Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction

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Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction DON D’AMMASSA ...

Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction Copyright © 2006 by Don D’Ammassa All rights reserved. No part of this book may be re ...

CONTENTS Introduction v A-to-Z Entries 1 Glossary 401 Award Winners 403 Bibliography of Fantasy and Horror Fiction 408 Selected ...

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INTRODUCTION W elcome to the world of elves, dragons, uni- corns, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and magic. This book is designed ...

vi Encyclopedia of Fantasy and Horror Fiction protagonist who depends as much or more on his brawn than on his brains. The popul ...

Introduction vii Awards have recently been presented to such works as The Prestigeby Christopher Priest, Declareby Tim Powers, a ...

Graham Masterton, and Dean R. Koontz have also found a continuing audience, and newer writers such as Bentley Little, Edward Lee ...

Abbey, Lynn (1948– ) Lynn Abbey made her fantasy debut with Daughter of the Bright Moon(1979), the first adventure of Rifkind, a ...

accomplishing other tasks beyond the abilities of ordinary people. Abbey seems much more confi- dent about her material in this ...

conventional though often eerie ghost story, while The Model(1987) is an adaptation of a Russian fairy tale with mildly supernat ...

of film versions, starting in 1933, both animated and with live actors, and the term Alice in Wonder- landhas entered the langua ...

varied and loyal audience of readers in the science fiction community, but his success with fantasy fans has not as yet been pro ...

rather than three related adventures. The premise is that many worlds exist parallel to one another, and in one of these a war i ...

sisted of illusions generated by his memories of a previous incarnation, although the true status of the villagers is never expl ...

possibility of perverting the ideals of socialism per- sisted in his later work. Animal Farm,which was made into a full length f ...

magical attacks, which is a talent in itself. Bink’s subsequent search for The Source of Magic(1979) nearly ends in disaster. An ...

DoOon Mode(2001), introducing an evil wizard to stir things up. The series has interesting moments, particularly in the opening ...

During the 16th century Mrs. Mothersole is convicted of witchcraft and executed, largely on the testimony of the owner of Castri ...