Encyclopedia - Michael Moorcock: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Moorcock - Works
Moorcock's most popular works by far have been the Elric novels, starring the character Elric of Melniboné. Moorcock wrote the first Elr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1939: Encyclopedia - 1939
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). 1939 - Events. January 2 - End of term for Fran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Multiverse: Encyclopedia - Multiverse
edit A multiverse (or meta-universe) is the hypothetical set of multiple possible universes, including the observable universe, which com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alignment Role-playing Games: Encyclopedia - Alignment Role-playing Games
In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment refers to the moral and ethical perspective of the player charac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic And Post-apocalyptic Science Fiction: Encyclopedia - Apocalyptic And Post-apocalyptic Science Fiction
Apocalyptic science fiction is a sub-genre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization, through nuclear war, plague...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Algernon Swinburne: Encyclopedia - Algernon Swinburne
Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. His poetry was highly controversial in it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andrea Dworkin: Encyclopedia - Andrea Dworkin
Andrea Rita Dworkin (September 26, 1946 – April 9, 2005) was an American radical feminist and writer. She was best known for her critic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anarchism And The Arts: Encyclopedia - Anarchism And The Arts
Schools Anarcho-capitalism Anarcho-communism Anarcho-primitivism Anarcho-syndicalism Christian anarchism Eco-anarchism Individualist anar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dungeons & Dragons: Encyclopedia - Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&D, DnD, or AD&D for the advanced edition) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shapeshifting: Encyclopedia - Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting, transformation , transmogrification or morphing is a change in the form or shape of a person, especially: a change from h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Dee: Encyclopedia - John Dee
John Dee (July 13, 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was a noted British mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, occultist, and consultan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia - Time Travel
Time travel is the concept of moving forward and backward to different points in time, much as we do through space. It also includes trav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arioch: Encyclopedia - Arioch
Arioch originally appears in the Book of Genesis chap. 14 as the "King of Ellasar", part of the confederation of kings who did battle wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airship: Encyclopedia - Airship
An airship is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. Unlike aerodynamic craft (e.g. airplanes and helicopt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alan Moore: Encyclopedia - Alan Moore
Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton, England) is a British writer most famous for his work in comics, including the acclai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Urantia Book: Encyclopedia - The Urantia Book
The Urantia Book (TUB or UB), is a spiritual or religious tome that covers an in-depth portrayal of God, the universe, the planet, evolut...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White Wolf Inc.: Encyclopedia - White Wolf Inc.
White Wolf, Inc. is an American gaming company, most famous for the Vampire: The Masquerade roleplaying game. The company was founded in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commedia Dell'arte: Encyclopedia - Commedia Dell'arte
Commedia dell'arte (Italian, meaning "comedy of professional artists" but has also been interpreted as "comedy of humors") also known as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warhammer 40000: Encyclopedia - Warhammer 40000
Warhammer 40,000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a science fiction tabletop miniature wargame, produced by the British...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underground Press: Encyclopedia - Underground Press
The phrase underground press, especially underground newspapers (or simply underground papers) is most often used in reference to the alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dark Fantasy: Encyclopedia - Dark Fantasy
Fantasy media Fantastic art Fantasy literature Fantasy authors Fantasy fiction magazines Fantasy art Fantasy films Fantasy operas Genre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaos Magic: Encyclopedia - Chaos Magic
Chaos Magick is a relatively new form of ritual and empty-handed magic, utilizing paradigm shifting and inhibitory or excitatory states o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cerebus The Aardvark: Encyclopedia - Cerebus The Aardvark
Cerebus the Aardvark (or simply Cerebus) was a monthly independent comic book, written and illustrated by Canadian artist Dave Sim, with ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Öyster Cult: Encyclopedia - Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult is a psychedelic/heavy metal band probably best known for two songs: their 1976 single "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" from t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blind Guardian: Encyclopedia - Blind Guardian
Blind Guardian is a power metal (and more recently epic metal) band started in the mid-1980s in Krefeld, Germany. Before calling themselv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dramatic Portrayals Of Jesus: Encyclopedia - Dramatic Portrayals Of Jesus
Various authors and filmmakers have created dramatic portrayals of Jesus and his life. Many wanted to portray an accurate depiction of wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brian Aldiss: Encyclopedia - Brian Aldiss
Brian Wilson Aldiss, OBE, (born August 18, 1925 in East Dereham, Norfolk) is a prolific English author of both general fiction and scienc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Behold The Man: Encyclopedia - Behold The Man
Behold the Man is a novella by Michael Moorcock, first published in 1966 by New Worlds S.F. It is the story of Karl Glogauer, a man who t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brom: Encyclopedia - Brom
Gerald Brom (born March 9, 1965 in Albany, Georgia) is a gothic fantasy artist and illustrator. Born the son of a U.S. Army pilot he spen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trickster: Encyclopedia - Trickster
In the study of mythology, folklore and religion, a trickster is a god, goddess, spirit, human hero or anthropomorphic animal who breaks ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thomas M. Disch: Encyclopedia Ii - Thomas M. Disch - Biography
Thomas Michael Disch came into the world in Des Moines, Iowa, on 2 February 1940. Because of a polio epidemic in 1946, his mother Helen h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Time Machine: Encyclopedia Ii - The Time Machine - The Novel
Wells had considered the notion of time travel before, in an earlier (but less well-known) story titled The Chronic Argonauts. He had tho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tom Strong: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom Strong - Tom Strong Publishing History
Tom Strong - Issues 1-7. (The following issues are collected in Tom Strong: Book One.) Tom Strong #1 - How Tom Strong Got Started (07 A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trickster: Encyclopedia Ii - Trickster - Mythology
The trickster deity breaks the rules of the gods or nature, sometimes maliciously (for example, Loki) but usually with ultimately positiv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Dee: Encyclopedia Ii - John Dee - Biography
John Dee - Early life. Dee was born in Tower Ward, London to a Welsh family, whose surname derived from the Welsh du ("black"). His fat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Encyclopedia Ii - The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Synopsis
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Volume one. Volume one opens with Mina Murray recruited by Campion Bond to assemble the League....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Underground Press: Encyclopedia Ii - Underground Press - The Underground Press In The Uk
In London, Barry Miles and John Hopkins and others produced International Times which, following legal threats was renamed IT. Richard Ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Origin
The term "steampunk" was originally a tongue in cheek variant of "cyberpunk". The prototypical "steampunk" stories were essentially cyber...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alternative History Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Alternative History Fiction - History Of Alternate History Fiction
Alternative history fiction - Antiquity. The earliest example of alternative history appears to be Book IX, sections 17-19, of Livy's H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anarchism And The Arts: Encyclopedia Ii - Anarchism And The Arts - Artists And Artworks Inspired By Anarchism
Anarchism and the arts - Visual Art. Freddie Baer Carlo Carrà's The Funeral of the Anarchist Galli Flavio Constantini Marcel Duchamp ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Blue Öyster Cult: Encyclopedia Ii - Blue Öyster Cult - Vocals
While Eric Bloom has always been the band's official lead singer, other members of the band have contributed lead vocals throughout its h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reynard: Encyclopedia Ii - Reynard - In Medieval European Folklore
He seems to have originated in French folklore. An extensive treatment of the character is the Old French Le Roman de Renart from around ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex In Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex In Science Fiction - The Golden Age Of Science Fiction
During the Golden Age of Science Fiction, the stereotype of sci-fi pulp magazine covers was that of a woman in a brass bikini swooning in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warhammer 40000: Encyclopedia Ii - Warhammer 40000 - Background
Warhammer 40000 - Setting. The Warhammer 40,000 game world is most readily characterized as a gothic science-fantasy setting. The centr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Starship Troopers: Encyclopedia Ii - Starship Troopers - Politics
Politics is a significant subject in the novel, taking up a greater part of the story than the scientific or technical aspects. "Johnnie"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sword And Sorcery: Encyclopedia Ii - Sword And Sorcery - Defining S&s
The term was coined in 1961 when the author Michael Moorcock published a letter in the fanzine Amra, asking for a name for the sort of fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shapeshifting: Encyclopedia Ii - Shapeshifting - Shapeshifting In Myth
Popular shapeshifting creatures in myths and legends are werewolves and vampires (mostly of European, Canadian, and Native American/early...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Role-playing Games: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Role-playing Games - Science Fiction Genre
2300 AD by GDW A/State by Contested Ground Studios Aftermath! (1981) - by Fantasy Games Unlimited* A I F - free SF rpg by NastiDyne ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Types Of Swords: Encyclopedia Ii - Types Of Swords - Sword Types Sorted By Countries Of Origin
Types of swords - Africa. Flyssa Kaskara Shotel Takouba Types of swords - Mediterranean. Gladius Kopis Khopesh Makhaira (μάχαÎ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - Adaptations
The Lord of the Rings - The Lord of the Rings on radio. The BBC produced a 13-part radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings in 1956, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Universes: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Universes - Science Fiction
List of fictional universes - Novels and short stories. Amber (Roger Zelazny) Chronicles of an Age of Darkness series by Hugh Cook The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Swords: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Swords - In Mythology
List of fictional swords - Greek mythology. The Sword of Peleus, a magic sword that makes its wielder victorious in the battle or the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Anarchists: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Anarchists - Z
¹ - These individuals have not applied the label "anarchist" to themselves, perhaps because they predated its popular usage (as with Tho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Fictional Characters Missing An Appendage: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Fictional Characters Missing An Appendage - Arms/hands/fingers
List of fictional characters missing an appendage - A. Titus Andronicus - Titus Andronicus, has his hand cut off by Aaron. Aquaman - D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Magic Sword: Encyclopedia Ii - Magic Sword - Mythology
In Norse mythology, the god Frey "possessed a magic sword that struck out at Jotuns of its own accord." [1]. Tyrfing appears in Hervarar ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Middle-earth: Encyclopedia Ii - Middle-earth - History Of Middle-earth
Main article: History of Arda The history of Middle-earth is divided into three time periods, known as the Years of the Lamps, Years of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White Wolf Inc.: Encyclopedia Ii - White Wolf Inc. - The World Of Darkness Game Lines
In 2003, the company announced the "Time of Judgment", which brought an end to their current series of World of Darkness game lines. A re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dungeons & Dragons: Encyclopedia Ii - Dungeons & Dragons - Play Overview
Dungeons & Dragons is an open-ended "make-believe" game in which players direct the actions of their characters, the results of which...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Airship: Encyclopedia Ii - Airship - History
The development of airships was necessarily preceded by the development of balloons. See balloon (aircraft) for details. Airship - Airsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parallel Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Parallel Universe - Fiction
The concept of parallel universes figures prominently in many science fiction and fantasy novels. For some it serves primarily as a plot ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Physics
Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity (and, by extension, the general theory) very explicitly permits a kind of time dilation th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Camargue: Encyclopedia Ii - Camargue - Human Influence
Humans have lived in the Camargue for centuries, greatly affecting it with drainage schemes, dykes, rice paddies and salt pans. Much of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chaos Warhammer: Encyclopedia Ii - Chaos Warhammer - The Gods Of Chaos
Khorne is the Blood God. The fire that destroys, the Hound of War that exists for little more than endless slaughter. Every kill in war, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Science Fiction - Definition And Scope
On SF Main SF Article History of SF SF's Golden Age Speculative fiction Cyberpunk Hard SF Soft SF Space opera More subgenres... Comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Space Rock: Encyclopedia Ii - Space Rock - Oddity: Odd Ditty
The probable earliest example of something like space rock is a song written in the 1940s by Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger for a BBC radi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stormbringer: Encyclopedia Ii - Stormbringer - Description
The blade has an edge capable of cutting through virtually anything, but its most distinctive feature is that it is sentient (if not sapi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Steampunk: Encyclopedia Ii - Steampunk - Origin
The term "steampunk" was originally a tongue in cheek variant of "cyberpunk". The prototypical "steampunk" stories were essentially cyber...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Planetary Romance: Encyclopedia Ii - Planetary Romance - Planetary Romance And Science Fiction
The publication of pulp science fiction magazines starting in 1926 (and becoming especially prolific in the 1930s) created a new market f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Notting Hill: Encyclopedia Ii - Notting Hill - History
The hill from which Notting Hill takes its name is probably the hill up and down which Ladbroke Grove passes, which has its summit near t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Parallel Universe: Encyclopedia Ii - Parallel Universe - Fiction
The concept of parallel universes figures prominently in many science fiction and fantasy novels. For some it serves primarily as a plot ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Urantia Book: Encyclopedia Ii - The Urantia Book - Topic Summaries
In the book, God is the creator of all things and resides at the center of creation on the eternal "Isle of Paradise." He is an omniscie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Terrestrial Exalted: Encyclopedia Ii - Terrestrial Exalted - Overview
The central premise of Exalted is that gods have the ability to infuse ordinary mortals with a shard of their divine soul, exalting the i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Warrior On The Edge Of Time: Encyclopedia Ii - Warrior On The Edge Of Time - A Tale Of Two Cds
The original UK master tape for the album was apparently lost or destroyed some time after the original release. The album was eventually...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Fantasy Award For Best Novel: Encyclopedia Ii - World Fantasy Award For Best Novel - Award Winners And Finalists
World Fantasy Award for Best Novel - 1975. The 1975 WFC, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was chaired by Kirby McCauley. Judges were R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - World Fantasy Award For Life Achievement: Encyclopedia Ii - World Fantasy Award For Life Achievement - Award Winners
World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement - 1975. Robert Bloch World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement - 1976. Fritz Leiber Worl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events: Encyclopedia Ii - Timeline Of Fictional Historical Events - 19th Century
Timeline of fictional historical events - 1800s. Early 1800s June - Bernardo Leonardo buys the town from the Indians for $14,800,000....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Time Travel: Encyclopedia Ii - Time Travel - Physics
Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity (and, by extension, the general theory) very explicitly permits a kind of time dilation th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Adventures Of Luther Arkwright: Encyclopedia Ii - The Adventures Of Luther Arkwright - Publishing History
It was originally published as a serial in the British underground comic Near Myths in 1978, and was later continued in pssst! magazine, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Final Programme: Encyclopedia Ii - The Final Programme - Plot Synopsis
The story starts with the burial of Jerry Cornelius's father, a Nobel-prize-winning scientist who has developed the "Final Programme"—a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Spinrad: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Spinrad - Selected Works
Norman Spinrad - Novels. The Solarians (1966) Agent of Chaos (1967) The Men in the Jungle (1967) Bug Jack Barron (1969) The Iron Dream...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - New Wave Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - New Wave Science Fiction - History
Growing as a trickle more than a flood, New Wave began in 1964, when Michael Moorcock took over as editor for the British science fiction...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - E. Nesbit: Encyclopedia Ii - E. Nesbit - Biography
She was born in 1858 at 38, Lower Kennington Lane in Kennington, Surrey (now in Greater London), the daughter of a schoolteacher, John Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Edward E. Kramer: Encyclopedia Ii - Edward E. Kramer - Biography
Edward E. Kramer is the editor of ROC Books' Dark Love and Grails anthologies, HarperPrism's The Sandman: Book of Dreams (with Neil Gaima...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elric Of Melniboné: Encyclopedia Ii - Elric Of Melniboné - Related Characters
Arioch, Lord of the Seven Darks, Lord of the Higher Hell, The Knight of Swords: One of the mightiest Dukes of Hell and a Chaos Lord. He i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dungeons & Dragons Manuals: Encyclopedia Ii - Dungeons & Dragons Manuals - 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
The 1989 2nd edition saw a complete revision of the Players Handbook and the Dungeon Master Guide. The Monster Manual replaced by the Mon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities & Demigods: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities & Demigods - Printings
TSR, Inc. obtained permission from Michael Moorcock for inclusion of the Melnibonéan material (from his Elric series of books). The Cthu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Lord Of The Rings: Encyclopedia Ii - The Lord Of The Rings - The Books
For character information see: List of Middle-earth characters The Lord of the Rings began as a personal exploration by Tolkien of his in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser: Encyclopedia Ii - Fafhrd And The Gray Mouser - Nehwon
Nehwon is the fantasy world in which most of the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories take place. It's described as "a world like and unlik...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jim Steranko: Encyclopedia Ii - Jim Steranko - Silver Age Steranko
Future Marvel editor-in-chief Roy Thomas, then a staff writer, recalled Steranko's arrival at Marvel: I met Jim [in 1965]; he brought his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mongoose Publishing: Encyclopedia Ii - Mongoose Publishing - Controversy
In its early years, Mongoose Publishing sparked some measure of controversy due to poor layout, inconsistent editing and an incomplete un...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mornington Crescent Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Mornington Crescent Game - Rules
According to tradition, numerous volumes expound the hundreds of rules and regulations of gameplay; however, aside from the basic manner ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michael Whelan: Encyclopedia Ii - Michael Whelan - Biography
Michael Whelan was born in Culver City, California, the son of William and Nancy Whelan. As a child, he had a nomadic existence, moving n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Many Worlds And Possible Worlds In Literature And Art: Encyclopedia Ii - Many Worlds And Possible Worlds In Literature And Art - Fictions Employing Alternate Universes
The concept of the multiverse is also present in the film The One, the video games Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross by Squaresoft, the Dig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Daker: Encyclopedia Ii - John Daker - About Reva Cooper Unsicker
The piano player in the Daker video is Reva Unsicker (née Reva Singley Cooper June 30, 1915 - August 3, 1995). She had been teaching pia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alignment Role-playing Games: Encyclopedia Ii - Alignment Role-playing Games - Dungeons & Dragons
The canonical system derived from Dungeons & Dragons creates a two-dimensional grid, one of which measures a "moral" continuum betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Predestination Paradox: Encyclopedia Ii - Predestination Paradox - Fictional Examples
Many fictional works have dealt with various circumstances that can logically arise from time travel, usually dealing with paradoxes. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trident Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Trident Comics - History
Trident Comic's aim was to provide creator owned titles for not just establised talent such as Neil Gaiman, Eddie Campbell and Grant Morr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Merry England: Encyclopedia Ii - Merry England - Merry England
The concept of a Merry England may have originated in the Middle Ages, describing a utopian state of life that peasants aspired to lead (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brian Aldiss: Encyclopedia Ii - Brian Aldiss - Biography
After World War II, he worked as a bookseller in Oxford. Besides short science fiction for various magazines, he wrote a number of short ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Science Fiction - Early Science Fiction
On SF Main SF Article History of SF SF's Golden Age Speculative fiction Cyberpunk Hard SF Soft SF Space opera More subgenres... Comp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Commedia Dell'arte: Encyclopedia Ii - Commedia Dell'arte - The Characters
Many male commedia dell'arte characters were depicted by actors wearing masks, although the Amorosi (or lovers) did not wear masks. Femal...   » Read the article