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Dave Morris (born in 1957) is a British author of gamebooks, novels and comics and a designer of computer games and role-playing games. ==Biography== Dave Morris is a graduate of Magdalen College, Oxford,〔(Biography at Magnum Opus Press )〕 where he read Physics from 1976–79. He is co-creator of the ''Fabled Lands''〔The War-Torn Kingdom by Dave Morris & Jamie Thomson, 1995, Pan Books, ISBN 978-0330336147 (et al.)〕 series, and also wrote for the ''Virtual Reality'',〔Virtual Reality: Necklace of Skulls by Dave Morris & Mark Smith, 1993, Mammoth, ISBN 978-0749714871 (et al.)〕 ''Blood Sword'',〔The Battlepits of Krarth by Dave Morris & Oliver Johnson, 1987, Knight Books, ISBN 978-0340401545 (et al.)〕 and ''Golden Dragon'' series, as well as penning a single ''Fighting Fantasy'' gamebook, (''The Keep of the Lich Lord'') and a number of TV and movie novelisations. He also wrote, with Oliver Johnson, the book series ''Dragon Warriors'' (1984–1986) for Games Workshop.〔(The Dragon Warriors role-playing game )〕 ''Dragon Warriors'' is a role-playing game but is often mistaken for a gamebook because of its paperback format. The game, a cult hit for Transworld in the 1980s, was republished in 2009 by Magnum Opus press. Morris has frequently collaborated with other gamebook writers, notably Jamie Thomson (''Fabled Lands''〔〔(Fabled Lands blog )〕 and ''The Keep of the Lich Lord'') and Oliver Johnson (''Blood Sword'', ''Dragon Warriors'' and ''Golden Dragon''). He has worked with many illustrators including Russ Nicholson,〔(Concept art process for The Shadow King )〕 Siku, Iain McCaig, Leo Hartas, and Martin McKenna. His original novels include ''Knightmare'' (a historical fantasy adventure series set in the early 13th century that ties in with the television series of that name), ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' and the contemporary horror novel ''Lost Souls''. Another horror novel, ''Florien'', was published as an ebook in 2010.〔(Megara Entertainment )〕 In 2008 his episodic comic strip Mirabilis〔(Mirabilis The Year of Wonders blog )〕 began weekly publication in Random House's subscription-based magazine The DFC.〔(Mirabilis comic book )〕 Working with artist Leo Hartas, Morris founded electronic publisher Mirus Entertainment and published Mirabilis for the iPad in December 2010.〔(Mirabilis comic book reader app )〕 In addition to his more than seventy published books,〔(Published works of Dave Morris at Library Thing )〕 Morris is a leading developer of the ''Empire of the Petal Throne'' gaming system (created by MAR Barker and published by TSR), creating a playable rules system (''Tirikelu'') and editing a fanzine.〔(The Eye of All-Seeing Wonder )〕 Morris also co-authored a book on the computer gaming industry,〔Game Architecture and Design, by Andrew Rollings and Dave Morris, 2003, New Riders, ISBN 978-0735713635〕 having worked as a game designer for Eidos and Microsoft, and is a former mentor in the American Film Institute's Digital Content Lab.〔(Law & Order: Motive, Means, Opportunity at the AFI )〕 In April 2012, he published an interactive reworking of Frankenstein in which the reader is able to give advice to the first-person narrator of the story.〔('The Divided Self: Remaking Frankenstein as an Interactive Novel' in the Huffington Post )〕 Morris' ''Dragon Warriors'' game was licensed to James Wallis of Magnum Opus Press, who published a new 1.1 edition of the game with supplements from 2008–2011; a new company called Serpent King Games picked up the property after the license lapsed.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dave Morris (writer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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