Alphabetical SFF

[Brown Rat]

I guess we should include Laurell K. Hamilton. Sorta sleazy, but she's got the sales.

(Chrispenycate, thank you for mentioning Sir Frazer. )

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by Brown Rat

(Chrispenycate, thank you for mentioning Sir Frazer.

Indeed.

[sonofstan]

Han solo-Star wars
Hermione Granger-Harry Potter
Hellboy-Film and comic carachter
Hugo weaving- Elrond in LOTR and Agent Smith in the Matrix
Hidden Empire- First book of Kevin J Andersons Saga of the seven suns series
Heximendios-God in Clive Barkers Imajica
Holodeck- Star trek TNG, DS9 and voyager
Harrowing- Simon R Green's nightside books(John Taylors worst enemy's)

[chrispenycate]

Add james Hogan
Oh yes, better do the "i"s

Authors Dean Ing,
Plot elements : Incubii, intelligence (and ignorance) interplanetary (or interstellar, intergalactic’s a bit over the top, and intercontinental’s passé) inbred (well, they rarely specify, but it’s pretty obvious) incantation, Io, Ifrit, iron, imperium, igor, immortality, invunerability

Publication : If, Interzone.
Not over impressive; we'll just have to hope that th "i"s of Texas are in better shape than those of Geneva.

[Nesacat]

Ib: One of the blasphemous, prehistoric cities of earth.

Innsmouth, Massachusetts: Seaport village founded in 1643 and located on the coast of Massachusetts between Newburyport and Arkham at the mouth of the Manuxet River. Since the 1840s, Innsmouth has been shunned by the surrounding community as cursed and diseased to the point of almost complete isolation. The citizens of Innsmouth suffer a strange malady which brings about the Innsmouth look and ultimately drives those afflicted into total reclusion. This look includes large, staring, unblinking eyes; queer, narrow heads; flat noses; and skin which isn’t quite right. As the afflicted progress in age, the skin gets rough and scabby, the sides of their necks shrivel, giving the impression of gills, and they go bald. The fingers are disproportionate to their hands and they have abnormally large feet.

Irem: Also known as the City of Pillars, and The City of a Thousand Pillars. The lost city of Irem is located somewhere on the peninsula of Arabia in the area of Hadramant. Built by the tribe of Ad. The Lamp of Alhazred was found in the ruins of Irem. When man began building the city, the inhabitants of the Nameless City, reptilian creatures of great intelligence, abandoned their city and disappeared into prepared underground caverns.

Ithaqua (the Wind-Walker or the Wendigo): A fictional character in the Cthulhu Mythos of HP Lovecraft. The titular creature debuted in August Derleth's short story "Ithaqua", which was based on Algernon Blackwood's tale "The Wendigo". Ithaqua is one of the Great Old Ones and appears as a horrifying giant with a roughly human shape and glowing red eyes. He has been reported from as far north as the Arctic to the Sub-Arctic, where Native Americans first encountered him. He is believed to prowl the arctic waste, hunting down unwary travelers and slaying them gruesomely. Ithaqua's cult is small, but he is greatly feared in the far north. Fearful denizens of Siberia and Alaska often leave sacrifices for Ithaqua—not as worship but as appeasement. Ithaqua figures prominently in Brian Lumley's Lovecraft-based Titus Crow series, ruling the ice-world of Borea. In Lumley's works, Ithaqua periodically treads the winds of space between Earth and Borea, bringing helpless victims back to Borea to worship him among its snowy wastes.

Illuvatar: The name among Elves of Eru, the One, from whom the Ainur had their being. Through the Music of the Ainur, Ilúvatar created the World and the beings who inhabit it, and only he fully knows its fate.

Istari: The order of Wizards, the Maiar who came to Middle-earth after the first millennium of the Third Age. Of these, five came to the northwestern regions; Saruman, Gandalf, Radagast, Alatar and Pallando.

[star.torturer]

Isaac Asimov

[chrispenycate]

Here, where did that "imp" go? I had him under "characters" and he's done a runner on me!
Actually, Igor should have been under characters too, but he's my fault.

[Taltos]

Originally Posted by chrispenycate

Authors:- Frank Herbert ,Robert Anton Heinlein, Peter Hamilton, Barbara Hambly, Madelene Howard, Joe Haldeman, Fred (and Geoffrey) Hoyle Harry Harrison, Robert E.Howard.

Oh, those todays youngsters ... they remember only the new authors and forget the golden oldies where is Edmond Hamilton
Then again, you've also forgotten Hobb
And, yes before you ask, I'm feeling very nitpicky today

[Taltos]

For I , should add under authors Charles Ingrid - although it's a pseudonym.

[j. d. worthington]

Once again: since, according to the original rules, it doesn't seem to matter which position the letter comes in, as long as it "reminds us of", some of these do not begin with, but all include, the given letter.

Irulan -- princess from Dune books, by Frank Herbert

Inelda -- Empress of The Weapon Shops of Isher, by A. E. van Vogt

Iolinda -- Princess (later Queen) from Michael Moorcock's The Eternal Champion

Iranon -- bard who seeks his birthplace of Aira, only to find the truth of his life ("The Quest of Iranon", by H. P. Lovecraft)

Father Iwanicki -- priest who presents Gilman a crucifix to protect him from Keziah Mason in "The Dreams in the Witch House" (Lovecraft)

"In a Sequester'd Providence Churchyard Where Once Poe Walk'd" -- acrostic poem on Poe, written in St. John's Churchyard, one of his favorite haunts when courting Sarah Helen (Power) Whitman (Lovecraft)

"In the Vault" -- (Lovecraft)

Iant Iaur -- Stonr bridge in Beleriand crossing the Esgalduin (The Silmarillion, JRRT)

Iarwain Ben-Adar -- Sindarin name for Tom Bombadil (LotR, JRRT)

Ice Bay of Forochel -- Bay in the far north of Middle Earth, one of the places still holding the cold of Morgoth from the First Age (LotR, JRRT)

Illuin -- northern of the two lamps of Valinor (The Silmarillion, JRRT)

Imladris -- Sindarin name of Rivendell (LotR, JRRT)

Isengard -- Fortress build by Numenor, later given over to Saruman (LotR, JRRT)

Washington Irving -- writer of several ghostly and fantastical tales, some whimsical, some dark

Margaret Irwin -- historical novelist who also wrote ghostly tales such as "The Book"

In Search of the Unknown -- sf/horror novel by Robert W. Chambers

"Idle Days on the Yann" -- fantasy by Lord Dunsany

In the Midst of Life -- collection by Ambrose Bierce, which contains several supernatural tales

Incredible Adventures -- collection by Algernon Blackwood, containing some of his best supernatural work, including "The Damned" and "A Descent into Egypt"

"The Inhabitant of Carcosa" -- tale of a revived spirit from a prehistoric city (Ambrose Bierce)

"The Invisible Eye" -- weird tale by Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian

To Die in Italbar -- sf novel by Roger Zelazny

I Will Fear No Evil -- controversial sf novel by Robert A. Heinlein

The Illustrated Man -- collection/loose novel by Ray Bradbury

I Sing the Body Electric -- collection by Ray Bradbury

The Impossible Man -- collection by J. G. Ballard

The Ice Schooner -- sf novel by Michael Moorcock

The Rituals of Infinity -- sf novel by Michael Moorcock

[GOLLUM]

Like I've been saying the guy is a walking encyclopedia....

Can't wait to see what the J's yield...

[Brown Rat]

I, Robot

and I, Brian!

And Isis, I suppose, insofar as goddesses show up in fantasy.

[kyektulu]

Kyes Fantastical Creatures I:

Inevitible,

Hailing from the lawfull Neutral plane, Inevitibles are constructs whose sole aim is to enforce the natural laws of the universe.
Each kind of Inevitible is designed to find and punish a particular type of transgression, hunting down a person or group that has violated a fundamental principle such, as ''The guilty should be punished'', Bargins should be kept'' and ''everyone dies eventually''.
When an inevitible is created it recieves its first mission, then finds the transgressor and metes out the appropriate punishment.
The sentence is usually death.
Inevitibles are usually humanoid in apperence but each one varies greatly.

Invisible Stalker,

Invisible stalkers are creatures native to the plane of air.
They sometimes serve wizards and sorcerers who summon them to perform specific tasks.
The summoned Invisible Stalker undertakes its task regaurdless of distance or time it takes. The creautre follows a command untill the task is completed and obays only the summoner. However, it resents protracted missions or complex tasks and seeks to pervert its instructions accordingly.
Invisible Stalkers have an amorphous form.

[kyektulu]

Well done JD that is quite a list!

[j. d. worthington]

Originally Posted by kyektulu

Well done JD that is quite a list!

*bashful (if you can believe it!) grin*

Actually, I have one more to add to it that I meant to the other day:

"With a Finger in My I" -- post-structuralist existential and very funny short-short story by David Gerrold (I repeat: with this sort of thing, who needs drugs?)