It all started with the fact that Richard received an offer to conduct an experiment. There is a certain library where information from around the world is collected. So, we decided to propose that this library be implemented in it. He agreed to the proposal, and began to conduct an experiment. Thus, Richard finds himself in a different world. Previously, he trained with different weapons, including with a sword, these sciences were very useful to him. Later it was transferred to other worlds, and also returned back.
Richard Blade was born in Coventry in 1935. He studied at Oxford, wanted to become a secret agent and went to the School of Security Service.
Book series
If you read the cycle "Richard Blade", all books in order, numbering 11 volumes, they go as follows:
- Volume 1 is called Her Majesty's Agent.
- Volume 2. "Richard Blade, the hero."
- Volume 3. "Winner". Works: "Pearl of Karheim (Sea Among the Lands)"; "Slave of Sarma" - the computer takes Richard into a world where the Jeddah are doomed to destruction by the sentence of a deity; Jeddah Liberator - Richard must free the Jeddas.
- Volume 4. "Richard Blade, the fugitive."
- Volume 5. "The Lord." Works "The Monster of the Labyrinth" - Richard's body is transformed into a small child; “Hairy from Urkh”, “Alien from the Great Void” - Richard moves to the world of Azalt; "The Tallacha Range".
- Volume 6. The Prophet.
- Volume 7. "The Odyssey of Richard Blade." Enter: “Through the Looking Glass” - British generals are interested in military equipment that is in the world of Azalta; "Adventures in the Bloss Hills"; "Rats and Angels"; “Attila” - Richard enters the world where there is a warrior, strongly reminiscent of the famous Attila.
- Volume 8. "Autumn of Richard Blade."
- Volume 9. The Wanderer. Artworks: "Cornwall Bloodsucker," - Richard meets the Voodoo priests from Haiti. "Richard Blade and the Blue Caterpillar" - the hero ruined the plans of drug dealers. "Skies of Targal", "Shining noon of Urenir."
- Volume 10. "Peer Aiden."
- Volume 11. "Richard Blade of Aiden."
Information about authors
Jeffrey Lord is the pseudonym for a group of authors. The first to write were Americans and Canadians, who composed 37 novels since 1969. The banner was picked up by the French, who wrote another 67 works. Mikhail Akhmanov and other Russian authors continued the adventures of Richard Blade.
Here is a list of foreign authors: Roland Green, Lyle Kenyon Ingel, Ray Nelson, Manning L. Stokes.
Mikhail Akhmanov, who also spoke under the pseudonym M. Nachmanson, also translated into Russian; he is also known under the pseudonym J. Laird.
S. Nachmanson or J. Laird Jr. - This is the son of Michael. J. Llord - under this pseudonym stands Andrei Legostaev ("Shahriyar Queen"). The picture shows some books containing works by Russian authors.
Also wrote: Alexander Tyurin, Dmitry Dvorkin ("Frozen Hell"), Sergey Shilov ("Autumn Erde"), Alexander Gorin. There are still authors Natalie O`Night, Christopher Grant, but who is hiding under these pseudonyms is unknown.
Lyle K. Angel
Born in 1915 in New York, in 1957 he began to publish a journal on the subject of space science fiction. In the early seventies he wrote novels about Richard Blade in the amount of 8 books. He also published some works of the detective genre.
Works on Blade are the largest in this author in the genre of heroic fiction. It is known that in the forties he was the publisher of a magazine about supernatural stories. He died in 1986.
Lyle composed the following stories:
- The Bronze Ax.
- The Jade Warrior.
- The third work is The Tarn Jewel.
- The next is the "Slave of Sarma."
- 5th work - "The Liberator of Jeddah."
- The 6th is called the "Monster of the Maze."
- 7th - The Pearl of Patmos.
- The 8th is called the Undying World.
Roland Green
Born in 1944 in America. The first novel was called Vandor's Ride, which was published in 1973. Then he continued the cycle and simultaneously in the mid-seventies he began to publish novels dedicated to Lord Richard Blade, wrote 29 pieces.
In Russia, Roland Green is very well known, since he wrote several works dedicated to Conan. Another pseudonym for Green was John Cleve. If we perceive the cycle from the point of view of family ties, then we can say that Lyle is his "dad", but Green will be "uncle."
Ray Nelson
Born in 1931. He wrote only one book about Blade in 1979, The Dimensions of Horror. He has his own novels, and this work was just an episode. He collaborates with various writers, quite large, including Michael Moorcock. Issues various works on the subject of science fiction, including time travel and so on.
Manning Lee Stokes
Born 1911 in the state of Missouri, the city of St. Louis. He had many other pseudonyms, for example, Ken Stanton. Back in 1945, he began to write a novel dedicated to the criminal world. He also wrote a famous series called "Nick Carter", whose name was used as a pseudonym.
Mikhail Akhmanov
Michael accidentally bought 2 books about Richard Blade, was very surprised and began to translate, then 2 novels were offered to the publishing house called "North-West". Thus, the novels went on sale.
Michael went to look for other works, found some in St. Petersburg, some in America. When he talked with the fans of the cycle, it turned out that the adventures of Richard Blade were published only once, and it was rather difficult to find them. Exactly how many books are in it, no one could say. Finally, two more novels were found, which Mikhail translated with his friends.
One of the publishers suggested that Mikhail release novels in a multi-volume edition, so that there would be three novels in one volume. However, Michael knew that he had 8 books, and no more. Then the publisher invited him to write these novels himself. Thus, Mikhail began to print works himself, and other Petersburg authors were involved in writing.
In 1997, the North-West Publishing House proposed the release of a large multi-volume book and contacted Lail Angel's heir, concluded an agreement with him, and 25 volumes were printed.
Michael says that he wrote about 20 works, which he is very happy with, as he has gained considerable experience.
Some of the works of the cycle written by Mikhail:
- "Meotid's Nettles" - in 1994.
- "Skies of Targal" - in 1995.
- "Middor Werewolf" - in 1998.