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Dragons Of Light
''Dragons of Light'' (1980) is a fantasy fiction, fantasy anthology edited by American writer Orson Scott Card. Contents * "The Ice Dragon" by George R. R. Martin (Illustrated by Alicia Austin) * "The George Business" by Roger Zelazny (Illustrated by Geof Darrow) * "One Winter in Eden (short story), One Winter in Eden" by Michael Bishop (author), Michael Bishop (Illustrated by Val Lakey Lindahn and John Lakey) * "A Drama of Dragons" by Craig Shaw Gardner (Illustrated by Gini Shurtleff) * "Silken Dragon" by Steven Edward McDonald (Illustrated by Ron Miller (artist and author), Ron Miller) * "Dragon Lore (short story), Dragon Lore" by Steve Rasnic Tem (Illustrated by Victoria Poyser) * "Eagle Worm" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (Illustrated by Glen Edwards) * "The Dragon of Dunloon" by Arthur Dembling (Illustrated by Dileen Marsh) * "If I Die Before I Wake" by Greg Bear, including illustrations * "As Above, So Below (short story), As Above, So Below" by John M. Ford (Illustrated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan (born 29 June 1950) is an Americans, American artist of imaginative Realism (arts), realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through contemporary art gallery, galleries in the United States and through his website. The EMP Museum#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Science Fiction Hall of Fame inducted Whelan in June 2009, the first living artist so honored. According to his Hall of Fame citation His paintings have appeared on the covers of more than 350 books and magazines, including many Stephen King novels, most of the Del Rey Books, Del Rey editions of Anne McCaffrey's ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series, Piers Anthony's ''Incarnations of Immortality'' series, the Del Rey edition of Edgar Rice Burroughs' ''Barsoom, Mars'' series, Melanie Rawn's ''Dragon Prince and Dragon Star'' series, the De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Craig Shaw Gardner
Craig Shaw Gardner (born July 2, 1949) is an American author, best known for producing fantasy parodies similar to those of Terry Pratchett. He was also a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's ''Flashing Swords!'' anthologies. Bibliography Series Ebenezum # ''A Malady of Magicks'' (1986) # ''A Multitude of Monsters'' (1986) # '' A Night in the Netherhells'' (1987) : ''The Exploits of Ebenezum'', omnibus Wuntvor # ''A Difficulty with Dwarves'' (1987) # ''An Excess of Enchantments'' (1988) # ''A Disagreement with Death'' (1989) : ''The Wanderings of Wuntvor'', omnibus The Cineverse Cycle # ''Slaves of the Volcano God'' (1989) # ''Bride of the Slime Monster'' (1990) # ''Revenge of the Fluffy Bunnies'' (1990) : ''The Cineverse Cycle'' (1990), ''The Cineverse Cycle Omnibus'' (1992) The Sinbad series # ''The Other Sinbad'' (1991) # ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Dembling
Arthur is a common male given name of Brittonic languages, Brythonic origin. Its popularity derives from it being the name of the legendary hero King Arthur. The etymology is disputed. It may derive from the Celtic ''Artos'' meaning “Bear”. Another theory, more widely believed, is that the name is derived from the Roman clan ''Artoria gens, Artorius'' who lived in Roman Britain for centuries. A common spelling variant used in many Slavic, Romance, and Germanic languages is Artur. In Spanish and Italian it is Arturo. Etymology The earliest datable attestation of the name Arthur is in the early 9th century Welsh-Latin text ''Historia Brittonum'', where it refers to a circa 5th to 6th-century Celtic Britons, Briton general who fought against the invading Saxons, and who later gave rise to the famous King Arthur of medieval legend and literature. A possible earlier mention of the same man is to be found in the epic Welsh poem ''Y Gododdin'' by Aneirin, which some scholars assign t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |