Fang The Gnome

There was a time when the Earth had three moons, and when the seductive sorceress Avalona could alter futures and bend "happentracks" with her spells. Indeed, in this vast chaotic universe called the Greataway, with its many imaginable futures, anything is possible. Especially when Nyneve, Avalona's bewitching human disciple, conjures up the complete legend of Camelot and when the roguish gnome Fang, slayer of the dread daggertooth, stumbles into the human happentrack, causing human and gnome worlds to overlap. For then the moons begin to disappear one by one, and Fang, Nyneve, and all their comrades find themselves caught in a happentrack from which there is no escape, a happentrack in which the legend of Arthur might prove their only salvation...

First published in 1996. Now updated with a new information-packed 40-page Supplement covering the years 1990-1995, this unique Encyclopedia highlights the World of King Arthur from its origins in Dark Age Britain to the present day, when Arthurian novels, films, and music continue to appear around the world at an astonishing rate. The Supplement, which provides five full years of coverage not available anywhere else, enhances the usefulness of more than 1,300 entries on all aspects of the Arthurian legend-in literature, history, folklore, archaeology, art, and music. Written by an international team of over 130 authorities, no oth­er work approaches this A-Z guide to the legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table for breadth and depth of coverage. This is the ultimate source for reliable information on topics as diverse as the Grail, Tristan and Isolde, Lancelot and Guenevere, Arthurian operas, the historicity of Arthur, and more.

Annotated bibliography of the Arthurian legend in modern English-language fiction, not only in literary texts, but in television, music, and art. The legend of Arthur has been a source of fascination for writers and artists in English since the fifteenth century, when Thomas Malory drew together for the first time in English a variety of Arthurian stories from a number of sources to form the Morte Darthur. It increased in popularity during the Victorian era, when after Tennyson's treatment of the legend, not only authors and dramatists, but painters, musicians, and film-makers found a sourceof inspiration in the Arthurian material. This interdisciplinary, annotated bibliography lists the Arthurian legend in modern English-language fiction, from 1500 to 2000, including literary texts, film, television, music, visual art, and games. It will prove an invaluable source of reference for students of literary and visual arts, general readers, collectors, librarians, and cultural historians--indeed, by anyone interested in the history of the waysin which Camelot has figured in post-medieval English-speaking cultures. ANN F. HOWEY is Assistant Professor at Brock University, Canada; STEPHEN R. REIMER is Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, Canada

The beautiful Dedo Nyneve's innocent tales of a land called Camelot have spawned a real-life cast determined to choose their own fates, yet each move draws them closer to catastrophe. And as the many happentracks of the universe narrow to a dangerous few, the actions of every sorcerer, man, and living creature will determine whether the great god Starquin lives or dies. For the first time in remembered history, humans and gnomes find themselves sharing the same Earth happentrack. But King Arthur has larger concerns as he watches the society he rules spiralling toward ultimate destruction. Little does he know that the evil Mogan Le Fay has been working her treacherous magic to split the happentracks wide open - a deadly betrayal that could spell the end of Camelot. With the ma possible futures swiftly shrinking to one last destiny too awful to contemplate, courageous Fang the gnome joins forces with Arthur and Nyneve to manipulate history in a final confrontation of wills and worlds. The last move is Fang's, as he unravels the strands of time to keep his clan from the brutal vision of Starquin's end.

"Buck discovers that the world in his favorite novels is real, and he must intervene in a war between gnomes and trolls"--

Once upon a time, everything was fine. Humpty Dumpty sat on his wall, Jack and Jill went about their lawful business, the Big Bad Wolf did what big bad wolves do, and the wicked queen plotted murder most foul. But the humans hacked, cried havoc, shut down the wicked queen's system, and corrupted her database-and suddenly everything was not fine at all. But at least we know that they'll all live happily ever after. Don't we?

Le Gnome est le quatrième volume du Chant de la Terre. Un des plus grands space opera de l'histoire de la science-fiction. Le Chant de la Terre dont Michael Coney a déjà communiqué aux Terriens de notre siècle trois fragments, La Grande Course de chars à voiles, La Locomotive à vapeur céleste et Les Dieux du Grand-Loin, couvre le passé, le présent et le futur de l'humanité ; mais aussi tous ses possibles qui suivent d'autres aléapistes. À la suite de l'attaque sauvage des habitants de la Planète Rouge, les humains furent contraints de se défendre en semant dans l'espace des Bombes de Haine. Le système solaire s'en trouva protégé, mais ses habitants furent coupés de leurs colonies stellaires et leur civilisation commença de décliner. Surtout, les Bombes de Haine retinrent prisonnier dans la région du système solaire un être immense et puissant, Starquin. Celui-ci dut, pour se libérer, intervenir dans les affaires humaines pendant plus de trente-six millénaires. Le gnome Fang devait jouer un rôle dans la série d'événements qui conduirait des milliers d'années plus tard à la destruction ou à la libération de Starquin, le Cinq-en-un. Il mit en fuite, un peu par erreur et beaucoup par chance, un horrible monstre, du moins à son échelle, et devint un héros de légende. Cela lui assura, comme à la licorne, à la jeune Nyneve et à une poignée d'humains, une place dans Le Chant de la Terre. C'est bien entendu sur une aléapiste différente de la nôtre qu'ont existé gnomes, licorne, chevaliers de la Table Ronde et autres dragons. Mais cette aléapiste a, un certain temps, croisé la nôtre au point de susciter nos mythes et de permettre à Michael Coney, maître des mots et créateur d'un univers sans égal, de transgresser les frontières entre genres et d'annexer les terres brumeuses des légendes à l'avenir cliquetant de la science-fiction. Le Chant de la Terre, dont Le Gnome est le quatrième volet, se situe à la lisière de la science-fiction et du mythe. Par son souffle, sa dimension épique, son imagination échevelée, il égale les plus grands livres univers de la fantasy et de la science-fiction.