The encyclopedia of fantasy notes that common themes of dark lord characters include being already defeated but not destroyed eons before and engaging in wounding of the land or other rituals of desecration. And at the bottom of the pit lies a supermarket car park in the town of whiteshields. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. This is a great book for teen boys or girls, for that matter. I like the first book the most as its about dirk lloyd the dark lord finding out about earth and.
Dirk lloyd dark lord is taken into foster care and under the wing of his foster brother christopher, and together with sooz, a goth girl in their class and sal, captain of the school cricket team, dirk tries to find a way to return to his kingdom. Sooz, a yr old girl from surrey has become the dark mistress of dirks other worldly kingdom, the darklands. Thomson, who has written fantasy novels and developed successful. I, the great dirk, take up my pen once more to record the utter misery that is school. Following a final battle between the forces of good and evil, the dark lord was defeated and hurled into the pit of uttermost despair. The teenage years, was the 2012 roald dahl funny prize winner. Could it be that dirk lloyd is really a human incarnation of the dark lord who, after a cataclysmic final. The dark lord of the iron tower of despair at the gates of doom.
Dirk lloyd is a dark lord trapped in the body of a middle school boy, his evilness diminished, and she highly recommended it, but i kept putting it off as new books came in to read. Battles 2003 jamie thomson lives in the dungeons below his masters iron tower in. Battles 2003 jamie thomson lives in the dungeons below his masters iron tower in east sussex. The main characters are dirk lloyd, susan or sooz, and chris.
Ive written a lot of choose your own adventure books and novels as well as various computer games for a good 30 years or more, all involving goblins, dragons, aliens, spaceships, creatures of the night and the like, so ive been thoroughly immersed in. When two policeman find him lying in a car park they ask him what his name is, the dark lord says his name and the policeman think he says dirk lloyd. What is this strange place, why do they keep calling him dirk lloyd, and why is he. Jamie thomson and the dark lord dirks top 10 funny books. Hi, im jamie thomson, creator of dirk lloyd and author of dark lord.
What is this strange place and why is he powerless against these humans who insist on finding his parents. Dark lord figures are usually male and are characterized by aspirations to power and identification with a devil or antichrist. The dark lord is confounded when he awakens in the middle of a small town on a planet hes never seen before. Jamie thomson is the author of the dark lord books. The teenage years, published by orchard books in 2011 and a sequel, dark lord. He is the earthly incarnation of a dark lord, supreme ruler of the darklands and leader of armies of orcs and warriors intent on destruction. He was weak when he was found so when they asked him his name, they mistook dark lord as dirk lloyd. Dirk lloyd shortlisted for roald dahl prize heres an exciting bit of news that ive been keeping under my hat for a couple of weeks, but today it can be revealed. Dirk lloyd, the dark lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in another darkly hilarious adventure. My son read this book in a book club at school and was fortunate enough to be able to meet roland smith. A lord of the rings satire written by a computer games developer from brighton has taken the roald dahl funny prize. Known as the dark lord, dirk lloyd is now a human, in our world and has no powers.
The teenage years by jamie thomson, 9781408315118, available at book. In addition to originating new titles for fabled lands llp, thomson has authored a novel, corvus, for boxer books, was a writer on the creative team at lionhead studios working on fable iii for microsoft, and has written several novels for fabled lands llp, dark lord. Jamie thomsons witty fantasy adventure dark lord the teenage years is a. Thirteenyearold schoolboy, dirk lloyd, has a dark secret in fact he is a dark secret.
Dirk according to his own account is the earthly incarnation of a dark lord, supreme ruler of the darklands and leader of great armies of orcs and warriors, intent on destruction and bloody devastation. Browse books in the dark lord series on lovereading4kids. The early years, obviously, as its the greatest book ever written. Jamie thomson is the minion and slave of the dark lord, dirk lloyd. Since then, he has read almost everything roland smith has written. That really sealed the deal and this is one of his favorite series. Dirk lloyd dark lord is taken into foster care and under the wing of his. He is the author of numerous chooseyourownadventure gamebooks, and he also cowrote three books for the fighting fantasy series. Following a colossal battle, the dark lord was defeated and hurled into the pit of uttermost despair. His powers have left him, his command of the legions of the darklands is no more, and the police have mistakenly called him, horror of horrors, dirk lloyd. Jamie thomson has been a writer of books and computer games for many years. The teenage years won the prestigious childrens book award, the roald dahl funny prize 2012. Thirteenyearold schoolboy, dirk lloyd, has a dark secret in fact he is a dark. So it was that i was born out of the union of a white wizard and a vampire queen originally from a world beyond our own, dirk lloyd lives in the town of whiteshields in england where he spends most of his time trying to get out of school and back home to his.
The teenage years, published by my unwitting pawns, orchard books. Book 2 by jamie thomson part of the dark lord series. Now trapped in the body of a 12year old boy, the dark lord begins to search for a way to get back to the darklands. He is now the minion and slave of the dark lord, dirk lloyd. None of his dread spells work, and hes forced to wear jeans.
Dirk according to his own account is the earthly incarnation of a dark lord, supreme ruler of the darklands and leader of great armies of orcs and warriors, intent on. Thomson, who has written fantasy novels and developed successful computer games, knows the teenage mind and there are plenty of laughs as the dark lord who is mistakenly called dirk lloyd learns. The titular dark lord has fallen on hard times, and a hard pavement, as the book begins. Originally from a world beyond our own, dirk lloyd lives in the town of whiteshields, england, where he spends most of his time trying to get back home to his iron tower in the darklands. The early years is about a dark lord who is cursed into the body of a 12 year old boy on earth from his realm. Could it be that dirk lloyd is really a human incarnation of the dark lord who, after a cataclysmic final battle with his arch nemesis, was. Dirk according to his own account is the earthly incarnation of a dark lord.
This book is written by jamie thomson the main characters are the dark lord a. Could it be that dirk lloyd is really the earthly incarnation of a dark lord who, after a cataclysmic final battle with his arch nemesis, was hurled into the pit of uttermost despair. Could it be that dirk lloyd is really a human incarnation of the dark lord who. Schools out, was nominated for the cybils i decided it was the perfect time to try the series.
My 11 year old son joe has been really keen to contribute to the curve, so im delighted to introduce his first very own post. He lives in the dungeons below his masters iron tower. He is the earthly incarnation of the dark lord, supreme ruler of the darklands, bent on death and bloody ruin. Dirk lloyd books and lost chapters the dark lord and. But sadly i have been transformed into one of you filthy things, i go by dirk. I, the dark lord, or the great dirk if you like, have completed the greatest story.
It starts when dirk falls to earth after having lost the battle against hasdruban. Witnessing him following the misadventures of dirk lloyd think the dark lord sauron regressed to his teenage years and. Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the funny prizewinning jamie thomson at his best. Dirk lloyd, christopher purejoe, sooz and sal malik.
I have april of good books and good wine to thank for adding dark lord. This book is extremely interesting and has a very peculiar but funny storyline to it. Christopher is an eleven year old boy with blonde hair and is. My foolish minion wrote too much and was forced to cut some chapters from book. This book is about a lord of another world who was falling from a cliff and when he landed, he landed on earth, although just not as himself. He loves books, so first up, hes done his own book of the week feature, dark lord the teenage years by jamie thomson, winner. Could it be that dirk lloyd is really a human incarnation of the dark lord who, after a cataclysmic final battle. The dark lord books are also available in spain, italy, germany, france, the czech republic, turkey, portugal and the united states and have been optioned for tv. Bibliography fighting fantasy puffin talisman of death. When dirk lloyd awakens in the middle of a small town hes never seen before, he is confounded.
Dirk lloyd, the dark lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in. This story follows the life of the dark lord, dirk lloyd. Ive written a lot of choose your own adventure books and novels as well as various computer games for a good 30 years or more, all involving goblins, dragons, aliens, spaceships, creatures of the night and the like, so ive been thoroughly immersed in fantasysfgames pretty much all my life. The early years is one of six books shortlisted for this years roald dahl funny prize. Hes an author and games developer who has written numerous chooseyourownadventure style gamebooks and worked on many computer games from the tower of despair 1984 to warrior kings. What is this strange place, why do they keep calling him dirk lloyd, and why is he powerless against these earthlings who insist on finding his parents.
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