Alphabetical SFF

[GOLLUM]

Actually unless it's been posted already I can't quite believe that the great Patricia McKillip hasn't been suggested. Her Riddlemasters Of Hed trilogy and Forgotten Beasts Of Eld are classics of the Fantasy genre.

China Mieville - King of New Weird fiction with some evocative prose and a prodigious imagination.

John Myer Myers - Best know for his fantasy novel Silverlock.

Mustav Meyrink - Buddhist, banker, translator esp. german copies of many of Dicken's books and author of the classic "Golem" and the popular "The Green Face".

[pyan]

I can't believe I'm first with George R.R.Martin !

[GOLLUM]

Originally Posted by pyanfaruk

I can't believe I'm first with George R.R.Martin !

Actually you're second behind Book Stop but I'm sure Mr. Martin won't mind another vote of confidence....

[Mouse]

Mamu - malevolent man-eating demons of the Aboriginal people who roam the desert.

Madame White - a demon of Taoist lore.

Merrow - Irish sea fairy.

[chrispenycate]

Sneaky people getting in while I'm overworked.
Authors :- Mead, Elizabeth Moon, J.T.McIntosh, Michael McCollum.
Plot elements Maxwells demon, mana, Midkemia, missiles, mandrake monarchy, mistress, mithryl, Mammoth, mammary appendages (seemingly indispensible in cover art at one period), multiverse, mutant, Mazalan, Mars, Muggle, mundane, mesons
Characters Macros, Moreau, Mme. Mim, Myrddin

[star.torturer]

morphous out of matrix

[Nesacat]

Obed Marsh. Maritime captain who ported out of Innsmouth, Massachusetts, during the first half of the nineteenth century. Legend and rumors abound of Captain Marsh, mostly about his ties with a tribe in the South Seas and devil-worship. Captain Marsh founded the Marsh Gold Refinery in Innsmouth. (Shadow over Innsmouth - Lovecraft)

Keziah Mason. A witch of great powers who lived in Arkham in the late 1600s. Along with her familiar, Brown Jenkin, Keziah discovered the relationship between lines and curves and portals to alternate worlds and dimensions. (The Dreams In The Witch House - Lovecraft)

Cotton Mather. Puritan and witch hunter of the late 17th century. It was Cotton Mather that brought Keziah Mason to justice, though she was able to escape by way of angles and curves taught to her by Nyarlathotep. (The Dreams In The Witch-House - Lovecraft)

Meadow Hill. Location just outside of Arkham, Massachusetts, where arcane rites were practiced in worship of the deities of the Cthulhu Mythos. (The Dreams In The Witch-House - Lovecraft)

Menes. A small orphan boy who lived a nomadic life with a caravan, most likely Egyptian in heritage. Menes lost both his parents to the plague, and found his only joy in life in his pet cat, a small black kitten. When the caravan visited the city of Ulthar, the kitten was butchered by an old man and woman who hated cats. In retribution, Menes called down a curse on the couple, and the cats of Ulthar devoured them. (The Cats of Ulthar - Lovecraft).

Meteorite (of Blasted Heath). A meteorite that fell on Nahum Gardner's farm west of Arkham, Massachusetts in June, 1882. Nahum went to Arkham the following day to report the incident, and three professors from Miskatonic University went to his farm to investigate. (The Colour Out Of Space - Lovecraft)

Mi-Go. Creatures of superior intelligence from beyond the borders of our galaxy who mine certain areas on earth for minerals not available on their home planet. At the present time, these mining colonies are known to exist in the Andes, the Appalachians, and the Himalayas. (The Whisperer In Darkness - Lovecraft)

The Miskatonic. A barque sailing ship under the command of Captain Georg Thorfinnsen. The Miskatonic originally sailed as a wooden whaling ship, but was since reinforced to move through the ice fields of the Antarctic and given auxiliary steam engines. (At the Mountains of Madness - Lovecraft)

Miskatonic University. A university located in Arkham, Mass., which plays prominently in the dealings of the Cthulhu Mythos. It is at this university that one of the few remaining original copies of the Necronomicon can be found. (Lovecraft)

Monolith of Dagon. Found by a castaway from a German sea-raider during World War I on an uncharted expanse of muddy plains in the Pacific, the Monolith of Dagon stands alone in rolling hills of mud and dirt. The Cyclopean monolith is covered with inscriptions and crude sculptures, and gleams pale white in the moonlight. (Dagon - Lovecraft)

Mwanu. An aged Kaliris tribe chief in the region of the Congo in the early 1900s who was extremely intelligent and owned an amazing memory. Mwanu confirmed every legend of the gray city of the white apes to Sir Arthur Jermyn, and told Sir Arthur of the stuffed ape-princess. (Arthur Jermyn - Lovecraft)

Mad. An EcksEcksEcksian dwarf. Occupation: hay transport. Likes leather and metal. No beard. (The Last Continent - Terry Pratchett)

Magma. Legendary King of the Mountain, Smiter of Thousands, Yea, Even Tens of Thousands, Ruler of the Golden River, Master of the Bridges, Delver in Dark Places, Crusher of Many Enemies. Had a legendary sceptre. (Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett)

Tubal de Malachite. Wizard and student of dracology. Wrote "The Summoning of Dragons" and rather overestimated his chances at it. (Guards! Guards! - Terry Pratchett)

Alberto Malich. The founder and first Archchancellor of Unseen University. Wrote the most basic handbook of magical theory, the Book of Magick of Alberto Malich the Mage. (Mort, Reaper Man, Soul Music and Hogfather -Terry Pratchett)

Marrowleaf. A wizard and inventor of the Theory of Thaumic Imponderability. (Soul Music - Terry Pratchett)

Amazing Maurice. Owner and trainer of Educated Rodents. Worked up an intricate scheme for parting municipal rulers from their gold. (Reaper Man - Terry Pratchett)

Mausoleum. King of Tsort and husband to Elenor of Tsort. (Eric - Terry Pratchett)

Medley the Medical Kleptomaniac. An Ankh-Morpork thief of humanoid body parts, particularly eyeballs. (The Last Continent - Terry Pratchett)

Meshugah. The child of the golems. White, not properly baked, a marvellous statue of a king. Can talk, or at least scream. (Feet Of Clay - Terry Pratchett)

Modo. Unseen University gardener and odd-job dwarf. Smokes a pipe. His hobby is compost, and roses. Grows some black ones, and other magic-influenced variations. Cousin of Glod Glodsson. (Reaper Man, Soul Music and Hogfather - Terry Pratchett)

Moghedron. The Sto Lat palace wine butler. Dignified, smokes a pipe. (Mort - Terry Pratchett)

Monolith. The troll folk hero who wrestled the secret of rocks from the gods. (Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett)

Mort. Mortimer or Death (Mort, The Light Fantastic - Terry Pratchett)

[star.torturer]

monolith: big black stone out of 2001 space odysey

[kyektulu]

Kyes Fantastical Creatures N,

Naga,

All Nagas have long, snakelike lower bodies covered in glistening scales.
They are human from the waist up and attrarctive.
However if they are travelling in crowded towns and citys they magically transform into a human guise.
Naga's are highly intelligent creatures with a variety of magicall powers.
They are natural masters of those around them, using subtle wards and cleaver traps to keep intruders from disturbing thier peace.
Nagas have been around since the beggining of time, they are one of the oldest races and have a inbred malevolance for any other race.

Night Hag,

This being looks like a hidiously ugly human woman.
Its flesh is the blue-violet of a deep bruise and covered with warts, blisters and open sores.
It has stranegly jet black hair and jagged yellow teeth, the eyes burn like hot coals, throwing out a thick, red radience.
Merciless and utterly evil, night hags are human females who have willingly given thier souls to have unnatural control of dark powers, been transformed by dark powers into this being of evil upon death.
They constantly hunger for flesh and souls of innocent men and women.

Nightmare,

At first glance this creature looks like a large powerfull horse with a jet black coat.
A closer look, however, reveals its true nature.
Flames wreathe its steely hooves, its steely hooves, trail from its flared nostrils and smolder in the depths of its dark eyes.
Nightmares are proud equine creatures with hearts as black and evil as the dark abyss in which they come from.
A nightmare is a wild and restless creature.
It roams the world doing evil and haunting the dreams of those who cross it.
Although they have no wings the creature can fly with great speed, it seldom allows anyone to ride it, but particular powerfull and evil creatures have been known to make mounts of Nightmares.

[kyektulu]

Nymph,

This beings beauty exceeds mere words; she is captivating and dangerous because of the emotions she inspires.
They generally have long copper coloured hair, thier skin is always perfect and flawless thier eys are large and ears are long, pointed and backswept,her body is perfection incarnete and voice musical and captivating.
Nymphs are natures embodiment of physical beauty, and gaurdians of sacred places of the wild.
They are so unbearibly lovely that a mere glance can blind an onlooker.
Nymphs hate evil and any who would despoil the wilds for any reason.
A nymphs demeanor is wild and mercurial, like nature itself. She embodies both great beauty and fearsome danger.
She is kind and graceful to mortols who revere the wild places of the world, but is quick to strike against those who take more than they need or who treat nature thoughtlessly.
Animals of all kind flock to Nymphs, ignoring the presence of natural enimies, they will not be harmed by preditors in the presence of a nymph, injured beasts know that the nymph will tend thier wounds.

[Nesacat]

From the world of HP Lovecraft:

Nahab. The secret name of Keziah Mason. (The Dreams In The Witch-House)

Nameless City. City populated by a reptilian race somewhere in the Arabian desert prior to the coming of man to the area. Once mankind appeared, the city was abandoned by the race who sought refuge in subterranean caverns. Abdul Alhazred spent time in the area prior to penning the Necronomicon.

Nathaniel Derby Pickman Foundation. Foundation in Arkham, Massachusetts which funded, along with the aid of other, unnamed sources, the ill-fated Miskatonic University Expedition to the Antarctic in 1930-31. (At the Mountains of Madness)

Necronomicon, The. Book of black arts by the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred. Recently put into print for the general public, much to the objections of those who know its true purpose and power. Some material was intentionally left out, though it is general belief that enough of the manual remains in the published book to open gates best left locked for all eternity. One of the known copies existed for 91 years in an arcane library in the Free-Will Church o f Providence, Rhode Island. After Robert Blake’s death in 1935, a Doctor Dexter removed this and other tomes and added it to his library.

Nephren-Ka. Also known as the Black Pharaoh, the last Egyptian pharaoh of the Third Dynasty. Nephren-Ka began a worship of Nyarlathotep and birthed the ideas that later gave way to the Starry Wisdom that swept through Egypt and the world. In the course of this worship, he acquired the Shining Trapezohedron from merchants of Khem. Once in his possession, he built a dark temple around it, committing sacrifices to the Haunter of the Dark in exchange for the creature’s limitless knowledge. It was this exchange that ultimately brought Nephren-Ka’s reign to an end. Such were his deeds that his name was struck from the monuments and other records. (The Haunter of the Dark)

Nith. A former notary of the city of Ulthar. He held office during the enactment of the law prohibiting the killing of cats in the city. (The Cats of Ulthar)

N'kai. Black, lightless city hidden beneath the crust of the earth. It is from N'kai that the frightful Tsathoggua— the amorphous, toad-like god creature—came. (The Whisperer In Darkness)

Edward Norrys. Captain of the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. Norrys was a friend of Alfred Delapores and related the superstitions which abound of Exham Priory to him. Norrys hailed from Anchester, England. After showing Exham Priory to Delapores, Norrys convinced his uncle to sell the place back to the Delapores at a very reasonable price. Norrys assisted Alfred’s father in investigating the strange occurrences at the Priory and was present when the catacombs beneath the place were unearthed. Alfred Delapores’ father killed Norrys and devoured him. (The Rats In The Walls)

Mr Noyes. Human ally of the Mi-Go occupying an outpost in Round Hill, Vermont. Mr Noyes' origin is never discussed, though it is stated he spoke with a cultured voice and had a Bostonian accent. Mr Noyes was first recorded on May 1, 1915 while conducting religious ceremonies with the Mi-Go at the edge of Lee's Swamp near Dark Mountain. (The Whisperer In Darkness)

Nug-Soth. A magician of the dark conquerors of 16,000 A.D., Nug-Soth was a victim of a mind transfer with a member of the Great Race of Yith. This transfer took him back to almost 150,000,000 B.C., where he met Professor Peaslee. (The Shadow Out Of Time)

Nyarlathotep. The messenger of the Great Old Ones, also named, among other things, the Black Man. Nyarlathotep is considered an Outer God. The Haunter of the Dark is an avatar of Nyarlathotep. Nyarlathotep is the messenger of Azathoth and the one member of the Mythos who deals on a personal level with human beings in general. He is described, in his human form at least, as being of the old native blood of Egypt and looking like a Pharaoh. Wherever he visits, rest vanishes and the wails of nightmares untold echoes through the streets. Nyarlathotep is especially fond of technology and psychology.
Nyarlathotep appears in many disguises, but as stated earlier, the one constant is his bond with Azathoth, the Idiot God. He is described as the very soul of "gigantic, tenebrous, ultimate gods – the blind, voiceless, mindless gargoyles" which make up the Mythos. As such, his evil is absolute, for he is not only the servant of these creatures, but their very consciousness. Nyarlathotep has appeared through the range of time, from ancient Egypt where he instructed Nephren-Ka in the arts of the darkest magic, up until modern day, where one might find him traveling and spreading his terror where any will listen.
One of his most notable sightings occurs in Arkham, Massachusetts in 1928 along with the spirit of Keziah Mason. The two creatures, along with Keziah's familiar, Brown Jenkins, went to work to bring Walter Gilman into their fold by making him sign the Black Book in the presence of Azathoth. It was by pure will that Gilman was able to resist.
Walter Gilman describes him as "a tall, lean man of dead black coloration without the slightest sign of Negroid features, wholly devoid of either hair or beard, and wearing as his only garment a shapeless robe of some heavy black fabric. His feet were indistinguishable because of table and bench, but he must have been shod, since there was a clicking whenever he changed positions. The man did not speak, an bore no trace of expression on his small, regular features."

[Nesacat]

Terry Pratchett's Discworld:

Nancy. Renata Flitworth's pig. (Reaper Man)

Azhural N'Choate. Klatchian stock dealer. (Moving Pictures)

Nersh the Lunatic. A Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. (Guards! Guards!)

N'gru. Uncle of M'Bu. (Moving Pictures)

Nhumrod. Novice master in the Citadel. Repeats the last few words of his predecessor when engaged in a dialogue. Touches things. Many nervous tics. Haunted by demons and impure thoughts. Skinny. Over fifty years old. Had Brutha in his flock. (Small Gods)

Nervous Nigel. An Ankh-Morpork spaniel with a reputedly good nose. (The Fifth Elephant)

Nine Turning Mirrors. Agathean Grand Vizier to the Sun Emperor. Traditional type -- scheming, twisted and so on. (Mort, The Colour Of Magic)

Agnes Nitt. The successor of Magrat in the witches' coven. Not too slim, wears black. Has a wonderful personality and good hair. Very good at singing. (Lords And Ladies and Maskerade)

Grunworth Nivor. A tutor in the Assassins' school and housemaster of the Viper House. Taught Traps and Deadfalls in Teppic's class. Fat, jolly, likes his food. Chidder's examiner. (Pyramids)

Edward St John de Nobbes. The last Earl of Ankh, possibly great-grandfather of Nobby Nobbs. (Feet Of Clay)

Cecil Wormsborough StJohn (Nobby) Nobbs. A sick mind and a watchman. Four feet tall, monkey-like, got papers to prove he's a human being. A bit of a peacock. Son of Scooner Nobbs. Used to be a battlefield scavenger. Member of the Ankh-Morpork historical society. Since "Jingo", also with a penchant for dressing up in women's stuff, though apparently heterosexual (which by the way is quite normal for crossdressers. (Guards! Guards!, Moving Pictures, Men At Arms, Soul Music, Maskerade, Feet Of Clay, Hogfather, Jingo, The Fifth Elephant and The Truth)

Noddy. Guitarist in the Band Formerly Known As Insanity. (Soul Music)

Nork the Impaler. A famous brawler and hero. (Guards! Guards!)

Count Arthur Winkings Notfaroutoe. A salesman, interior decorator and vampire. Traditional while not fully grasping the sense of his dark fate. He was bitten by a lawyer. Member of the Fresh Start Club. After a bit of problem with his house on account of getting a moat, cryp, vault and so on, took up lodgings at Mrs Cake's. Has trouble with his back. Married to Doreen. (Reaper Man, Men At Arms)

Countess Doreen Winkings Notfaroutoe. Wife of Arthur and a vampire by marriage. Very keen on the right vampiric air. Plump, rosy complexion. Wears black velvet. (Reaper Man)

Noxeuse. Inventer of the Divisibility paradox, which demonstrates the impossibility of falling off a log. (Soul Music)

William (Artful Nudger) Nudger. Ankh-Morpork street kid, very tough. Chews gum. (Jingo)

Banana N' Vectif. Cunningest hunter in the great yellow plains of Klatch and inventor of a better mousetrap. (Moving Pictures)

[chrispenycate]

Authors Jody Lynn Nye, André Norton, Larry Niven,
Plot elements nymph, nomad, nyad, Narnia, nix, nebular, necromancy, nanotechnology,neutron star, Neptune, nuclear (family or device, your choice), Nova
PublicationsNew Worlds, Neuromancer
purrhaps I ought to include character Nesa?

[j. d. worthington]

The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym, by Edgar Allan Poe -- stowaways, pirates, cannibalism, and a trip to a series of mysterious realms in the South Seas near the Antarctic, inspiration for some aspects of Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness

Negotium Perambulans, by E. F. Benson -- story of a mysterious presence that avenges damage done to an ancient church

"The Nemesis of Fire", by Algernon Blackwood, about the invoking of a fire elemental and the mysteries of unfathomed nature

A Night at an Inn, by Lord Dunsany -- thieves steal the eye of an idol, who comes searching for it, and exacts a terrible revenge...

The Night Land, by William Hope Hodgson -- a strange, eerie, though flawed masterpiece of an Earth in darkness and the mysterious forms of life a traveller encounters on his journeys

Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen -- the famous send-up of the original Gothic

"Novel of the Black Seal" and "Novel of the White Powder", by Arthur Machen -- two tales included in his episodic novel, The Three Impostors, both very powerful evocations of the mysteries of existence when the veil is torn

E. Nesbit -- noted mostly for her children's books, she also wrote short horror stories, including the famous "Man-Size in Marble"

Hume Nisbet -- largely forgotten Victorian writer who wrote many tales bordering on or using supernatural themes, including Ashes (1890), The Jolly Roger (1891), and the collections The Haunted Station (1894) and Stories Weird and Wonderful (1900)

Amyas Northcote -- contemporary of the great M. R. James, and largely forgotten, though one slender volume of Northcote's stories was released, containing the wonderfully eerie "Brickett Bottom", In Ghostly Company (1922)

[Nesacat]

Originally Posted by chrispenycate

purrhaps I ought to include character Nesa?

Meowrr Chris ... if all places are alike then this place might just be one of the wildest and therefore home.