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Jason Cosmo
Jason Cosmo is a fictional character who is the hero of a series of novels by author Dan McGirt Dan McGirt is an American author of comic fantasy. His current books consist of the Jason Cosmo series, which was rebooted in 2009 with the publication of ''Hero Wanted''. The Original Jason Cosmo Non-Trilogy was envisioned as an ongoing series, .... The books consist of ''Jason Cosmo '' (Signet 1989), ''Royal Chaos'' (Roc 1990), and ''Dirty Work'' (Roc 1993). The non-trilogy is a comedy, parodying the pulp fantasy genre with a style similar to Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett. As of January 2006, McGirt has announced work on "digitally remastered" revisions of his series, with the first book retitled ''Jason Cosmo: Hero Wanted''. He also has announced work on ''Boltblaster'' (described as "Volume One of the Boltblaster Chronicles"). External linksJason Cosmo Update Cosmo, Jason {{novel-char-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan McGirt
Dan McGirt is an American author of comic fantasy. His current books consist of the Jason Cosmo series, which was rebooted in 2009 with the publication of ''Hero Wanted''. The Original Jason Cosmo Non-Trilogy was envisioned as an ongoing series, but was discontinued by the publisher after ''Dirty Work''. He is a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, doing business as Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, commonly known as SFWA ( or ) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization of professional science fiction and fantasy writers. While ... (SFWA) and Novelists, Inc (NINC). Bibliography Short stories * ''Sarah Palin: Vampire Hunter'' * ''Beginner’s Luck'' * Jack Scarlet: ''Bullets for Breakfast'' * Jack Scarlet: ''A Cold, Cold Place to Die'' Series The Original Jason Cosmo Non-Trilogy # ''Jason Cosmo'' (1989) # ''Royal Chaos '' (1990) # ''Dirty Work'' (1993) Jason Cosmo # ''Hero Wanted'' (2009) - a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author and screenwriter, best known for ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''. Originally a 1978 BBC radio comedy, ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' developed into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime. It was further developed into a television series, several stage plays, comics, a video game, and a 2005 feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame. Adams also wrote ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency'' (1987) and ''The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul'' (1988), and co-wrote ''The Meaning of Liff'' (1983), ''The Deeper Meaning of Liff'' (1990), and ''Last Chance to See'' (1990). He wrote two stories for the television series ''Doctor Who'', co-wrote ''City of Death'' (1979), and served as script editor for its seventeenth season. He co-wrote the sketch "Patient Abuse" for the final episode of ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Pratchett
Sir Terence David John Pratchett (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English humourist, satirist, and author of fantasy novels, especially comical works. He is best known for his ''Discworld'' series of 41 novels. Pratchett's first novel, ''The Carpet People'', was published in 1971. The first ''Discworld'' novel, ''The Colour of Magic'', was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. The final ''Discworld'' novel, ''The Shepherd's Crown'', was published in August 2015, five months after his death. With more than 85 million books sold worldwide in 37 languages, Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and was knighted for services to literature in the 2009 New Year Honours. In 2001 he won the annual Carnegie Medal for ''The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents'', the first ''Discworld'' book marketed for children. He received the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
