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Chris Achilléos
Christos "Chris" Achilléos (26 August 1947 – 6 December 2021) was a Cypriot-born British painter and illustrator who specialised in fantasy artwork and glamour illustration. Biography Born in Famagusta, Cyprus, his family emigrated to the United Kingdom in 1959, where he resided. He attended the Hornsey College of Art. His work has appeared in '' Heavy Metal'' and ''Radio Times'' magazines, on book covers (including series based on the Conan the Barbarian character, TV's ''Doctor Who'' and ''Star Trek'', as well as the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series), and in collections of his own work. He has also participated in various film projects including '' Heavy Metal'' and ''Willow'' as a conceptual artist, (his iconic poster image commissioned in 1980 featuring Taarna and her birdlike steed are still featured on the DVD release) and created a proposed poster for ''Blade Runner''. Achilléos created the controversial cover for Whitesnake's 1979 album, ''Lovehunter'', which sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polcon
Polcon is the oldest Polish speculative fiction convention, organized each year in a different place by the local speculative fiction club. The Janusz A. Zajdel Award is awarded during the convention. The first Polcon was held in 1985 in Błażejewko near Poznań. List of Polcons Polcon's location is chosen two years in advance during the convention itself; for example, the location of 2016 Polcon (Wrocław) was chosen during Polcon 2014 (Bielsko-Biała). :2024 - Toruń ( Copernicon) :2023 - Łódź :2022 - Kraków :2021 - Zielona Góra :2020 - was not held :2019 - Białystok :2018 - Toruń :2017 - Lublin :2016 - Wrocław :2015 - Poznań :2014 - Bielsko-Biała :2013 - Warsaw :2012 - Wrocław :2011 - Poznań :2010 - Cieszyn and Český Těšín, with Eurocon and :2009 - Łódź :2008 - Zielona Góra :2007 - Warsaw :2006 - Lublin :2005 - Błażejewko near Poznań :2004 - Zielona Góra :2003 - Elbląg :2002 - Kraków :2001 - Katowice :2000 - Gdynia :1999 - Warsaw :1998 - Białys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Who
''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterrestrial being called the Doctor, part of a humanoid species called Time Lords. The Doctor travels in the universe and in time using a time travelling Spacecraft, spaceship called the TARDIS, which externally appears as a British police box. While travelling, the Doctor works to save lives and liberate oppressed peoples by combating List of Doctor Who villains, foes. The Doctor usually travels with Companion (Doctor Who), companions. Beginning with William Hartnell, List of actors who have played the Doctor, fourteen actors have headlined the series as the Doctor; the most recent being Ncuti Gatwa, who portrayed the Fifteenth Doctor from 2023 to 2025. The transition between actors is written into the plot of the series with the Regeneration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirens (book)
''Sirens'' is a book by Chris Achilleos and Nigel Suckling published in 1986. Contents ''Sirens'' is the second published collection of art by Chris Achilleos. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''Sirens'' for ''White Dwarf A white dwarf is a Compact star, stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very density, dense: in an Earth sized volume, it packs a mass that is comparable to the Sun. No nuclear fusion takes place i ...'' #84, and stated that "A treat for the eye rather than the brain ..People who like books like this will like this book." References {{reflist Books about the visual arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babooshka (song)
"Babooshka" is a song by the English singer, songwriter Kate Bush, taken from her third studio album '' Never for Ever'' (1980). Released as a single in June 1980, it spent 10 weeks in the UK chart, peaking at number five. It was an even bigger hit in Australia, where it peaked at number two (for three weeks) and was the 20th best-selling single of the year. It also peaked at number 2 in France on 28th Dec. 1980. A rock song, "Babooshka" is about a woman who sends love letters to her husband under the titular pen name. The song makes notable use of a Fairlight CMI digital synthesizer. Background and composition Kate Bush recorded "Babooshka" between January and June 1980, during the recording sessions of '' Never for Ever''. The track features John Giblin on bass and marks the significance of fretless bass sounds as instrumental "male" partners through Bush's music in the early eighties. The song ends with a sample of glass breaking, one of the earliest examples of a sample c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Bush
Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer. Bush began writing songs at age 11. She was signed to EMI Records after David Gilmour of Pink Floyd helped produce a demo tape. In 1978, at the age of 19, she topped the UK singles chart for four weeks with her debut single "Wuthering Heights (song), Wuthering Heights", becoming the first female artist to achieve a UK number one with a fully self-written song. Her debut studio album, ''The Kick Inside'' (1978), peaked at number three on the UK Albums Chart. Bush was the first British solo female artist to top the UK Albums Chart and the first female artist to enter it at number one. Bush has released 25 UK top 40 singles, including the top-10 hits "The Man with the Child in His Eyes" (1978), "Babooshka (song), Babooshka" (1980), "Running Up That Hill" (1985), "Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song), Don't Give Up" (a 1986 duet with Peter Gabriel), and "King of the Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once And Future King Part I
''Once and Future King Part I'' is the fourth studio album released by Gary Hughes. Track listing All songs written by Gary Hughes. # "Excalibur" – 6:22 # "Dragon Island Cathedral" – 6:03 # "At the End of Day" – 4:30 # "The Reason Why" – 4:36 # "Shapeshifter" – 4:45 # "King for a Day" – 4:47 # "Avalon" – 4:00 # "Sinner" – 5:01 # "In Flames" – 5:03 # "Lies" – 5:31 Personnel Singers-The Cast *Damian Wilson – (Track 1) *Gary Hughes – King Arthur (Tracks 2, 3 and 10) *Lana Lane – Queen Guinevere (Track 3) *Danny Vaughn – Lancelot (Tracks 4 and 7) *Irene Jansen – Morgana (Track 5) *Bob Catley – Merlin (Tracks 6 and 9) *Sean Harris – Sir Galahad (Track 8) Musicians-The Players *Gary Hughes – guitar, piano, keyboards, backing vocals and programming *Chris Francis – guitars *John Halliwell – guitars *Steve McKenna – Bass guitars *Greg Morgan – drums and percussion *Arjen Lucassen – keyboards (Track 1) *Paul Hodson – piano and ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Hughes
Gary Hughes (born 5 July 1964) is an English singer. Apart from his work as a solo artist, he is the frontman and main songwriter of hard rock/melodic rock band Ten. He has also worked as a producer and songwriter on Bob Catley's first three solo albums and more recently on Serpentine's third studio album, ''Circle of Knives''. He has also produced Hugo's first album and has appeared on Vinny Burns' '' The Journey'' solo album and on the ''Ayreonauts Only'' album by the band Ayreon. Biography Hughes started playing guitar when he was nine years old and a schoolboy at Sale Boys' Grammar School. His musical career started in 1989 when Hughes released his first album, ''Big Bad Wolf'' (renamed and re-released with extra tracks in 1992 as '' Strength of Heart'') through the Polygram Oslo label in Germany and Norway. In 1992, Hughes signed with the then newly formed Now & Then Records and his forthcoming self-titled album was the first one released on that label. In 1995, Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lovehunter
''Lovehunter'' is the second studio album by British band Whitesnake, released on 21 September 1979. It was the bands first UK Top 30 album, charting at No. 29 on the UK Albums Chart. " Long Way from Home", the leading track on the album reached No. 55 on the UK charts, while "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues" was one of the most popular and praised Whitesnake's songs in the beginning. The album became controversial because of its cover art. Background The band worked on the album at Clearwell Castle. Like their two previous recordings it was also produced by Martin Birch. It was the group's last album to feature Dave Dowle, before being replaced by ex-Purple drummer Ian Paice. Marsden recalled that at the time band members argued in "a good, healthy, positive" way and "because of that the band got better and more successful with '' Ready An' Willing'' (1980) and '' Come an' Get It'' (1981)". He considered it a good record, a sentiment Coverdale didn't share and would have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1978. The group were originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own entity, Coverdale is the only constant member throughout their history. Following the EP ''Snakebite (album), Snakebite'' in 1978, Whitesnake released the albums ''Trouble (Whitesnake album), Trouble'' (1978) and ''Lovehunter'' (1979), which included the live staples "Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City" and "Walking in the Shadow of the Blues". Whitesnake soon began to make a name for themselves across the UK, Europe and Japan, with their subsequent albums ''Ready an' Willing'' (1980), ''Live... in the Heart of the City'' (1980), ''Come an' Get It'' (1981) and ''Saints & Sinners (Whitesnake album), Saints & Sinners'' (1982) all reaching the top ten on the UK Albums Chart. By the mid-1980s, Coverdale had set his sights on North Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blade Runner
''Blade Runner'' is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos, it is an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1968 novel '' Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?'' The film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles of 2019, in which synthetic humans known as '' replicants'' are bio-engineered by the powerful Tyrell Corporation to work on space colonies. When a fugitive group of advanced replicants led by Roy Batty (Hauer) escapes back to Earth, burnt-out cop Rick Deckard (Ford) reluctantly agrees to hunt them down. ''Blade Runner'' initially underperformed in North American theaters and polarized critics; some praised its thematic complexity and visuals, while others critiqued its slow pacing and lack of action. The film's soundtrack, composed by Vangelis, was nominated in 1982 for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe as best original score. ''B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willow (1988 Film)
''Willow'' is a 1988 American high fantasy adventure film directed by Ron Howard and produced by Nigel Wooll. The film was executive produced by George Lucas and written by Bob Dolman from a story by Lucas. The film stars Warwick Davis as the title character, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Billy Barty, and Jean Marsh. Davis portrays an aspiring magician who teams up with a disaffected warrior (Kilmer) to protect a young baby princess from an evil queen (Marsh). Lucas conceived the idea for the film in 1972, approaching Howard to direct during the post-production phase of ''Cocoon (film), Cocoon'' in 1985. Bob Dolman was brought in to write the screenplay, coming up with seven drafts that Lucas was actively involved in developing. It was finished in late 1986. It was then set up at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and principal photography began in April 1987, finishing the following October. The majority of filming took place in Dinorwic quarry in Wales with some at Elstree Studios (Shen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
