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| Author | Gary Paulsen |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | World of Adventure |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | September 1, 1995 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 80 pp |
| ISBN | 0-440-41041-X |
| OCLC | 33215429 |
| Preceded by | Danger on Midnight River |
| Followed by | Captive! |
The Gorgon Slayer is the seventh novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. [1] It was published on September 1, 1995 by Random House. [2]
The story is about Warren Trumbull who lives in a world where mythological creatures are a fact and often a nuisance. Warren works for an eight-foot Cyclops, Princey, who runs an agency that specializes in dealing with mythological creature removal. Today Warren and his friend Rick are assigned the task of killing a Gorgon residing in the basement of Helga Thorenson.
A monster is a type of fictional creature found in horror, fantasy, science fiction, folklore, mythology and religion. Monsters are very often depicted as dangerous and aggressive with a strange, grotesque appearance that causes terror and fear. Monsters usually resemble bizarre, deformed, otherworldly and/or mutated animals or entirely unique creatures of varying sizes, but may also take a human form, such as mutants, ghosts and spirits, zombies or cannibals, among other things. They may or may not have supernatural powers, but are usually capable of killing or causing some form of destruction, threatening the social or moral order of the human world in the process.
In Greek mythology, Medusa, also called Gorgo, was one of the three monstrous Gorgons, generally described as winged human females with living venomous snakes in place of hair. Those who gazed into her eyes would turn to stone. Most sources describe her as the daughter of Phorcys and Ceto, although the author Hyginus makes her the daughter of Gorgon and Ceto.
Gary James Paulsen was an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, best known for coming-of-age stories about the wilderness. He was the author of more than 200 books and wrote more than 200 magazine articles and short stories, and several plays, all primarily for teenagers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 1997 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.
The harpē (ἅρπη) was a type of sword or sickle; a sword with a sickle protrusion along one edge near the tip of the blade. The harpe is mentioned in Greek and Roman sources, and almost always in mythological contexts.
Call Me Francis Tucket is the second novel in The Tucket Adventures by Gary Paulsen. Now 15, Francis Tucket is determined to return to civilization. Only a year before, he was heading west by wagon train with his family, captured by the Pawnees and rescued by a savvy, one-armed mountain man. It was published in 1995 by Random House.
Tucket's Gold is a 1999 novel by Gary Paulsen. It features the main character Francis Tucket and his adopted children struggling to stay out of reach of the Comancheros.
The mythological monster Medusa, her sisters, and the other Gorgons, have been featured in art and culture spanning from the days of ancient Greece to present day. Medusa has been variously portrayed as a monster, a protective symbol, a rallying symbol for liberty, and a sympathetic victim of rape and/or a curse.
Danger on Midnight River is the sixth novel in the World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. It was published on July 1, 1995 by Random House.
Captive! is the eighth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. It was published on November 1, 1995 by Random House.
Skydive! is the eleventh novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. It was published on May 2, 1996 by Random House.
The Seventh Crystal is the twelfth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. It was published on July 1, 1996, by Random House.
The Creature of Black Water Lake is the thirteenth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. It was published on June 9, 1997 by Random House.
Time Benders is the fourteenth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. The novel was published on August 11, 1997 by Random House.
Thunder Valley is the sixteenth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. It was published on December 1, 1997, by Random House.
Curse of the Ruins is the seventeenth novel in World of Adventure series by Gary Paulsen. It was published on February 9, 1998 by Random House.
Mythic humanoids are mythological creatures that are part human, or that resemble humans through appearance or character.
The Gorgon is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.
The Rifle is a 1995 novel by American writer Gary Paulsen. The novel is a work of historical fiction, written for a young adult audience. The story focuses on the history of a rifle crafted prior to the American Revolution, and on the lives of its various owners until the present day. Although Paulsen romanticizes the creation and the uniqueness of the rifle, the novel provides a sober reminder of the importance of handling guns responsibly.
Medusa is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Wonder Woman. Based upon the Greek mythological figure of the same name whose story was chronicled in Ovid's Metamorphoses, she is a snake-haired Gorgon with the ability to turn living creatures to stone with her gaze. Since her debut in 1964, Medusa's physical appearance has been presented variously as DC Comics' continuities have shifted and evolved. Though she has routinely been depicted with snakes for hair, she has sometimes been shown as bipedal and sometimes with a serpentine lower body. However across continuities, she has consistently been written with the ghostly ability to possess or influence other beings after her physical body has been killed, as well as an uncanny capacity for resurrection after death. Her characterization has been that of a dangerous immortal creature who is at turns both vengeful and sympathetic.
This is a list of works by Gary Paulsen, an American writer of children's and young adult fiction.
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