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Jim Burns
Jim Burns (born 10 April 1948) is a Welsh artist born in Cardiff, Wales. He has been called one of the Grand Masters of the science fiction art world. In 1966 he joined the Royal Air Force, but soon thereafter he left and signed up at the Newport School of Art for a year's foundation course. After that, he went on to complete a 3-year Diploma in Art and Design at Saint Martin's School of Art in London. When he left Saint Martin's in 1972 he had already joined the recently established illustration agency Young Artists. He has been with this agency, later renamed Arena, ever since. He is today a contemporary British science fiction illustrator. His work mostly deals with science fiction with erotic overtones. His paintings are generally intricate photo-realistic works of beautiful women set against advanced machines and spaceships. While his preparatory sketches are more erotically focused, his final works and published book covers have a more academic tone portraying far o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Burns 2005
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Eye (short Story Collection)
''Eye'' (1985) is a collection of 13 science fiction short story, short stories by American writer Frank Herbert. All of the works had been previously published in magazine or book form, except for "The Road to Dune". Contents Introduction Herbert discusses David Lynch's film ''Dune (1984 film), Dune'' and his own participation in the production, and lists scenes that were shot, but cut from the released version. Short fiction * "Rat Race" * "The Dragon in the Sea" - A psychological thriller originally serialized as ''Under Pressure'' in ''Astounding Science Fiction, Astounding'' magazine from December 1955 through February 1956. It was revised and expanded into a novel in 1956. The version in this collection is the original short version, only 36 pages long. * "Cease Fire (short story), Cease Fire" * "A Matter of Traces" - A short story first appearing in ''Fantastic Universe'' magazine in 1958. It is notable for the introduction of the character Jorj X. McKie, saboteur extraor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Mandel
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The Third God
''The Third God'' is a 2009 fantasy novel by Ricardo Pinto. It is the third book in ''The Stone Dance of the Chameleon Ricardo Pinto (born 1961 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a computer game programmer and fantasy novelist. Early life and gaming career Pinto's family moved to London when he was six, and then to Dundee in Scotland. In 1979, he commenced a degree in Ma ...'' trilogy, which concerns the harrowing experiences of the young and inexperienced heir to a ruling dynasty who is suddenly taken from his protected childhood and thrust into a cruel society where he must fight for his family honour, his position and his life. ''The Third God'' continues the story of Carnelian and the would-be God Emperor Osidian, who has raised a barbarian army and now seeks revenge on those who stripped him of his rightful inheritance and left him for dead. Pinto said that though the novel had been published in the United Kingdom and Portugal, he had been "bitterly disappointed" when both his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Standing Dead
''The Standing Dead'' is a 2002 fantasy novel by Ricardo Pinto. It is the second book in ''The Stone Dance of the Chameleon Ricardo Pinto (born 1961 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a computer game programmer and fantasy novelist. Early life and gaming career Pinto's family moved to London when he was six, and then to Dundee in Scotland. In 1979, he commenced a degree in Ma ...'' trilogy, which concerns the harrowing experiences of the young and inexperienced heir to a ruling dynasty who is suddenly taken from his protected childhood and thrust into a cruel society where he must fight for his family honour, his position and his life. The story explores the relationship between its two principal characters, Osidian and Carnelian, as Osidian moves from suicidal despondency at the loss of his throne to a singleminded and ruthless quest for revenge. Synopsis Carnelian, son and heir to Lord Suth, and prince Osidian have been abducted, drugged and smuggled out of the capital of the three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chosen (Ricardo Pinto)
''The Chosen'' is a 1999 fantasy novel by Ricardo Pinto. It is the first book in ''The Stone Dance of the Chameleon'' trilogy, which concerns the harrowing experiences of the young and inexperienced heir to a ruling dynasty who is suddenly taken from his protected childhood and thrust into a cruel society where he must fight for his family honour, his position and his life. A 2000 ''Locus'' poll ranked ''The Chosen'' 14th in the Best First Novel category. Development Pinto has reported that he first wrote a 600-page draft of the series during the summer holiday while at university in the early 1980s. Ten years later he produced rewritten drafts for the second and third books of the series, before creating a 100-page synopsis of the first book, which was submitted to a publisher, Transworld. The book then took a further two years to complete. Pinto reports that his writing style has changed through the writing of the series, so that while the final volume has been driven by its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Stone Dance Of The Chameleon
Ricardo Pinto (born 1961 in Lisbon, Portugal) is a computer game programmer and fantasy novelist. Early life and gaming career Pinto's family moved to London when he was six, and then to Dundee in Scotland. In 1979, he commenced a degree in Mathematics at the University of Dundee. In 1983, Pinto moved to London to work as a programmer writing computer games. He moved back to Edinburgh and then to Bristol working on game design. He became interested in creating the plot for games and wrote ''Kryomek'' and ''Hivestone'' as support material for tabletop wargames. Writing While still at university around 1982, Pinto had written a 600-page manuscript which he later said "contained a first, vague impression" of what would become his ''The Stone Dance of the Chameleon'' series. After 10 years working the computer gaming industry he spent two years unemployed and teaching himself to write, during which time he developed his ''Stone Dance'' concept further. His first novel, ''The Chose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infinity's Shore
The Uplift Storm trilogy, also simply called ''The Uplift Trilogy'' is a series of novels set in David Brin's Uplift Universe. The entire trilogy is one long tale, with no gaps in the timeline between volumes. The three novels are: * ''Brightness Reef'' (1995) * ''Infinity's Shore'' (1996) * ''Heaven's Reach'' (1998) Setting Jijo The setting of the majority of the first two novels and the novella ''Temptation'' is the planet Jijo. Jijo was declared fallow for one million years by the Migration Institute, in order to give it a chance to recover from successive colonies, but has been illegally populated by fugitives from several races seeking refuge there. By mutual agreement they all live on one geologically active area of the planet, called "The Slope" insuring that in time all trace of their settlements will be recycled back into the planet by subduction. If this law is broken and the so-called "Sooners" refuse to return to the Slope, the penalty is death. The Commons is a lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upland Outlaws
''Upland Outlaws'' is a fantasy novel by Dave Duncan, following ''The Cutting Edge''. Plot The sorcerer Zinixo has taken control of Hub, but life goes on as normal. As Zinixo and his Covin track down Rap and friends, Rap must get the word out to the other sorcerers about the plans to join together and destroy Zinixo. Having escaped across the Cenmere Sea, the group takes to ship and sets sail. Characters *Ylo Yllipo - Signifier for Shandie and the XXth legion. Last of his line *Thaïle - Pixie in Thume *Shandie - Emshandar V. Imperor, although in exile. (This exile is unknown to the general populace, as Zinixo used Shandie's cousin and illusion magic to make it look like Shandie is still running the Impire.) *Sir Acopulo – Shandie's chief political advisor & tactician *Lord Umpily – Shandie's chief of protocol & spymaster *Hardgraa – Shandie's chief of bodyguard, currently guarding Eshiala *Kadie – Princess of Krasnegar. Twin of Gath *Inosolan – Queen of Krasnegar *Gat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aristoi (novel)
{{infobox book , , name = Aristoi , title_orig = , translator = , image = Aristoi(1stEd).jpg , caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover)The cover art for ''Aristoi'' was nominated for the 1993 Hugo Award for Best Original Artwork. , author = Walter Jon Williams , illustrator = , cover_artist = Jim Burns , country = United States , language = English , series = , genre = Science fiction , publisher = Tor Books , release_date = 1992 , english_release_date = , media_type = Print (hardback & paperback) , pages = 448 , isbn = 0-312-85172-3 , dewey= 813/.54 20 , congress= PS3573.I456213 A89 1992 , oclc= 26158330 , preceded_by = , followed_by = ''Aristoi'' is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Walter Jon Williams. Overview The novel describes the Logarchy, a technologically advanced human society which has spread across half the galaxy. It involves a rigid hier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Face Of The Waters
''The Face of the Waters'' is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, first published in 1991. Plot introduction ''The Face of the Waters'' takes place deep in the future, on a penal colony, inhabited by convicts and their progeny. The planet is ''Hydros'', an ocean planet An ocean world, ocean planet, panthalassic planet, maritime world, water world or aquaplanet, is a type of planet that contains a substantial amount of water in form of oceans, either beneath the surface, as subsurface oceans, or on the surfa ... whose inhabitants live on artificial floating islands. After a human offense against the natives of Hydros, the human population of the island of Sorve are ordered to leave. Forbidden on all other islands, in a flotilla of ships they seek the semi-mythical island of the Face of the Waters. During their journey they are forced to learn more about themselves, leading to questions about both religion and the purpose of Man. At the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Silverberg
Robert Silverberg (born January 15, 1935) is an American author and editor, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF. He has attended every Hugo Awards ceremony since the inaugural event in 1953. Biography Early years Silverberg was born to Jewish parents in Brooklyn, New York. A voracious reader since childhood, he began submitting stories to science fiction magazines during his early teenage years. He received a BA in English Literature from Columbia University, in 1956. While at Columbia, he wrote the juvenile novel ''Revolt on Alpha C'' (1955), published by Thomas Y. Crowell with the cover notice: "A gripping story of outer space". He won his first Hugo in 1956 as the "best new writer". That year Silverberg was the author or co-author of four of the six stories in the August issue of ''Fantastic'', breaking his record set in the previ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
