"is one of the few of the forty ""Discworld"" novels to be divided into sections or chapters, some others being ""Pyramids"", ""Going Postal"", ""Making Money"", and some of the books for younger readers, specifically ""The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents"" and the five Tiffany Aching books, ""The Wee Free Men"", ""A Hat Full of Sky"", ""Wintersmith"", ""I Shall Wear Midnight"" and ""The Shepherd's Crown"". The sections are: The four main parts are lengthy, and have been likened to short stories or novellas rather than chapters. In the section ""The Colour of Magic"", the characters Bravd and The Weasel relate"
"Garfield revealed in an interview that the five color model of """" was inspired by ""Master of The Five Magics"". Master of the Five Magics Master of the Five Magics is a fantasy novel by Lyndon Hardy, first published in 1980. It is the first of a trilogy set in the same world; the second book is ""Secret of the Sixth Magic"" and the third ""Riddle of the Seven Realms"". The books feature different characters, but each explores the same system of magic in successively more detail. It may be an early example of hard fantasy. The book focuses on"
"fantasy series for adults, beginning with ""The Colour of Magic"" in 1983. ""Amazing Maurice"" was marketed as a children's book, to be followed in that respect by ""The Wee Free Men"" (2003, #30). It differs from earlier Discworld novels also by its division into chapters, though chapters become far more common in later books. Contrary to the contrast between adult and child markets, reflected in catalogues, ""The Guardian"" observed on the occasion of the Carnegie Medal that ""[t]he main audience for Pratchett's 48 books, all busily in print, is teenagers, who are drawn by his irrepressible invention and sense of"
"Arthurian legends, Celtic mythology, Norse mythology and English Folklore. Both magical and ordinary children are prominent throughout the series. It was inaugurated in 1965 with the U.K. publication of ""Over Sea, Under Stone"" by Jonathan Cape. The sequels were published 1973 to 1977, almost simultaneously in the U.K. and the U.S. Volume four, ""The Grey King"" (1975), won both the Newbery Medal, recognizing the year's ""most distinguished contribution to American literature for children"", and the inaugural Welsh Tir na n-Og Award for English-language books with Welsh background. The concluding ""Silver on the Tree"" (1977) also won the annual Tir na"
"1987). The first hardcover edition was issued by Gregg Press during December 1977. The book has also been gathered together with others in the series into various omnibus editions; ""The Three of Swords"" (1989), ""Lean Times in Lankhmar"" (1996), ""The First Book of Lankhmar"" (2001), and ""Lankhmar"" (2008). The book collects six short stories, of which three were originally published in the magazines ""Fantastic Stories of Imagination"" for May 1963 and ""Fantastic Science Fiction Stories"" for November 1959 and May 1960, one was published originally in the collection ""Night's Black Agents"" (1947), and two first appeared in the book itself."
"dusting the family portraits and baking a bag pudding for her solitary Christmas dinner. All seven books were illustrated by N. M. Bodecker and published by Harcourt, Brace (finally Harcout, Brace & World). The series name may date from the 2000 boxed set of books 1–4, ""Edward Eager's Tales of Magic"" (Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic; ). The first book, ""Half Magic"", comes earliest in the series' chronology. ""Magic by the Lake"" is its direct sequel, in that it features the same children in further adventures at about the same age. The second book, ""Knight's Magic"", is set one generation later, and"
"awards, including: Sprawl trilogy The Sprawl trilogy (also known as the Neuromancer, Cyberspace, or Matrix trilogy) is William Gibson's first set of novels, composed of ""Neuromancer"" (1984), ""Count Zero"" (1986), and ""Mona Lisa Overdrive"" (1988). The novels are all set in the same fictional future, and are subtly interlinked by shared characters and themes (which are not always readily apparent). The Sprawl trilogy shares this setting with Gibson's short stories ""Johnny Mnemonic"", ""New Rose Hotel"", and ""Burning Chrome"", and events and characters from the stories appear in or are mentioned at points in the trilogy. The novels are set in"
"publication. The success of ""The Colour of Magic"" prompted Pratchett to put the story aside in favour of working on ""The Light Fantastic"". The idea resurfaced in late 2010 following a dinner conversation with his assistant and American agent, and discussion with Stephen Baxter prompted the development of the first book in the series, ""The Long Earth"", and the collaboration between the two authors. Pratchett and Baxter primarily write in different fields of literature. Baxter has written in fields of 'hard science', evolutionary speculation and alternative history. Although Pratchett has written some science fiction, he is primarily known for his"
"Sprawl trilogy The Sprawl trilogy (also known as the Neuromancer, Cyberspace, or Matrix trilogy) is William Gibson's first set of novels, composed of ""Neuromancer"" (1984), ""Count Zero"" (1986), and ""Mona Lisa Overdrive"" (1988). The novels are all set in the same fictional future, and are subtly interlinked by shared characters and themes (which are not always readily apparent). The Sprawl trilogy shares this setting with Gibson's short stories ""Johnny Mnemonic"", ""New Rose Hotel"", and ""Burning Chrome"", and events and characters from the stories appear in or are mentioned at points in the trilogy. The novels are set in a near-future"
"first collected as ""The Swords Trilogy"" (1977) vt ""The Swords of Corum"" (1986) The first and third volumes won the August Derleth Award and were adapted into a 12-issue comic series entitled ""The Chronicles of Corum"" (1986–88) The second trilogy, ""The Prince with the Silver Hand"", consists of: The three were first collected as ""The Chronicles of Corum"" (1978). The last volume also won the August Derleth Award while the first book was adapted into the 4-issue comic series ""Corum: The Bull and the Spear"". The first series, a tetralogy consists of: These four volumes were later collected as ""The"
"the series repeatedly alternates between these two narrative perspectives. The first five books in the series, ""The Merchant of Death"" (2001), ""The Lost City of Faar"" (2001), ""The Never War"" (2002), ""The Reality Bug"" (2002), and ""Black Water"" (2003) were originally published in paperback by Aladdin Paperbacks. In 2004, ""Black Water"" made ""The New York Times""' weekly nationwide top-ten list in the category ""Children's Paperback Books,"" and a month later, for the first time, the series as a whole ranked in the category of ""Children's Best Sellers: Series."" The remaining five books, ""The Rivers of Zadaa"" (2005), ""The Quillian Games"""
"The Jade Trilogy The Jade Trilogy is a set of three fantasy novels written by Japanese award-winning fantasy writer Noriko Ogiwara. The trilogy consists of the original novel and its two sequels. The first novel of the trilogy, originally written in Japanese as: ""Sorairo Magatama"" (空色勾玉 ""Sky-colored Jade""; see magatama), won her several awards for children's literature. Translated by Cathy Hirano, the novel was first published in English by Farrar, Straus and Giroux as ""Dragon Sword and Wind Child"". Several years after falling out of print, a second edition of the novel was published by VIZ Media LLC with an"
"The second book titled ""The Dark Prophecy"" was released in May 2017. The third book titled ""The Burning Maze"" was released on May 1, 2018. The novels are set within the same fictional universe as the three previous book series, and is narrated alternately in first-person by the two protagonist-siblings Carter and Sadie Kane. The siblings are descended from the two pharaohs Narmer and Ramses the Great and are powerful magicians. They and their friends are forced to contend with who still interact with the real world. The series includes a trilogy consisting of ""The Red Pyramid"" (2010), ""The Throne"
"Tales of the Kingdom Trilogy Tales of the Kingdom Trilogy includes three allegorical books: ""Tales of the Kingdom"" (1983), ""Tales of the Resistance"" (1986) and ""Tales of the Restoration"" (1996), by authors David and Karen Mains. The series has been the recipient of the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Gold Medallion Award under the Children's Book Category. Book 1 - Tales of the Kingdom The story revolves around Scarboy who is followed by action, intrigue, and danger wherever he goes. This misfortune especially occurs in the Enchanted City, where the “imperfect” are cast away and orphans are enslaved. Scarboy manages"
"The Magician Trilogy The Magician Trilogy is a series of three children's fantasy novels by the British author Jenny Nimmo, first published by Methuen 1986 to 1989. It is sometimes called the Snow Spider trilogy or series after the first book and ""The Snow Spider Trilogy"" is the title of its omnibus editions (1991 and later). The stories are inspired by Welsh mythology, with elements borrowed from ""Mabinogion"". Set in contemporary Wales, they feature Gwyn Griffiths, a boy descended from Gwydion who discovers and develops some of the magical power in his lineage. ""The Snow Spider"" won the Tir na"
"fans of the original novel and like the first two novels is still in print to this day in Japan. The last sequel of the trilogy is currently unavailable in English. <div class=""references-big""> <div class=""references-big""> The Jade Trilogy The Jade Trilogy is a set of three fantasy novels written by Japanese award-winning fantasy writer Noriko Ogiwara. The trilogy consists of the original novel and its two sequels. The first novel of the trilogy, originally written in Japanese as: ""Sorairo Magatama"" (空色勾玉 ""Sky-colored Jade""; see magatama), won her several awards for children's literature. Translated by Cathy Hirano, the novel was first"
"series, 1959's ""The Lantern Bearers"". Where the first two books and one later 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. Sutcliff was Carnegie runner-up again for her retelling of the Arthurian legend in ""Tristan and Iseult"", which in 1971 won the American Horn Book Award. In 1985, ""The Mark of the Horse Lord"" was the inaugural winner of the Phoenix Award, created by the Children's Literature Association to recognise the best English-language children's book that did not"
"slum child who is hunted for her rogue magic. The novel, which was the first of three books of ""The Black Magician Trilogy"", brought her widespread acclaim, and the second book of the trilogy, ""The Novice"" (2002), was nominated for the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel. The third book, ""The High Lord"", was released in January 2003 and was nominated for the Best Novel Ditmar category. All three books entered Australian top ten SF best-seller lists. The trilogy is now rated by Nielsen BookScan as the most successful debut fantasy series of the last 10 years, and in 2006"
"Shades of Grey Shades of Grey: The Road to High Saffron (2012, simply titled Shades of Grey originally) is a dystopian novel, the first in the ""Shades of Grey"" series by novelist Jasper Fforde. The story takes place in Chromatacia, an alternate version of the United Kingdom wherein social class is determined by one's ability to perceive colour. Chromatacia is a future dystopian society that exists at least five hundred years (although possibly more) after the collapse of our own society, identified as 'the Previous'. All life is governed by the laws set by Munsell, the supposed and revered founder"
"from what she herself read as a child. Once a book is published, out in the world, it is sort of common property, for people to take ideas from and use, and I think this is what happened to my books."" Before the arrival of J. K. Rowling, Britain's bestselling author was comic fantasy writer Terry Pratchett. His ""Discworld"" books, beginning with ""The Colour of Magic"" in 1983, satirise and parody common fantasy literature conventions. Pratchett was repeatedly asked if he ""got"" his idea for his magic college, the Unseen University, from ""Harry Potter"" Hogwarts, or if the young wizard"
"His story ""The Frog"" appeared in ""The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction"" (Apr 1982). Shea was quiet for a few years but re-emerged with his second book, a collection of four linked novellas called ""Nifft the Lean"" (1982). ""Nifft"" showed that Shea had developed the exotic style of Vance and Clark Ashton Smith, plus the ingenuity of Fritz Leiber's Gray Mouser stories, to produce an extravagant quest novel. It won the 1983 World Fantasy Award as year's best novel. Shea followed up with ""The Color out of Time"" (1984), a work influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, and ""In Yana,"
"The Mathematics of Magic ""The Mathematics of Magic"" is a fantasy novella by American writers L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, the second story in their Harold Shea series. It was first published in the August 1940 issue of the fantasy pulp magazine ""Unknown"". It first appeared in book form, together with the preceding novella, ""The Roaring Trumpet"", in the collection ""The Incomplete Enchanter"", issued in hardcover by Henry Holt and Company in 1941, and in paperback by Pyramid Books in 1960. It has since been reprinted in various collections by numerous other publishers, including ""The Compleat Enchanter"" (1975),"
"series consists of ""Bearers of the Black Staff ""and"" The Measure of the Magic"". This is the prequel to the ""Original Shannara Trilogy."" Also published as the ""Original Shannara Trilogy"" by Del Rey Books, these were the first three published Shannara novels (""The Sword of Shannara"", ""The Elfstones of Shannara"", and ""The Wishsong of Shannara"") The next four books consist of ""The Scions of Shannara"", ""The Druid of Shannara"", ""The Elf Queen of Shannara"" and"" The Talismans of Shannara"". These books are known as ""The Heritage of Shannara"", are set 300 years after ""The Original Shannara Trilogy"". ""The Voyage of"
"Mage series, entitled ""Gods of Blood and Powder"". The first book, ""Sins of Empire,"" was released March 7, 2017. The Powder Mage trilogy The Powder Mage trilogy is a series of epic flintlock fantasy novels written by American author Brian McClellan. It consists of the novels ""Promise of Blood"" (2013), ""The Crimson Campaign"" (2014) and ""The Autumn Republic"" (2015). In 2014, ""Promise of Blood"" received the Morningstar Award for Best Fantasy Newcomer. Several short stories and novellas set in the world of ""The Powder Mage"" trilogy have been published. At the beginning of ""Promise of Blood"", Field Marshal Tamas has"
"The Books of Magic The Books of Magic is the title of a four-issue English-language comic book mini-series written by Neil Gaiman, published by DC Comics, and later an ongoing series under the imprint Vertigo. Since its original publication, the mini-series has also been published in a single-volume collection under the Vertigo imprint with an introduction by author Roger Zelazny. It tells the story of a young boy who has the potential to become the world's greatest magician. ""The Books of Magic"" began life when DC Comics decided to highlight some of their mystical characters across the range. They initially"
". [marked by] the sly wit and sparkling prose that have earned her a cult following"". - The first two books of this series (""A College of Magics"" and ""A Scholar of Magics"") were published as an omnibus edition, ""Scholarly Magics"" (2004, reprinted 2008). This was the Science Fiction Book Club's featured alternate selection for Spring 2004. She has participated in: Caroline Stevermer Caroline Stevermer (born 1955) is an American writer of young adult fantasy novels and shorter works. She is best known for historical fantasy novels. Caroline Stevermer was born in 1955, and grew up on a dairy farm"
"Books of the Art Books of the Art or The Art Trilogy is an incomplete trilogy of novels by Clive Barker, of which only the first two have been published. The first book, ""The Great and Secret Show"", was first published in 1989 and was followed by the second book, ""Everville"", in 1994. The third book has yet to be written and there is currently no schedule for its release. Of plans for the third book, Barker has stated that the book will be ""a big book when it comes"" and that he wants to write it with ""as much"
"comic fantasy novels, that begins with ""The Colour of Magic"" (1983), and includes ""Night Watch"" (2002). Philip Pullman's is famous for his fantasy trilogy ""His Dark Materials"", which follows the coming-of-age of two children as they wander through a series of parallel universes against a backdrop of epic events. While Neil Gaiman is a writer of both science fiction, and fantasy including ""Stardust"" (1998). Douglas Adams is known for his five-volume science fiction comedy series ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"". Significant writers of works for children include, Kenneth Grahame, ""The Wind in the Willows"", Rev W Awdry, ""The Railway"
"of recovery. In London, Burroughs had begun to write what would become the first novel of a trilogy, published as ""Cities of the Red Night"" (1981), ""The Place of Dead Roads"" (1983), and ""The Western Lands"" (1987). Grauerholz helped edit ""Cities"" when it was first rejected by Burroughs' long-time editor Dick Seaver at Holt Rinehart, after it was deemed too disjointed. The novel was written as a straight narrative and then chopped up into a more random pattern, leaving the reader to sort through the characters and events. This technique differed from the author's earlier cut-up methods, which were accidental"
"mostly to the international free-flying magazine Cross Country. He also worked at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (2008–2010). His first novel ""Beyond The Invisible"" was published in 1998 by Eternity Press. This was followed by a non-fiction guidebook for ""Paragliding in South Africa"" (1999), ""The Fresh Air Site Guide"". His epic fantasy series, The Tale of the Lifesong, began with ""The Riddler's Gift"" (published 2007) and continues with ""Second Sight"" (published 2010). He mentions that his writing comes to him visually, and on his website he lists ""The Matrix"" and ""The Lord of the Rings"" as having"
"Master of the Five Magics Master of the Five Magics is a fantasy novel by Lyndon Hardy, first published in 1980. It is the first of a trilogy set in the same world; the second book is ""Secret of the Sixth Magic"" and the third ""Riddle of the Seven Realms"". The books feature different characters, but each explores the same system of magic in successively more detail. It may be an early example of hard fantasy. The book focuses on the adventures of its main character and hero Alodar in the fictional land of Procolon. Alodar's self-imposed quest for much"
"dark tale of magic and murder.' ""The Power of Dark"" was also selected for Amazon's summer reading list. The Power of Dark The Power of Dark is the first in a new series by children's author Robin Jarvis known as The Witching Legacy. The series returns to the coastal town of Whitby, the setting of Jarvis' popular supernatural children's fantasy trilogy, The Whitby Witches. The series will consist of four novels. ""The Power of Dark"" was first published in June 2016. The second novel, ""The Devil's Paintbox"", was published in March 2017. A third volume, ""Time of Blood"", is expected"
"The Unicorn Series The Unicorn Series is a young-adult fantasy novel series by Tanith Lee. The trilogy revolves around Tanaquil, a young woman who is better at tinkering than magic, much to the dismay of her sorceress mother. Black Unicorn (1991) is the first novel of The Unicorn Series. It was big and beautiful and so black that it was like a hole in space, and it was completely impossible. Unicorns didn't belong in this world except in legends. But there it stood, radiating magical power, in the shattered wreck of the party. Nobody knew where it had come from,"