Alphabetical SFF

[Brown Rat]

Firefly! Firefly! Firefly!

[chrispenycate]

Compound words: Firefly (seems relatively popular, though I've never seen it) firestone, firestarter, flying carpet, horse, saucer. fellowships

Seem to have been beaten to that firefly, but assume I meant Piers Anthony's

[hermi-nomi]

I don't know if I'll actually be able to reply with any additionall alphabetical SFF elements ...I'm sulking. But, this is like a compendium, not a competition, right?

So I can no longer play the Faramir or Fangorn card, but I can say that we've forgotton Denethor and Eowyn and Eorl, the first king of Rohan. Fangorn is also a Fantasy artist. And, Kye, I'm sorry but Pratchett uses Igors as servents for the undead.
Ohhh, don't know if this counts, but I'm playing Flatliners anyway

[kyektulu]

Fantastical Creatures F:

Formian,
A Formian resembles a cross between an ant and a centaur. All Formians are covered in a brownish-red carapace, size and appearence varieys for each variety.
They seek to colonize all that they see and incorperate them into thier hive as workers.

Frost Worm,
This long, blue-white creature has huge mandibles and a strange nodule atop its head from which it generates a trilling sound.
Terror of the frozen lands the Frost Worm spends most of its life burrowing through the ice, snow and frozen earth, it surfaces only to attack its prey.

Fungus,
Unlike ordinary fungus, which are harmless to other living creatures, the Shrieker and Violet Fungus can be dangerous to the unwary adventurer.
A fungus lacks chlorophyll, a true stem, roots or leaves. Incapable of photosynthasis, it exists as a parasite, breaking down organic matter from thier prey slowly.

[kyektulu]

Fallen,
Demons who were once good mortal beings, usually a knight who has broken his oath or preist who has foresaken his vows. They survive on the mortal realm by feasting on the flesh of victims.

Feind,
A species of Demon, one who serves to torture prey before sacrificing it to its master.

[sonofstan]

For me, Finding Fs is Finally Finished so i Gotta Give the Gs a Go.

Gambit- X men
General grevious-Star wars ROTS
Gnome- various fantasy incarnations
Gundark- Creature fron Star wars universe
Golgotha- Future earth in Deathstalker books
Gorbash- Green dragon from Flight of dragons cartoon movie
Green goblin-Spiderman
Gattaca-Rubbish Ethan Hawk movie
Ghosts'n'goblins- old Capcom game
Ghouls'n'ghosts-Sequel to old capcom game.
Golem- magically animated and controlled creature
Grimlock- t-rex shaped transformer

Gee, i Guess i Got a little Greedy. Go on Guy's Give it a Go!

[Brown Rat]

Originally Posted by hermi-nomi

But, this is like a compendium, not a competition, right?

For me, it seems more like a Rorshach test: the first names that come to mind indicate things about the poster's personality. This is, of course, assuming that no one is looking names up.

Go-Backs (Elfquest, which I think got skipped in E.)
Gormenghast
Kathleen Goonan
James Alan Gardner
William Gibson


Special request: may we please linger a little longer over each letter? No rush, right?

[j. d. worthington]

Um, Brown Rat: Pardon me for saying this, but: Why so mousey?

Sorry, sorry. I swear it was something that was in that tea CVU gave me; I've never -- well, hardly ever -- acted this way before.....

Grizzle Greediguts -- Mistress of Mistresses (among other things)
Colin Greenland -- sf critic/historian/writer/editor
Alan Garner -- Elidor, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, Red Shift, etc.
While Gormenghast has been mentioned, may as well mention: Titus Groan
George MacDonald -- Lilith, Phantastes, various fairy tales and children's fantasies
also George Meredith -- The Shaving of Shagpat
G. K. Chesterton -- The Man Who was Thursday
Roger Lancelyn Green -- "From the World's End"


and, just to be pernickety,

Arthur O. Friel -- The Pathless Trail, Tiger River
Deryni Rising -- Katherine Kurtz
Lord Dunsany (various)
James Branch Cabell
Lin Carter (whether we want him or not, he was both sf and f)
Leslie Barringer -- Neustria trilogy
Andrew Lang -- Fairy Tale books of many colors, co-author (with Haggard of The World's Desire)

[Nesacat]

I like your lists j.d ... look like my bookshelves ... or like my bookshelves would look if they were not dismantled and packed away in a warehouse in the next state.

Now for G:

Worzel Gummidge - a series of books about a scarecrow. there was also a movie and a BBC comedy.
The Gryphon's Eyrie books by Andre Norton - The Crystal Gryphon, Gryphon in Glory, Gryphon's Eyrie.
Gargamel - the evil wizard in the Smurfs cartoons. There's also Grandpa, Greedy and Grouchy (Smurfs).
Gondor - Dunedain kingdom founded by Isildur and Anarion, the sons of Elendil, after the Downfall of Numenor.
William Golding - poet, writer, teacher
Samwise Gamgee - hobbit in Lord of the Rings; member of the fellowship of the ring
Ghost Rider - Marvel superhero
Goldberry - Tom Bombadil's companion in the Lord of the Rings
Goldmoon of the Que Shu - character in the Dragonlance books. Introduced in the first book of the original Chronicles Trilogy, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.

[chrispenycate]

Authors (and esses):- Stephen Gould, Randall Garett, David Gemel, Neil Gaiman, Terry Goodkind, Ellen Guon, , Roland Green, Brothers Grimm.
Occasional Author and editor Hugo Gernsback
Story Elements gods (and godesses), girls, gaming, Grail, goblin, gollum, I can't believe I'm the first with him galaxy, griffon, generation ship, gravity, genius, geni, guardians, genetic, gruel, global disaster, , greaves, gestalt, gold, glod glodson, ghost. crottled greebs, Grebo.

Sorry if some duplicates remain; I had preprepared the list (without expecting to need it s soon, and clients await witout (without what? Well, without me, right now, a situation I had better correct)

[Brown Rat]

Originally Posted by j. d. worthington

and, just to be pernickety . . .

Just to be persnickety rather than mousey, let's leave Andrew Lang lingering 'til L, cut Chesterton into C, and move MacDonald and Meredith into memory for M. (Alphabetizing authors by last name, right?)

[Mark Robson]

I suppose you could have: Grinch, grouch, grail (in many forms: holy, greenstone etc. oh, I see Chrispenycate got that one) Gamling, gambling, giants, the grim, God, the gaffer and in the case of Mr Pratchett, gobbledegook!

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Brown Rat

Just to be persnickety rather than mousey, let's leave Andrew Lang lingering 'til L, cut Chesterton into C, and move MacDonald and Meredith into memory for M. (Alphabetizing authors by last name, right?)

Oh, all right. *sulks* Though I could have sworn I saw some first names being used as matches. Not-so-early-senility setting in.....

[kyektulu]

Fantastical Creatures G.

Gargoyle,
This creature looks like a grotesquly deformed winged humanoid with a horned head and stony hide.
Usually found in cemetarys, ruined building and hiding amongst the statues on churches and other such buildings waiting for unwary prey.

Genie,
Genies are human like beings who dwell on the elemental planes.
They are famous for strenth, guile, skill and skill with the magic of illusion.
Geknies sometimes use the material plane as a mutual ground for meeting (or fighting) others of thier kind or for collecting goods not readily availible in thier plane.

Ghost,

Ghosts are spectoral remnents of intelligent beings who, for one reason or another cannot rest easily in thier graves.
Some ghosts go about thier buisiness with little or nointerest of the living. Others, however, are malevolent beings who loathe all life and seek to destroy it however possibel.

Giant,
Giants combine great size with great strenth giving them an unparalelled ability to wreak destruction upon anyone or anything unfortunet enough to get in thier way.
Giants have a reputation for crudeness and stupidity that is not undeserved, especially upon the evil varieties.

Gibbering Mouther,
This unwholesome creature has a body with the form and fluidity of an amoeba. Its surface has the colour, but not the consistantcy of human flesh.
Countless eyes and toothy mouths constantly form and dissapear all over the creautre, often retreating into the body evan as they become apparent.

[kyektulu]

Girallon,
This creature looks like an albino gorilla but it has four arms, it has razor sharp teeeth and long claws which it uses to attack its prey.
Girallons are savage, magical cousins of the gorilla, they are aggressive, bloodthirsty, highly territorial and incredibly strong.

Githyanki,
This tall, gaunt humanoid has rough, yellow skin and russet hair often pulled into a pair of topknots, its eyes have a sinister gleam and its ears pointed and serrated at the back.
Githyanki are an aincent line of humanlike beings residing on the astral plane, they are a warlike race who love nothing more than to create violence wherever they go.

Githzerai,
This creature is a thin and tall humanoid with sharp features, a sombre face and yellow eyes.
Githzerai are a hard hearted, humanlike people whop dwell on the plane of limbo, secrue in the protection of thier hidden monasteries.
Many Githzerais are monks.

Gnoll,
Gnolls are hyena-headed, evil humanoids covered in thick fur.
They wander round in tribes searching for wars and campains to sell thier services to.