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Dr. Robert Don Hughes (born 1949), is an American educator, writer, and pastor. He has authored mainstream
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Education

Hughes received his
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from California Baptist College, his
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from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, and his
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from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, also studying at the
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Educational career

Hughes was formerly employed at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in
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, as associate vice president for external programs and associate professor of communication and mass media. Later he was a professor of missions and evangelism at Clear Creek Baptist Bible College. He retired from Pastoral ministry in 2019. His last pastorate was East Jellico Missionary Baptist Church in Pineville, Ky. He has also worked as a
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in
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Literary works

Hughes' fiction tends to deal seriously with religious themes, particularly in '' The Fallen'' and its sequel '' The Eternity Gene''. Of his non-fiction, '' Satan's Whispers'' has the distinction of having been adopted for use by the
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. Hughes' most extended body of work consists of his two fantasy sequences about a magical country split into three states by a two-headed dragon's occupation of the mountain pass linking each region with the others. As a result, the magical potential of each region has developed differently. The "Pelmen the Powershaper" trilogy tells of the end of the dragon's reign and its consequences; The unfinished "Wizard and Dragon" sequence, also projected as a trilogy, is set earlier in the country's history and deals with how the dragon was originally created. Hughes' powerfully imagined dragon Vicia-Heinox with its two bickering heads has set a pattern for the portrayal of similar creatures in other media, including the animated film ''
Quest for Camelot ''Quest for Camelot'' (released internationally as ''The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot'') is a 1998 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and directed by Frederik Du Chau and very loosely based on t ...
'' (1998) and the
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children's program ''
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'' (1999-2005).


Bibliography


Fantasy


Pelmen the Powershaper

# ''The Prophet of Lamath'' (1979) # ''The Wizard in Waiting'' (1982) # ''The Power and the Prophet'' (1985)


Wizard and Dragon

# ''The Forging of the Dragon'' (1989) # ''The Faithful Traitor'' (1992)


Short fiction

* "Pursuit of a Lost Tugolith: A Tale of Pelmen Before the Dragon Was Divided" (1983)


Science fiction


The Fallen

* ''The Fallen: A Novel'' (1995) * ''The Eternity Gene'' (1999)


Other

* ''Gabriel's Trumpet'' (1993)


Non-fiction

* ''Plays That'll Preach'' (1985) * ''A Real Live Missionary'' (1990) * ''Talking to the World in the Days to Come'' (1991) * ''Satan's Whispers: Breaking the Lies That Bind'' (1992) * ''Questioning God'' (2002) * ''History: Think for Yourself About What Shaped the Church'' (2008)


External links

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