(1967- ) US author, prolific and successful for his many fantasy and horror novels, who is given an entry here mainly for some sf Ties published early in his career. Some of his horror evokes Horror in SF tonalities, like Snowblind (2014), in which a "Great Storm" feels almost planetary in its violence and implications, though the story itself is a classic Answered Prayer tale [see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below]; and the Old Gods topoi activated in Ararat (2017) are evocative of H P Lovecraft. No attempt has been made to list his numerous non-sf singletons and series, tied or untied. Of some sf interest are his links to Marvel Comics Superheroes, beginning with Daredevil: Predator's Smile (1996) and continuing with an X-Men sequence beginning with X-Men: Mutant Empire #1: Siege (1996) (see X-Men). The Hidden Cities sequence with Tim Lebbon [whom see for details] offers Equipoisal explanations of the true history of some great Cities. Some singletons – like Tin Men (2015), which intriguingly features a crew of humans trapped virtually into their Mecha as the world collapses – are sf. The competence of this work is readily apparent. [JC]
Christopher Golden
born Massachusetts: 15 July 1967
died
works (highly selected)
series
X-Men
Hellboy
see also below under works as editor: series: Hellboy
- The Lost Army (Milwaukie, Oregon: Dark Horse Books, 1997) [Hellboy: illus/pb/Mike Mignola]
- The Bones of Giants (New York: Pocket Star Books, 2004) [Hellboy: illus/pb/Mike Mignola]
- The Dragon Pool (New York: Pocket Star Books, 2007) [Hellboy: illus/pb/Mike Mignola]
Hidden Cities
The Secret Journeys of Jack London
- The Wild (New York: HarperCollins, 2011) with Tim Lebbon [Secret Journeys of Jack London: hb/]
- The Sea Wolves (New York: HarperCollins, 2012) with Tim Lebbon [Secret Journeys of Jack London: hb/]
individual titles
- Daredevil: Predator's Smile (New York: Boulevard, 1996) [tie to the Marvel Comics universe: Daredevil: pb/Matt Wagner]
- Baltimore; Or, the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire (New York: Bantam Books, 2007) with Mike Mignola [illus/hb/Mike Mignola]
- The Secret Back of Things (Baltimore, Maryland: Cemetery Dance, 2010) [coll: hb/Alan M Clark]
- Snowblind (London: Headline, 2014) [pb/Ed Freeman]
- River of Pain (New York: Titan Books, 2014) [pb/]
- Tin Men (New York: Ballantine Books, 2015) [hb/Mike Bryan]
- Dead Ringers (New York: St Martin's, 2015) [hb/]
- Ararat (New York: St Martin's Press, 2017) [hb/]
- Blood of the Four (New York: HarperCollins, 2018) with Tim Lebbon [hb/Tyler Edlin]
collections
works as editor
series
Hellboy
individual titles as editor
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