Magic Realms: The Art of Fighting Fantasy

Magic Realms celebrates the incredible art of the brilliant and highly respected fantasy and science fiction artists who, over the years, worked with the Fighting Fantasy authors to bring their interactive adventures to vivid life.

Each artist is profiled along with select examples of their best work - in vibrant full colour, the astonishing detail on display in all its glory. It features the work some of the world’s best fantasy artists including Chris Achilléos, John Blanche, Jim Burns, Les Edwards, Karl Kopinski, Iain McCaig, Martin McKenna, Ian Miller and Russ Nicholson, among others.

Written by Fighting Fantasy co-creator Ian Livingstone and Fighting Fantasy historian Jonathan Green, Magic Realms is a Who’s Who of fantasy art - an absolutely essential collector’s item for any Fighting Fantasy fan.

Sir Ian LivingstoneCBE co-founded Games Workshop in 1975 with Steve Jackson, launching Dungeons and Dragons in Europe and later Warhammer, White Dwarf and Citadel Miniatures. In 1982 he co-wrote The Warlock of Firetop Mountain with Steve Jackson, the first title in the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series which went on to sell 20 million copies worldwide. He wrote fifteen titles in the series including the bestselling Deathtrap Dungeon. He is the former Executive Chairman of video games publisher Eidos where he launched blockbuster titles Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Hitman. He is currently Non-Executive Chairman of Sumo Group plc and a co-founding partner of Hiro Capital. He lives in London.

Jonathan Green is a writer of speculative fiction, with more than 80 books to his name. Well known for his contributions to the Fighting Fantasy gamebook series, he has also written fiction for Doctor Who, Star Wars, Warhammer and Marvel. He is the creator of the Pax Britannia series for Abaddon Books and has written eight novels, as well as numerous short stories, set within this steampunk universe, featuring the debonair dandy adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver. He is also the creator of the ACE Gamebooks series, which reimagines classic works of literature as interactive novels. His non-fiction titles include the award-winning You Are the Hero: A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.