Mad Amos

Last updated
First edition (publ. Del Rey/Ballantine) MadAmos.jpg
First edition (publ. Del Rey/Ballantine)

Mad Amos is a 1996 short story collection [1] [2] by the American speculative fiction author Alan Dean Foster. The stories (only two of which were previously unpublished) center on the character of Amos Malone, a mountain man in the 19th century American West. Mad Amos' knowledge of the occult and the fantastic brings him and his trusty but temperamental steed, the unicorn Worthless, into various adventures.

Contents

Contents

See also

Related Research Articles

Tori Amos American singer-songwriter and pianist

Tori Amos is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what Rolling Stone described as "musical insubordination". Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion.

Douglas, Wyoming City in Wyoming, United States

Douglas is a city in Converse County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,120 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Converse County and the home of the Wyoming State Fair.

<i>Amos n Andy</i> Television and radio series

Amos 'n' Andy is an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago and later in the Harlem section of New York City. While the show had a brief life on 1950s television with black actors, the 1928 to 1960 radio show was created, written and voiced by two white actors, Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, who played Amos Jones (Gosden) and Andrew Hogg Brown (Correll), as well as incidental characters. On television, 1951–1953, black actors took over the majority of the roles; white characters were infrequent.

Alan Dean Foster American fiction writer (born 1946)

Alan Dean Foster is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction. He has written several book series, more than 20 standalone novels, and many novelizations of film scripts.

<i>Chicago</i> (musical) Musical set in jazz-age Chicago

Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual criminals and the crimes on which she reported. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal".

Jackalope Mythical creature from American folklore

The jackalope is a mythical animal of North American folklore, in the category of fearsome critters, described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns. The word jackalope is a portmanteau of jackrabbit and antelope. Many jackalope taxidermy mounts, including the original, are made with deer antlers.

Ballantine Books American book publisher

Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann in 1998 and remains part of that company today. Ballantine's original logo was a pair of mirrored letter Bs back to back, while its current logo is two Bs stacked to form an elaborate gate. The firm's early editors were Stanley Kauffmann and Bernard Shir-Cliff.

Novelization Adaptation of another work into a novel

A novelization is a derivative novel that adapts the story of a work created for another medium, such as a film, TV series, stage play, comic book or video game. Film novelizations were particularly popular before the advent of home video, but continue to find commercial success as part of marketing campaigns for major films. They are often written by accomplished writers based on an early draft of the film's script and on a tight deadline.

<i>Boundin</i> 2003 American film

Boundin' is a 2003 American computer-animated short film, which was shown in theaters before the feature-length superhero film The Incredibles. The short is a musically narrated story about a dancing sheep, who loses his confidence after being sheared. The film was written, directed, narrated and featured the musical composition and performance of Pixar animator Bud Luckey.

Ector County Coliseum

The Ector County Coliseum is a 5,131 seat multi-purpose arena in Odessa, Texas.

Ben Foster (footballer) English footballer

Ben Anthony Foster is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Watford, who will become a free agent in June 2022.

<i>Bud, Not Buddy</i> Novel by Christopher Paul Curtis

Bud, Not Buddy is the second children's novel written by Christopher Paul Curtis. The first book to receive both the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature, and the Coretta Scott King Award, which is given to outstanding African-American authors, Bud, Not Buddy was also recognized with the William Allen White Children's Book Award for grades 6-8.

Dianne Foster Canadian actress

Dianne Foster was a Canadian actress of Ukrainian descent.

Nick Stewart American television and film actor (1910–2000)

Horace Winfred "Nick" Stewart also billed as Nick O'Demus was an American television and film actor. Stewart was known for his role as Lightnin' on TV's The Amos 'n' Andy Show.

Matt Zoller Seitz is an American film and television critic, author and film-maker.

<i>The Mad Scientists Guide to World Domination</i> 2013 short story anthology

The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination is a short story anthology edited by John Joseph Adams and published by Tor Books on February 19, 2013.

<i>Star Trek Log</i> (book series)

Star Trek Log is a series of ten novelizations based on, and inspired by, episodes of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Animated Series. Published by Ballantine Books from 1974 to 1978, the series was written by Alan Dean Foster and edited by Judy-Lynn del Rey. A 1996 omnibus edition of the series was marketed as a Star Trek: The Animated Series tie-in.

Jackalope Wives is a 2014 fantasy short story by Ursula Vernon, combining the legends of the swan maiden and the jackalope. It was first published in Apex Magazine and has been reprinted in the collection Jackalope Wives and Other Stories. One of the characters, Grandma Harken, is the protagonist of another award-winning story by Vernon, The Tomato Thief.

Star Wars Theory is a Canadian YouTube channel with 3.17 million subscribers, and is a self-described "Star Wars fan making content for other Star Wars fans". Its creator commonly known as "Toos", began his YouTube channel in 2016 making videos about the Star Wars film franchise.

TheLight-years beneath my feet is book written by American author Alan Dean Foster, who is a author of more than 20 fantasy novels and books.The book was published in 2006 by Penguin Books in US. The book is part of the Taken Trilogy being the second part of the series. The was preceded by "Lost and Found" published in 2004.

References

  1. "Mad Amos by Alan Dean Foster". www.fantasticfiction.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.
  2. "ALAN DEAN FOSTER". www.alandeanfoster.com. Retrieved 2019-10-19.