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Josepha Sherman
Josepha Sherman (December 12, 1946 – August 23, 2012) was an American author, folklorist, and anthologist. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel ''The Shining Falcon''. Works Series Buffyverse *'' Visitors'' (1999) (with Laura Anne Gilman) *'' Deep Water'' (2000) (with Laura Anne Gilman) Find Your Fate Junior Transformers :9. '' The Invisibility Factor'' (1986) Bardic Choices (with Mercedes Lackey) :1. ''A Cast of Corbies'' (1994) Prince of the Sidhe :1. ''The Shattered Oath'' (1995) :2. ''Forging the Runes'' (1996) Novels *''Golden Girl and the Crystal of Doom ''(1986) *''The Shining Falcon'' (1989) -- based on the Russian fairy tale ''The Feather of Finist the Falcon'' *''The Horse of Flame'' (1990) *''Child of Faerie, Child of Earth'' (1992) *''A Strange and Ancient Name'' (1992) *''Windleaf'' (1993) *''Gleaming Bright'' (1994) *''King's Son, Magic's Son'' (1994) -- based on the Child ballad '' King Estmere'' *''Son of Darkness'' (1998) Series c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce (born December 13, 1954) is an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, '' The Song of the Lioness'' (1983–1988), which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight. Pierce won the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) of the American Library Association in 2013, citing her two quartets '' Song of the Lioness'' and ''Protector of the Small'' (1999–2002). The annual award recognizes one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature". Pierce's books have been translated into twenty languages. Early life and education Pierce was born in South Connellsville, Pennsylvania in Fayette County, on December 13, 1954. Her mother wanted to name her "Tamara" but the nurse who filled out her birth certificate miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Novelists
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American Fantasy Writers
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2012 Deaths
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1946 Births
Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four Allied-occupied Austria, occupation zones. * January 10 ** The first meeting of the United Nations is held, at Methodist Central Hall Westminster in London. ** ''Project Diana'' bounces radar waves off the Moon, measuring the exact distance between the Earth and the Moon, and proves that communication is possible between Earth and outer space, effectively opening the Space Age. * January 11 - Enver Hoxha declares the People's Republic of Albania, with himself as prime minister of Albania, prime minister. * January 16 – Charles de Gaulle resigns as head of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, French provisional government. * January 17 - The United Nations Security Council holds its first session, at Church House, Westmin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of The Galaxy Rangers
''The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers'' is an American animated space Western television series created by Robert Mandell and Gaylord Entertainment Company. It was broadcast in syndication between 1986 and 1989. The series combines sci-fi stories with traditional wild west themes. It is one of the first anime-style shows produced mainly in the United States, although the actual animation was done by the Japanese animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha. At the time it aired, ''The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers'' was considered a revolutionary children's show. Plot The show is set in the future, some time after the year 2086, when two aliens from the planets Andor and Kirwin travel to Earth to search for allies against the expansionist Crown Empire led by the Queen of the Crown. In return for the help, the two aliens gave mankind construction plans for a hyperdrive device. After this key event in human history, interstellar travel flourished and a huge number of colonies emer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternate Warriors
''Alternate Warriors'' is an alternate history anthology edited by Mike Resnick, published in the United States by Tor Books. The anthology contains 29 short stories, including Resnick's own "Mwalimu in the Squared Circle". The other stories are by different authors, and present scenarios where famous peacemakers are instead warriors in a way that did not occur in real life. The anthology was released on September 1, 1993. Stories Reviews *Review by Mark R. Kelly (1993) in Locus Locus (plural loci) is Latin for "place". It may refer to: Entertainment * Locus (comics), a Marvel Comics mutant villainess, a member of the Mutant Liberation Front * ''Locus'' (magazine), science fiction and fantasy magazine ** ''Locus Award' ..., #394 November 1993 *Review by Leigh Grossman (1994) in Horror #1, January 1994 See also * List of works by Mike Resnick References External linksInternet Book List entry 1993 books Alternate history anthologies Tor Books books Cultural depictio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Resnick
Michael Diamond Resnick (; March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct magazine ''Jim Baen's Universe,'' and the creator and editor of ''Galaxy's Edge'' magazine. Biography Resnick was born in Chicago on March 5, 1942. He was a 1959 graduate of Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois. He sold his first piece of writing in 1957, while still in high school. He attended the University of Chicago from 1959 to 1961 and met his future wife, Carol L. Cain, there. The couple began dating in mid-December 1960 and were engaged by the end of the month. They were married in 1961. In the 1960s and early 1970s, Resnick wrote over 200 erotic adult novels under various pseudonyms and edited three men's magazines and seven tabloid newspapers. For over a decade he wrote a weekly column about horse racing and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicks In Chainmail
''Chicks in Chainmail'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Esther Friesner, with a cover by Larry Elmore. It consists of works featuring female protagonists mostly written by female authors. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books in September 1995, with a hardcover edition following from Baen in conjunction with the Science Fiction Book Club in January 1996. It was the first of a number of similarly themed anthologies edited by Friesner. The book collects 20 short stories by various fantasy authors, with an introduction by Friesner. Contents * "Introduction" (Esther Friesner) * "Lady of Steel" (Roger Zelazny) * "And Ladies of the Club" (Elizabeth Moon) * "Exchange Program" ( Susan Shwartz) * "Goddess for a Day" (Harry Turtledove) * "Armor-Ella" (Holly Lisle) * "Career Day" (Margaret Ball) * "Armor/Amore" ( David Vierling) * "The Stone of War and the Nightingale's Egg" (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) * "The Growling" (Jody Lynn Nye) * "The New Britomart" ( Eluk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
