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Solaris Books
Solaris Books is an imprint which focuses on publishing science fiction, fantasy and dark fantasy novels and anthologies. The range includes titles by both established and new authors. The range is owned by Rebellion Developments and distributed to the UK and US booktrade via local divisions of Simon & Schuster. History Solaris Books was founded in February 2007 by BL Publishing, to trade alongside their existing licence-based imprint the Black Library, and the then-existing Black Flame imprint. When asked why BLP had started the new imprint, Consulting Editor George Mann stated that "...between... the major corporate publishers... and... the small and independent press... there seems to be little or no room left for the midlist," and that Solaris would provide a mass-market platform for up-and-coming writers, or established writers with smaller readerships. In September 2009, it was announced that Solaris Books had been bought by Rebellion Developments, who also publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Solaris may refer to: Arts and entertainment Literature, television and film * ''Solaris'' (novel), a 1961 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem ** ''Solaris'' (1968 film), directed by Boris Nirenburg ** ''Solaris'' (1972 film), directed by Andrei Tarkovsky ** ''Solaris'' (2002 film), directed by Steven Soderbergh * Solaris, a ship in the animated series ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold'' * Solaris Knight, a character in the TV series ''Power Rangers: Mystic Force'' * Suzie Solaris, a character in the movie '' Murderers' Row'' * ''Birdman and the Galaxy Trio'', an animated series known as "''Solaris''" in France Music * ''Solaris'', an opera composed by Dai Fujikura, on a libretto by Saburo Teshigawara based on Stanislaw Lem's novel * ''Solaris'', an opera composed by Detlev Glanert (2010–12) * Solaris (band), a progressive rock band from Hungary * ''Solaris'' (Photek album), 2000 * ''Solaris'' (Elliot Minor album), 2009 * ''Sólaris'', a 2011 album by Daníel Bjarnason ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Jeapes
Ben Jeapes (born 14 February 1965) is a British science fiction writer living in Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Early life and education Jeapes was born in Belfast in 1965. He was educated at Hampton Dene Primary School, Hereford, Little Chalfont Primary School, Lorraine Primary School, Camberley, Dumpton Prep School, and Sherborne School, and studied Philosophy and Politics at the University of Warwick. Literary career Jeapes began writing science fiction at the age of 18. eapes, Ben He has published over 18 short stories, and 7 novels. His first full-length novel was ''His Majesty's Starship'', which concerns the actions of several Earth countries competing for the chance to start again on a new world. His fourth novel ''The New World Order'', is an alternate history novel set during the English Civil War in which technologically advanced Neandertals come to England at the peak of the conflict. The leader of the invading forces attempts to avoid inflicting suffering u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet McKenna
Juliet E. McKenna (born 1965) is a British fantasy author with over fifteen epic fantasy novels. Biography McKenna was born in Lincolnshire in 1965, and studied Greek and Roman history and literature at St Hilda's College, Oxford. After college McKenna had a career in personnel management before a changing to work in book-selling. She also fitted in becoming a mother around her writing. McKenna is one of the British boom of fantasy writers. As well as her various novel series McKenna writes articles and reviews for magazines. She has worked as a judge for various awards such as the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2013, the 2011 James White Award and the World Fantasy Awards in 2018. McKenna is also a contributing editor for the Irish anthology magazine Albedo One. In 2013 McKenna was the chair of the British National Science Fiction Convention, EightSquaredCon. She was also one of the authors, along with others such as Sarah Ash and Mark Chadbourn, behind The Write Fantastic, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Maxey
James Maxey is an American author best known for his work in the fields of science fiction and fantasy. He has won the Phobos Award, been nominated for the WSFA Small Press Award, is a 2015 Piedmont Laureate, and reprinted in the Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy. In addition to writing fiction, Maxey has also reviewed novels for the online magazine ''InterGalactic Medicine Show'' (IGMS), and appeared on panels and taught workshops at numerous conventions on the east coast. He currently lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina with his wife, Cheryl. Fiction Before becoming widely published, Maxey attended several notable writer's workshops, including Odyssey Writing Workshop and Orson Scott Card's Writing Boot Camp. Maxey's short fiction has been published in Asimov's Science Fiction, InterGalactic Medicine Show, and numerous anthologies. He has to-date published nine novels, six from Solaris Books (three in the Dragon Age trilogy and three in the Dragon Apocalypse trilogy). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lovegrove
James M. H. Lovegrove (born 1965) is a British writer of speculative fiction. Early life Lovegrove was educated at Radley College, Oxfordshire, and was one of the subjects of a 1979 BBC television series, ''Public School''. A follow-up programme was broadcast on 27 October 2013, in which Lovegrove talked about his experiences of attending the school and about public school education in general. He later studied English literature at St Catherine's College, Oxford. Career Lovegrove's first novel was ''The Hope'', published by Macmillan in 1990. He was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 1998 for his novel ''Days'' and for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 2004 for his novel ''Untied Kingdom''. His short story "Carry The Moon in My Pocket" won the 2011 Seiun Award in Japan for Best Foreign Language Short Story. Lovegrove has written young adult fiction, most notably a series of fantasy novels, ''The Clouded World'', under a pseudonym (Jay Amory). These have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Goss (producer)
James Goss (born 1974) is an English writer and producer, known both for his work in cult TV spin-off media, including tie-in novels and audio stories for ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'', and for his fictional works beyond ready made universes. ''Doctor Who'' Online content In 2000, Goss was made a BBC senior content producer and put in charge of the BBC's official ''Doctor Who'' website. Originally the site was part of the BBC's Cult TV website. Goss slowly expanded the content to include ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Farscape'', ''The Simpsons'', '' 24'' and ''Doctor Who''. He was subsequently voted Number 19 in TV Cream's 2004 poll of Top 50 Media Movers and Shakers. With the return of Doctor Who in 2005, the Cult site was slowly wound down in order to concentrate solely on the show. Goss moved to BBC Wales to oversee the production of the new show's web site, expanding the contents to include cast and crew interviews, games and spin-off sites based on the broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Whates
Ian Whates is a British speculative fiction author and editor. In 2006 he launched the independent publishing house NewCon Press. He lives with his partner Helen in Cambridgeshire. As of 2009 Whates is currently a director of both the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) and the British Science Fiction Association (BSFA). He has had short fiction published in ''Nature Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are ...'', '' Hub'' and ''TQR''. In 2007 his short story The Gift of Joy was nominated for the British Science Fiction Award. His space opera novel, Pelquin's Comet (The Dark Angels Book 1), was published in 2015. Bibliography City of a Hundred Rows # City of Dreams & Nightmare (2010) # City of Hope & Despair (2011) # City of Light & Shadow (2012) Noise # The No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth L
Sir Gareth (; Old French: ''Guerehet'', ''Guerrehet'') is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He is the youngest son of King Lot and Queen Morgause, King Arthur's half-sister, thus making him Arthur's nephew, as well as brother to Gawain, Agravain and Gaheris, and either a brother or half-brother of Mordred. Gareth is particularly notable in ''Le Morte d'Arthur'' in which he is also known by his nickname Beaumains. Arthurian legend French literature The earliest role of Gareth, appearing as Guerrehet, is found in the First Continuation of Chrétien de Troyes's '' Perceval ou le Conte du Graal''. As the protagonist of the story's final episode, he slays the giant known as "Little Knight", thus avenging the death of fairy king Brangemuer, son of Guingamuer and the fay Brangepart. Several of his adventures are narrated in the Vulgate Cycle (''Lancelot-Grail''). In the Vulgate ''Merlin'', Gareth and his brothers defect from their father King Lot and take service wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gail Z
Gail may refer to: People *Gail (given name), list of notable people with the given name Surname * Jean-Baptiste Gail (1755–1829), French Hellenist scholar * Max Gail (born 1943), American actor * Sophie Gail (1775–1819), French singer and composer Places ;Austria * Gail (river), Austria ;United States * Gail, Texas * Gail Lake Township, Minnesota Other uses * Gail's, British cafe and bakery chain * GAIL, Gas Authority of India Limited * GAIL: GNOME Accessibility Implementation Library – implements the computing accessibility interfaces defined by the GNOME Accessibility Toolkit (ATK) * Gail Valley dialect, a Slovene dialect in Central Europe See also * Gael (given name) * Gale (other) * Gayle (other) Gayle or Gayl may refer to: People * Gayle (given name), people with the given name * Gayle (surname), people with the surname * Gayle (singer) (born 2004), American singer-songwriter Places * Gayle, North Yorkshire, England * Gayle, Jamaica, a ...< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Brown (writer)
Eric Brown (born 24 May 1960) is a British science fiction author. Biography Eric Brown was born in Haworth, Yorkshire, in May 1960, and began writing in 1975. In the 1980s he travelled extensively throughout Greece and Asia (some of his novels are set in India). His first publication was in 1982, when his play for children ''Noel's Ark'' appeared. His career took off in the late 1980s with a succession of short stories in the magazine ''Interzone'' and other publications. His story "The Time-Lapsed Man" won the ''Interzone'' readers' poll for the most admired story of 1988, and an Eastercon short text award in 1995. He was voted the Best New European SF writer of the Year in the early 1990s and has subsequently won the British Science Fiction Award twice (for the short stories "Hunting the Slarque" in 1999 and "Children of Winter" in 2001). He has publicly admired the science fiction writing of Michael G. Coney, Robert Silverberg, Richard Paul Russo and Robert Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Gee
Emily may refer to: * Emily (given name), including a list of people with the name Music * "Emily" (1964 song), title song by Johnny Mandel and Johnny Mercer to the film ''The Americanization of Emily'' * "Emily" (Dave Koz song), a 1990 song on Dave Koz's album ''Dave Koz'' * "Emily" (Bowling for Soup song), a 2003 song on Bowling for Soup's album ''Drunk Enough to Dance'' * "Emily" (2009), song on Clan of Xymox's album ''In Love We Trust'' * "Emily" (2019), song on Tourist's album ''Everyday'' * "Emily", song on Adam Green's album ''Gemstones'' * "Emily", song on Alice in Videoland's album ''Outrageous!'' * "Emily", song on Elton John's album ''The One'' * "Emily", song on Asian versions of Feeder's album ''Comfort in Sound'' * "Emily", song on From First to Last's album ''Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount'' * "Emily", song on Kelly Jones' album ''Only the Names Have Been Changed'' * "Emily", song on Joanna Newsom's album '' Ys'' * "Emily", song on Manic Street Preac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Greenwood
Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the original creator of the ''Forgotten Realms'' game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for '' Dragon'' magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold the rights to the setting to TSR, the creators of the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' roleplaying game, in 1986. He has written many Forgotten Realms novels, as well as numerous articles and ''D&D'' game supplement books. Early life and the Forgotten Realms Greenwood grew up in the upscale Toronto suburb of Don Mills. He began writing stories about the Forgotten Realms as a child, starting in the mid-1960s; they were his "dream space for swords and sorcery stories". Greenwood conceived of the Forgotten Realms as one world in a "multiverse" of parallel worlds which includes the Earth. He imagined such worlds as being the source of humanity's myths and legends. Greenwood discovered the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' game in 1975 and soon became a regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
