GAMES WORKSHOP

GAMES WORKSHOP
   UK company specializing in fantasy-adventure role-playing games and models (GAMES AND TOYS) whose subsidiary, GW Books, under the editorship of David PRINGLE (with Neil Jones 1990-91), between 1989 and 1991 produced a range of novels and story collections in three series relating to three of the company's games: Warhammer (HEROIC FANTASY), Warhammer 40,000 (heroic fantasy/ SPACE OPERA) and Dark Future(ALTERNATE-WORLD/CYBERPUNK/car action). Writers who contributed novels included Brian Craig (Brian M. STABLEFORD), David Ferring (David S. GARNETT), Ian WATSON and Jack Yeovil (Kim NEWMAN), while the collections, ed Pringle (one with Neil Jones), featured work by these authors and, among others, S.M. Baxter, Myles Burnham (Eugene Byrne), Ralph T. Castle (Charles PLATT), Storm CONSTANTINE, Charles Davidson (Charles Stross), Sean Flynn (Paul J. MCAULEY), Nicola Griffith, Neil Jones and William King. Ranging from the conventional to the very offbeat, GW Books' output was superior to the highly successful stream of games-related fictions from the TSR stable (GAME-WORLDS), perhaps because Pringle, editor of INTERZONE, drew on thecontributors to that magazine. In 1992 it was announced that rights in these works had been bought by Box Tree Books. GW has also published many games manuals and two art books, one featuring Les Edwards, the other John Blanche and Ian MILLER.
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