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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] |
Gotrek And Felix
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: Ign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Inferno!
''Inferno!'' (originally ''Carnage'') was a bi-monthly magazine published from 1997 to 2004 by Games Workshop's publishing division, Black Library, which was initially just the name of the team brought together to work on ''Inferno!''. 10th anniversary interview , with It presented fiction, artwork, and comics set in the 's of Games Workshop's and |
Novella
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts. Definition The Italian term is a feminine of ''novello'', which means ''new'', similarly to the English word ''news''. Merriam-Webster defines a novella as "a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel". No official definition exists regarding the number of pages or words necessary for a story to be considered a novella, a short story or a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association defines a novella's word count to be between 17,500 and 40,000 words. History The novella as a literary genre began developing in the Italian literature of the early Renaissance, principally Giovanni Boccaccio, author of ''The Decameron'' (1353). ''The Decameron'' featured 100 tales (named nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1988. Events * March 7 – Nine thousand movie and television writers of the Writers' Guild of America go on strike a day after rejecting a final offer from producers. *May 28– 31 – The first Hay Festival of literature is held in the Welsh Marches. *June – The Panasonic Globe Theatre, Tokyo, opens with an Ingmar Bergman production of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet''. *August 7 – The Writers Guild of America strike formally ends. * November 15 – Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 reforms copyright law in the United Kingdom, with special provision for Great Ormond Street Hospital for sick children to benefit in perpetuity from royalties in J. M. Barrie's 1904 play ''Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up''. *''unknown date'' – Vasily Grossman's 1960 novel ''Life and Fate'' (''Жизнь и судьба'') is published for the first time in the Soviet Union, in the magazine '' Oktyabr'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warpstone
''Warpstone'' was an independent magazine that covered the topic of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. The magazine was in circulation from 1996 to 2014. The name was derived from warpstone, a fictional mutagen in the ''Warhammer'' fictional universe and also in the ''Warhammer 40,000'' universe during the first and second editions. ''Warhammer'' materials described warpstone as solidified dark magic with transmutatory and alchemical powers. History ''Warpstone'' was an unofficial ''Warhammer'' magazine. Launched in 1996 by John Foody and John Keane, it featured reviews of official products, interviews, comment pieces, and fan-written material. Some ''Warpstone'' articles have been collected into the book ''Corrupting Influence - The Best of Warpstone: Volume 1'' published by Hogshead Publishing Hogshead Publishing was a British game company that produced role-playing games and game supplements. History In October 1994, James Wallis founded Hogshead Publishing, a company which specia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werewolf
In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope (; ; uk, Вовкулака, Vovkulaka), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or the occasional scratch from another werewolf) with the transformations occurring on the night of a full moon. Early sources for belief in this ability or affliction, called lycanthropy (), are Petronius (27–66) and Gervase of Tilbury (1150–1228). The werewolf is a widespread concept in European folklore, existing in many variants, which are related by a common development of a Christian interpretation of underlying European folklore developed during the Christendom, medieval period. From the early modern period, werewolf beliefs also spread to the New World with colonialism. Belief in werewolves developed in parallel to the belief in European witchcraft, witches, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzeentch
In Games Workshop's ''Warhammer Fantasy'' and ''Warhammer 40,000'' fictional universes, Chaos refers to parasitic entities which live in a different plane of reality known as '' the Warp'' or ''Immaterium'' in ''Warhammer 40,000'' and as the Realm of Chaos in ''Warhammer Age of Sigmar''. The term can refer to these warp entities and their influence, the servants and worshippers of these entities, or even the parallel universe in which these entities are supposed to reside. The most powerful of these warp entities are those known as the Chaos Gods, also sometimes referred to as the Dark Gods, Ruinous Powers, or the Powers of Chaos. Similarities exist between the Warhammer idea of Chaos and the concept of Chaos from Michael Moorcock's Elric saga, which also influenced D&D's alignment system. Further similarities can be seen with the godlike extradimensional Great Old Ones of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft's stories. Realm of Chaos The first version of ''Realm of Chaos'' is a two- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolves
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; plural, : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large Canis, canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of Canis lupus, subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly understood, comprise wild subspecies. The wolf is the largest Neontology, extant member of the family Canidae. It is also distinguished from other ''Canis'' species by its less pointed ears and muzzle, as well as a shorter torso and a longer tail. The wolf is nonetheless related closely enough to smaller ''Canis'' species, such as the coyote and the golden jackal, to produce fertile Canid hybrid, hybrids with them. The Agouti (coloration), banded fur of a wolf is usually mottled white, brown, gray, and black, although subspecies in the arctic region may be nearly all white. Of all members of the genus ''Canis'', the wolf is most Generalist and specialist species, specialized for Pack hunter, cooperativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raped
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability, or is below the legal age of consent. The term ''rape'' is sometimes used interchangeably with the term ''sexual assault.'' The rate of reporting, prosecuting and convicting for rape varies between jurisdictions. Internationally, the incidence of rapes recorded by the police during 2008 ranged, per 100,000 people, from 0.2 in Azerbaijan to 92.9 in Botswana with 6.3 in Lithuania as the median. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amnesia
Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or disease,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be caused temporarily by the use of various sedatives and hypnotic drugs. The memory can be either wholly or partially lost due to the extent of damage that was caused. There are two main types of amnesia: retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia. Retrograde amnesia is the inability to retrieve information that was acquired before a particular date, usually the date of an accident or operation. In some cases the memory loss can extend back decades, while in others the person may lose only a few months of memory. Anterograde amnesia is the inability to transfer new information from the short-term store into the long-term store. People with anterograde amnesia cannot remember things for long periods of time. These two types are not mutually exclusive; both can occur simu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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