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Viriconium (2000 Collection)
''Viriconium'' is an omnibus collection of the entire Viriconium sequence by M. John Harrison. It consists of the three novels, and all the short stories from the collection ''Viriconium Nights''. It was published in 2000 by Orion Books as volume 7 of their Fantasy Masterworks series. Several of the stories first appeared in the magazines ''New Worlds'' and '' Interzone''. The short stories appear here in a running order different from earlier publications of ''Viriconium Nights'' and it appears that the whole Viriconium sequence is here arranged by some internal chronology. Contents * "Viriconium Knights" * ''The Pastel City'' (novel) * "The Lords of Misrule" * "Strange Great Sins" * '' A Storm of Wings'' (novel) * "The Dancer from the Dance" * "The Luck in the Head" * "The Lamia and Lord Cromis" * ''In Viriconium ''In Viriconium'' is a novel by M. John Harrison published in 1982. Plot summary ''In Viriconium'' is a novel in which a city suffers from a metaphysical langou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viriconium
''Viriconium'' is a series of novels and stories written by M. John Harrison between 1971 and 1984, set in and around the fictional city of the same name. In the first novel in the series, the city of Viriconium exists in a future Earth littered with the technological detritus of millennia (partly inspired by Jack Vance's ''Dying Earth'' series, Mervyn Peake's ''Gormenghast'' series" A Storm of Wings" in David Pringle, '' Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels'', Grafton Books, 1988 (pp. 201-203). and the poems of T. S. Eliot).{{Citation needed, date=September 2017 However, variations of the city appear throughout the series (most frequently as Uriconium and Vriko), in an attempt by Harrison to subvert the concept of thoroughly mapped secondary worlds featured in certain works of fantasy, particularly those by J. R. R. Tolkien and his host of successors. Both universal and in particular, the city has a shifting topography and history, and is sometimes known by names such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient mythology, myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic (paranormal), magic or other supernatural elements as a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orion Books
Orion Publishing Group Ltd. is a UK-based book publisher. It was founded in 1991 and acquired Weidenfeld & Nicolson the following year. The group has published numerous bestselling books by notable authors including Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, Nemir Kirdar and Quentin Tarantino. History Orion Books was launched in 1992, with Orion purchasing the assets of Chapman publishers the following year. In the same year (1993), Orion acquired a warehousing and distribution centre called Littlehampton Book Services (LBS), which was based in Sussex in the UK. A majority share capital of Orion was sold to Hachette Livre in 1998, before Hachette Livre became the sole owner of the Orion Publishing Group in 2003. In December 1998, Orion acquired publishing house Cassell, whose imprints included Victor Gollancz Ltd. This imprint became a part of the Orion group and Orion also took ownership of the Cassell Military list. After acquiring Hodder Headline, Hachette UK was formed, with Orion as its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viriconium Nights
''Viriconium Nights'' is a collection by M. John Harrison published in 1984. Plot summary ''Viriconium Nights'' is a collection of seven stories set in and around the metropolis of Viriconium. Reception Dave Langford reviewed ''Viriconium Nights'' for ''White Dwarf'' #70, and stated that "They have a precise, exotic sleaziness, leaving you with uncomfortable images: insect-masks recur, and the Mari Llwyd (the rib-boned horse-skull of folklore), and technological decay (as with the unforgettable, filthy power-weapon of the first story). I like them. I think." Reviews *Review by Brian Stableford (1985) in Fantasy Review, February 1985 *Review by Baird Searles (1985) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1985 *Review by Barbara Davies (1985) in Vector Vector most often refers to: *Euclidean vector, a quantity with a magnitude and a direction *Vector (epidemiology), an agent that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism Vector ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Masterworks
Fantasy Masterworks is a series of British paperbacks intended to comprise "some of the greatest, most original, and most influential fantasy ever written", and claimed by its publisher Millennium (an imprint of Victor Gollancz) to be "the books which, along with Tolkien, Peake and others, shaped modern fantasy."According to the back cover of e.g. It has a companion series in the SF Masterworks line. A separate ''Future Classics'' line has also started featuring eight science fiction novels from the last few decades. The books were numbered only through No. 50; in the 2013 reboot of the series, the books are unnumbered, have a uniform look, and feature introductions by well-known writers and critics. Numbered paperback series (2000–2007) New design * Also published in the ''Fantasy Masterworks'' numbered series. See also * SF Masterworks ''S.F. Masterworks'' is a series of science fiction novel reprints published by UK-based company Orion Publishing Group, a subsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Worlds (magazine)
''New Worlds'' was a British science fiction magazine that began in 1936 as a fanzine called ''Novae Terrae''. John Carnell, who became ''Novae Terrae''s editor in 1939, renamed it ''New Worlds'' that year. He was instrumental in turning it into a professional publication in 1946 and was the first editor of the new incarnation. It became the leading UK science fiction magazine; the period to 1960 has been described by science fiction historian Mike Ashley as the magazine's "Golden Age". Carnell joined the British Army in 1940 following the outbreak of the Second World War and returned to civilian life in 1946. He negotiated a publishing agreement for the magazine with Pendulum Publications, but only three issues of ''New Worlds'' were produced before Pendulum's bankruptcy in late 1947. A group of science fiction fans formed a company called Nova Publications to revive the magazine; the first issue under their management appeared in mid-1949. ''New Worlds'' continued to appear on ... [...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] |
A Storm Of Wings
''A Storm of Wings'' is a novel by M. John Harrison published in 1980. Plot summary ''A Storm of Wings'' is a novel in which an invasion of alien locusts brings a worldview incompatible with that of humanity. Reception Dave Langford, reviewing ''A Storm of Wings'' for ''White Dwarf'' #93, compared it to '' Saraband of Lost Time'', stating that "Critics prefer ''Storms literary echoes and clever bits; but for all its excessive length, more readers are likely to finish ''Saraband''." Reviews *Review by Jack Rems (1980) in Locus, #234 June 1980 *Review by Bob Wayne (1980) in Fantasy Newsletter, No. 27 August 1980 *Review by Algis Budrys (1980) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1980 *Review by Baird Searles (1980) in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, December 1980 *Review by Colin Greenland (1981) in Foundation, #21 February 1981 *Review by David Pringle (1988) in Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels *Review rench The Rench is a right-hand tributary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Viriconium
''In Viriconium'' is a novel by M. John Harrison published in 1982. Plot summary ''In Viriconium'' is a novel in which a city suffers from a metaphysical langour. Reception Dave Pringle reviewed ''In Viriconium'' for '' Imagine'' magazine, and stated that "Harrison has a wickedly acute eye for human folly; every so often this novel makes you wince as though you have just caught sight of yourself in an unfriendly mirror." Dave 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 ... reviewed ''In Viriconium'' for '' White Dwarf'' #54, and stated that "Even the city's gods are trying low life, inventing horrors like 'donkey jackets, wellington boots and small white plastic trays covered in congealed food' while the plague zone grows. Oblique and enigmatic, but wonderful." Reviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy Short Story Collections
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century, it has expanded further into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animations and video games. Fantasy is distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror by the respective absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these genres overlap. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that emulate Earth, but with a sense of otherness. In its broadest sense, however, fantasy consists of works by many writers, artists, filmmakers, and musicians from ancient myths and legends to many recent and popular works. Traits Most fantasy uses magic or other supernatural elements as a main plot element, theme, or setting. Magic, magic practitioners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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