Alphabetical SFF

[Anomander]

Necropolis - the world of the dead (Weis and Hickman)
Neverland - Peter Pan

[BookStop]

Nebuchadnezzar
Narcissus
Narnia

Norton, Mary - Borrowers
Niffenegger, Audrey - Time Traveler's Wife

[iratebeaver]

Nanny Ogg-from the discworld series

[Brown Rat]

George Nader (Chrome)
Linda Nagata
Giger's Necronomicon

[beenorthern]

authors: Larry Niven, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik

books: *Night Birds on Nantucket* (Joan Aiken), *Nemesis* (Louise Cooper), *New York by Knight* (Esther Friesner), *Neverwhere* (Neil Gaiman), *The Northern Girl* (Elizabeth Lynn), *Night Watch* (Terry Pratchett), *The Nine Gods of Safaddne* (Anthony Swithin), *A Night in the Lonesome October* (Roger Zelazny

movie: #The NeverEnding Story#

wondertale character: The Nightingale

[Brown Rat]

On to O, OK?

Oberon
Orion
Ouroboros

Obsidian Butterfly (Laurell Hamilton)
O Pioneer! (Frederik Pohl)
Otherland (Tad Williams)

And a two-fer:

Outlaw School by Rebecca Ore

[BookStop]

O'Brien, Robert - Mrs. Frisby A/T Rats of Nimh
Orwell, George - 1984

I cant' think of many O authors

occult
oath
Odd Thomas - Dean Koontz
Odyssey
omnipotence
oracle
omen
ooze

[Nesacat]

From the realms of HP Lovecraft:


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. - The Shadow Over Innsmouth.


Benjamin Orne. Man from Arkham, Massachusetts who was tricked into marrying the half-breed daughter of Captain Obed Marsh. Orne had one daughter from the marriage, Eliza, who was born in 1867 and married James Williamson of Ohio at the age of seventeen. - The Shadow Over Innsmouth.


Eliza Orne. Granddaughter of Captain Obed Marsh and daughter of Benjamin Orne. Eliza was born in 1867 and married James Williamson of Ohio at the age of seventeen - The Shadow Over Innsmouth


Orne's Gangway. A low-rent district in Arkham, Massachusetts that was mainly peopled by Polish immigrants. It was from Orne's Gangway that the child Ladislas Wolejko was kidnapped by Keziah Mason, Nyarlathotep, and Walter Gilman on the night of 28 April, 1928. – The Dreams In The Witch House


The Outer Ones. Name penned by Henry Akeley describing the Mi-Go. – The Whisperer In Darkness


From Terry Pratchett’s Discworld:
Octavo. The most intelligent and powerful book of magic on the Disc. Contains eight powerful and self-conscious spells. – The Light Fantastic


Offler. The six-armed Crocodile God of Klatch. Patron of the city of Al-Khali. Also worshipped in Ephebe. – The Colour of Magic


Gytha Ogg (Nanny). The matron in the witches' coven. Terrorises her clan, but can't hold a candle to Esme Weatherwax. Small, wrinkled, white hair. Can't sing. Owns a sinister cat named Greebo. – Wyrd Sisters, Witches Abroad, Maskerade.


Jason Ogg. Son of Nanny Ogg. The Lancre blacksmith. Can shoe anything. Death’s personal blacksmith. – Lords and Ladies


Shawn Ogg. Youngest son of Nanny Ogg. The king's guard. – Wyrd Sisters, Lords and ladies


Old Grandfather. An old troll. Relative of Kwartz.. So large, Herrena chose to seek shelter in his mouth after capturing Rincewind, Twoflower, Cohen and bethan. – The Light Fantastic


Olerve the Bastard. King of Sto Lat. Tall, heavily built, honest face, golden beard. Killed by an assassin. - Mort


Great God Om. A small god who made it big by helping a sheepherd. Bad luck with prophets. Known incarnations include a big bull, a thunderbolt and a- uh, a small, four-legged, hard-shelled animal, proverbial for its slowness (except in confrontation with an arrow or a hare). – Small Gods


One-Man-Bucket (One-Man-Pouring-A-Bucket-Of-Water-Over-Two-Dogs). A member of a Howondaland tribe who named its children after the first thing the mother saw when she looked out of the teepee after their birth. Lived and died in Ankh-Morpork (knocked over by a cart in Treacle Street while drunk). Had a cruel thirst which has kept him from passing to the Other Side. In other words, a ghost. – Reaper Man


Ordpor the Tasteless. A Discworld god. His symbol is the matched set of sacred Flying Ducks. – Reaper Man


Orinjcrates. An Ephebian philosopher. Wrote On the Nature of Plants. – Small Gods
Great Orm. A god of the Strict Authorised Ormits. Resides in the Nether Hells. Wreaks (at least is supposed to) organic revenge for lack of worship. – Pyramids


Ossory. the first and most important Omnian prophet. The Book of Ossory is the basis of Omnianism. Wandered in the desert with a donkey who was later made a bishop. - Small Gods

[j. d. worthington]

Fitz-James O'Brien -- Irish-American writer of such tales as "What Was It?", "The Diamond Lens", "The Wondersmith", etc.

"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" -- ghost story by M. R. James (and poem by Robert Burns)

The Old English Baron -- first true successor to Walpole's Castle of Otronto in the Gothic novel

Margaret Oliphant -- writer of many supernatural tales, mostly collected together with her short novel in A Beleaguered City, also in Stories of the Seen and Unseen

Oliver Onions -- wrote some of the most exquisite of the psychological ghost stories, including what may be the best ghost story in the English language, "The Beckoning Fair One"

Elliott O'Donnell -- writer of non-fictional accounts of supernatural phenomena, also wrote several stories using supernatural themes, such as For Satan's Sake and The Sorcery Club

"On the River" -- supernatural tale by Guy de Maupassant

On Wonderful Events -- early treatise on the supernatural by the Greek freedman, Phlegon

Matthew H. Onderdonk -- one of the earliest Lovecraft scholars, whose few essays remain landmarks in the field

"One of Cleopatra's Nights" -- a tale by Theophile Gautier that inspired many images and moments in Lovecraft

The Poems of Ossian -- literary hoax perpetrated by James Macpherson; nonetheless a lovely book

"Out of the Deep" -- one of the eeriest of Walter de la Mare's many fine supernatural tales

Others Who Return -- book of ghostly tales by Herbert Russell Wakefield

"The Outsider" -- tale by H. P. Lovecraft, from which was taken the name of the first volume published by Arkham House in 1939: The Outsider and Others

"The Owl's Ear" -- supernatural tale by the team of Emille Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian

Orlando Furioso -- Wonderful epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto; one of the cornerstones of fantasy, and used as the setting for one of the Harold Shea adventures by Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp

Oaths -- play a frequent role in fantasy, both as motifs and as linchpins of stories, especially when broken

Odo Proudfoot -- LotR

Oiolosse -- Quenya name for the mountain of Taniquetil (LotR, The Silmarillion)

The Old Forest -- LotR

Olorin -- original name of Gandalf, when he was a Maia of the West (Silmarillion, LotR)

The One Ring -- LotR

Oonai -- "the city of lutes and dancing" ("The Quest of Iranon", H. P. Lovecraft)

Oriab -- isle in the seas of Dreamland, visited by Randolph Carter in his quest for the Onyx Castle atop Unknown Kadath (The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, H. P. Lovecraft)

Thomas Olney -- summer visitor who dares to visit the eerie inhabitant of "The Strange High House in the Mist" (Lovecraft)

Oladahn -- character from Michael Moorcock's Hawkmoon books

"Or All the Seas with Oysters" -- Hugo-winning short story by Avram Davidson

and, of course, one of the most famous SF novels of all time:

Odd John, by Olaf Stapledon

[Nesacat]

Orlando: A Biography - Virginia Woolf
Orlando enters the book as an Elizabethan nobleman and leaves the book three centuries and one change of gender later as a liberated woman of the 1920s. Along the way this most rambunctious of Woolf's characters engages in sword fights, trades barbs with 18th century wits, has a baby, and drives a car.

[kyektulu]

Kyes fantastical Creatures O;

Ogre,

Ogres are big, ugly, greedys creatures that live by raiding, scavaging and killing.
They join other monsters to prey on the weak and associate free ly with Ogre mages, giants and trolls.
Lazy and bad tempered Ogres solve problems by smashing them; what they cant smash they either ignore or flee.
Dwelling in small tribal groups ogres occupy any convenient location and eat nearly anything they can catch, steal or slay.
Ogres sometimes accept mercinary service with other evil humanoids or humans.

Ogre Mage,

The Ogre mage is a more intelligent and dangerous variety of its mundane cousin.
Rapacious and cruel by nature. Ogr Mages often lead organisez raids for slaves, treasure and food.
These creatures dwell in fortefeid structures or underground lairs usually living alone or with small groups of Ogre followers.
Status among ogre Mages is measured by wealth.
Whilst they do notgenerally associate with thier own kind, they often undertake raids and schemes in competition with one another to amass the most riches.

Orc,

This creature looks like a primitive humanwith grey skin and coarse hair.
It has a stooped posture, low forehead, and a pig-like face with prominent lower canines that resemble a boars tusks.
Orcs are aggressive humanoids that raid., pillage and battle other creatures.
They have a intense hatred of elves and dwarves that began generations ago and most often attempt to kill on sight.
An Orcs hair is usually black, It has lupine ears and eyes with a red glow behind them.
Orcs prefare wearing colours that many humans consider unpleasent, such as blood red, mustard yellow , bold green and deep purple.
Thier equipment is dirty and unkempt, and can give one desiese when someone is cut by thier weapons.

Owl Bear,

This creature has a thick shaggy coat of feathers and fur.
Its body is like a bears but it has an avian head with big, round eyes and a hooked beak.
Owl Bears are extraordinarily vicious preditors with a repuation for ferocity aggression and sheer ill temper.
They tend to attack without provocation.
Scholors have long debated the origins of the Owlbear, the most common theory is that a demented wizard created the species by crossing a giant owl with a bear.

[chrispenycate]

They change while I'm out , now?
Orsinian tales (publication) oebit (idem, or plot element), Orthocopter (gadget)

[Mouse]

Oni - Japanese demon.
Old Shuck - Phantom dog
Ouija board.

[beenorthern]

More authors:
Shulamith Oppenheim; Chad Oliver; Andrew J. Offutt; Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.

Books:
*Operation Chaos* Poul Anderson
*One for the Morning Glory* John Barnes
*The October Country* Ray Bradbury
*Over Sea, Under Stone* Susan Cooper
*On Wings of Song* Thomas Disch
*The Other Side of Time* Keith Laumer
*Out of the Silent Planet* C.S. Lewis
*Ombria in Shadow* Patricia McKillip
*Orbitsville* Bob Shaw
*The Orphan* Robert Stallman
*Out of the Everywhere* James Tiptree, Jr.
*The Old Gods Waken* Manly Wade Wellman

[Highlander II]

*pulls data from Jim Butcher knowledge base inna head*

The Outer Gates - doors to the Old Ones - the really old, original demon things that are nasty and evil n' stuff.

Ozarks - Ebenezer McCoy lives there; he's Harry's old teacher.

Stargate / general SF stuff:

Orbit - can't have SF w/o it

Orlin - Ascended guy from Stargate SG-1

Otherways - it's an online RPG I play in that's based on Alternate Universes