"video. The CBS program had 37 million viewers. It would win an Emmy Award. The only actor to appear in both versions was Stephen Thorne (who portrayed Aslan). The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1979 film) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an animated television film that was broadcast on CBS in 1979, based on the novel of the same name by C. S. Lewis. When four children Lucy, Susan, Edmund and Peter stumble into an old Wardrobe they find themselves in a magical land called Narnia with talking animals, fauns, hags, the Wicked White Witch and"
"that she is in the land of Narnia. He invites her back to his cave for tea, and tells her stories about what life was once like in Narnia, until it became an ""endless winter"". He then plays his flute and Lucy goes to sleep, but when she wakes up Tumnus is crying and he confesses that he is in the pay of the White Witch, who rules over Narnia and makes it ""always winter and never Christmas"". She had ordered him and all the other Narnians that if they ever saw a Son of Adam or Daughter of Eve"
"himself as Mr. Tumnus and reveals that Lucy has entered the land of Narnia. The seemingly kind faun invites Lucy to his cave for some tea and plays a tune on his flute which forces her into a deep sleep where she sees visions of what Narnia used to be like before the ""endless"" winter. Lucy suddenly wakes up and realises she must go home but Mr. Tumnus breaks down and reveals that he is employed (albeit unwillingly) by the evil White Witch, who makes it ""always winter but never Christmas"" in Narnia. The Witch has ordered all Narnians to"
"Winter (Meyer novel) Winter is a 2015 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. It is the fourth and final book in ""The Lunar Chronicles"" series and the sequel to ""Cress"". The story is loosely based on the fairy tale of ""Snow White"", similar to its predecessors ""Cinder"", ""Scarlet"" and ""Cress"" which were loosely based on ""Cinderella"", ""Little Red Riding Hood"" and ""Rapunzel"" respectively. It was a ""USA Today"" and ""Wall Street Journal"" bestselling novel. Due to Princess Winter's refusal to use the Lunar gift,"
"and Lucy falls asleep. When Lucy wakes up, she sees him in tears. He confesses that he is in the pay of the White Witch (Jadis), who rules Narnia and has made it always winter but never Christmas. She had ordered him and the other Narnians to hand over any Sons of Adam or Daughters of Eve - humans - that he sees in Narnia. Tumnus, despite knowing that the Witch will find out and is likely to punish him severely if he disobeys her orders, quickly realises that he can't bring himself to give Lucy up to the Witch,"
"A Spell of Winter A Spell of Winter is a 1995 gothic novel by Helen Dunmore, set in England, around the time of World War I. The novel was the first recipient of the Orange Prize for Fiction, in 1996. Abandoned by their parents and brought up by the servants on their grandfather's estate, Catherine and Rob have no one but each other. However, as their love for each other oversteps boundaries, the siblings' relationship becomes chaotic as the state of the outside world heading for World War I. As the world around Catherine changes dramatically, will she find the"
"will to break the spell of winter and leave her isolated world? A Spell of Winter A Spell of Winter is a 1995 gothic novel by Helen Dunmore, set in England, around the time of World War I. The novel was the first recipient of the Orange Prize for Fiction, in 1996. Abandoned by their parents and brought up by the servants on their grandfather's estate, Catherine and Rob have no one but each other. However, as their love for each other oversteps boundaries, the siblings' relationship becomes chaotic as the state of the outside world heading for World War"
"and the Wardrobe"" — for this wardrobe became the entrance through which the Pevensies would discover Narnia. During the Age of Conquest, Narnia remained at peace for hundreds of years after its creation until Jadis the Witch-Queen returned as the White Witch in 898. She conquered Narnia and reigned as a tyrant in 900, using her wand to turn anyone who crossed her into stone. With her magic she covered the land in perpetual ice and snow, making it ""always winter and never Christmas""; so began Narnia's Age of Winter. Though she claimed to be Queen of Narnia and Châtelaine"
"The Coldest Winter Ever ""The Coldest Winter Ever"" is an award-winning novel by Sister Souljah published by Simon and Schuster. The novel has a prequel and a sequel, and is currently being shopped to movie studios to be produced as a film. The story is set in Brooklyn, New York. The main character is Winter Santiaga, the teenaged daughter of a local drug kingpin. Winter is brash and self-important; she says, “it was important for me to know I deserved the best, no slum jewelry or knock-offs"". The story is told from her perspective in slang that is highly influenced"
"Winter) are the two ruling bodies of the Sidhe and their lands make up most of the Nevernever. Their combined power can affect the real world through the barrier of the Nevernever, and maintaining the balance of power is greatly important to most members of the supernatural community. It supposedly is responsible for the continued cycle of the seasons, and is rumored that great ecological disasters such as Ice Ages and Global Warming were caused by imbalances between the two Sidhe courts. Each court is ruled by three Queens—Queen Mother (neither of whom have been given a name outside of"
"as descendants of the original Hainish colonizers. The second idea is unique to each novel. ""The Left Hand of Darkness"" takes place many centuries in the future—no date is given in the book itself. Reviewers have suggested the year 4870 AD, based on extrapolation of events in other works, and commentary on her writing by Le Guin. The protagonist of the novel, the envoy Genly Ai, is on a planet called Winter (""Gethen"" in the language of its own people) to convince the citizens to join the Ekumen. Winter is, as its name indicates, a planet that is always cold."
"Winternight trilogy The ""Winternight"" trilogy is a series of adult historical fantasy novels written by American author Katherine Arden. The trilogy consists of ""The Bear and the Nightingale"" (2017), ""The Girl in the Tower"" (2017), and forthcoming ""The Winter of the Witch"" (2019). At the beginning, the story takes place in a medieval Russian village. Vasilisa ""Vasya"" Petrovna has received a spiritual gift, using it to see the fantastical creatures that inhabit her village. This leads her to a conflict with the Orthodox Church who becomes convinced that she is a witch. The series is set to conclude with the"
"Snow White (Fables) Snow White is a major character in the comic book series ""Fables"". Her character is based on two myths recorded by the Brothers Grimm, ""Snow-White and Rose-Red"" and the more famous ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarves"". Snow was born in a small cottage and lived there with her younger twin sister Rose Red. In their youth, they were inseparable, swearing to each other that nothing would ever come between them. One day, a bear knocks on their house and asks to let him stay with them. They let them in and he stays through the entire"
"Snow White (Fables) Snow White is a major character in the comic book series ""Fables"". Her character is based on two myths recorded by the Brothers Grimm, ""Snow-White and Rose-Red"" and the more famous ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarves"". Snow was born in a small cottage and lived there with her younger twin sister Rose Red. In their youth, they were inseparable, swearing to each other that nothing would ever come between them. One day, a bear knocks on their house and asks to let him stay with them. They let them in and he stays through the entire"
"Fires of Winter Fires of Winter is a novel by Johanna Lindsey originally published in September 1980 by Avon Books. It is the first book in the Haardrad Family Saga Series. Plot: The Viking invaders came from across an icy sea, taking lady Brenna as their captive. But the dauntless Celtic beauty swears that no barbarian will ever be her master—not even the handsome and powerful brute Garrick Haardrad. The son of a ruthless Viking chieftain, Garrick is accustomed to getting his way, as he claims his exquisite ""prize"" with a primitive abandon that leaves Brenna breathless. Yet it is"
"Winter (Deighton novel) Winter is a 1987 novel by Len Deighton, which follows the lives of a German family from 1899 to 1945. At the same time the novel provides an historical background to several of the characters in Deighton's nine novels about the British intelligence agent Bernard Samson, who grew up in the ruins of Berlin after World War II. The narrative starts on the eve of the year 1900 with Harald Winter, a German businessman with two sons, Peter and Paul, two very different brothers, whose lives are inextricably linked with Germany in the years leading up to"
"Maugrim Maugrim is a fictional character in the novel ""The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"" by C. S. Lewis. A Narnian wolf, he is Captain of the White Witch's Secret Police. In early American editions of the book, Lewis changed the name to Fenris Ulf (a reference to Fenrisúlfr, a wolf from Norse mythology), but when HarperCollins took over the books they took out Lewis' revisions, and the name ""Maugrim"" has been used in all editions since 1994. Maugrim is one of the few Talking Animals who sided with the Witch during the Hundred-Year Winter. Nikabrik in ""Prince Caspian"""
"A City in Winter A City in Winter is a novel by American writer Mark Helprin, first published in 1996. Considered a children's novel, it is mixture of war novel and a satire of bureaucracy, telling the story of a 10-year-old queen's quest to regain her throne. All three books in this trilogy, ""Swan Lake"", ""A City in Winter"", and the final novel in the series, ""The Veil of Snows"" abound in winter season atmosphere and fairy tale magic. This imaginative novel continues the story of ""Swan Lake"", in which an unnamed country girl hears from her beloved tutor the"
"One Hundred Year Winter, under the rule of the White Witch, the evil self-proclaimed Queen of Narnia. There she meets Mr. Tumnus the Faun and, then later, the Beavers. However, her brother Edmund had also slipped into Narnia on the second occasion Lucy had entered, and encountered the White Witch while she was visiting Mr Tumnus. Edmund, who had already jeered at Lucy about her ""magical"" country, continued to be spiteful towards Lucy by denying that either of them had been in Narnia. When the children all enter Narnia, Edmund slips away from the house of the Beavers and defects"
"The Winds of Winter The Winds of Winter is the planned sixth novel in the epic fantasy series ""A Song of Ice and Fire"" by American writer George R. R. Martin. Martin believes the last two volumes of the series will be books of 1,500+ manuscript pages each. They will take readers farther north than any of the previous books, and the Others will appear in ""The Winds of Winter"". Martin has refrained from making hard estimates for the final release date of the novel. In April 2018, Martin revealed that the book would not be published in 2018. ""The"
"Winter in Eden Winter in Eden is a 1986 science fiction novel by American author Harry Harrison, the second in the ""Eden"" series. It tells an alternate history of planet Earth in which the extinction of the dinosaurs never occurred. The story began in ""West of Eden"", which depicts a war between a group of Cro-Magnon-level humans that evolved from New World monkeys and a reptilian race called the Yilanè, who are descended from the prehistoric mosasaur and have become the dominant lifeform on the planet. The central characters from the first book return: Vaintè, an ambitious Yilanè, and Kerrick,"
"its winter 2012-13 season. Hoban is often described as a fantasy writer, and only two of his novels, ""Turtle Diary"" and ""The Bat Tattoo"", are entirely devoid of supernatural elements. However, the fantasy elements are usually presented as only moderately surprising developments in an otherwise realistic contemporary story, which is magic realism. Exceptions include ""Kleinzeit"", a comic fantasy whose characters include Death, Hospital, and Underground; ""Riddley Walker"", a science-fiction novel whose futuristic setting is primitive and post-apocalyptic; ""Pilgermann"", a historical novel about the Crusades; and ""Fremder"", a more conventional science-fiction novel. There is frequent repetition of images and themes in"
"The Winter King (novel) The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur is the first novel of the ""Warlord Chronicles"" trilogy by Bernard Cornwell, originally published in 1995 in the UK by Penguin Group. The book is based on characters and plot elements from the medieval Arthurian myth, but considerably changed and re-worked. The novel is divided into five parts, being narrated by the protagonist, Derfel. Derfel, a former warrior of Arthur and now an elderly monk, tells the story of how Arthur became warlord of Britain despite illegitimacy to the throne. After being banished to Armorica by his father, High"
"inserting ""just enough veiled references to the original stories to spur intellectual and emotional connections."" Winter (Meyer novel) Winter is a 2015 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary Feiwel & Friends. It is the fourth and final book in ""The Lunar Chronicles"" series and the sequel to ""Cress"". The story is loosely based on the fairy tale of ""Snow White"", similar to its predecessors ""Cinder"", ""Scarlet"" and ""Cress"" which were loosely based on ""Cinderella"", ""Little Red Riding Hood"" and ""Rapunzel"" respectively. It was a ""USA Today"" and"
"Winter Holiday (novel) Winter Holiday is the fourth novel of Arthur Ransome's ""Swallows and Amazons"" series of children's books. It was published in 1933. In this story, the third set of major characters in the series, the Ds — Dick and Dorothea Callum—are introduced. The series' usual emphasis on boats and sailing is largely absent, as the story is set in the winter. Instead, the children's activities focus on ice skating, signalling with semaphore and Morse code, and sledging. Ransome draws on his schoolday memories of the Great Frost of 1895 when Windermere froze completely. Another major influence is Fridtjof"
"the series to date have been Mab and Maeve respectively until the recent change during ""Cold Days"" with the Winter Lady's mantle being transmitted to Molly Carpenter. Lloyd Slate, the Winter Knight was revealed as a traitor during the events of ""Summer Knight"" and was subsequently subjected to repeated tortures by Mab. Eventually, during the events of ""Changes"", Slate was killed and replaced as Winter Knight by Harry Dresden. Harry's godmother, the Leanansidhe (""Lea"" for short), is also a very powerful member of the Winter Court. Winter's effective King is Kringle (Santa Claus). The Wyldfae are creatures of Faerie which"
"Winter's Tale (novel) Winter's Tale is a 1983 fantasy novel by Mark Helprin. It takes place in a mythic New York City, markedly different from reality, and in an industrial Edwardian era near the turn of the 20th century. The novel was adapted into a feature film by Akiva Goldsman. Peter Lake is the central character of ""Winter's Tale"". A child of an immigrant couple denied admission at Ellis Island, Peter Lake is set adrift in New York Harbor in a miniature model ship called ""City of Justice"". He is found in the reeds and adopted by the Baymen of"
"young Lewis much about thinking and communicating clearly, skills that would be invaluable to him later. Narnia is caught in endless winter that has lasted a century when the children first enter. Norse tradition mythologizes a ""great winter"", known as the Fimbulwinter, said to precede Ragnarök. The trapping of Edmund by the White Witch is reminiscent of the seduction and imprisonment of Kay by The Snow Queen in Hans Christian Andersen's novella of that name. The dwarves and giants are found in Norse mythology; fauns, centaurs, minotaurs and dryads derive from Greek mythology. Father Christmas, of course, was part of"
"the world in ice. Only Master Vegard stands in her way, whose mirrors reflect not only appearances but also souls. One day the polar wind takes away Vegard and his wife Una, but they hide their children Gerda and Kai. Years later, the Snow Queen's servile troll Orm (who can shapeshift into a black weasel) locates Kai, who is deemed Vegard's successor, at an orphanage. After a tangle between both siblings and Orm, Kai is abducted by the polar wind to the Snow Queen's palace. Gerda embarks on a journey with Orm and her pet white weasel Luta across the"
"and ""The Winds of Winter"" would not be published in 2018. Since then he at least four times confirmed he was continuing work on ""The Winds of Winter"". The Winds of Winter The Winds of Winter is the planned sixth novel in the epic fantasy series ""A Song of Ice and Fire"" by American writer George R. R. Martin. Martin believes the last two volumes of the series will be books of 1,500+ manuscript pages each. They will take readers farther north than any of the previous books, and the Others will appear in ""The Winds of Winter"". Martin has"
"A Girl in Winter A Girl in Winter is a novel by Philip Larkin, first published in 1947 by Faber and Faber. It was published in the USA in 1962 by St Martin's Press. The main character in the novel (the ""girl"" of the title) is Katherine Lind, a library assistant. The action is condensed into a twelve-hour period in which she has to leave work to escort a colleague who has been taken ill. The incident results indirectly in her realisation that she no longer cares for Robin, an old love interest she had as a teenager. Larkin himself"
"Pauline Baynes, and her work has been retained in many later editions. Most of the novel is set in Narnia, a land of talking animals and mythical creatures that one White Witch has ruled for 100 years of deep winter. In the frame story, four English children are relocated to a large, old country house following a wartime evacuation. The youngest visits Narnia three times via the magic of a wardrobe in a spare room. All four children are together on her third visit, which verifies her fantastic claims and comprises the subsequent 12 of 17 chapters except for a"
"in De Smet. It runs from fall 1880 to spring 1881, a season of such frequent blizzards that it went down in history as ""The Snow Winter"". Accurate details in it include the names of the townspeople (with only minor exceptions), the blizzards' frequency and the deep cold, the Chicago and North Western Railway stopping trains until the spring thaw after the snow made the tracks impassable, the near-starvation of the townspeople, and the courage of Almanzo Wilder and Cap Garland, who ventured out on the open prairie in search of a cache of wheat that no one was even"