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 Biography: Joel Rosenberg was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1954 and was raised in eastern North Dakota and northern Connecticut. He attended the University of Connecticut, where he met and married Felicia Herman.
Joel's occupations, before settling down to writing full-time, have run the usual gamut, including driving a truck, caring for the institutionalized retarded, bookkeeping, gambling, motel desk-clerking, and a two-week stint of passing himself off as a head chef.
Joel's first sale, an op-ed piece favoring nuclear power, was published in The New York Times. His stories have appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Perpetual Light, Amazing Science Fiction Stories, and TSR's The Dragon.
Joel's hobbies include backgammon, poker, bridge, and several other sorts of gaming, as well as cooking; his broiled butterfly leg of lamb has to be tasted to be believed.
He now lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his wife and the traditional two cats.
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Fantasy Novels By Joel Rosenberg:
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Author: Joel Rosenberg (5) |
Series: The Guardians of the Flame: Books 1-3 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0743435893 |
Published By: Baen Books 2003) |
# of Pages: 703 |
Click to PurchaseDescription:
This is a compilation of the first 3 books in the Guardians of the Flame Series
This omnibus volume brings together Rosenberg's first fantasy trilogy (The Sleeping Dragon; The Sword and the Chain; The Silver Crown), which if not terribly original boasts energy, wit and a strong moral sensibility. An amiable group of college role-playing gamers enters an alternate world, the land of Pandathaway, where the treachery of their philosophy professor, Arthur Simpson Deighton, launches them on a deadly quest for a magical talisman that would give Deighton almost unlimited power. At the same time, the students seek to rid their new world of the tyranny of the Slaver's Guild. So the dilettante Karl Cullinane becomes the shrewd and mighty warrior Barak; Andrea Andropolous becomes the potent wizard Lotana (as well as Karl's wife); and James Michael Finnegan rises from his wheelchair to be permanently mobile as the dwarf Ahira Bandylegs. Along the way, they acquire some memorable allies, such as the sarcastic young dragon Ellegon, the barely sane ex-slave Tennetty and a girl, Aeia, who ought to be learning to read instead of becoming a deft hand with a crossbow. The group faces an implacable enemy in Ohlmin, the master slaver, and a somewhat uncertain future as their prowess and knowledge forever change Pandathaway. Fast-paced and intelligent, this reprint should gain new fans for Rosenberg. |
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Author: Joel Rosenberg (5) |
Series: The Guardians of the Flame: Book 4 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0451162129 |
Published By: New American Library 1991) |
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Click to PurchaseDescription: Another great book in an incredible series. Rosenberg maintains the image of the characters, and keeps with the spirit and soul of the books. A fitting end to a truly exciting hero in Karl Kullinane. This, along with the three previous entries, are must reads for all fantasy fans. |
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Author: Joel Rosenberg (5) |
Series: The Guardians of the Flame: Book 5 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0451450019 |
Published By: New American Library 1991) |
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Click to PurchaseDescription: The word arrives that Karl Cullinane is dead. Jason, his son and heir, assumes command. He leads the inner circle of warriors and the dragon Ellegon against the evil Slaver's Guild. Then Jason learns his father still lives. When a dwarf appears, signaling death, Jason faces a choice and the full weight of kingship.
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Author: Joel Rosenberg (5) |
Series: The Guardians of the Flame: Book 6 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0451451910 |
Published By: Penguin USA 1992) |
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Click to PurchaseDescription: A long, long road indeed: sixth of Rosenberg's fantasy ``Guardians of the Flame'' series (The Warrior Lives, 1988), wherein various characters from Earth struggle to right wrongs in a world where magic works. Here, a doorway into the dark land of Faerie has opened, allowing assorted dire creatures through. So our heroes set forth to investigate: Jason, callow son and heir of the late, famous Karl Cullinane; narrator and leader, the gabby wiseacre Walter Slovotsky; the female warrior Tennetty; the dwarf Ahira; and Andrea Cullinane, who will expend all her wizardly powers to close the opening into Faerie. To complicate the picture somewhat, another ``warrior lives'' character has appeared, masquerading as the dead Karl Cullinane in order to attack and daunt the slave dealers; unfortunately, Mikyn, a friend of Jason's, has also taken to murdering law-abiding citizens. Oh, and Walter has marital problems. |
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Author: Joel Rosenberg (5) |
Series: The Guardians of the Flame: Book 7 |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0451454502 |
Published By: New American Library 1995) |
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Click to PurchaseDescription: In the seventh installment of Rosenberg's Guardians of the Flame series, the major characters are Walter Slovotsky, who has to reconcile himself to not only the loss of his wife but also to going questing with his wife's lover, and Jason Cullinane, who is slowly growing into his father boots. One part of that growth involves questing with a member of the Slavers' Guild, and that is not the yarn's only complication. The pace is brisk, and the world building and wit hold up, so this book will not disappoint those who've followed the series so far. |
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Author: Joel Rosenberg (5) |
Series: The Guardians of the Flame: Book 8 (Pirojil & Company Trilogy) |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0312857829 |
Published By: Tor Books 1999) |
# of Pages: 302 |
Click to PurchaseDescription: Set in Joel Rosenberg's bestselling Guardians of the Flame series, Not Exactly the Three Musketeers is a swashbuckling parody of Alexandre Dumas's classic novel. Irreverent? Heck yes, but more fun than a dozen bodice-rippers combined.
Meet the heroes of Castle Cullinane:
Kethol: the pretty fellow, a long and lanky redhead with an easy smile and an easygoing attitude that his clever eyes deny. He is quick with a quip...and quicker with a sword.
Durine: the big man, a head taller than most and twice as wide, built like a barrel, with a loyal heart and hands too thick to use anything more delicate than an ax handle.
Pirojil: the ugly one, his face heavy-jawed, with an eye ridge that would mark him as a Neanderthal only to the most gracious. But looks deceive, and his might be the rarest gift of all.
Athos, Porthos, and Aramis they're not...
What they are is part of the loyal household of the Castle Cullinane, sworn to protect the Cullinane manse...and the sometimes heroic Jason Cullinane, who (some say foolishly) chose to renounce his family's right to the throne.
When our heroes are summoned by the reigning Dowager Empress (who is convinced that Jason's renunciation is merely a ruse to destroy her own aspirations) and are sent on a mission to investigate whether an errant noblewoman is being coerced into an arranged marriage, our heroes know that things are more complicated than they seem. But they have no way of knowing who is friend or foe...or whose hand holds the killing blade. And if they play the wrong card, they won't lose only their lives but will help destroy the house that they have sworn to protect.
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Author: Joel Rosenberg (5) |
Series: The Guardians of the Flame: Book 9 (Pirojil & Company Trilogy) |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 0312868979 |
Published By: Tor Books 2001) |
# of Pages: 304 |
Click to PurchaseDescription: Set in Joel Rosenberg's bestselling Guardians of the Flame series, Not Quite Scaramouche continues the adventures of the journeyman soldiers of Castle Culliane: Kethol, the long and lanky redhead with an easy smile, who's quick with a quip and quicker with a sword; Pirojil, the ugly one, whose looks deceive and whose might and loyalty are worth a kindgom; and the fledgling wizard Erenor, a man who tries to stay two steps ahead of his enemies as well as one step ahead of his friends. They're all part of the Cullinane retinue, sworn to protect the Cullinane manse and the sometimes-heroic Jason Cullinane, who (some say foolishly) chose to renounce his family's right to the throne. Jason is still not Emperor and the plots haven't gotten any clearer . . . or less deadly. And it looks like this time the stage is set for a major shake-up in the kingdom. Kethol and company are going to have to do some fast adventuring to make it turn out right. And even the grand old man, Walter Slovotsky, might not be able to pull the rabbit--or, in his case, dragon--out of the hat in time. |
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Author: Joel Rosenberg (5) |
Series: The Guardians of the Flame: Book 10 (Pirojil & Company Trilogy) |
Style: Contemporary Fantasy |
ISBN: 076530046X |
Published By: Tor Books 2003) |
# of Pages: 384 |
Click to PurchaseDescription: Kethol is an adventurer with an easy smile, a man who is quick with a quip and quicker with a sword. His partner, Pirojil, the ugly one, looks impressive and deceives people into thinking he's stupid to their sorrow-for his might and loyalty are worth a kingdom. And the fledgling wizard Erenor, a man who tries to stay two steps ahead of his enemies, as well as one step ahead of his friends. Loyal retainers they are, sworn to Jason Cullianane, a man who walked away from a crown, and who has been trying to convince all the almost-warring factions that he doesn't want the job back. Their lives aren't very easy, what with keeping Jason from getting killed by yet another conspiracy, rescuing some damsel or whatnot in distress, and squirreling away something for the ever-diminishing prospect of retirement. And now it looks like our heroes might wind up succeeding in none of their schemes, for there are plots within plots, and Kethol has been forced into a disguise not of his own making. There is magic aplenty in the air (and on the ground), and in order to save a kingdom, they may have to pull off a complicated scheme that could kill them all--or land them in positions of supreme power. But, hey, whoever said that a soldier's life was a cakewalk? Set in Joel Rosenberg's bestselling Guardians of the Flame series, Not Really the Prisoner of Zenda is the third adventure of the journeymen soldiers of Castle Cullianane (and their sometimes ill-fated leader) in all their raucous glory. |
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