Line #20 Creator/SimonRGreen


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2	Simon Richard Green (born 25 August 1955) is a British {{science fiction}} and {{fantasy}} author.
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4	He created the following series:
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6	* ''Literature/{{Deathstalker}}'' (including the prelude ''Twilight of the Empire'' trilogy)
7	* ''Literature/ForestKingdom'' (including the ''Hawk and Fisher'' side-series)
8	* ''Literature/{{Nightside}}''
9	* ''Literature/SecretHistories''
10	* ''Literature/GhostFinders''
11	* ''The Ishmael Jones Mysteries''
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13	As well as some stand-alone books:
14	* ''Drinking Midnight Wine''
15	* ''Shadows Fall''
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17	He also wrote the independent horror film, ''Judas Ghost'', which is a one-shot spin-off of ''Ghost Finders''.
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19	In 2017, after informing readers of his diagnosis with diabetes, Green announced his intention to wrap up his then-ongoing novel series, the better to avert OrphanedSeries should his health worsen. Short stories featuring the Nightside, the Droods, the Carnacki Institute, and so forth will continue, and characters from past and present series will still make cameos in Green's future stand-alone novels and open-ended ''Ishmael Jones Mysteries'', because "[[WordOfGod that's what I do]]".
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22	!!This writer provides examples of:
23	* AndIMustScream: Showing people trapped in fates worse than death is one of Green's stock KickTheDog methods, to make it all the more satisfying when the baddies responsible get their nasty arses kicked.
24	* AngelsDevilsAndSquid: Particularly apparent in the Nightside. And ''never'' presume that the angels are the friendly option...
25	* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Entities referred to as "Transient Beings" crop up in many of Green's series, and embody concepts or abstractions in the flesh. Not ''literally'' Anthropomorphic in this case, as many are non-humanoid.
26	* AuthorAppeal: Expect a love of TheSixties to crop up in any modern fantasy series he writes.
27	* AuthorCatchPhrase: Throughout his urban fantasy series, he uses variations on "Needs must, when the devil drives" and "Suddenly and messily." And when we say variations on the first one, we mean he's gotten [[UnusualEuphemism pretty damn creative.]] Also, he ''loves'' to have his characters to use their over-the-top reputations to intimidate their foes.
28	** ''blank'' always lies; unless the truth hurts more.
29	** [[Theatre/DoctorFaustus Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.]]
30	** Ah, the old jokes are the best.
31	** But then, you would say that, wouldn't you.
32	** There's some shit with which I will not put up.
33	** ...and it was the easiest thing in the world to [something awesome].
34	** "[something possibly negative]," they said, not unkindly.
35	** Green's more recent works tend to feature novel ways of threatening to smack people (e.g. "I've got a slap in my pocket, want to borrow it?").
36	** References to things ''other than'' Nature - entertainment, cuisine, gambling, academia, politics - being "red in tooth and claw" crop up occasionally, as did one instance (in an AlternateUniverse) where Nature was "[[ManEatingPlant red in thorn and branch]]" instead.
37	** Commenting "The horror, the horror" in regards to something unbearably twee, nerdy, and/or gushing-young-love-related.
38	* BatmanColdOpen: Most of his modern fantasy works have employed this, as have the Hawk & Fisher novels.
39	* BattleCouple: Hawk and Fisher. Eddie and Molly. Taylor and Suzie. Lucy and Betty Coltrane. Pretty much ''any'' Drood couple. Jordan and Catriona. Sir Vivian and Cally. Jeeves and Leilah. Oh, and don't forget [[spoiler: Dead Boy and his car]].
40	* BodyDouble: The premise of ''Blood And Honor''.
41	* CanonWelding: He's managed to tie in almost all of his own personal property without even resorting to parallel dimensions (though those do exist in his works).
42	* DeusExMachina: Frequent and unashamed.
43	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Drinking Midnight Wine'', the first Greenverse novel to feature characters from our own Earth and era, depicts the real and magical worlds as side-by-side realities (Veritie and Mysterie) that don't interact much, with magic being greatly weakened in the former and science, little-known in the latter. All his later UrbanFantasy works depict the extraordinary as a fully-integrated, albeit secretive component of ''our'' world, equally-rich in sorcery, weird science, and the supernatural, that's only kept hidden from the masses by a combination of TheMasquerade, InvisibleToNormals, and a whole lot of WeirdnessCensor.
44	* EldritchAbomination: He absolutely loves them. Even more, he loves having his heroes bitch-slap them and laugh in their faces.
45	* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Whatever the series, it's always dangerous to use the Sight in the Greenverse, because seeing too much of how the world ''really'' is can destroy humans' sanity. Also, it's repeatedly suggested that long ago, humanity was denied our original destiny: one that's ''completely'' at odds with anything we've imagined it to be, such that learning what it is either drives us insane or converts us into incomprehensible StarfishAliens.
46	* HandOfGlory: A recurring feature of his fantasy works, along with aboriginal pointing bones.
47	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Practically any character, creature, or artifact that rates a title In Capital Letters can be counted on to be powerful, scary, heavy on the magic, or all three. Subverted with John Taylor's deceptively-humdrum name, and the unnamed rainbow sword from the ''Forest Kingdom'' novels.
48	* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: If it's a cryptid, it's bound to turn up in one series or another.
49	* RealityBleed: Happens in multiple series, usually when entities from "higher" (= more Real) or "lower" (= more Unreal) dimensions trespass where they don't belong.
50	* RuleOfCool: Done in '''all''' of his works
51	* ShoutOut: Several references to the works of Creator/MRJames turn up in his novels.
52	** Green's usual term for a non-divine AnthropomorphicPersonification is [[Series/SapphireAndSteel Transient Being]].
53	* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: While characters from his three UrbanFantasy series (Nightside, Secret Histories, Ghost Finders) have had a few crossover cameos, and numerous back-and-forth references are name-dropped, each series still has to solve its own problems. Thus, we don't see Droods participating in the Lilith War or hunting the Flesh Undying, or John Taylor dropping by to Find ghosts with his Gift. Justified, as the Droods are barred from the Nightside by ancient pact (that doesn't stop a couple from popping in now and then, but they know better than to armor up), the Ghost Finders have a specialized niche of their own, and John Taylor has a ''lot'' on his hands [[spoiler: especially after ending up with Walker's job]].
54	** Averted, with nigh-''cataclysmic'' consequences all round, in the Nightside/Secret Histories GrandFinale crossover ''Night Fall''.
55	* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed

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