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Skavenslayer
After the creation of the ''Warhammer Fantasy'' universe by Games Workshop, novels were published by GW Books and Boxtree Limited, but subsequently novels have been published by the Black Library, including translations to French and German. More than 150 novels were set in the shared universe of ''Warhammer Fantasy'' between 1989 and 2015. According to Marc Gascoigne the idea of Chaos in ''Warhammer'' was inspired by ''The Eternal Champion'' and its sequels, written by Michael Moorcock, who made use of ideas from ''Three Hearts and Three Lions'' by Poul Anderson. The ''Warhammer'' elves were inspired by ''The Broken Sword'' by Poul Anderson as well the Middle-earth canon of J. R. R. Tolkien. Gotrek and Felix Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus These novels were collected in omnibus in 2003 and 2006 and with additional short stories in 2013 and 2018 (). *''Trollslayer'' by William King (1999, incorporates ''Geheimnisnacht'' originally published 1989 in ''Warhammer: Ignoran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trollslayer
''Trollslayer'', a novel written by William King, is the first in a series of twelve books following the adventures of Gotrek and Felix, in the Warhammer Fantasy universe. The book is written in an episodic format, with each chapter featuring a different adventure with different supporting characters and different villains. It shows the background for many important things in Felix's reminiscing in other stories, such as his first encounter with Chaos and his first great love, not to mention where he got his magical sword. The material in ''Trollslayer'' was first released under that title in 1999 and a second edition was released in 2003. It was also included in a volume with the second and third in the series, titled ''Gotrek & Felix: The First Omnibus'', released in 2006. A free ebook edition was made available on the Black Library website in October 2010. ''Trollslayer'' was also republished in 2013 as part of the ''Black Library Classics'' series.{{Dead link, date=Septe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William King (author)
William King (born 7 December 1959), also known as Bill King, is a Scottish writer of a number of science fiction and fantasy books, most notably in Games Workshop's Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 series, published by Games Workshop's fiction arm Black Library. Career King wrote '' Trollslayer'' (1999), the first novel published under the Games Workshop's Black Library label. His most memorable characters, Gotrek and Felix, have appeared in a series of novels, beginning with ''Trollslayer'', a collection of previously published and new short stories. His next-most-famous character is Ragnar Blackmane, a Space Marine from the ''Warhammer 40,000'' game setting universe (although the character was already in existence in the game and background material, King took him and expanded his history in the novel series). In 2010, he signed a three-book deal with Black Library that will focus on elven brothers Tyrion and Teclis. Prior to moving to the Czech Republic, King spent a num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warhammer Fantasy (setting)
''Warhammer Fantasy'' is a fictional fantasy universe created by Games Workshop and used in many of its games, including the table top wargame ''Warhammer Fantasy Battle'', the ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (WFRP) pen-and-paper role-playing game, and a number of video games: the MMORPG '' Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning'', the strategy games '' Total War: Warhammer'', '' Total War: Warhammer II'' and '' Total War: Warhammer III'' and the two first-person shooter games in the Warhammer Vermintide series, '' Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide'' and '' Warhammer: Vermintide 2''. Warhammer is notable for its "dark and gritty" background world, which reference a range of historical cultures, along with other fantasy settings, in particular Tolkien's Middle-earth. From Michael Moorcock, its creators took the theme of "Chaos" as a force unceasingly attempting to tear the mortal world asunder. The world itself was populated with a variety of races such as humans, high elves, dark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Stewart (writer)
Alexander Michael Stewart (born 25 July 1958) is a British writer. His best known work is fiction written under the pseudonym Sandy Mitchell—Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 novels, including the Ciaphas Cain series. A full-time writer since the mid-1980s, the majority of his work (as Sandy Mitchell) has been tie-in fiction for Games Workshop's Warhammer fantasy and Warhammer 40,000 science fiction lines, as well as a novelisation of episodes from the high tech thriller series Bugs, for which he also worked as a scriptwriter under his real name. He has also contributed some Warhammer roleplaying game material (including '' Scourge the Heretic'', the first tie-in book to the Dark Heresy roleplaying game) as well as a number of short stories and magazine articles. He lives in the North Essex village of Earls Colne, with his wife and daughter. As a member of the Midnight Rose Collective he edited the Temps and EuroTemps collections of short stories with Neil Gaiman. Selected w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin D
Robin may refer to: Animals * Australasian robins, red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae * Many members of the subfamily Saxicolinae (Old World chats), including: **European robin (''Erithacus rubecula'') ** Bush-robin **Forest robin **Magpie-robin ** Scrub-robin **Robin-chat, two bird genera ** Bagobo robin **White-starred robin **White-throated robin ** Blue-fronted robin **Larvivora (6 species) **Myiomela (3 species) * Some red-breasted New-World true thrushes (''Turdus'') of the family Turdidae, including: ** American robin (''T. migratorius'') (so named by 1703) ** Rufous-backed thrush (''T. rufopalliatus'') ** Rufous-collared thrush (''T. rufitorques'') ** Formerly other American thrushes, such as the clay-colored thrush (''T. grayi'') * Pekin robin or Japanese (hill) robin, archaic names for the red-billed leiothrix (''Leiothrix lutea''), red-breasted songbirds * Sea robin, a fish with small "legs" (actually spines) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Green (speculative Fiction Writer)
Jonathan Green is a freelance writer. He has written for various science fiction and fantasy franchises, including ''Doctor Who'', ''Fighting Fantasy'', ''Sonic the Hedgehog'', and Games Workshop's ''Warhammer'' and ''Warhammer 40,000'' game universes. Biography Before becoming a full-time writer, Green was a teacher and deputy headmaster of a school in London. Green wrote seven ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebooks, and a history of the franchise. Green has written four novels for the Games Workshop Black Library label: ''Necromancer'', ''Magestorm'', ''The Dead and the Damned'', and ''Iron Hands''. He co-authored several ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' gamebooks for Puffin Books with Marc Gascoigne. Green wrote the first book in the Pax Britannia science fiction steampunk series ''Unnatural History'' published by Abaddon Books, which features a Victorian James Bond-style dandy adventurer called Ulysses Quicksilver. Bibliography Non-fiction * ''Go Gos Are Go Go'' (1997, ) * ''Match Wits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Rennie
Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, responsible for ''White Trash: Moronic Inferno'', as well as several comic strips for '' 2000 AD'' and novels for ''Warhammer Fantasy''. In May 2008, he announced he was leaving comics to concentrate full-time on videogames which "are more fun, pay better and have a brighter future"."Meet The Big Game Hunters" '' The Sunday Mail'', May 11, 2008 However, he has since written several new series for ''2000 AD'', Titan and others. Biography His first work was published in '' Blast!'' magazine in 1991, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Haley
Guy Haley (born June 6, 1973) is an English writer of speculative fiction, predominantly known for his ''Richards & Klein Investigations'' series, as well as numerous fiction contributions to various Warhammer 40,000 series. Bibliography Warhammer 40,000 Contributed over 30 works to the greater Warhammer universe, with another 50 works to the following Warhammer 40,000 ''Warhammer 40,000'' is a miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, and is particularly popular in the United Kingdom. The first edition of the rulebook was published in September 1987, ... series: * ''Adeptus Mechanicus'' (2019) * ''Angels of Death'' (2013) * ''Astra Militarum'' (2020) * ''Blood Angels'' (2017-2022) * ''Dark Imperium'' (2018-2021) * ''Dawn of Fire'' (2020) * ''Imperial Guard'' (2013-2016) * ''Lords of the Space Marines'' (2013) * ''Space Marine Battles'' (2013-2017) * ''The Beast Arises'' (2016-2018) * ''The Horus Heresy'' (2016-20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wallis (games Designer)
James Wallis is a British designer and publisher of tabletop and role-playing games. He is not to be confused with Myriador's Jamie Wallis, who converted ''Steve Jackson's Sorcery!'' into d20 modules. Career James Wallis began roleplaying in 1981 through ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and '' Traveller'', which were both licensed in the UK by Games Workshop at the time. Wallis began publishing his own fanzines, first ''WEREMAN'' and then ''Sound & Fury'', and got to know game designer Erick Wujcik through the latter; Wujcik introduced Wallis to Kevin Siembieda at Gen Con 22 in 1989, resulting in Wallis writing two books for Palladium Books, ''Mutants in Avalon'' (1990) and ''Mutants in Orbit'' (1992). Wallis also began working on his own role-playing game based on the '' Bugtown'' comics, and in 1992 he brought the game to Phage Press, where it stalled for two years due to creative differences. ''Once Upon a Time'', a game designed by James Wallis, Andrew Rilstone and Richard Lambert, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Abnett
Dan Abnett (born 12 October 1965) is an English comic book writer and novelist. He has been a frequent collaborator with fellow writer Andy Lanning, and is known for his work on books for both Marvel Comics, and their UK imprint, Marvel UK, since the 1990s, and also ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD''. He has also contributed to DC Comics titles, and his ''Warhammer Fantasy (setting), Warhammer Fantasy'' and ''Warhammer 40,000'' novels and graphic novels for Games Workshop's Black Library now run to several dozen titles and have sold over two million copies. In 2009 he released his first original fiction novels through Angry Robot books. Early life Abnett read English and matriculated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford in 1984, and graduated from there in 1987. Career As one of the more prolific ''2000 AD'' writers, Abnett was responsible for the creation of one of the comic's better known and longest-running strips, ''Sinister Dexter''. Other original stories include ''Black Light'', ''Badlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gav Thorpe
Gavin Thorpe is a game designer who has worked primarily on board games. He has also authored a number of novels and short stories for the Black Library. Career Gav Thorpe has been designing and developing products for Games Workshop since 1994. His credits include the ''Inquisitor'' skirmish game, as well as work on several editions of ''Warhammer'' and ''Warhammer 40,000'', and supplements for both game systems. He also designed the board game '' Gobbo's Banquet'', and has written more than half a dozen novels for the Black Library. He also wrote the script for the ''Mark of Chaos'' computer game. Thorpe lives in Nottingham, England. Bibliography Legacy of Caliban trilogy * '' Ravenwing '' (January 2013) * '' Master of Sanctity '' (June 2014) Last Chancers *''Thirteenth Legion'' (December 2000) *''Kill Team'' (October 2001) *''Annihilation Squad'' (March 2004) *''Deliverance'' (short story) *''Liberty'' (short story) Path of the Eldar *''Path of the Warrior'' (July 2010) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
