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Night Warriors (novel)
''Night Warriors'' is a novel by Graham Masterton published in 1986. Plot summary ''Night Warriors'' is a novel in which dangerous creatures prey on the living. Reception David Langford, Dave Langford reviewed ''Night Warriors'' for ''White Dwarf (magazine), White Dwarf'' #86, and stated that "nasty all right, but short on stuff like suspense, coherence, credibility." Reviews *Review by Gary Zacharias (1987) in Fantasy Review, March 1987 *Review by Don D'Ammassa (1987) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #96 September 1987 *Review by Lee Montgomerie (1987) in Interzone (magazine), Interzone, #20 Summer 1987 *Review [French] by Jérôme-Olivier Allard (2009) in Solaris (magazine), Solaris, #172 References {{reflist 1986 novels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Masterton
Graham Masterton (born 16 January 1946, in Edinburgh) is a British author known primarily for horror fiction. Originally editor of '' Mayfair'' and the British edition of '' Penthouse'', his debut novel, ''The Manitou'', was published in 1976. This novel was adapted in 1978 for the film ''The Manitou''. His 1978 novel ''Charnel House'' and 1983 novel ''Tengu'' garnered positive critical reception, the former receiving a Special Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America and the latter being awarded with a silver medal by the West Coast Review of Books. Masterson is also the only non-French winner of the prestigious Prix Julia Verlanger for his novel ''Family Portrait'', a reworking of the Oscar Wilde novel ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''. Masterton was also the editor of ''Scare Care'', a horror anthology published for the benefit of abused children in Europe and the United States. Masterton's novels often contain visceral sex and horror. In addition to his novels, Masterton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Langford
David Rowland Langford (born 10 April 1953) is a British author, editor, and critic, largely active within the science fiction field. He publishes the science fiction fanzine and newsletter ''Ansible'', and holds the all-time record for most Hugo Awards, with a total of 29 wins. Personal background David Langford was born and grew up in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales before studying for a degree in Physics at Brasenose College, Oxford, where he first became involved in science fiction fandom. Langford is married to Hazel and is the brother of the musician and artist Jon Langford. His first job was as a weapons physicist at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston, Berkshire from 1975 to 1980. In 1985 he set up a "tiny and informally run software company" with science fiction writer Christopher Priest, called Ansible Information after Langford's news-sheet. The company has ceased trading. Increasing hearing difficulties have reduced Langford's participation i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Dwarf (magazine)
''White Dwarf'' is a magazine published by British games manufacturer Games Workshop, which has long served as a promotions and advertising platform for Games Workshop and Citadel Miniatures products. During the first ten years of its publication, it covered a wide variety of fantasy and science-fiction role-playing games (RPGs) and board games, particularly the role playing games ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' (''AD&D''), '' Call of Cthulhu'', ''RuneQuest'' and '' Traveller''. These games were all published by other games companies and distributed in the United Kingdom by Games Workshop stores. The magazine underwent a major change in style and content in the late 1980s. It is now dedicated exclusively to the miniature wargames produced by Games Workshop. History 1975: ''Owl and Weasel'' to ''White Dwarf'' Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone initially produced a newsletter called ''Owl and Weasel'', which ran for twenty-five issues from February 1975 before it evolved into '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Games Workshop
Games Workshop Group (often abbreviated as GW) is a British manufacturer of miniature wargames, based in Nottingham, England. Its best-known products are ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar'' and ''Warhammer 40,000''. Founded in 1975 by John Peake (game designer), John Peake, Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson (UK), Steve Jackson, Games Workshop was originally a manufacturer of wooden boards for games including backgammon, mancala, nine men's morris and Go (board game), Go. It later became an importer of the U.S. role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and then a publisher of wargames and role-playing games in its own right, expanding from a bedroom mail-order company in the process. It expanded into Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia in the early 1990s. All UK-based operations were relocated to the current headquarters in Lenton, Nottingham in 1997. It started promoting games associated with The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy in 2001. It al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Review
''Fantasy Newsletter'' was a major fantasy fanzine founded by Paul C. Allen and later issued by Robert A. Collins. Frequent contributors included Fritz Leiber and Gene Wolfe. Publication history The first issue appeared in June 1978, and Allen continued publication until October 1981. It was then taken over without a break by Collins, director of the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts at Florida Atlantic University. At the beginning of 1984, it was combined with '' Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review'', and given a new title, ''Fantasy Review''. At this point, it became a semi-prozine, with substantial bookstore sales, and provided the widest coverage of science fiction and fantasy books then in existence. The magazine folded with issue #103, July/August 1987, but the review section continued as '' Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual'' well into the 1990s. Awards The magazine won the Balrog Award and the World Fantasy Award The World Fantas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction Chronicle
DNA Publications was an American publishing company that existed from 1993 to 2007 and was run by the husband-and-wife team of Warren Lapine and Angela Kessler. Initially based in Massachusetts, DNA Publications relocated to Radford, Virginia. As of 2004, it was the second-largest genre magazine publisher in the United States.Dellinger, Paul (April 27, 2004). "Company will publish Kiss magazine", '' The Roanoke Times & World News'', p. C6. Its first publication, in 1993, was the magazine ''Harsh Mistress'', which Lapine produced in collaboration with Kevin Rogers and Tim Ballon. DNA Publication distributed or published '' Aboriginal SF'', ''Absolute Magnitude'', ''Artemis'', '' Dreams of Decadence'', ''Fantastic Stories'', '' Mythic Delirium'', ''The Official KISS Magazine'', ''Science Fiction Chronicle'', and ''The Whole Cat Journal''. It also published the book imprints Spyre Books and Wilder Publications. For their work on the magazines, DNA Publications was a 2000 World Fant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interzone (magazine)
''Interzone'' is a British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, ''Interzone'' is the eighth-longest-running English language science fiction magazine in history, and the longest-running British science fiction (SF) magazine. Stories published in ''Interzone'' have been finalists for the Hugo Awards and have won a Nebula Award and numerous British Science Fiction Awards. History ''Interzone'' was initially produced by an unpaid collective of eight peopleJohn Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham James, Roz Kaveney, Simon Ounsley and David Pringle. According to Dorey, the group had been fans of the science fiction magazine ''New Worlds'' and wanted to create a "''New Worlds'' for the 1980s, something that would publish only great fiction and be a proper outlet for new writers." While the magazine started as an editorial collective, soon editor David Pringle was the driving force behind ''Interzone''. In 1984 ''Interzone'' received a ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solaris (magazine)
''Solaris'' is a Canadian francophone science-fiction and fantasy magazine. Founded in 1974 in Longueuil ( Québec) by Norbert Spehner, and originally known as Requiem magazine, ''Solaris'' is the oldest French language science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world. History and profile ''Solaris'' not only publishes established authors, but fosters the development of young francophone creators through a strong editorial direction. Mostly published and distributed in Québec, ''Solaris'' is also known in anglophone Canada, the United States and in Europe, where it is considered to be one of the most significant francophone magazines of its field. ''Solaris'' deals in all forms of science fiction and fantasy, including horror and "weird" fiction. It publishes original material ( short stories and illustrations) as well as related information, criticism, interviews and articles. ''Solaris'' sponsors an annual literary contest, the Prix Solaris, intended to encoura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
