Cole, Adrian
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1949- ) UK author, most of whose books lace fantasy and horror venues with sf devices, but which in the final analysis read essentially as fantasies. He began publishing work of genre interest with "Wired Tales" for Dark Horizons #6 in Summer 1973, and several stories soon followed about a not entirely unusual Cursed Warrior named The Voidal, culminating perhaps in The Coming of the Voidal (1977 chap), and all revised, with some new content, as Oblivion Hand (coll 2001). The quasi-sf Dream Lords Fantasy sequence, beginning with A Plague of Nightmares (1975), was followed by the fantasy Omaran Saga, beginning with A Place among the Fallen (1986). The Star Requiem sequence, which is sf – Star Requiem Book 1: Mother of Storms (1989), Book 2: Thief of Dreams (1989), Book 3: Warlord of Heaven (1990) and Book 4: Labyrinth of Worlds (1990) – demonstrates in a Planetary-Romance setting Cole's undemanding familiarity with sf tropes (like the flight of a remnant of humanity from genocide, and the relentless search for that remnant by genocidal Aliens) and a smooth style broken by intermittent moments of inattention. For collaborative stories he has also signed himself Adrian Bryant. [JC]
see also: Robert Hale Limited.
Adrian Christopher Synnot Cole
born Plymouth, Devon: 22 July 1949
works
series
Dream Lords
- A Plague of Nightmares (New York: Zebra Books, 1975) [Dream Lords: pb/]
- Lord of the Nightmares (New York: Zebra Books, 1975) [Dream Lords: pb/]
- Bane of Nightmares (New York: Zebra Books, 1976) [Dream Lords: pb/Tom Barber]
Voidal
- The Coming of the Voidal (Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire: Spectre Press, 1977) [chap: Voidal: pb/Jim Pitts]
- Oblivion Hand 2001 (Holicong, Pennsylvania: Wildside Press, 2001) [coll: Voidal: pb/Jim Pitts]
Omaran Saga
- A Place among the Fallen (London: Unwin/Unicorn, 1986) [Omaran Saga: hb/]
- Throne of Fools (London: Unwin, 1987) [Omaran Saga: pb/Chris Baker as Fangorn]
- The King of Light and Shadows (London: Unwin, 1988) [Omaran Saga: pb/Kevin Johnson]
- The Gods in Anger (London: Unwin, 1988) [Omaran Saga: pb/Kevin Johnson]
Star Requiem
- Star Requiem Book 1: Mother of Storms (London: Unwin, 1989) [Star Requiem: pb/Lee Gibbons]
- Star Requiem Book 2: Thief of Dreams (London: Unwin, 1989) [Star Requiem: pb/Lee Gibbons]
- Star Requiem Book 3: Warlord of Heaven (London: Unwin, 1990) [Star Requiem: pb/Lee Gibbons]
- Star Requiem Book 4: Labyrinth of Worlds (London: Unwin, 1990) [Star Requiem: pb/Lee Gibbons]
individual titles
- Madness Emerging (London: Robert Hale, 1976) [hb/]
- Paths in Darkness (London: Robert Hale, 1977) [hb/]
- Longbore the Inexhaustible (Dagenham, Essex: British Fantasy Society, 1978) [story: chap: pb/Simon Horsfall]
- The LUCIFER Experiment (London: Robert Hale, 1981) [hb/]
- Wargods of Ludorbis (London: Robert Hale, 1981) [hb/]
- Moorstones (Barnstaple, Devon: Spindlewood, 1982) [hb/Stuart Littlejohn]
- The Sleep of Giants (Barnstaple, Devon: Spindlewood, 1983) [hb/Stuart Littlejohn]
- Blood Red Angel (New York: AvoNova, 1993) [pb/Duane O'Meyers]
- Storm Over Atlantis (Holicong, Pennsylvania: Wildside Press/Cosmos Books, 2001) [pb/Jim Pitts]
- Eberron: The Crimson Talisman (Gordonsville, Virginia: Wizards of the Coast, 2005) [tie: game: Eberron: War-Torn: pb/Wayne Reynolds]
- The Shadow Academy (Calgary, Alberta: Hades Publications/Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2014) [pb/Neil Jackson]
- Nick Nightmare Investigates (Birmingham, England: Alchemy Press/ Airgedlámh Publications, 2014) [coll: hb/Bob Eggleton]
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