The Black Library is a section of BL Publishing (itself a division of Games Workshop) devoted to publishing novels, art books, background books, and graphic novels set in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes. BL Publishing is a division of Games Workshop, and is split into five sections The Black Library publishes novels art books background books and The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game or Lord of the Rings SBG rather than Lord of the Rings when A Warhammer The Game of Fantasy Battles, formerly Warhammer Fantasy Battle and often abbreviated to Warhammer WFB or WHFB Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with unique background elements such as an imaginary history or geography and possibly fantasy or science The publishing company took their name from Warhammer 40,000,^[1] where the Black Library stored knowledge of Eldar race, the sinister Chaos, and the haunting Necron. In the Fictional universe of Warhammer 40000, the Eldar are a race of Elf -like humanoids In Games Workshop's Warhammer 40000 and Warhammer Fantasy Fictional universes Chaos refers to the often stereotypically In the table-top Wargame Warhammer 40000, the Necrons are a mysterious Robot -like race that have lain dormant and largely unknown Some of Black Library's best known titles include the Gaunt's Ghosts and Eisenhorn series of novels by Dan Abnett and the Gotrek and Felix series by William King and Nathan Long. Gaunt's Ghosts is a book series written by Dan Abnett. It is a Military science fiction series set in the Warhammer 40000 universe Dan Abnett (born October 12, 1965) is a British Comic book writer and Novelist. Gotrek and Felix are a pair of characters in the Warhammer Fantasy setting appearing in a series of novels written primarily by William King. William King (born 1959 also known as " Bill King " is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and Fantasy books most notably in

Contents 1 History 2 Novels 3 Periodicals 4 References 5 External links

History

The Black Library was founded in April 1997 to publish INFERNO! magazine, a bi-monthly digest-sized anthology of short stories, comic strips and features from the Warhammer worlds. Inferno! (originally Carnage) was a bi-monthly magazine published from 1997 to 2004 by Games Workshop 's publishing division Black Library Black Library begain as team at Games Workshop brought together to INFERNO! magazione. ^[1] INFERNO!'s success spawned Warhammer Monthly comic books, and then from September 1999 a lengthy series of fantasy and science fiction novels. Warhammer Monthly was a Comics anthology published by Games Workshop 's publishing arm Black Library, from March 1998 to December 2004 running A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Their first art book, Inquis Exterminatus was published in May, 1999. Black Library's catalogue now runs to well over two hundred titles, with a Warhammer and a Warhammer 40,000 novel appearing every month.

In October 2003 BL Publishing started a sister imprint, Black Flame, which applied the same pulp styling to novels featuring New Line Cinema characters such as Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, and 2000 AD comics' Judge Dredd and others. Black Flame was an imprint of BL Publishing, the publishing arm of Games Workshop and a sister imprint to the Black Library and Solaris Books New Line Cinema, founded in 1967 is one of the major American Film studios Though it initially began as an independent film studio it became a Freddy Krueger is a Fictional character from the ''A Nightmare on Elm Street'' series of films Appearances For the 1995 film see Judge Dredd (film. For the Reggae / Ska performer see Judge Dread. In 2006, Black Flame produced the novel for the New Line Cinema's hit feature film Snakes on a Plane. Snakes on a Plane is a cult High concept, horror - thriller Feature film starring Samuel L In the summer of 2005 BL Publishing announced another fiction imprint, Solaris Books, that will publish original science fiction and fantasy. Launched February 2007 Solaris Books is the new imprint of BL Publishing, focusing on Science fiction, Fantasy and Dark fantasy

Novels

Periodicals

From 1997 to 2005, Black Library published INFERNO!, a magazine of short stories, artwork, and other features set in the various fictional universes of Games Workshop's fantasy and science fiction games. Robin D Laws is a respected and prolific writer and game designer who lives in Toronto Ontario, Canada. Robin D Laws is a respected and prolific writer and game designer who lives in Toronto Ontario, Canada. Robin D Laws is a respected and prolific writer and game designer who lives in Toronto Ontario, Canada. Steven Savile (born October 12 1969 in Newcastle, England) is a British Fantasy and horror writer and editor living in Steven Savile (born October 12 1969 in Newcastle, England) is a British Fantasy and horror writer and editor living in Steven Savile (born October 12 1969 in Newcastle, England) is a British Fantasy and horror writer and editor living in William King (born 1959 also known as " Bill King " is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and Fantasy books most notably in William King (born 1959 also known as " Bill King " is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and Fantasy books most notably in William King (born 1959 also known as " Bill King " is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and Fantasy books most notably in William King (born 1959 also known as " Bill King " is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and Fantasy books most notably in William King (born 1959 also known as " Bill King " is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and Fantasy books most notably in William King (born 1959 also known as " Bill King " is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and Fantasy books most notably in William King (born 1959 also known as " Bill King " is the writer of a number of successful science-fiction and Fantasy books most notably in Inferno! (originally Carnage) was a bi-monthly magazine published from 1997 to 2004 by Games Workshop 's publishing division Black Library A fictional universe is a self-consistent fictional setting with unique background elements such as an imaginary history or geography and possibly fantasy or science Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting A game is a structured activity, usually undertaken for Enjoyment and sometimes also used as an Educational tool These initially included Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer 40,000, and Necromunda, and later added the Mordheim and Gorkamorka settings. Warhammer The Game of Fantasy Battles, formerly Warhammer Fantasy Battle and often abbreviated to Warhammer WFB or WHFB Warhammer 40000 (informally known as Warhammer 40K or just 40K) is a tabletop miniature wargame in a Science Necromunda is a tabletop skirmish war game produced by Specialist Games (a division of Games Workshop) Mordheim is a Tabletop wargame set in the Warhammer Fantasy world produced by Specialist Games (A division of Games Workshop Gorkamorka is a vehicle-using campaign game produced by Games Workshop.

From 1998 to 2004, Black Library published the Warhammer Monthly comic book based on the Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Warhammer 40,000 fictional universes. Warhammer Monthly was a Comics anthology published by Games Workshop 's publishing arm Black Library, from March 1998 to December 2004 running A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative The comics were republished as a series of trade paperback comics. In Comics, a trade paperback ( TPB or simply trade) refers to a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format

Black Library discontinued the two periodicals because their sales were meagre compared to the novels.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 10th anniversary interview, with Marc Gascoigne
2. ^ Black Library: [1] Novals

External links

• Official Black Library website
• Official Black Flame website
• Official Solaris website

Marc Gascoigne is a British author and editor born 5th July 1962 at Temple Ewell with River near Dover, Kent.

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