rendered a cult following. Plot Charlie Barret walks to his private table in a restaurant, only to see two young men sitting at his table – Avery and Max. Another young man, who is friends with Avery and Max, Brett, joins them shortly after Charlie sits down and begins chatting with them. Charlie happens to know Avery's father, and, after an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Busted Flush
Busted may refer to: Music * Busted (band), an English rock band Albums * ''Busted'' (2002 Busted album), the debut album by the band * ''Busted'' (2004 Busted album), a compilation album by the band * ''Busted'' (Cheap Trick album) or the title song, 1990 Songs * "Busted" (Harlan Howard song), 1962 * "Busted" (Isley Brothers song), 2003 * "Busted" (Joanne song), 2001 * "Busted", by the Black Keys from '' The Big Come Up'', 2002 * "Busted", by Candace Flynn and Vanessa Doofenshmirtz from '' Phineas and Ferb'' * "Busted", by Matchbox 20 from '' Yourself or Someone Like You'', 1996 * "Busted", by Vitamin C from ''More'', 2001 Television * '' Busted!'', a 2018–2021 South Korean streaming show * ''MTV's Busted'', a reality show that began airing in 2008 * "Busted" (''Braceface''), a 2003 episode * "Busted" (''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends''), a 2004 episode * "Busted" (''Roseanne''), a 1994 episode Other uses * ''Busted'' (book), a 2014 book by Wendy Ruderman and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inside Straight
Inside Straight may refer to: * A type of poker hand * ''Inside Straight'' (album), an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley * ''Inside Straight'', the first book in the "next-generation Wild Cards ''Wild Cards'' is a series of science fiction superhero shared universe anthologies, mosaic novels, and solo novels. They are written by a collection of more than forty authors (referred to as the "Wild Cards Trust") and are edited by George R. ... triad", edited by George R. R. Martin * "Inside Straight", a song from the 1989 album '' Naked City'' by John Zorn * ''Inside Straight'' (film), a 1951 film starring Mercedes McCambridge * "Inside Straight", a 1955 science fiction short story by Poul Anderson * Inside Straight, a jazz quintet led by Christian McBride formed in 2009 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Games
West End Games (WEG) was a company that made Board game, board, Role-playing game, role-playing, and wargaming, war games. It was founded by Daniel Scott Palter in 1974 in New York City, but later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania. Its product lines included ''Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game, Star Wars'', ''Paranoia (game), Paranoia'', ''Torg'', ''DC Universe Roleplaying Game, DC Universe'', and ''Junta (game), Junta''. History Scott Palter received a Juris Doctor, JD from Stanford University, Stanford in 1972 and joined the New York State Bar Association, New York State Bar before he began work at the family firm, Bucci Imports. Drawing on this financial connection, Palter was able to found West End Games, named after the bar in which the meeting that finalized its founding occurred: the West End Bar near Columbia University. Initially a producer of board wargames, In 1983, Palter hired Ken Rolston, Eric Goldberg (game designer), Eric Goldberg and Greg Costikyan as game design ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Aspera Press
Per is a Latin preposition which means "through" or "for each", as in per capita. Per or PER may also refer to: Places * IOC country code for Peru * Pér, a village in Hungary * Chapman code for Perthshire, historic county in Scotland Math and statistics * Rate (mathematics), ratio between quantities in different units, described with the word "per" * Price–earnings ratio, in finance, a measure of growth in earnings * Player efficiency rating, a measure of basketball player performance * Partial equivalence relation, class of relations that are symmetric and transitive * Physics education research Science * Perseus (constellation), standard astronomical abbreviation * Period (gene) or ''per'' that regulates the biological clock and its corresponding protein PER * Protein efficiency ratio, of food * PER or peregrinibacteria, a candidate bacterial phylum Media and entertainment * PeR (band), a Latvian pop band * ''Per'' (film), a 1975 Danish film Transport * IATA cod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Lost Novel Of Earthdawn
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heyne Verlag
The Heyne Verlag (formerly Wilhelm Heyne Verlag) is a German publisher based in Munich, which was founded in Dresden in 1934 and sold to Axel Springer in 2000. In 2004 it became part of Random House. Heyne was one of the largest publishing houses in Germany in 1999. History Wilhelm Heyne Era: 1934-1960 Wilhelm Heyne founded the publisher, named after him, on 15 February 1934 in Dresden. The first authors included Reinhold Conrad Muschler ("Die Unbekannte"), Werner Bergengruen ("Die drei Falken"), Ernst Moritz Mungenast ("Christop Gadar"), and Arthur-Heinz Lehmann ("Rauhbautz will auch leben!"), as well as the US-American writer Gwen Bristow with "Tiefer Süden". In 1940, Franz Schneekluth acquired minority shares in the Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, after he became director of the publishing house in 1935. During the air raids on Dresden the publishing house in Reichsstrasse was completely destroyed. After the war, the activities in Munich were resumed in 1948, with Wilhelm Heyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roc Books
Roc Books is a fantasy imprint of Penguin Group, as part of its New American Library. It was launched in April 1990 after Penguin Chairman Peter Mayer asked John Silbersack, the editor in chief of New American Library's science fiction (SF) program, to launch a new imprint that would draw more attention to Penguin's SF presence. The name Roc Books was chosen as a homage to Penguin's many famous bird-named publishing imprints. Roc was named after the enormous predatory bird of the Arabian Nights. After Penguin's merger with G.P. Putnam's Sons the imprint was aligned with Ace books and the current editorial team at Roc is the same team that edits the Ace imprint, although the two imprints maintain a separate identity. Inaugural list The first monthly list at Roc was: * ''Robot Visions'': Isaac Asimov * ''The Warrior Lives'': Joel Rosenberg * ''Project Solar Sail'': Arthur C. Clarke * ''Among Madmen'': Jim Starlin & Daina Grazuinas * ''Barrow'': John Deakins List of authors * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worlds Without End (Shadowrun Novel)
''Worlds Without End'' is a novel by Caroline Spector published by Roc Fantasy in 1995. Plot summary ''Worlds Without End'' is a novel in which the immortal elf Aina encounters an evil astral creature called a Horror. Publication history ''Worlds Without End'' is a ''Shadowrun'' novel and is the final book in a crossover trilogy that started with the world of ''Earthdawn ''Earthdawn'' is a fantasy role-playing game, originally produced by FASA in 1993. In 1999 it was licensed to Living Room Games, which produced the ''Second Edition''. It was licensed to RedBrick in 2003, who released the Classic Edition in 200 ...'', although the first two novels in the series were released after this one. Reception Andy Butcher reviewed ''Worlds Without End'' for ''Arcane'' magazine, rating it a 5 out of 10 overall. Butcher comments that "As the first real cross-over between ''Earthdawn'' and ''Shadowrun'', ''Worlds Without End'' is something of a disappointment. It starts well and reveals s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
