Fantasy author Philip Pullman echoes this idea in the fantasy series His Dark Materials, in which the characters finally come to the conclusion that people should make life better on Earth rather than wait for heaven ( this idea is known as the Republic of Heaven ).

* The secondary / parallel world ( s ) is entered through a portal from the primary world ( e. g. Alice in Wonderland, The Chronicles of Narnia, His Dark Materials, Xanth, The Dark Tower, and Avantasia )

Some examples of this are: R. A. Salvatore's Drizzt of " The Legend of Drizzt ", Kathryn Lasky's Soren of Guardians of Ga ' Hoole, David Eddings ' Belgarion in the Belgariad and Malloreon, Terry Brooks ' Shea and Wil Ohmsford of The Sword of Shannara and The Elfstones of Shannara, Terry Goodkind's Richard Cypher, Robert Jordan's Rand al ' Thor of The Wheel of Time, Pug and Arutha of Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga, Philip Pullman's Lyra Belacqua of His Dark Materials, Ursula K. Le Guin's Ged, Aerial of the Darkangel Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce, and Christopher Paolini's Eragon of The Inheritance Cycleand Ashalind of the " Bitterbynd Trilogy ".

His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels, coming together to form an epic, by Philip Pullman comprising Northern Lights ( 1995, published as The Golden Compass in North America ), The Subtle Knife ( 1997 ), and The Amber Spyglass ( 2000 ).

Pullman has published two short stories related to His Dark Materials: " Lyra and the Birds ", which appears with accompanying illustrations in the small hardcover book Lyra's Oxford ( 2003 ), and " Once Upon a Time in the North " ( 2008 ).

The title of the series, His Dark Materials, comes from seventeenth century poet John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 2:

* Lord Carlo Boreal, a fictional character in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy

The Thames also features prominently in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, as a communications artery for the waterborne Gyptian people of Oxford and the Fens.

* In Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, Lord Asriel constructs an " adamant " fortress.

* The ' Ancient of Days ' is a term for God in Phillip Pullman's ' His Dark Materials ' trilogy.

Philip Pullman, the author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, went further when he remarked that:

Harpies are commonly depicted as a race of bird-women, such as in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials book series.

It is also mentioned in Lyra's Oxford, a book in the universe of His Dark Materials.

Exeter College is the real life basis for the fictional Jordan College in Philip Pullman's novel trilogy His Dark Materials.

New College appears in the alternate Oxford of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials as ' Wykeham College '.

Applying the term to the work of Philip Pullman ( His Dark Materials ), Schweizer clarifies that he does not mean the term to carry the negative connotations of misanthropy: " To me, the word connotes a heroic stance of humanistic affirmation and the courage to defy the powers that rule the universe.

Philip Pullman's previously mentioned trilogy, His Dark Materials, presented the theme of a negligent or evil God to a wider audience, as depicted in the 2007 film The Golden Compass based on the first book of this trilogy.

* Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy-The trilogy takes place across several universes including " ours ".

* In the His Dark Materials series by Philip Pullman, trepanation is referenced as a method to draw Dust, the agent of human consciousness and creativity, to the trepanned person in greater quantity.

* His Dark Materials, a two-part adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel directed by Nicholas Hytner starring Anna Maxwell Martin and Dominic Cooper ( 2003 )

In the His Dark Materials trilogy, the universe the protagonist starts in is a Victorian counterpart to ours, although it takes place at the same time.

In His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman, the two protagonist Lyra and Will find themselves lost amongst many worlds, and travel them looking for the other.

Harry Potter is the powerful young wizard, one of the children of The Dark Is Rising series is an immature Old One with magical abilities, and in the His Dark Materials series the children have magical items and animal allies.

Dancer in the Dark ( 2000 ) was the final component of the trilogy.

This trilogy consists of Breaking the Waves ( 1996 ), The Idiots ( 1998 ) and Dancer in the Dark ( 2000 ).

Von Trier has stated he was inspired to make a trilogy about the United States as a reaction to Americans at the Cannes film festival who said he had no right to make the Dancer in the Dark, which was often viewed as being critical of a country he has never been to ( and has no intention of ever visiting, due to his phobia of travel ); however, von Trier himself has stated in interviews he did not intend it to be a criticism of America, saying the film takes place in a " fictional America ".

* The top 15 highest-grossing film series of the decade are ( in order from highest to lowest grossing ): Harry Potter-film series, Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean-film series, Spider-Man-film series, Shrek-film series, Ice Age-film series, Transformers-film series, X-Men-film series, Batman-film series ' Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, Star Wars Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, The Matrix-film series ' The Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions, The Chronicles of Narnia-film series, Mission: Impossible-film series ' and The Mummy-film series.

The Dark Nest trilogy by Troy Denning includes two types of Star Destroyers used by the Chiss Ascendancy and the Star Destroyer Admiral Ackbar used by the Galactic Alliance.

Caine played Nigel Powers in the 2002 parody Austin Powers in Goldmember, and more recently portrayed Alfred Pennyworth, the butler in Christopher Nolan's the Dark Knight trilogy.

He first appeared in Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy — Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising and The Last Command — published between 1992 and 1994.

* The Wild Hunt appears frequently in modern fantasy fiction, as in Alan Garner ( in The Moon of Gomrath ), Peter Beagle ( in Tamsin ), Penelope Lively in The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy, Uladzimir Karatkievich ( in The Wild Hunt of King Stakh ), Susan Cooper in The Dark is Rising, Guy Gavriel Kay's trilogy The Fionavar Tapestry, Raymond E. Feist's ' Faerie Tale ', Laurell K. Hamilton's Merry Gentry series, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings ( as the Dead Men of Dunharrow ), Buffy the Vampire Slayer ( Novel Child of the Hunt ), Andrzej Sapkowski's Geralt of Rivia cicle and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series, among many others.

Zimmer also composed the score for The Dark Knight Rises, the final installment of Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.

Bane of the Cosmic Forge, Crusaders of the Dark Savant and Wizardry 8 formed a second trilogy, with settings and gameplay mechanics that differed greatly from the first trilogy.

In Dark Light ( the middle of the Engines of Light trilogy ) by Ken MacLeod, a character says:

* The Dark Disciple trilogy follows the death of Takhisis and the departure of Paladine, when the lesser gods strive to maintain dominance.

* Rhea of the Cöos, a character in Stephen King's Dark Tower novels

( For a time, this was the most of any American-produced television series except for Star Trek and Dark Shadows with its 30 or so novels published between 1966 and 1971, though there have now been more original novels published based upon Alias and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Rachel Hawthorne's Dark Guardian novels examine a secret society of werewolves who live peacefully alongside normal humans, are able to initiate the change at will to protect their kind, and generally retain control of themselves when transformed.

This includes a Dark Horse ongoing comic book and a series of novels.

* Eric Ambler a series of spy novels set in Europe before World War II, starting with The Dark Frontier.

The precise nature of the Dark Powers of Ravenloft is never explicitly described in the game material, with the exception of a few of the novels based on the setting, and even those are considered non-canon.

* Charles Saunders ' Imaro novels, beginning with Imaro ( 1981 ), a collection of short stories first published in the seventies for Dark Fantasy fanzine.

The Drawing of the Three is the second book in The Dark Tower series of novels written by Stephen King and published by Grant in 1987.

Category: The Dark Tower novels

Category: The Dark Tower novels

Category: The Dark Tower novels

He plays a part in The Dark Tower novels, as well.

A lifelong enthusiast of film ( old movies feature prominently in two of his novels, Ancient Images and The Grin of the Dark ), Campbell wrote three novelisations of Universal horror films in 1976.

TSR published quite a number of fantasy and science fiction novels unconnected with their gaming products, such as L. Dean James ' " Red Kings of Wynnamyr " novels, Sorcerer's Stone ( 1991 ) and Kingslayer ( 1992 ); Mary H. Herbert's five " Gabria " novels ( Valorian, Dark Horse, Lightning's Daughter, City of the Sorcerers and Winged Magic ); and humorous fantasy fiction, including Roy V. Young's " Count Yor " novels Captains Outrageous ( 1994 ) and Yor's Revenge ( 1995 ).

IGN Comics ranked The Dark Knight Returns # 2 on a list of the 25 greatest Batman graphic novels, second only to Batman: Year One, also written ( though not drawn ) by Miller.

Frank Miller ( born January 27, 1957 ) is an American writer, artist, and film director best known for his dark, film noir-style comic book stories and graphic novels Ronin, Daredevil: Born Again, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Sin City and 300.

Comic books and graphic novels which feature vampires include Vampirella ( Warren Publishing, 1969 ), Morbius, the Living Vampire ( Marvel, 1971 ), Tomb of Dracula ( Marvel Comics, 1972 ), Blade ( Marvel, 1973 ), I ... Vampire ( DC Comics, 1981 ), Hellsing ( Shonen Gahosha, 1997 ), 30 Days of Night ( IDW Publishing, 2002 ), Chibi Vampire ( Monthly Dragon Age, 2003 ), Rosario + Vampire ( Monthly Shōnen Jump 2004 ), Vampire Knight ( LaLa, 2005 ), Blood Alone ( MediaWorks, 2005 ), Dracula vs. King Arthur ( Silent Devil Productions, 2005 ), Dance in the Vampire Bund ( Media Factory, 2006 ), Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures ( Dabel Brothers Productions / Marvel Comics, 2007 ), Half Dead ( Dabel Brothers Productions / Marvel Comics, 2007 ), Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight ( Dark Horse Comics, 2007 ), Nosferatu ( Viper Comics, 2010 ), and Twilight: The Graphic Novel ( 2010 ).

Critically acclaimed, The Sandman is one of the few graphic novels ever to be on the New York Times Best Seller list, along with Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns.

After its license expired in 1998, Gladstone ceased publishing new material, and there were no more Disney comics in America ( except for occasional graphic novels of the movies put out by Dark Horse Comics ), until 2003, when Gemstone Publishing gained the publishing rights.

The Shadow appears as Fritz in at least 23 Shadow novels: " The Living Shadow ," " Hidden Death ," " The Ghost Makers ," " The Crime Clinic ," " Crime Circus ," " The Chinese Disks ," " The Dark Death ," " The Third Skull ," " The Black Master ," " The Voodoo Master ," " The Third Shadow ," " The Circle of Death ," " The Sledge Hammer Crimes ," " The Golden Masks ," " The Ghost Murders ," " Hills of Death ," " The Hand ," " The Racket's King ," " The Green Hoods ," " The Crime Ray ," " The Getaway Ring ," " Masters of Death ," and " The Crystal Skull.