"it was poorly received by critics, the novel has managed to remain in print for over a century. It was also adapted into a play, two silent films as well as a drama film. By the time Kipling returned to England in 1889, he was well on this way to literary fame due to his successful short stories. However, as a novel was expected from him, he began to write ""The Light That Failed"" on a very short deadline of three months. The novel's inspiration was his failed relationship with Florence Garrard, whom he had first met when he was"
"Lowry intended for his magnum opus. Malcolm Lowry Clarence Malcolm Lowry (; 28 July 1909 – 26 June 1957) was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel ""Under the Volcano"", which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list. Lowry was born in New Brighton, Wirral, UK the fourth son of Evelyn Boden and Arthur Lowry, a cotton broker with roots in Cumberland. He was educated at The Leys School in Cambridge (the school made famous by the novel ""Goodbye, Mr. Chips"") and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. In 1912, the"
"Tom Clancy Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers, and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects, and video games. He was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees. Clancy's literary career began in 1984 when he sold ""The Hunt"
"SCUBA equipment, carefully calculating all the parameters, only to come close to dying on his first dive because he lacked a crucial piece of information about the physiology of breathing, one which all his knowledge of physics and engineering could not have predicted. Star Light Star Light is a science fiction novel by American writer Hal Clement. It is the sequel to one of Clement's earlier books, ""Mission of Gravity"". The novel was serialized in four parts in ""Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact Magazine"" from June to September 1970. ""Star Light"" was first published as a paperback book by Ballantine Books"
"John Steakley John William Steakley, Jr. (July 26, 1951 – November 27, 2010) was an American author, best known for his science fiction writing. He published two major novels, ""Armor"" (1984) and ""Vampire$"" (1990); the latter was the basis for John Carpenter's ""Vampires"" movie. He published four short science fiction and fantasy stories. Steakley was born in Cleburne, Texas. Aside from brief spells in South America and Hollywood, Steakley lived most of his life in Texas. Steakley's father owned a Chevrolet dealership in Dallas from 1962 until he sold it in 1999. Steakley attended St. Mark's School and graduated from"
"1860s to make way for Charing Cross Station. Rudyard Kipling lived at small rooms with windows facing the street, at number 43 (later renamed Kipling House) in 1889–91 and here wrote the partly autobiographical novel ""The Light That Failed"", which contains references to the area. Kipling remarks that: After World War II Gatti's became the noted Players' Theatre Club, founded by Leonard Sachs, specialising in music hall entertainments. This has become the New Players' Theatre, adjacent to the Heaven nightclub. Gordon's Wine Bar, in a basement under Kipling House and with cellars below street level and a terrace overlooking Embankment"
"James Leo Herlihy James Leo Herlihy (; February 27, 1927 – October 21, 1993) was an American novelist, playwright and actor. Herlihy is known for his novels ""Midnight Cowboy"" and ""All Fall Down"", and his play ""Blue Denim"", all of which were adapted for cinema. Other publications include ""The Season of the Witch"" and several short stories. Herlihy was born into a working-class family in Detroit, Michigan in 1927. He was raised in Detroit and Chillicothe, Ohio. He enlisted with the Navy in 1945 but saw no action due to the end of World War II. He attended Black Mountain"
"The Space Trilogy The Space Trilogy or Cosmic Trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by C. S. Lewis, famous for his later series ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". A philologist named Elwin Ransom is the hero of the first two novels and an important character in the third. The books in the trilogy are: In 1946, the publishing house Avon (now an imprint of HarperCollins) published a version of ""That Hideous Strength"" specially abridged by C. S. Lewis entitled ""The Tortured Planet"". An unfinished manuscript published posthumously in 1977, named ""The Dark Tower"" by Walter Hooper, its editor, features"
"the street, almost on to its stage. The Charing Cross trains rumbled through my dreams on one side, the boom of the Strand on the other, while, before my windows, Father Thames under the Shot tower walked up and down with his traffic. In the next two years, he published a novel, ""The Light that Failed"", had a nervous breakdown, and met an American writer and publishing agent, Wolcott Balestier, with whom he collaborated on a novel, ""The Naulahka"" (a title which he uncharacteristically misspelt; see below). In 1891, on the advice of his doctors, Kipling embarked on another sea"
"essential plot element or make a significant contribution in another way as part of the screenplay. The experiences of disabled war veterans were often the basis of early films that dealt with disability. ""The Light That Failed"", a popular short story by British author Rudyard Kipling, was filmed in 1916, 1923 and 1939. The protagonist, a veteran gradually losing his eyesight, became in many ways a template for many films that would portray disabled veterans as tragic victims. Films in this pattern include ""The Men"" (1950), starring Marlon Brando, and ""Johnny Got His Gun (film)"" (1971), an anti-war film directed"
"Douglas, Xania, Patrick, Alexia, Hugh, William, Ilaria , Thomas, Edward and Athena. Ross Leckie Ross Leckie (born May 6, 1957) is a Scottish writer of historical novels, best known for his ""Carthage"" trilogy. He is not to be confused with the Canadian poet of the same name. Ross Leckie attended Drumtochty Castle Preparatory School and Fettes College; at Fettes he gained his interest in classical literature. He studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he was also President of the Junior Common Room. After that he became a fund manager at Artemis as well as writing novels and now"
"Star Light Star Light is a science fiction novel by American writer Hal Clement. It is the sequel to one of Clement's earlier books, ""Mission of Gravity"". The novel was serialized in four parts in ""Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact Magazine"" from June to September 1970. ""Star Light"" was first published as a paperback book by Ballantine Books in September 1971. ""Star Light"" is set several decades after the events of ""Mission of Gravity"". It takes place mostly on the supergiant planet Dhrawn, which some suspect of being a failed star. The planet has an ammonia/water atmosphere with some oxygen, at"
"Jeffrey E. Barlough Jeffrey E. Barlough (born 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is a trained biologist and veterinarian with a Ph.D. in Virology from Cornell University who has published over 60 research and review articles in scientific journals since 1979. He is also an armchair historian and has edited small press publications of minor and archaic English works. He is also the author of several dark fantasy novels that comprise his Western Lights series, set in an alternate world in which the last Ice Age never ended. Then, in the year 1839, a catastrophic event known as ""the sundering"" (its"
"Malcolm Lowry Clarence Malcolm Lowry (; 28 July 1909 – 26 June 1957) was an English poet and novelist who is best known for his 1947 novel ""Under the Volcano"", which was voted No. 11 in the Modern Library 100 Best Novels list. Lowry was born in New Brighton, Wirral, UK the fourth son of Evelyn Boden and Arthur Lowry, a cotton broker with roots in Cumberland. He was educated at The Leys School in Cambridge (the school made famous by the novel ""Goodbye, Mr. Chips"") and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. In 1912, the family moved to Caldy on another"
"Ben Kane Ben Kane (born 1970) is a novelist, specialising in historical fiction. He is best known for The Forgotten Legion, Spartacus and Hannibal book series. Six of his eight novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers, and his books have been published in more than ten countries, including the USA, Italy, Spain, Greece, Russia and the Netherlands. In 2013, Kane and two friends walked the entire length of Hadrian's Wall for charity while wearing full Roman military kit, including hobnailed boots. They raised nearly £19,000 for Combat Stress and Medecins Sans Frontieres. In 2014, they walked again in Italy, raising"
"Edwin Corley Edwin Raymond Corley (1931-1981) was a United States novelist most famous for his thrillers ""Sargasso"", ""Air Force One"", and ""The Jesus Factor"". He used the pseudonyms ""David Harper"", ""William Judson"" and worked with novelist Jack Murphy, using the pseudonym ""Patrick Buchanan"" (unrelated to Patrick Buchanan, the politician of the same name). As ""Patrick Buchanan"", Corley and Murphy wrote a series of novels (""A Murder of Crows"", 1970; ""A Parliament of Owls"", 1971; ""A Requiem of Sharks"", 1973; and ""A Sounder of Swine"", 1974) featuring the character Charity Tucker, a tall, blonde, intelligent television reporter, who teamed with private"
"has a track named ""Perelandra"". The Space Trilogy The Space Trilogy or Cosmic Trilogy is a series of science fiction novels by C. S. Lewis, famous for his later series ""The Chronicles of Narnia"". A philologist named Elwin Ransom is the hero of the first two novels and an important character in the third. The books in the trilogy are: In 1946, the publishing house Avon (now an imprint of HarperCollins) published a version of ""That Hideous Strength"" specially abridged by C. S. Lewis entitled ""The Tortured Planet"". An unfinished manuscript published posthumously in 1977, named ""The Dark Tower"" by"
"dream and the life he has chosen, make up the core of this novel. Lighthouse (novel) Lighthouse is a 1972 novel by Eugenia Price, the third and last of ""St Simons Trilogy"". Previous two were- ""The Beloved Invader"" (1965) and ""New Moon Rising"" (1969). The story centers on a man ""James Gould""- founder of the ""Southern dynasty"". He dreams to leave the cold New England hills where he was born and want to make better life for himself in the magnificent, untamed, post-Revolutionary south. How Gould pursues his strange ambition, the exotic people and places he encounters along the way,"
"Lighthouse (novel) Lighthouse is a 1972 novel by Eugenia Price, the third and last of ""St Simons Trilogy"". Previous two were- ""The Beloved Invader"" (1965) and ""New Moon Rising"" (1969). The story centers on a man ""James Gould""- founder of the ""Southern dynasty"". He dreams to leave the cold New England hills where he was born and want to make better life for himself in the magnificent, untamed, post-Revolutionary south. How Gould pursues his strange ambition, the exotic people and places he encounters along the way, and especially the beautiful and strong willed young girl who comes to share the"
"signed the ""Writers and Editors War Tax Protest"" pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments as a protest against the Vietnam War. James Leo Herlihy James Leo Herlihy (; February 27, 1927 – October 21, 1993) was an American novelist, playwright and actor. Herlihy is known for his novels ""Midnight Cowboy"" and ""All Fall Down"", and his play ""Blue Denim"", all of which were adapted for cinema. Other publications include ""The Season of the Witch"" and several short stories. Herlihy was born into a working-class family in Detroit, Michigan in 1927. He was raised in Detroit and Chillicothe, Ohio. He enlisted"
"awarded multiple medals including: Huskey wrote under the pseudonyms of Dan MacGregor and D.S. Bradford. His book ""Blood and Iron"" was intended as the first in a series of six books under the title ""The Adventures of Levin Rankin"". Levin Rankin is a young naval sailor with the series starting in 1898. Huskey died of cancer soon after writing the second book in the series ""By Honor Bound"", but before publishing the book. The Adventures of Levi Rankin series: Timothy Huskey Timothy Huskey (January 31, 1948 – March 26, 2007) was an American soldier, police officer, and author. Huskey was"
"World War II as a lieutenant colonel, but did not serve overseas. Laurence Stallings Laurence Tucker Stallings (November 25, 1894 - February 28, 1968) was an American playwright, screenwriter, lyricist, literary critic, journalist, novelist, and photographer. Best known for his collaboration with Maxwell Anderson on the 1924 play ""What Price Glory"", Stallings also produced a groundbreaking autobiographical novel, ""Plumes"", about his service in World War I, and published an award-winning book of photographs, ""The First World War: A Photographic History"". Stallings was born Laurence Tucker Stallings in Macon, Georgia, to Larkin Tucker Stallings, a bank clerk, and Aurora Brooks Stallings,"
"Children of Light (book) Children of Light is the fourth published novel by U. S. writer Robert Stone. It was published in 1986. In the front matter of the published version of the novel, Stone acknowledges that during the writing of this novel he received assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts and a residency at the Villa Serbelloni. Portions of this novel were originally published in ""Esquire"", ""The Paris Review,"" ""Playboy"", and ""TriQuarterly"". The story tracks the lives of Gordon Walker, a failed playwright in his 40s and modestly successful screenwriter-actor, and his old flame Lee Verger, the"
"would rather not know this stuff. I'd rather do it because it's true and because I accidentally wind up creating something that falls into this pattern than be told what the pattern is."" Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series ""The Sandman"" and novels ""Stardust"", ""American Gods"", ""Coraline"", and ""The Graveyard Book"". He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery"
"were picked-up by pop culture development and publishing company, Pangea Corporation under their imprint Pangea Press. Both series, ""Matterhorn the Brave"" and ""TLC"" were released in the Fall of 2016. Because of Hamel's religious background and non-religious writing style, and his multi-volume alternate reality novels for children, he has been likened to ""a 21st century C.S. Lewis."" Mike Hamel Mike Hamel (born 1952) is an American children's author, nationally published journalist, philosopher, and former theologian. He is best known for his two YA novel series (""Matterhorn the Brave"" and ""The Lighthouse Company""), the seminal Entrepreneur's Creed, published by Broadman &"
"which led to the slaughter of the Khartoum garrison. He also covered the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese War. He authored several books on his experiences reporting on conflict. Burleigh ran unsuccessfully several times for Glasgow seats in the British parliament. He died in London in 1914 and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery. Burleigh is thought by some to be a model for the correspondent Gilbert Torpenhow in Rudyard Kipling's ""The Light that Failed"". Bennet Burleigh Born in Glasgow, he began work as a shipping clerk at the age of 20. Shortly afterwards, he was forced to marry one of"
"Light (novel) Light is a science fiction novel by M. John Harrison published in 2002. It received the James Tiptree, Jr. Award and a BSFA nomination in 2002, and was shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award in 2003. The book centres on the lives of three individuals — the physicist (and serial killer) Michael Kearney, on the verge of a breakthrough in theoretical physics sometime in 1999; Seria Mau Genlicher, the cybernetically-altered female pilot of a ""K-ship"", and the ex-space pilot and adventurer Ed Chianese. Seria Mau and Ed's stories take place in the year 2400 AD. The lives"
"Sebastian Faulks Sebastian Charles Faulks, (born 20 April 1953) is a British novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He is best known for his historical novels set in France – ""The Girl at the Lion d'Or"", ""Birdsong"" and ""Charlotte Gray"". He has also published novels with a contemporary setting, most recently ""A Week in December"" (2009) and ""Paris Echo"", (2018) and a James Bond continuation novel, ""Devil May Care"" (2008), as well as a continuation of P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves series, ""Jeeves and the Wedding Bells"" (2013). He was a team captain on BBC Radio 4 literary quiz ""The Write Stuff"". Faulks was"
"Kathryn Le Veque Kathryn Elizabeth Bouse Le Veque Hogan is an American USA Today bestselling independent author of Historical Romance fiction novels. She is the author of over 60 historical romance novels, as well as ten contemporary romance novels. She is most known for writing ""The Dark One: Dark Knight"", ""Rise of the Defender"", ""The Wolfe"", ""The Savage Curtain"", and ""Island of Glass"". Le Veque was born in 1964 in Glendale and was raised in Pasadena, California. She attended University of Southern California. She started writing as a hobby when she was thirteen. She continued writing through high school, college"
"cheery, but sinister plots and presences are slowly and carefully revealed. Jeffrey E. Barlough Jeffrey E. Barlough (born 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is a trained biologist and veterinarian with a Ph.D. in Virology from Cornell University who has published over 60 research and review articles in scientific journals since 1979. He is also an armchair historian and has edited small press publications of minor and archaic English works. He is also the author of several dark fantasy novels that comprise his Western Lights series, set in an alternate world in which the last Ice Age never ended. Then, in"
"depth and complexity to the world, while fleshing out the conflict and characters, which bodes extremely well for the third book, ""Walk in Shadow"". He concluded by saying Fall of Light tells riveting story of complex and powerful characters, with an amazing world to act as a backdrop, and key themes and concepts that give the story force and weight. The Kharkanas Trilogy The Kharkanas Trilogy is an epic fantasy series by the Canadian writer Steven Erikson. The series consists of three novels, two of which—""Forge of Darkness"" and ""Fall of Light""—have been published as of 2017. The series serves"
"Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman, 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and films. His works include the comic book series ""The Sandman"" and novels ""Stardust"", ""American Gods"", ""Coraline"", and ""The Graveyard Book"". He has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker awards, as well as the Newbery and Carnegie medals. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work, ""The Graveyard Book"" (2008). In 2013, ""The Ocean at the End of"
"Jeffrey Zaslow Jeffrey Lloyd Zaslow (October 6, 1958 – February 10, 2012) was an American author and journalist and a columnist for ""The Wall Street Journal"". Zaslow was widely known as coauthor of best-selling books including ""The Last Lecture"" (2008) with Randy Pausch; """" with Capt. Chesley ""Sully"" Sullenberger (2009); as well as ""Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope"" (2011) with Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly. He was the sole author of numerous books, including ""Tell Me All About It"" (1990), ""The Girls from Ames"" (2009), and ""The Magic Room"" (2012). Zaslow was born in 1958"