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Michael Reaves
James Michael Reaves (born September 14, 1950) is an American writer, known for his contributions as scriptwriter and story editor to a number of 1980s and 1990s animated television series, including '' Disney's Gargoyles'' and '' Batman: The Animated Series''. He has also written media tie-in novels, children's books, and original fiction. He often collaborates with Steve Perry and won a 1993 Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program in his work on ''Batman: The Animated Series''. Reaves has Parkinson's disease, and for a time maintained a blog concerning his experiences dealing with the disease and its effects.http://michaelreaveswriter.blogspot.com/ Typing is now difficult for him, and by his own account, he has lost the ability to speak coherently. Reaves worked extensively with co-authors between 2004 and 2015, including his daughter Mallory Reaves. Books Novels Anthologies and collections *'' Darkworld Detective'' (1981) *''The Night People'' (2005) C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 census, making it the 18th-largest city in California. San Bernardino is the economic, cultural, and political hub of the San Bernardino Valley and the Inland Empire. The governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico have established the metropolitan area’s only consulates in the downtown area of the city. Additionally, San Bernardino serves as an anchor city to the 3rd largest metropolitan area in California (after Los Angeles and San Francisco) and the 13th largest metropolitan area in the United States; the San Bernardino-Riverside MSA. Furthermore, the city’s University District serves as a college town, as home to California State University, San Bernardino. San Bernardino was named in 1810, when Spanish priest Francisco Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
InterWorld
''InterWorld'' is a fantasy and science fiction novel by Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves. The book was published in 2007 by EOS, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. It follows the story of Joey Harker who, together with a group of other Joeys from different Earths in other parallel universes, try to stop the two forces of magic and science from taking over all of the Earths in different universes. Plot summary Joey Harker is an average high school student living in Greenville. He has trouble finding his way around his own house, let alone the town. On a field trip set by his Social Studies teacher, Mr. Dimas, Joey finds himself lost in the city, and then enters a strange fog; when he emerges, everything has changed. All the cars are brightly coloured, and the police cars are flashing green and yellow instead of blue and red. When he goes back to his home, he discovers that he does not exist anymore; instead, there is a girl named Josephine living there. He runs outside an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Web Woman
''Web Woman'' is a television series that originally aired as part of ''Tarzan and the Super 7'' by Filmation. Web Woman is the alias of Kelly Webster. Web Woman's voice was provided by actress Linda Gary. Series format Kelly is a NASA scientist turned farmer who saves the life of a tall, thin insectoid alien when he is swept into a raging river during a thunderstorm. In gratitude, the alien presents her with a special ring with a black widow "hourglass" design which grants her the powers of the entire insect kingdom. The alien proves to be an agent of the mysterious entity named Scarab, the guardian of the space station Citadel 7, who communicates with her via a huge crystal orb in the secret lair hidden in a cavern beneath her barn. Exactly how she came into contact with Scarab after receiving the ring was not specified in any of the cartoons, but she becomes Web Woman soon afterward. In the episode "The Lady in The Lamp", Scarab is implied to be immortal, or at least extremely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Sentinels
''Space Sentinels'' (originally titled ''Young Sentinels'' and renamed midway through its only season) is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Filmation which debuted on the American NBC network on September 10, 1977 and ran for thirteen half-hour episodes. The science fiction action series follows a superhero team during missions to protect the Earth. Premise Three young Earth people were selected many centuries ago and teleported to another planet, where they were given eternal youth and superpowers. They were trained and returned to Earth, where they are tasked with protecting the planet and its vicinity, similar to the Green Lantern Corps. Hercules and Mercury through superhuman feats became the basis for the mythological Roman deities of the same names. They are joined by Astrea, namesake of the Greek deity but with unrelated powers. Their base of operations and living quarters is a spaceship hidden within the caldera of a dormant volcano. They are supervised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Archie And Sabrina Hour
''The New Archie and Sabrina Hour'' (advertised as ''The Archie-Sabrina Show'') is the seventh and final animated series featuring Archie Comics characters under the Filmation banner. The series premiered on NBC in September 1977, rebroadcasting segments from ''The Archie Show'', as well as brand-new segments featuring ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. The show's format featured three segments per episode: a 15-minute one, a 30-minute one, and another 15-minute one—with the segments separated by songs (two songs per episode) and the first segment invariably featuring and emphasizing Sabrina. Filmation added two new characters into the show: a Latino teenager named Carlos and a robot that Dilton Doiley got from a space center and rebuilt named Q. Carlos only made a few appearances in the comics, beginning in ''Life with Archie'' #179 (March 1977). Q was Filmation's nod to ''Star Wars''. At the time, robots were starting to appear everywhere, even on primetime shows. Low ratings cau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tales Of The Slayer
''Tales of the Slayer'' are volumes containing prose short stories. Four volumes of this series have been released, all published by Pocket Books. Each contains a number of short stories surrounding the mythology of past Slayers. Tales within Buffyverse chronology These are ordered by chronology rather than by their appearance in the books. A Good Run *Author: Greg Rucka *Collected in: Vol. I *Setting: Greece, 490 BC It's 490 BC in Greece and Thessily is the current Slayer. In order to protect an important messenger, she must run 300 miles in 3 days while fending off countless vampires. In the end, this 29-year-old Slayer just wants to be remembered for something great that she herself did. Lady Shobu *Author: Kara Dalkey *Collected in: Vol. II *Setting: Sagami Province, Japan, 980 Kishi Minomoto is a brave girl born into a warrior clan who is suddenly called to serve as a lady in waiting for the Great Lady Ankimon-in. Her summoner, Bennin, claims to be her Watcher and info ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Children Of Cthulhu
A Cthulhu Mythos anthology is a type of short story collection that contains stories written in, or related to, the Cthulhu Mythos genre of horror fiction launched by H. P. Lovecraft. Such anthologies have helped to define and popularize the genre. ''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos'' ''Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos'', edited by writer August Derleth and published by Arkham House in 1969, is considered the first Cthulhu Mythos anthology. It contained two stories by Lovecraft, a number of reprints of pieces written by members of Lovecraft's circle of correspondents, and several new tales written for the collection by a new generation of Cthulhu Mythos writers. It was published in an edition of 4,024 copies. Derleth prefaced the collection with "The Cthulhu Mythos", an outline of his (sometimes controversial) views on the development and content of the Mythos. In this introduction, Derleth prematurely declared the genre to be dead--"for certainly the Mythos as an inspiration for new f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadows Over Baker Street
''Shadows Over Baker Street'' is an anthology of stories, each by a different author and each concerning an exploit of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes set against the backdrop of H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. The collection is edited by Michael Reaves and John Pelan, who also contributed the introduction. Doyle's estate approved the book. Table of contents See also *''All-Consuming Fire ''All-Consuming Fire'' is a novel written by Andy Lane and the 27th entry in the ''Virgin New Adventures'', a series based on the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. The novel is a crossover with Arthur Co ...'' *'' Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened'' *'' Gaslight Grimoire'' External links Sherlock Holmes Vs. Cthulhu! Crossover fiction Cthulhu Mythos anthologies Sherlock Holmes short story collections Sherlock Holmes pastiches 2003 anthologies Del Rey books Mystery anthologies {{2000s-mystery-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darkworld Detective
''Darkworld Detective'' is a collection of science fantasy stories written by J. Michael Reaves, published as a paperback original by Bantam Books in 1982. The linked stories feature protagonist, a detective on the planet Ja-Lur. An authorized sequel, ''The Black Hole of Carcosa'', was written by John Shirley and published by Pocket Books in 1988. Contents *"The Big Spell" (reprinted from ''Weird Heroes'' #8) *"The Maltese Vulcan" (reprinted from ''Weird Heroes'' #8) *"Murder on the Galactic Express" *"The Man with the Golden Raygun" Reception Writing in ''F&SF'', John Clute described the volume as "dim but decent," faulting Reaves's narrative style as "about as close to Raymond Chandler as Kai Lung is to Confucius Confucius ( ; zh, s=, p=Kǒng Fūzǐ, "Master Kǒng"; or commonly zh, s=, p=Kǒngzǐ, labels=no; – ) was a Chinese philosopher and politician of the Spring and Autumn period who is traditionally considered the paragon of Chinese sages. C ..." but conclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eternity's Wheel
''Eternity's Wheel'' is a fantasy and science fiction novel by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves. It is the third novel in the ''InterWorld'' trilogy; previous volumes were the 2007 novel ''InterWorld'' and its 2013 sequel ''The Silver Dream''. ''Eternity's Wheel'' was issued by HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, on May 19, 2015. Background ''Eternity's Wheel'' credits the story to Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, and Mallory Reaves with a "written by" credit being assigned to Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves. In a YouTube posting from April, 2013, Gaiman explained that he met up with Reaves and Reaves (who are father and daughter) to plot out the third volume of the trilogy, but as with the previous volume in the ''InterWorld'' series, Gaiman's commitment to other projects prevented him from doing actual writing work on the book. The elder Reaves, meanwhile, suffers from Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silver Dream
''The Silver Dream'' is a fantasy and science fiction novel by Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves and Mallory Reaves. It is a sequel to the 2007 novel ''InterWorld'', and was published in 2013. Summary ''The Silver Dream'' continues the story of Joey Harker, a seemingly ordinary teenager who discovered he has the ability to travel between parallel dimensions. Together with a group of other Joeys from different Earths in other parallel universes, Joey and the InterWorld team try to stop the forces of magic (known as HEX) and science (known as Binary) from forcibly taking over all of the Earths in different universes. In this novel, Joey continues to struggle to find his place within the InterWorld organization, as he is still blamed for the death of a popular team member. As the team begins to lose more and more ground to Hex and Binary, Joey encounters a mysterious young woman named Acacia Jones, whose powers to jump between dimensions seem to rival or even exceed his own—and who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patterns Of Force (novel)
''Coruscant Nights'' is a trilogy of novels by Michael Reaves. The series is set in the ''Star Wars'' universe The universe is all of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy. The Big Bang theory is the prevailing cosmological description of the development of the universe. Acc ... a year after '' Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith''. Rather than follow closely after each these, the books follow the same group of characters. Characters from the '' Medstar Duology'' reappear here. A stand-alone follow-up novel to the trilogy, ''The Last Jedi'', was released in 2013, which was also written by Reaves, along with Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff. External links Star Wars official Cargo Bay site* Book series introduced in 2008 Star Wars Legends novels 2008 novels Del Rey books {{StarWars-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
