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Steven Karl Zoltán Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He is best known for his series of novels about the assassin Vlad Taltos, one of a disdained minority group of humans living on a world called Dragaera. His recent novels also include '' The Incrementalists'' (2013) and its sequel ''The Skill of Our Hands'' (2017), with co-author Skyler White. As a drummer and singer-songwriter, Brust has recorded one solo album and two albums as a member of Cats Laughing. Brust also co-wrote songs on two albums recorded in the mid-1990s by the band Boiled in Lead. Writing career The Dragaeran books The Vlad Taltos series, written as high fantasy with a science fiction underpinning, is set on a planet called Dragaera. The events of the series take place in an Empire mostly inhabited and ruled by the Dragaerans, a genetically engineered humanoid species, having characteristics such as greatly extended lifespans and height ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taltos (Steven Brust Novel)
''Taltos'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Steven Brust, the fourth book in his Vlad Taltos series, set in the fantasy world of Dragaera. Originally published in 1988 by Ace Books, it was reprinted in 2002 along with '' Phoenix'' as part of the omnibus ''The Book of Taltos''. It does not follow the trend of being named after one of the Great Houses of the Dragaeran Empire, and instead takes its title from its protagonist. Due to the series being written out of chronological order, the events of this book are actually the earliest in the series' timeline. Plot summary The story follows three separate timelines that ultimately come together by the end of the book. The first timeline begins each chapter and features Vlad performing an extremely complicated ritual of witchcraft. Vlad actually begins this ritual towards the end of the third timeline. Early life The second timeline charts the details of Vlad's development through childhood. Much of it overlaps with parts of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cats Laughing
Cats Laughing is a folk rock band, founded in the late 1980s in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and revived in 2015. Several of its members, including Emma Bull and best-selling author Steven Brust, are better known as writers of fantasy and science fiction. The group released two studio albums and remained active through the early 1990s. After a hiatus of two decades, a reunion concert took place in April 2015, later released as the live double CD ''A Long Time Gone'' (2016), with a concert DVD released under the same title. Personnel The original members of the group were Steven Brust on drums, Emma Bull on lead vocals, Bill Colsher on guitar and synthesizer, Lojo Russo on bass and vocals, and Adam Stemple on guitar and vocals. For the group's 2015 reunion, Colsher was replaced by Scott Keever, performing on guitar, mandolin, and keyboards. Both Brust and Bull are best known as professional authors of fantasy and science fiction novels. Stemple, a professional musician, is also the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Baron Of Magister Valley
''The Baron of Magister Valley'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Steven Brust, set in the fictional world of Dragaera and part of the Khaavren Romances. Like the other books in that series, the novel is heavily influenced by the d'Artagnan Romances written by Alexandre Dumas, père, Alexandre Dumas, and is written by Brust in the voice and persona of a Dragaeran novelist, Paarfi of Roundwood, whose style is a tongue-in-cheek parody of Dumas, matching both his swashbuckling sense of adventure and his penchant for tangents and longwindedness. The Khaavren Romances books have all used Dumas novels (particularly the Three Musketeers series) as their chief inspiration, recasting the plots of those novels to fit within Brust's established world of Dragaera. ''The Baron of Magister Valley'' follows suit, using ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' as a starting point. Plot summary A young Dragaeran, Eremit, is sent by his parents to investigate a plot against the family for control of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pamela Dean
Pamela Collins Dean Dyer-Bennet (born 1953), better known as Pamela Dean, is an American fantasy author whose best-known book is ''Tam Lin (novel), Tam Lin'', based on the Child Ballads, Child Ballad of the Tam Lin, same name, in which the Scottish fairy story is set on a midwestern college campus loosely based on her alma mater, Carleton College in Minnesota. Career Dean has published six novels and a number of short stories. ''Tam Lin'' and ''The Dubious Hills'' were both nominated for the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, in 1992 and 1995 respectively. She was a member of the writing group The Scribblies, along with Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Kara Dalkey, Nate Bucklin, Patricia Wrede and Steven Brust, and was a contributor to the Liavek shared world, shared-world anthologies. She is a member of the Pre-Joycean Fellowship. As of 2012, Dean reports that ''Going North,'' the future "joint sequel to ''The Dubious Hills'' and ''The Whim of the Dragon'', has been reje ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scribblies
The Scribblies were a fantasy fiction group of writers formed in the United States, U.S. city of Minneapolis in January 1980. Members included Nate Bucklin, Emma Bull, Steven Brust, Kara Dalkey, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly and Patricia Wrede.Novel Spaces, http://novelspaces.blogspot.com/2010/07/guest-author-patricia-wrede-group-of.html Patricia C. Wrede, "A Group of One's Own" 31-Jul-2010, retrieved 21-Aug-2014 At the time, they shared the same editor and literary agent. These authors all contributed short stories to the Liavek anthologies. Liavek was a shared-world series edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly.Encyclopedia of Fantasy, John Clute and John Grant, St. Martin's Press, 1997, p. 845 The name "Scribblies" is a joke inspired by the Industrial Workers of the World, "the Wobblies". It also derives from Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh's comment to Edward Gibbon upon receiving the second (or third, or possibly both) volume(s) of Gibbon's The Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Borderland Series
The ''Borderland'' series of urban fantasy novels and stories were created for teenage readers by author Terri Windling. Most of the series is set in Bordertown, a dystopian city near the border between "the Elflands" and "The World". The series consists of five anthologies and three novels. The series has spawned fan groups, gaming groups, costumed events (such as thBorderzoneparties in Los Angeles), and was discussed in ''The Fence and the River: Culture and Politics at the US-Mexico Border'' by Claire F. Fox. Bordertown is the name of the shared universe created by Terri Windling, and a fictional place within that universe. The premise of the ''Borderland'' books is that the "Elflands" - a realm of magic (paranormal), magic populated by post-Tolkien elf, elves have "returned" to "The World". The region of juxtaposition of the Elflands and the World includes Bordertown or "B-Town", and the "Borderlands" which lie between Bordertown and the World. In the Liminality, liminal envi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terri Windling
Terri Windling (born December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, New Jersey) is an American editor, artist, essayist, and the author of books for both children and adults. She has won nine World Fantasy Awards, the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker Award, and her collection ''The Armless Maiden'' appeared on the short-list for the James Tiptree, Jr. Award. In 2010, Windling received the SFWA Solstice Award, which honors "individuals with a significant impact on the speculative fiction field". Her work has been translated into French, German, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Lithuanian, Turkish, Russian, Japanese, and Korean. Early life Terri Windling was born on December 3, 1958, in Fort Dix, New Jersey. She was raised in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. She attended Antioch College, graduating in 1979. After college, she moved to New York and worked in publishing as an editor and an artist. Career Writing In the American publishing field, Windling has been one of the primary c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandman (Vertigo)
''The Sandman'' is a American comic book, comic book written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics. Its artists include Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel, Bryan Talbot, and Michael Zulli, with lettering by Todd Klein and covers by Dave McKean. The original series ran for 75 issues from January 1989 to March 1996. Beginning with issue No. 47, it was placed under DC's Vertigo Comics, Vertigo Imprint (trade name), imprint, and following Vertigo's retirement in 2020, reprints have been published under DC's DC Black Label, Black Label imprint. The main character of ''The Sandman'' is Dream (character), Dream, also known as Morpheus and other names, who is one of the seven Endless (comics), Endless. The other Endless are Destiny (DC Comics), Destiny, Death (DC Comics), Death, Desire (DC Comics), Desire, Despair (DC Comics), Despair, Delirium (comics), Delirium (formerly Delight), and Destruction (DC Comics), Destruction (also known as the Prodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandman'' (1989–1996) and the novels ''Good Omens'' (1990), ''Stardust (Gaiman novel), Stardust'' (1999), ''American Gods'' (2001), ''Coraline'' (2002), ''Anansi Boys'' (2005), ''The Graveyard Book'' (2008) and ''The Ocean at the End of the Lane'' (2013). He co-created the TV adaptations of ''Good Omens (TV series), Good Omens'' and ''The Sandman (TV series), The Sandman''. Gaiman's awards include Hugo Award, Hugo, Nebula Award, Nebula, and Bram Stoker Award, Bram Stoker awards and Newbery Medal, Newbery and Carnegie Medal (literary award), Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, ''The Graveyard Book''. ''The Ocean at the End of the Lane'' was voted Book of the Year in the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thieves' World
Thieves' World is a shared world fantasy series created by Robert Lynn Asprin in 1978. The original series comprised twelve anthologies, including stories by science fiction and fantasy authors Poul Anderson, John Brunner, Andrew J. Offutt, C. J. Cherryh, Janet Morris, and Chris Morris. ''Thieves' World'' is set in the city of Sanctuary at the edge of the Rankan Empire. The city is depicted as a place where many are downtrodden and where the invading Rankan gods and the Ilsigi gods they had ousted begin a struggle for dominance. As the series continues, additional invasions occur, and the city is taken over by the snake-worshipping Beysib as the Rankan empire collapses. Over time, a number of the characters in the series are revealed either to be the offspring of or otherwise blessed by various figures in the pantheons of the competing deities, and they discover or develop various powers as the series progresses. First published in 1979, the series went on hiatus in 1989 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Asprin
Robert Lynn Asprin (June 28, 1946 – May 22, 2008) was an American science fiction and fantasy authors, fantasy author and science fiction fandom, active fan, known best for his humorous series ''MythAdventures'' and ''Phule's Company (series), Phule's Company''. Background Robert Asprin was born in St. Johns, Michigan, and attended the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Michigan from 1964 through 1965. From 1965 through 1966 he served in the United States Army. He was married, twice, and had two children. He was active in science fiction fandom and in the early years of the Society for Creative Anachronism using the name "Yang the Nauseating", and co-initiated the society Great Dark Horde during 1971. He was also the initiator and an influential member of the Dorsai Irregulars. In 1976, he was nominated for the Hugo Award for Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Best Dramatic Presentation for ''The Capture (cartoon), The Capture'', a cartoon slide show written by Aspr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liavek
Liavek is a series of five fantasy anthologies edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly set in a shared world. Orson Scott Card found the initial volume to be "an example of what can be accomplished n a shared-world projectwhen almost everything goes right." Contributors Contributors includied Bull, Shetterly, Gene Wolfe, Jane Yolen, John M. Ford, Kara Dalkey, Barry B. Longyear, Megan Lindholm, Nancy Kress, Patricia C. Wrede, Steven Brust, Nate Bucklin, Pamela Dean, Gregory Frost, Charles de Lint, Charles R. Saunders, Walter Jon Williams, Alan Moore and Bradley Denton. Setting Located on the southern shore of the Sea of Luck at the mouth of the Cat River, Liavek is a hot, busy trade city. Magic is present and based on a combination of 'birth luck' and the length of time one's mother was in labor. Everyone is privy to some luck, but using it to their advantage is no easy feat. On an annual basis, luck or magic must be invested in an object outside of oneself, and only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
