Green, Simon R

Entry updated 26 August 2024. Tagged: Author.

(1955-    ) UK author, mostly of Fantasies [not listed below; for titles to 1996 see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below]. He is perhaps best known in that genre for the substantial Hawk and Fisher police-procedural Sword and Sorcery sequence beginning with Hawk & Fisher (1990); in the horror genre, he is most prominent for the equally substantial Steampunk Alternate World Nightside sequence set in London and beginning with Something from the Nightside (2003). Green is of sf interest mainly for two linked Space Opera series: the Mistworld/Deathstalker Prelude sequence, beginning with Mistworld (1992), serves as a prequel to the larger Deathstalker sequence beginning with Deathstalker (1995) and ending with Deathstalker Coda (2005). The prelude sequence is set in the days when a Galactic Empire still ruthlessly dominates known space, giving itself over to various adventures and adventurers, mostly on the planet Mistworld. The larger sequence is dominated until his death by the eponymous historian/warrior/rebel Hero Owen Deathstalker, who gathers increasingly formidable allies around him as the empire topples; after his death a descendant carries on the tradition. The stories are told at a sometimes helterskelter pace, and in a farcical voice that can amuse. The spoofing (including some Tuckerisms with cannon-fodder characters named for UK sf figures) is, however, occasionally forced. [JC]

Simon Richard Green

born Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire: 25 August 1955

works (highly selected)

series

Mistworld: Deathstalker Prelude

• Mistworld (New York: Ace Books, 1992) [Mistworld: Deathstalker Prelude: pb/Sanjulian]
• Ghostworld (New York: Ace Books, 1993) [Mistworld: Deathstalker Prelude: pb/Sanjulian]
• Hellworld (New York: Ace Books, 1994) [Mistworld: Deathstalker Prelude: pb/Sanjulian]
  • Twilight of the Empire (New York: New American Library/Roc, 1997) [omni of the above three: Mistworld: Deathstalker Prelude: pb/Don Maitz]
    • Deathstalker Prelude (London: Vista, 1998) [omni: vt of the above: Mistworld: Deathstalker Prelude: pb/Peter Mennim]

Deathstalker

• Deathstalker (New York: New American Library/Roc, 1995) [Deathstalker: pb/Donato Giancola]
• Deathstalker Rebellion (London: Vista, 1996) [Deathstalker: pb/Steve Crisp]
• Deathstalker War (London: Vista, 1997) [Deathstalker: pb/Peter Mennim]
  • Deathstalker Omnibus (London: Gollancz, 2008) [omni of the above three: Deathstalker: pb/]
• Deathstalker Honour (London: Vista, 1998) [Deathstalker: pb/Peter Mennim]
• Deathstalker Destiny (London: Millennium, 1999) [Deathstalker: pb/Peter Mennim]
• Deathstalker Legacy (London: Gollancz, 2002) [Deathstalker: hb/Mark Thomas]
• Deathstalker Return (London: Gollancz, 2004) [Deathstalker: hb/Patrick Jones]
• Deathstalker Coda (London: Gollancz, 2005) [Deathstalker: hb/Patrick Jones]

Nightside

• Something from the Nightside (New York: Ace Books, 2003) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• Agents of Light and Darkness (New York: Ace Books, 2003) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• Nightingale's Lament (New York: Ace Books, 2004) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
  • Everybody Comes to the Nightside (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2004) [omni of the above three: Nightside: hb/Matt Stawicki]
    • A Walk on the Nightside (New York: Ace Books, 2006) [omni: vt of the above: Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
      • Into the Nightside (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing/Solaris, 2008) [omni: vt of the top two titles included in the above: Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• Hex and the City (New York: Ace Books, 2005) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
  • Haunting the Nightside (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing/Solaris, 2008) [omni of the above two: Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• Paths Not Taken (New York: Ace Books, 2005) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth (New York: Ace Books, 2006) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
  • Raising Hell in the Nightside (New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2006) [omni of the above three: Nightside: hb/Matt Stawicki]
    • The Dark Heart of the Nightside (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire: BL Publishing/Solaris, 2008) [omni: vt of the second two titles included in the above: Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• Hell to Pay (New York: Ace Books, 2007) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• The Unnatural Inquirer (New York: Ace Books, 2008) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
  • Damned If You Do in the Nightside (Oxford, Oxfordshire: Rebellion/Solaris, 2010) [omni of the above two: Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• Just Another Judgement Day (New York: Ace Books, 2009) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny (New York: Ace Books, 2010) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
  • Just Another Judgement Day in the Nightside (Oxford, Oxfordshire: Rebellion/Solaris, 2010) [omni of the above two: Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• A Hard Day's Knight (New York: Ace Books, 2011) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• The Bride Wore Black Leather (New York: Ace Books, 2012) [Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]
• Tales from the Nightside (New York: Ace Books, 2015) [coll: Nightside: pb/Jonathan Barkat]

Holy Terrors Mysteries

• The Holy Terrors (London: Severn House, 2024) [Holy Terrors Mysteries: hb/Jem Butcher]

individual titles

• The Pit of Despair (Hornsea, East Yorkshire: PS Publishing, 2012) [story: chap: hb/Arnold Richter]
• For Love of Magic (New York: Baen Books, 2023) [hb/]

links

• Simon R Green
• Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• The Encyclopedia of Fantasy: Simon R Green
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