When was Knights of the Dinner Table first published?
Knights of the Dinner Table
In "Shadis" #2 (March/April 1990), Jolly Blackburn began to run a comic that
he had written called "Knights of the Dinner Table", which depicted the humorous interactions of a gaming group. When Blackburn published that first "Knights" strip, he thought that he was just filling a blank page but when he tried to replace it with more professional strips beginning with "Shadis" #6, there was an outcry; because of that outcry "Knights" soon returned. Blackburn also published "Knights of the Dinner Table" as a comic book, the first three issues of which appeared from his company Alderac Entertainment Games over the next year (1994-1995). As a result of diverging interests with his partners, Blackburn left Alderac in 1995, with "Shadis" #21 (December 1995) being his final issue; he kept the rights to "Knights of the Dinner Table". Blackburn formed a new company called KODT Enteractive Facktory, which was to publish the "Knights of the Dinner Table" comic monthly. While he was working on getting that new company together, Blackburn received a call from the editor of TSR's "Dragon" magazine, asking if the "Knights of the Dinner Table" strip was now available; although Blackburn originally planned to continue the strip in "Shadis", he accepted the offer and "Knights of the Dinner Table" thus began appearing beginning in "Dragon" #226 (February, 1996). While working on "Knights of the Dinner Table" #4 (1996), Blackburn concluded that he really did not want to go it alone, and David Kenzer and the staff of Kenzer & Company wanted to get Blackburn to join their company. In November 1996 when David Kenzer and others were visiting Blackburn over the course of a local con, and Blackburn decided that Kenzer had the sort of business sense and integrity that he was looking for in a partner. Starting with issue #5 (February 1997) "Knights of the Dinner Table" was the work of the "KoTD Development Team" which consisted of Jolly Blackburn, David Kenzer, Brian Jelke and Steve Johansson.
Marie Phillips
Marie Phillips (born 22 April 1976) is a British writer. She is best known for her debut novel, "Gods Behaving Badly", a comic fantasy concerning ancient Greek gods living in modern-day Hampstead. It was first published in the United Kingdom in 2007, later becoming a bestseller in Canada. Her second novel, "The Table of Less Valued Knights" is a comic take on the world of King Arthur. It was published in the UK in 2014 and nominated for the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Her third novel, a Shakespearean comedy entitled "Oh, I Do Like To Be..." will be released in 2018.
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters is the first novel by playwright Gordon Dahlquist and was published in the USA on August 1, 2006. A first sequel, "The Dark Volume", was published in the UK by Penguin on May 1, 2008. A second sequel, "The Chemickal Marriage" was released in 2012.
Knights of the Round Table (role-playing game)
"Knights of the Round Table" was designed by Phil Edgren, with art by Bob Charette, and was published by Little Soldier Games in 1976 as a 64-page digest-sized book.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858) is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. The essays were originally published in "The Atlantic Monthly" in 1857 and 1858 before being collected in book form. The author had written two essays with the same name which were published in the earlier "The New-England Magazine" in November 1831 and February 1832, which are alluded to in a mention of an "interruption" at the start of the very first essay.
The Night of Morningstar
The Night of Morningstar is the title of the eleventh book chronicling the adventures of crime lord-turned-secret agent Modesty Blaise. The novel was first published in 1982 and was written by Peter O'Donnell, who had created the character for a comic strip in the early 1960s. The book was first published in the United Kingdom by Souvenir Press.
Lords of the Starship
Lords of the Starship is a 1967 science fiction novel by American author Mark S. Geston. His debut work, it was written while he was a sophomore at Kenyon College. It was originally published in paperback by Ace Books, then reprinted for the British market in hardcover by Michael Joseph in 1971 and in paperback by Sphere Books a year later. Gregg Press published an archival edition in 1978 (a facsimile of the Michael Joseph edition); and Baen Books included it in its 2009 omnibus of Geston's early novels, "The Books of the Wars".
David Sherman
Sherman began writing in 1983. His first book, "Knives in the Night", was published in 1987 by the Ivy Book imprint of Ballantine Books as the first novel in Sherman's series, The Night Fighter. The series consists of six books, also including "Main Force Assault" (1987), "Out of the Fire" (1987), "A Rock and a Hard Place" (1988), "A Nghu Night Falls" (1988), and "Charlie Don't Live Here Anymore" (1989). In 1989, Sherman published "There I Was: The War of Corporal Henry J Morris, USMC" under Ivy Book.
Thieves' Picnic
Thieves' Picnic is a mystery novel by Leslie Charteris featuring his Robin Hood-inspired crime fighter, Simon Templar, alias "The Saint". The book was first published in the United Kingdom in 1937 by Hodder and Stoughton, and in the United States by The Crime Club the same year. Later editions of the book were retitled The Saint Bids Diamonds; another alternate title is The Saint at the Thieves' Picnic.
History of modern literature
The first modern Arabic compilation of "The Book of One Thousand and One Nights" was published in Cairo.
In the mid-19th century magazines publishing short stories and serials began to be popular. Some of them were more respectable, while others were referred to by the derogatory name of "penny dreadfuls". In 1844 Alexandre Dumas, père published a novel "The Three Musketeers" ("Les Trois Mousquetaires") and wrote "The Count of Monte Cristo" which was published in installments over the next two years. William Makepeace Thackeray published "The Luck of Barry Lyndon". In Britain Charles Dickens published several of his books in installments in magazines: "The Pickwick Papers", followed, in the next few years, by "Oliver Twist" (1837–1839), "Nicholas Nickleby" (1838–1839), "The Old Curiosity Shop" (1840–1841), "Barnaby Rudge" (1841), "A Christmas Carol" (1843) and "Martin Chuzzlewit" (1843–1844). In America a version of the penny dreadful became popularly known as a "dime novel". In the dime novels the reputations of gunfighters and other wild west heroes or villains were created or exaggerated. The western genre came into existence. James Fenimore Cooper began a series of stories featuring the characters Hawkeye and Chingachgook. These stories were not only ""westerns"" but also "historical novels", the earliest setting being approximately 100 years earlier than the year James Fenimore Cooper was writing it. The series was called the "Leatherstocking Tales" and comprised five volumes: "The Deerslayer" (1841), "The Last of the Mohicans" (1826), "The Pathfinder" (1840), "The Pioneers" (1823), "The Prairie" (1827).
Dragon Knight (disambiguation)
Dragon Knight is a series of fantasy novels by Gordon R. Dickson which began in 1976.
A Spy in the House of Love
A Spy in the House of Love is a novel by Anaïs Nin published in 1954. Alongside her other novels, "Ladders to Fire", "Children of the Albatross", "The Four-Chambered Heart" and "Seduction of the Minotaur", which were all first published in the United States between the 1940s and 1960s, "A Spy in the House of Love" was gathered into a collection of her novels known as "Cities of the Interior".
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table is a novel for children written by Roger Lancelyn Green. It was first published by Puffin Books in 1953 and has since been reprinted. In 2008 it was reissued in the Puffin Classics series with an introduction by David Almond (the award-winning author of "Clay", "Skellig", "Kit's Wilderness" and "The Fire-Eaters"), and the original illustrations by Lotte Reiniger.
Jolly Blackburn
Jolly Randall Blackburn is best known as the creator of the comic strip, "Knights of the Dinner Table".
Cosmic Knights
Cosmic Knights is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of knights edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh. The third volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series, it was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in January 1985. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in July 1987.
Princess Knight
There have been four manga serializations of "Princess Knight" in Japan. The first serialization ran from January 1953 to January 1956 in Kodansha's magazine "Shōjo Club", and was followed by a three "tankōbon" volumes release between December 30, 1954 and June 25, 1958. It was followed by several reissues; two volumes were published on October 11, and November 13, 1979 under the Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works line; on April 17, 1995 under KC Grand Collection line, and on November 12, 1999 under Manga Bunko line. In 2004, Geneon Universal Entertainment released a "kanzenban" edition of the manga that was republished by Fukkan.com in 2012. It was also released in a three-volume edition on January 13, 2009, followed by a "Special Box" on January 14, 2009, and in an Osamu Tezuka Bunko Complete Works edition on February 10, 2011.
Charles Taze Russell
Russell devoted nearly a tenth of his fortune, along with contributed funds, in publishing and distributing "Food for Thinking Christians" in 1881. That year he also published "The Tabernacle and its Teachings" and "Tabernacle Shadows of the Better Sacrifices". In 1886, after reportedly not making back most of the money spent publishing these three titles, he began publication of what was intended to be a seven-volume series. The volumes were collectively called "Millennial Dawn", later renamed "Studies in the Scriptures" to clarify that they were not novels. Russell published six volumes in the series:
Rules for a Knight
"Rules for a Knight" was published in a hardcover format on November 10, 2015 by Knopf publishing. It received mixed to positive reviews and appeared on "The New York Times" bestseller list at #12 during the week of December 6, 2015.
Knights of the Round Table (film)
"Knights of the Round Table: A Story of King Arthur - Text based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer CinemaScope film" (Ward, Lock • London and Melbourne) [1954]
Night of Blood
Night of Blood is a fantasy novel by Richard A. Knaak, set in the world of Dragonlance, and based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It is the first novel in the "Minotaur Wars" series. It was published in paperback in June 2003.
William Harrison Ainsworth
With the 1840 novels finished, Ainsworth began to write "Old St. Paul's, A Tale of the Plague and the Fire". The work ran in "The Sunday Times" from 3 January 1841 to 26 December 1841, which was an achievement as he became one of the first writers to have a work appear in a national paper in such a form. His next works, "Windsor Castle" and "The Miser's Daughter", appeared in 1842. The first mention of "Windsor Castle" comes in a letter to Crossley, 17 November 1841, in which Ainsworth admits to writing a novel about Windsor Castle and the events surrounding Henry VIII's first and second marriages. "The Miser's Daughter" was published first, starting with the creation of "Ainsworth's Magazine", an independent project that Ainsworth started after leaving "Bentley's Miscellany". To create the magazine, Ainsworth teamed with Cruikshank, who served as the illustrator. Cruikshank moved his efforts from his own magazine, "The Omnibus", to the new magazine, and an advertisement for it appeared in December 1841, saying that the first issue would be published on 29 January 1842. The opening of the magazine was welcomed by contemporary members of the press, which only increased as the magazine proved to be successful. "Ainsworth's Magazine" marked the height of his career.
Lord of the Rings (board game)
Lord of the Rings is a board game based on the high fantasy novel "The Lord of the Rings" by J. R. R. Tolkien. Published in 2000 by Kosmos in Germany, Wizards of the Coast in the U.S., and Parker Brothers in the U.K., the game is designed by Reiner Knizia and features artwork by illustrator John Howe. It won a Spiel des Jahres special award for "best use of literature in a game" and in 2004 it won the Games Magazine Games 100 Honor in the Family Strategy category. A slightly revised version was later published by Fantasy Flight Games.
Knights of the Dinner Table
B.A. is the GM and current organizer of the Knights (although the group was founded, and GMed, by Brian). In his 30s, he lives with his mother due to a failed attempt at game design, and works at the local pizza shop known as the Pizza-A-Go-Go, as well as his father's dry cleaning shop. B.A. has a bad reputation among the Knights for being ruthlessly cunning, largely because the players tend to be paranoid and to react poorly to setbacks, and any attempt at normal gameplay usually ends in misery (or complete and utter disaster). He often finds his games thwarted or sabotaged by the antics of the other players, much to his dismay.
Douglas Clegg
Clegg finished writing his first novel, "Goat Dance", in 1987. Pocket Books published it in 1989, and "Goat Dance" was nominated for Outstanding First Novel by the Horror Writers Association. Pocket also published his second, third, and fourth novels, "Breeder" (1990), "Neverland" (1991) and "Dark of the Eye" (1994). Clegg's next novel, "The Children's Hour" (1995), was published by Dell, but the imprint dropped its horror line four months later, leaving him without a publisher. His sixth novel, "Bad Karma" (1997), written under the pseudonym Andrew Harper, was published by Kensington Books, and later adapted for the screen by Randall Frakes. The resulting 2002 film, directed by John Hough and starring Patsy Kensit, was released as "Bad Karma" internationally and as "Hell's Gate" in the United States.
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel "The Lord of the Rings" by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It is followed by "The Two Towers" and "The Return of the King". It takes place in the fictional universe of Middle-earth. It was originally published on 29 July 1954 in the United Kingdom.
The Dinner (novel)
The Dinner (Dutch: Het diner) is a novel by the Dutch author Herman Koch. The book was first published by Ambo Anthos in 2009. It was translated into English by Sam Garrett, published in Great Britain in 2012, and the United States in 2013. The book became an international bestseller with many translations and has been adapted into three films.
Sketches by Boz
The sketch "Mr Minns and his Cousin" (originally titled "A Dinner at Poplar Walk"), was the first work of fiction Dickens ever published. It appeared in "The Monthly Magazine" in December 1833. Although Dickens continued to place pieces in that magazine, none of them bore a signature until August 1834, when "The Boarding House" appeared under the strange pen-name "Boz". A verse in "Bentley's Miscellany" for March 1837 recalled the public's perplexity about this pseudonym:
Death Turns the Tables
Death Turns the Tables, first published in 1941 (first UK publication 1942 as "The Seat of the Scornful"), is a detective story by John Dickson Carr which features Carr's series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a whodunnit.
The Sword of Rhiannon
The novel was first published in the June 1949 issue of "Thrilling Wonder Stories" as "Sea-Kings of Mars". Its first book publication was in the early Ace Double D-36 with "Conan the Conqueror" by Robert E. Howard.
Brandon Sanderson
In 2010, Sanderson published "The Way of Kings," the first of a planned ten-book series called "The Stormlight Archive". It achieved the number seven slot on the "New York Times" hardcover fiction bestseller list. "Towers of Midnight", the second-to-last "Wheel of Time" book, was published just over a year after "The Gathering Storm" on November 2, 2010, debuting at number one on the bestseller list. The fourth Alcatraz novel, "Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens", was published a month later on December 1.
A Feast for Crows
"A Feast for Crows" was the first novel in the series to debut at number one on "The New York Times" Best Seller list, a feat among fantasy writers only previously achieved by Robert Jordan and Neil Gaiman. In 2006 the novel was nominated for the Hugo Award, the Locus Award, and the British Fantasy Society Award. It has since been adapted, along with "A Dance With Dragons", for television as the fifth season of "Game of Thrones", though elements of the novel appeared in the series' fourth and sixth seasons.
The Chronicles of Narnia
Although Lewis originally conceived what would become "The Chronicles of Narnia" in 1939 (the picture of a Faun with parcels in a snowy wood has a history dating to 1914), he did not finish writing the first book "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" until 1949. "The Magician's Nephew", the penultimate book to be published, but the last to be written, was completed in 1954. Lewis did not write the books in the order in which they were originally published, nor were they published in their current chronological order of presentation. The original illustrator, Pauline Baynes, created pen and ink drawings for the "Narnia" books that are still used in the editions published today. Lewis was awarded the 1956 Carnegie Medal for "The Last Battle", the final book in the saga. The series was first referred to as "The Chronicles of Narnia" by fellow children's author Roger Lancelyn Green in March 1951, after he had read and discussed with Lewis his recently completed fourth book "The Silver Chair", originally entitled "Night under Narnia".
Knights of the Dinner Table
The main group of characters are the members of a gaming group known as "The Knights of the Dinner Table" in a fictionalized version of Muncie, Indiana. The players' best-known and most often-used characters are the HackMaster characters known as the "Untouchable Trio (Plus One)" (abbreviated as "UT+1"). They consist of:
Fuzzy Knights
In December 2003 the Fuzzy Knights' first 22 online strips were reprinted in a trade paperback called Tails From The Table that included liner notes from the creator and bonus strips. Volume two of the series went on sale at Gen Con Indy in August 2005. Even though the strips are reproduced in a smaller size and a black & white format, they enable new readers to catch up with the backstory up to the beginning of the Tournament War.
Terry Pratchett
Pratchett's first novel, "The Carpet People", was published in 1971. The first "Discworld" novel, "The Colour of Magic", was published in 1983, after which Pratchett wrote an average of two books a year. His 2011 "Discworld" novel "Snuff" became the third-fastest-selling hardback adult-readership novel since records began in the UK, selling 55,000 copies in the first three days. The final "Discworld" novel, "The Shepherd's Crown", was published in August 2015, five months after his death.
Royal Doulton Bunnykins
Introduced in 1934, Bunnykins tableware depicted Mr. and Mrs. Bunnykins and other rabbits dressed in human clothing, in colorful rural and small-town English scenes, transfer-printed on white china. The earliest pieces, signed "Barbara Vernon" (Sister Mary Barbara Bailey), are quite rare and highly prized. Bunnykins china was used by Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret and thus became a popular present given as christening and birthday gifts in middle-class English homes. In 1950 Sister Mary Barbara Bailey quit producing drawings for Doulton & Co. A succession of artists took her place providing designs for tableware and figurines. In the early 1950s designs by Sister Mary Barbara were discontinued. Royal Doulton art director Walter Hayward then began designing Bunnykins for production. Bunnykins drawings by Walter were published in the story book "Picnic for Bunnykins" published by Kestrel Books in 1984.
List of Dragonlance novels, chronological by author
This is a list of the published novels set in the fantasy world of "Dragonlance", which was originally created as a setting for the "Dungeons & Dragons" tabletop role-playing game.
The list is organized by authors; authors are sorted by the chronological order of their first "Dragonlance" novel published. This way, information about the development of the series is conveyed, too. The last "Dragonlance" novel so far was published in 2010.
Note: "Knights of the Crown", "Knights of the Sword", "Knights of the Rose" and "The Wayward Knights" tell a continuing story, although each novel stands on its own. They were all originally released as part of the "Warriors" series.
Children of the Lamp
Children of the Lamp is a series of fantasy novels for senior children as well as adolescents and adults written by the British author P. B. Kerr. It tells the story of twins John and Philippa, as they discover how to act in the world of djinn (genies). The story has a variety of themes, family, adventure, and loyalty being a few. The first book, "The Akhenaten Adventure", was published in 2004. The second book, "The Blue Djinn of Babylon", was published in 2006. The third book, "The Cobra King of Kathmandu", was also released in 2006. The fourth book was published in August 2007, and is named "The Day of the Djinn Warriors". The fifth book came out in 2009 and is titled "The Eye of the Forest". The sixth book, "The Five Fakirs of Faizabad", was released on November 1, 2010. The seventh and final book, "The Grave Robbers of Genghis Khan", was released on November 1, 2011. The film rights are held by Paramount.
Nigel Dennis
Dennis held jobs at the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, a censorship body; "The New Republic", a progressive political journal; and "Time" (magazine). His job at "Time" returned him to Britain in 1950 (or 1949). Easing into novel writing, in 1949 he published his first acknowledged novel, "Boys and Girls Come out to Play" ("A Sea Change" in the USA), which won the Anglo-American novel award for that year (shared with Anthony West). It starts semi-autobiographically, with a depiction of a young man having an epileptic fit, a condition Dennis suffered from all his life. Later in 1955, Dennis published his most notable work, "Cards of Identity", a witty psychological satire that gained cult acclaim. The novel was converted into a play the following year. Members of the Identity Club gather at an English country house to listen to papers discussing interesting case histories of various identity problems. The novel details many of the problems England experienced in the late forties and early fifties. His third novel, "A House in Order" also deals with the question of identity but it is more personal rather than social as it portrays how a prisoner keeps his mind in order during his imprisonment. Dennis's career involved a mixture of non-fiction, novel, criticism, and play-writing. His book reviews appeared in the "Sunday Telegraph" for twenty years, starting (with the newspaper itself) in 1961. He became a contributor to "Encounter" in 1963 and was eventually appointed its co-editor before terminating his relationship with the magazine in 1970.
Kingdom song
In 1877, Charles Taze Russell and Nelson H. Barbour announced "Songs of the Morning" in their book "Three Worlds". "Songs of the Bride", a collection of 144 songs, was published in 1879. In 1890, "Poems and Hymns of the Millennial Dawn"—with 151 poems and 333 songs, most of which were well-known compositions—was released and became the group's official hymnal until 1928. This was followed by lyrics for 11 songs appearing in the February 1, 1896 issue of "The Watchtower", under the title "Zion's Glad Songs of the Morning", written by members of the denomination. A supplement of 81 songs was released in 1900, many written by a single individual, under the title "Zion's Glad Songs". Two revised editions of this hymnal were released between 1902 and 1908. In 1905, the 333 songs published in 1890 along with musical notation were released under the title, "Hymns of the Millennial Dawn". This book was released in a number of other languages, mainly in a shortened form. In 1925, "Kingdom Hymns" was published, with 80 songs intended for children and youths. In 1928 "Songs of Praise to Jehovah" was released, which included 337 songs.
English cuisine
The early modern period saw the gradual arrival of printed cookery books, though the very first, the printer Richard Pynson's 1500 "Boke of Cokery" was compiled from medieval texts. The next, "A Proper Newe Booke of Cokerye", was published sometime after 1545. "The Secretes of the Reverende Maister Alexis of Piermont" was published in 1558, translated from a French translation of Alessio Piemontese's original Italian work on confectionery. The number of titles expanded rapidly towards the end of the century to include Thomas Dawson's "The Good Huswifes Jewell" in 1585, the "Book of Cookrye" by "A. W." in 1591, and John Partridge's "The Good Hous-wives Handmaide" in 1594. These books were of two kinds: collections of so-called secrets on confectionery and health remedies, aimed at aristocratic ladies; and advice on cookery and how to manage a household, aimed at women from more ordinary backgrounds, most likely wives of minor aristocrats, clergymen, and professional men.
Dawn of Night
Dawn of Night is a fantasy novel by Paul S. Kemp, set in the world of the Forgotten Realms, and based on the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It is the second novel in "The Erevis Cale Trilogy". It was published in paperback in June 2004. "The Erevis Cale Trilogy" was later reprinted as an omnibus in June 2010 ().
The Road of Kings
The Road of Kings is a fantasy novel by Karl Edward Wagner, featuring Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in paperback by Bantam Books in October 1979. Later paperback editions were issued by Ace Books (1987) and Tor Books 2001. The first trade paperback edition was published by Warner Books in 1989. The first British edition was published by Sphere Books (1986, reissued 1989). Aside from the Bantam and Tor editions all other editions were issued under the variant title "Conan: The Road of Kings".
Death knight (Dungeons &amp; Dragons)
As with other monsters from the early days of the "Dungeons & Dragons" game, the Death Knight was updated first for "Dungeons & Dragons" 3rd Edition, and then 3.5 Edition by Necromancer Games in their "Tome of Horrors". This publication preceded Wizards of the Coast's own publication of the Death Knight in "Dragon" #290 (December 2001) and #291 (January 2002), and subsequent printing in "Monster Manual II" (2002).
Southern Knights
However, the success of the Knights was mixed with creative turnover. Issue #8 was the first to be published by Comics Interview, and the last to feature Audrey Vogel as writer (though several later issues of the series credit her as "story consultant"). According to Henry Vogel, she gradually fell out of writing the series due to exhaustion from working a full-time job. Willis left two issues after, leaving Henry Vogel to write the series by himself. "Southern Knights" gradually became less oriented on long-term plot threads and character development, and increasingly consisted of short story arcs and single-issue stories. Wojtkiewicz left after issue #11, and with issue #13 Mark Propst began both penciling and inking the Knights. The look he brought to the series broadened the series' readership, and Comics Interview began publishing numerous Southern Knights spin-offs, mostly using reprints. For instance, a "Dread Halloween Special" was actually just a reprint of "Southern Knights" #14, and a three-issue Aramis limited series was simply a reprinting of select Aramis appearances from issues #5-26, with brief textual segues. The Southern Knights also guest-starred in "Aristocratic Xtraterrestrial Time-Traveling Thieves" (vol.2) #1.
Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko
"The Gate-Keeper" (), their first novel, was published in 1994. It received the Crystal Table prize () at the book festival Zoryany Schlyach, the novel was awarded the title "Best Debut Work" during EuroCon competition in 1995. "The Gate-keeper" became the first novel in Dyachenko's fantasy tetralogy "Wanderers" ("Скитальцы"). With publishing of "The Scar" () (1997), the sequel of "The Gate-Keeper", Dyachenko established themselves as masters of psychological fantastic fiction. "The Scar" has received "Sword in the Stone" award for best fantasy novel in 1997.
Tales of Dunk and Egg
Three novellas have been published–"The Hedge Knight" (1998), "The Sworn Sword" (2003), and "The Mystery Knight" (2010)–and Martin has stated his intention to continue the series. A collection of the existing three novellas, with illustrations by Gary Gianni, was published as "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" on October 6, 2015.
Knights of the Dinner Table
Knights of the Dinner Table (KoDT) is a comic book/strip created by Jolly R. Blackburn and published by Kenzer & Company. It primarily focuses on a group of role playing gamers and their actions at the gaming table, which often result in unfortunate, but humorous consequences in the game. The name is a parody of King Arthur's round table reinforced by the truism that roleplaying aficionados often end up sitting round their host's dinner table as it is the only one large enough to accommodate the party (4 to 8 people typically).
Dragon Knight
The Dragon Knight is a series of fantasy novels begun in 1976 by American writer Gordon R. Dickson. The first book, based on the short story "St. Dragon and the George", was loosely adapted in the 1982 animated movie "The Flight of Dragons" by Rankin/Bass. The title here refers in part to an in-universe nomenclature, wherein the story's dragons use the name "george" as a synonym or substitute of "human", after 'St. George the Dragon-Slayer', and in part a reference to the latter.
The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger
"The Gunslinger" was first published in 1982 as a fix-up novel, joining five short stories that had been published between 1978 and 1981. King substantially revised the novel in 2003, and this version is in print today.
Gordon Dahlquist
Dahlquist's debut novel "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters", a hybrid of fantasy and science fiction set in a period similar to the Victorian era, was published on August 1, 2006, to notable critical acclaim. Dahlquist was reportedly paid an advance of $2,000,000 for "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters", the first of a two-book deal. Its sales were disappointing and it is estimated to have lost its publisher, Bantam, approximately $851,500. The sequel to "The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters", "The Dark Volume", was published in the UK by Penguin on May 1, 2008, and March 24, 2009 in the United States. A third volume, "The Chemickal Marriage" was published in July 2012. A young adult novel, "The Different Girl" was published in 2013. In 2015 he received the James Tait Black Prize for his play Tomorrow Come Today.
Knight Life
Knight Life (), is an Arthurian fantasy novel by Peter David. The book was first published in 1987, and an expanded, updated edition of the book was published by Ace Books in 2002.
Afternoon of the Elves
Afternoon of the Elves is a 1989 adolescent novel by author Janet Taylor Lisle. "Afternoon of the Elves" was a Newbery Medal Honor Book in 1990.http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal#90s
Rosemary Sutcliff
Inspired by the children's historical novels of Geoffrey Trease, her first published book was "The Chronicles of Robin Hood" in 1950. In 1954, she published what remains her best-known work "The Eagle of the Ninth," part of a series on Roman Britain and its aftermath; they were not written as such or in sequential order but connected by the linking device of an emerald ring, passed down through generations of the same family. Between 1954 and 1958, Sutcliff's works "The Eagle of the Ninth", its sequel "The Silver Branch", "Outcast" and "Warrior Scarlet" were runners-up in the annual Carnegie Medal, given by the Library Association to the year's best children's book by a British subject. She finally won the Medal for her third book in the "Eagle" series, "The Lantern Bearers" (1959). Where the first two books and one subsequent one were set in Roman Britain, "The Lantern Bearers" immediately follows the withdrawal of the Roman Empire, when the British people are threatened by remaining Germanic troops and by invaders.
Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic
Tales of the Jedi: Knights of the Old Republic is a five-part story arc in the "Tales of the Jedi" series of comic books written by Tom Veitch. The first issue was published on 1 August 1994 by Dark Horse Comics with the original title Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi. The story is set in the "Star Wars" galaxy 4,000 and 3,999 years before the battle of Yavin in "".
Eric Knight
Knight's first novel was "Invitation to Life" (Greenberg, 1934). The second was "Song on Your Bugles" (1936) about the working class in Northern England. As "Richard Hallas", he wrote the hardboiled genre novel "You Play the Black and the Red Comes Up" (1938). Knight's "This Above All" is considered one of the significant novels of the Second World War. He also helped co-author the film, "Battle of Britain" in the "Why We Fight" Series under the direction of Frank Capra.
The Return of Tharn
The Return of Tharn is a fantasy novel by Howard Browne. It was first published in book form in 1956 by The Grandon Company in an edition of 500 copies, of which 350 were bound. The novel was originally serialized in three parts in the magazine "Amazing Stories" beginning in October, 1948. The book is a sequel to Browne's "Warrior of the Dawn" (1943).
Tales of the Arabian Nights (board game)
"Tales of the Arabian Nights" was first published by West End Games in 1985, and was designed by Eric Goldberg. It was re-issued in 2009 by Z-Man Games in a revised, corrected, and much expanded form.
The Hour of the Dragon
The Hour of the Dragon, also known as Conan the Conqueror, is a fantasy novel by American writer Robert E. Howard featuring his sword and sorcery hero Conan the Cimmerian. It was one of the last Conan stories published before Howard's suicide, although not the last to be written. The novel was first published in serial form in the December, 1935 through April, 1936 issues of the pulp magazine "Weird Tales". The first book edition was published by Gnome Press in hardcover in 1950. The Gnome Press edition retitled the story "Conan the Conqueror", a title retained by all subsequent editions until 1977, when the original title was restored in an edition issued published by Berkley/Putnam in 1977. The Berkley edition also reverted the text to that of its original "Weird Tales" publication, discarding later edits. Later editions have generally followed Berkley and published under the original title. The 1997 film "Kull the Conqueror" is loosely based on "The Hour of the Dragon", replacing Conan with Kull but otherwise keeping the same basic plot.
Jolly Blackburn
Blackburn joined Kenzer in December 1996, and Kenzer published his comic book monthly beginning with a reprint of issue #4. The "KoDT" comic strip moved to "Dragon" in issue #226, becoming very popular. "Over the years I've often wondered just what it is that causes all the fuss... I'm the first to look at the typical strip and say, 'It's not "all" that!'" In 2001, Kenzer published the "HackMaster" role-playing game, which was based on the fictional game played by the characters in the "Knights of the Dinner Table" comic strip.
Knights of the Dinner Table
The strip moved to "Dragon" magazine with issue #226 (February 1996), and continued publication in "Dragon" for four years continuously through issue #269 (March 2000). The comic was originally printed in the magazine in black-and-white, but coloring was added starting with issue #264 (October 1999). In "Dragon" #270 (April 2000), "KoDT" left "Dragon" and was replaced in the magazine with an expanded "Nodwick" strip. "Nodwick" had first appeared in "Dragon" #246 (April 1998), but originally only as a small strip; in #270, it was not only expanded to the full-page size in which "KoDT" had been printed but also replaced "KoDT".
The Chronicles of Narnia
The first five books were originally published in the United Kingdom by Geoffrey Bles. The first edition of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" was released in London on 16 October 1950. Although three more books, "Prince Caspian", "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" and "The Horse and His Boy", were already complete, they were not released immediately at that time, but instead appeared (along with "The Silver Chair") one at a time in each of the subsequent years (1951–1954). The last two books ("The Magician's Nephew" and "The Last Battle") were published in the United Kingdom originally by The Bodley Head in 1955 and 1956.
Masters of Evolution
Masters of Evolution is a 1959 science fiction novel by American writer Damon Knight. It first appeared in 1954 in "Galaxy Science Fiction" as the novella "Natural State". Knight subsequently expanded the text by about 5000 words, and the longer version was published by Ace Books in 1959 as "Masters of Evolution", in a dos-a-dos paperback that included George O. Smith's "Fire in the Heavens" (Ace Double D-375).
The Incorporated Knight
The Incorporated Knight is a fix-up fantasy novel by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Catherine Crook de Camp, the first book in their sequence of two Neo-Napolitanian novels. Chapters 1-5 first appeared as L. Sprague de Camp's short stories "Two Yards of Dragon", "The Coronet", "Spider Love" and "Eudoric's Unicorn" in "Flashing Swords!", "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" and "The Year's Best Fantasy Stories" in 1976-1977. The complete novel was first published in hardcover by Phantasia Press in August 1987, and in paperback by Baen Books in September 1988, with a trade paperback edition, also from Baen, following in 1991. An E-book edition was published by Gollancz's SF Gateway imprint on September 29, 2011 as part of a general release of de Camp's works in electronic form.
Nocturnals
The eponymous original limited series ran in 1995 and was published under Malibu Comics' Bravura imprint. This was followed by story that ran in "Dark Horse Presents" #125–127 (October–November, 1997) that was collected by Dark Horse Comics into a 48-page comic book as "The Nocturnals: Witching Hour" (May 1998). Moving to Oni Press the next outing was in a giant-sized one-shot "The Nocturnals: Troll Bridge" (October 2000). Still at Oni "The Nocturnals: The Dark Forever" was a three-issue mini-series that started in 2001 (July 2001 – February 2002). A spin-off mini-series from Oni Press called "The Gunwitch: Outskirts of Doom " (June–August, 2001). After leaving Oni Press, Image Comics later published "The Nocturnals: Carnival of Beasts" (July 2008), a prestige format 64-page comic book, published by Image Comics, containing three stories.
Knights of the Dinner Table
Characters who are not part of a gaming group.The Knights themselves have encountered several recurring non-player characters in their (various) roleplaying campaigns. Among these are:Since the comic centers around a community of role-playing gamers, the characters are seen playing many games that are analogues of real-world games (some of which were then published as real-world games). They include:An event held at the Origins Game Fair, and possibly other Gaming conventions, is the Knights Of The Dinner Table live reading. People in attendance will put their name into a random drawing. The "winners" go up on stage, sit around a table, and act out the comic book, with hilarious results.
Brothers of Earth
The book was first published as a hardcover Science Fiction Book Club edition in June, 1976 and followed by the first DAW paperback edition in October of that year. In 2003, DAW re-released the book in an omnibus edition along with Cherryh's 1977 novel "Hunter of Worlds". The omnibus edition was entitled "At the Edge of Space".
John Zinser (game designer)
In 1992, Jolly Blackburn added John Zinser and David Seay as partners in Alderac Entertainment Group. In 1994, Zinser was working on an original CCG, "Legend of the Five Rings", which began as an idea from a conversation between Zinser and Seay discussing the 1980 RPG "Bushido". Blackburn left Alderac in 1995 because he felt that Zinser and Seay were looking for success in the CCG industry while he wanted to keep the company fun and small and focus on "Knights of the Dinner Table". According to Zinser, he wanted the in debt company to grow at a faster pace than Blackburn was comfortable with. so, a split was agreed upon, with Blackburn leaving with the rights to "Knights of the Dinner Table" and a few other properties. In 1996 Five Rings Publishing Group was formed, with Robert Abramowitz as the President of the new company, Ryan Dancey becoming VP of Product Development and Zinser becoming VP of Sales. Zinser was listed as providing advice on Pinnacle Entertainment Group's RPG "" (1998).
The Two Noble Kinsmen
The Two Noble Kinsmen is a Jacobean tragicomedy, first published in 1634 and attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. Its plot derives from "The Knight's Tale" in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales", which had already been dramatised at least twice before.
Hardwicke Knight
Knight's first book, "Photography in New Zealand: A social and technical history" (1971) was the country’s first comprehensive photographic history. He subsequently published numerous books of early Dunedin and Otago photographs with supporting historical information including "Dunedin Then" (1974), "Princes Street by Gaslight" (1977) and the popular seven-volume series "Otago Cavalcade" published between 1983 and 1985. In addition he wrote several biographies of early New Zealand photographers, notably one of the Burton Brothers ("Burton Brothers : Photographers", 1980) and "New Zealand Photographers : A selection" (1981). He wrote articles for the "British Journal of Photography" and "History of Photography" magazine and was on the editorial board of the latter.
Dinner at Alberta's
Dinner at Alberta's is a children's book written by Anglo American author Russell Hoban.Aimed at the pre-middle grade reader, it was originally published in 1972 but has had various editions by Red Fox and Penguin Books in 1992. It was illustrated by James Marshall.
The Winter Knights
The Winter Knights is a children's fantasy novel by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell, first published in 2005. It is the eighth volume of "The Edge Chronicles" and the second of the "Quint Saga" trilogy; within the stories' own chronology it is the second novel, preceding the "Twig Saga" and "Rook Saga" trilogies that were published earlier.
Lawrence Block
Block's most famous creation, the ever-evolving Matthew Scudder, was introduced in 1976's "The Sins of the Fathers" as an alcoholic ex-cop working as an unlicensed private investigator in Hell's Kitchen. Originally published as paperbacks, the early novels are in many ways interchangeable; the second and third entries—"In the Midst of Death" (1976) and "Time to Murder and Create" (1977)—were written in the opposite order from their publication dates. 1982's "8 Million Ways to Die" (filmed in 1986 by Hal Ashby, with unpopular results) breaks from that trend, concluding with Scudder introducing himself at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. The series was set to end on that note, but an idle promise Block had made to supply an editor friend with an original Scudder short resulted in "By the Dawn's Early Light", a story set during the character's drinking days, but told from the perspective of a recovering alcoholic. Block expanded on that with 1986's "When the Sacred Ginmill Closes" (named for a line in a song by folk singer Dave Van Ronk, a close friend), which proved not only one of the more literary entries, but also a favorite of the author and his fans. From then on, Scudder's circumstances rarely remain the same from one book to the next; 1990's "A Ticket to the Boneyard," for example, reunites him with Elaine Mardell, a hooker from his days on the force, whom he marries several books later. Other fan favorites are 1991's taut, gruesome "A Dance at the Slaughterhouse" (winner of the Edgar Award for Best [mystery] Novel), and 1993's "A Long Line of Dead Men," a tightly plotted puzzler featuring a rapidly dwindling fraternity known as the "Club of 31". A Walk Among the Tombstones, published in 1992, was made into a film, released in 2014, written and directed by Scott Frank, with Liam Neeson playing the lead role. The seventeenth entry, "A Drop of the Hard Stuff" was published in May, 2011.
Knights of the Dinner Table
Several games based on the comic have been published:
In 2000, a monthly spin-off comic was created, titled Knights of the Dinner Table Illustrated, AKA "K.ILL." The comic depicts many of the adventures described within "KotDT;" however, K.ILL shows the player characters' actions rather than those of the players behind them.
Society of Knights of the Round Table
The society was formed at the Fountain Coffee House in 1720, the site of the former Savoy Palace on London's Strand. Its membership was drawn from authors, actors, artists, and their patrons. Famous members included David Garrick, who was a member from 1761 to 1776, and Charles Dickens.
The Honour of the Knights
"The Honour of the Knights" was first released on 24 January 2009 () as Softcover, on 1 February 2010 an e-Book () release followed. Sweeney briefly appeared in national press in September 2009, including The London Evening Standard, BBC News, and Sky News for what was considered to be one of the more interesting career shifts after the fall of the bank.
The Canterbury Tales
"The Two Noble Kinsmen", by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, a retelling of "The Knight's Tale", was first performed in 1613 or 1614 and published in 1634. In 1961, Erik Chisholm completed his opera, "The Canterbury Tales". The opera is in three acts: The Wyf of Bath’s Tale, The Pardoner’s Tale and The Nun’s Priest’s Tale. Nevill Coghill's modern English version formed the basis of a musical version that was first staged in 1964.
Knights of the Dinner Table Illustrated
The first monthly issue was published in June 2000.
The Knight of the Burning Pestle
The Knight of the Burning Pestle is a play in five acts by Francis Beaumont, first performed at Blackfriars Theatre in 1607 and published in a quarto in 1613. It is the earliest whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. The play is a satire on chivalric romances in general, similar to "Don Quixote", and a parody of Thomas Heywood's "The Four Prentices of London" and Thomas Dekker's "The Shoemaker's Holiday". It breaks the fourth wall from its outset.
Dora Birtles
Birtles' first novel, "Pioneer Shack" was for children. It had been written in the 1930s but did not appear until 1947, after the publication of a novel for adults, "The Overlanders" (1946), which was also filmed in the same year. She also wrote another children's novel, "Bonza the Bull" (1949). Birtles wrote an account of a sea voyage from Newcastle to Singapore, "North-West by North" (1935) which became one of her most popular works. Her work has been the subject of feminist literary criticism.
The Knight of Newts
The Knight of Newts is an adventure for the Rules Cyclopedia edition of the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, published in 1993."The Knight of Newts" was designed by Dale "slade" Henson, and Doug Stewart was the editor. Cover art was by David Dorman, with interior art by Dave Simons and Karl Waller.
Shadis
"Shadis" "went on hiatus" in 1998, and effectively ceased publication. In a 2000 interview at the "Gaming Outpost" web site, John Zinser, the owner of Alderac Entertainment Group, said that he wanted the in debt company to grow at a faster pace than Jolly Blackburn was comfortable with. Hence, a split was agreed upon, with Jolly Blackburn leaving with the rights to "Knights of the Dinner Table" and a few other properties. In drawing lessons from this magazine, Wolfgang Baur, the editor-in-chief of "Kobold Quarterly", thought it was a mistake for "Shadis" to rely too heavily on content that was not focused on fantasy in general and Dungeons & Dragons in particular.
The Book of the Knight of the Tower
The Book of the Knight of the Tower (full French title: Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles du Chevalier de La Tour Landry) is a book commenced by Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry in 1371, and which he continued writing at least until 1372. It was translated into English (as "The Book of the Knight of the Tower") by William Caxton and completed, according to his colophon, on 1 June 1483, during the reign of Edward V. It was further translated into German as "Der Ritter vom Turn" in 1493. The "Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles" served as a tutorial for De la Tour Landry's daughters on proper behavior when visiting the royal court, which, the knight warns, is filled with smooth-talking courtiers who could potentially disgrace them and embarrass the family. The author was a widower, and concerned for his daughters' welfare. He takes a strong moral stance against the behavior of his peers and warns his daughters about the dangers of vanity.
The Path of Daggers
The Path of Daggers is a fantasy novel by American author Robert Jordan, the eighth book of his series "The Wheel of Time". It was published by Tor Books and released on October 20, 1998. Upon its release, it immediately rose to the #1 position on the "New York Times" hardcover fiction bestseller list, making it the first "Wheel of Time" book to reach the #1 position on that list. It remained on the list for the next two months. This book is the shortest book in the main Wheel of Time series, consisting of a prologue and 31 chapters.
Dragon Dice
Three paperback novels were written for the game. The first titled Cast of Fate by Allen Varney in 1996. The book was 310 pages and contained a new ivory Dragonslayer die contained in a hole cut through the pages of the book in the bottom right corner with all text arranged to accommodate the hole. The second was Army of the dead by Edo Van Belkom in 1997, also with a dragonslayer die in a hole in the book. A third novel titled Time of the Champions by Ed Stark was advertised but apparently never published.
Michael Dobbs
Michael Dobbs' writing career began in 1989 with the publication of "House of Cards", the first in what would become a trilogy of political thrillers with Francis Urquhart as the central character; "House of Cards" was followed by "To Play the King" in 1992 and "The Final Cut" in 1994. In 1990 "House of Cards" was turned into a television miniseries which received 14 BAFTA nominations and two BAFTA wins and was voted the 84th Best British Show in History. Netflix made a US version based upon Dobbs's first novel and its BBC adaptation.
Prutenic Tables
The Prutenic Tables ( from "Prutenia" meaning "Prussia", ), were an ephemeris (astronomical tables) by the astronomer Erasmus Reinhold published in 1551. They are sometimes called the Prussian Tables after Albert I, Duke of Prussia, who supported Reinhold and financed the printing. Reinhold calculated this new set of astronomical tables based on Nicolaus Copernicus' "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium", the epochal exposition of Copernican heliocentrism published in 1543. Throughout his explanatory canons, Reinhold used as his paradigm the position of Saturn at the birth of the Duke, on 17 May 1490. With these tables, Reinhold intended to replace the Alfonsine Tables; he added redundant tables to his new tables so that compilers of almanacs familiar with the older Alfonsine Tables could perform all the steps in an analogous manner.
The Kingdom Keepers
The Kingdom Keepers is a series of children's novels written by American author Ridley Pearson. The "New York Times" Bestselling series is published through Disney Editions and Disney Hyperion, and the first book was released on August 29, 2005. Its plot follows the adventures of five teens who, by day, are holographic hosts in the Disney Theme Parks. By night, they battle Disney villains to keep them from taking control of the parks, the Disney entertainment empire, and the world. The series' franchise also includes several other elements such as an online game and an interactive educational tour provided for school groups through Disney's Youth Education Series.
Postcards from No Man's Land
Chambers won the annual Carnegie Medal, from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. In 2001 "The Guardian" named it one of ten books recommended for teenage boys, and called it a "seriously good and compulsively readable novel that spans 50 years and two interwoven stories of love, betrayal and self-discovery".
"Postcards from No Man's Land" was first published in the U.S. by Dutton in 2002. There it won the Michael L. Printz Award from the American Library Association recognising the year's best book for young adults.
The Knight and Knave of Swords
The Knight and Knave of Swords is a fantasy short story collection by American writer Fritz Leiber, first published in 1988, featuring his sword and sorcery heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. It is chronologically the seventh and last volume of the complete seven volume edition of the collected stories devoted to the characters. It was first published in hardcover format during December 1988 by William Morrow and Company, and in paperback format during February 1990 by Ace Books company; it was later reissued with the title Farewell to Lankhmar in both hardcover and paperback formats by White Wolf company (1998, 1999); the most recent later paperback edition, from Dark Horse (2008), reverted to the original title. It has been published in the United Kingdom by Grafton (1990, 1991) and Gollancz (2000); the latter adopted the title used by the White Wolf editions. The book has also been gathered together with others in the series into the omnibus edition "The Second Book of Lankhmar" (2001).
A Feast for Crows
Martin noted that "A Feast for Crows" would focus on "Westeros, King's Landing, the riverlands, Dorne, and the Iron Islands," and that the next novel, "A Dance with Dragons", would cover "events in the east and north." Martin also added that the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series would now likely total seven novels. "A Feast for Crows" was published months later on October 17, 2005, over five years after the previous volume in the series, "A Storm of Swords". The parallel novel "A Dance with Dragons" was released on July 12, 2011.Though "A Feast for Crows" was the first novel in the sequence to debut at number one on "The New York Times" Best Seller list, it received more negative reviews in comparison with the previous novels in the series. Martin's decision to halve the plot in terms of character and location was highly controversial; many critics felt that this novel consisted of characters that people were less interested in. "Publishers Weekly" said, "Long-awaited doesn't begin to describe this fourth installment in bestseller Martin's staggeringly epic Song of Ice and Fire. [...]. This is not Act I Scene 4 but Act II Scene 1, laying groundwork more than advancing the plot, and it sorely misses its other half. The slim pickings here are tasty, but in no way satisfying." Salon.com's Andrew Leonard said in 2011, "I don't care how good a writer you are: If you subtract your three strongest characters from your tale, you severely undermine the basis for why readers fell under your spell in the first place. It didn't work. But there was also a sense in "A Feast of Crows" that Martin had lost his way. The characters whose stories he did tell wandered back and forth across a landscape devastated by war and oncoming winter, but didn't seem to be headed anywhere in particular." Remy Verhoeve of "The Huffington Post" noted in their 2011 "A Dance with Dragons" review that the fifth volume had to "repair some of the damage done by "A Feast for Crows", which frankly felt as if it was written by a ghost writer at times." Both books had "the same structural problems", being "sprawling and incoherent", and in her opinion "Feast" has the less interesting characters. "The Atlantic" Rachael Brown said in their "A Dance With Dragons" review that "Feast" was "bleak and plodding" and "sorely missed" Daenerys Targaryen, Tyrion Lannister, and Jon Snow.
Knights of Honor (video game)
Knights of Honor is a real-time strategy (RTS) game developed by Bulgarian Black Sea Studios. It was published by Sunflowers Interactive in Europe in 2004 and Paradox Entertainment in North America in 2005. The game takes place in Medieval Europe, spanning the early centuries of the second millennium in three historical time periods. The player can choose to play as one of over 100 playable kingdoms.
The Joiner King
The Joiner King is a science fiction novel set in the "Star Wars" expanded universe. It is the first book in the "Dark Nest" trilogy of novels by Troy Denning. It is set 35 years after the "Battle of Yavin" (35 ABY). In the chronology of the Star Wars novels, "The Joiner King" takes place after the final book of "The New Jedi Order" series, which is "The Unifying Force", and before the second book of the "Dark Nest" trilogy, which is "The Unseen Queen".
Book of Vile Darkness
Book of Vile Darkness is an optional supplemental sourcebook for the 3rd edition of the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. The book was written by Monte Cook and published by Wizards of the Coast in October 2002. Described as a "detailed look at the nature of evil," it was the first "Dungeons & Dragons" book labelled for mature audiences. The second was the "good" companion volume "Book of Exalted Deeds". Another "Book of Vile Darkness" was published for the 4th edition of "D&D" in 2011.
The King of Torts
The King of Torts (2003) is a legal/suspense novel written by American author John Grisham. Doubleday published the first edition () in hardcover format; it immediately debuted at #1 on "The New York Times" Best Seller list, remaining in the top 15 for over 20 weeks. Dell Publishing published the paperback edition later in 2003 (). Penguin Random House released an audiobook version in 2007.
Cards on the Table
Cards on the Table is a detective novel by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club on 2 November 1936 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company the following year. The UK edition retailed at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6) and the US edition at $2.00.
HackMaster
HackMaster is a fantasy role-playing game produced by Kenzer & Company. It began as a fictional game, a parody of the most ludicrous aspects of "D&D" played by the characters of the "Knights of the Dinner Table" comic strip by Jolly R. Blackburn. The characters in the comic began playing fictional "HackMaster 3rd Edition", which was updated and published in 2001 as a numerously revised 4th edition. It has been hinted the name of the game was originally changed for copyright reasons.
The Pillars of the Earth
Before this novel was published, Follett was known for writing in the thriller genre. "The Pillars of the Earth" became his best-selling work which was later made into an 8-part miniseries in 2010. The book was listed at no. 33 on the BBC's Big Read, a 2003 survey with the goal of finding the "nation's best-loved book". The book was selected in the United States for Oprah's Book Club in 2007. It is the first book in the Kingsbridge Series - the others being a sequel, set 150 years later, entitled "World Without End" (2007), and "A Column of Fire" (2017) set in Elizabethan England.
The Hour of the Dragon
The story was first published as a five-part serial in "Weird Tales" between the months of December 1935 to April 1936 (with chapter 20 being misprinted as chapter 21). It was first published in book form in hardcover by Gnome Press in 1950 under the title "Conan the Conqueror", a title retained by all later editions until 1977. The first paperback edition was published by Ace Books in 1954. The novel has been reissued a number of times since by various publishers, notably Lancer Books in 1967 and Berkley/Putnam in 1977; the latter, reedited by Karl Edward Wagner, was the first edition to restore the original magazine text and title, under which most subsequent editions have been issued. Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. published an edition in 1989, with illustrations by Ezra Tucker, as volume XI of their deluxe Conan set. More recently the novel appeared in the collections "The Essential Conan" (1998), "Conan Chronicles Volume 2: The Hour of the Dragon" (2001) and "" (Del Rey, 2005). It has also been translated into Japanese, Italian, Finnish, French, German, Swedish, Czech, Russian, Sinhalese and Spanish.
Fuzzy Knights
Fuzzy Knights was an online comic created by Noah J.D. Chinn and published by Kenzer & Company. It starred stuffed animals who enjoy role-playing games such as "HackMaster" and "Dungeons & Dragons". What started out as a simple one-shot tribute to the Kenzer gamer comic series, Knights of the Dinner Table, turned into a cult hit that continues to gain new fans. Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, was an admitted fan of the Fuzzy Knights and wrote a promo for the trade-paperbacks (see below).
Fuzzy Knights
The first online strip appeared on Noah's personal website on December 8, 2002. Not long after, it was given a print strip within the Knights of the Dinner Table magazine itself, starting with issue 75. The Fuzzy Knights Online strips moved to the Kenzer & Company website on April 8, 2003 with updates twice a week.