This book is written by jamie thomson the main characters are the dark lord a. Dark lord figures are usually male and are characterized by aspirations to power and identification with a devil or antichrist. 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. He loves books, so first up, hes done his own book of the week feature, dark lord the teenage years by jamie thomson, winner. The teenage years, was the 2012 roald dahl funny prize winner. The early years is one of six books shortlisted for this years roald dahl funny prize.
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. Browse books in the dark lord series on lovereading4kids. Dirk lloyd, the dark lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in. I, the dark lord, or the great dirk if you like, have completed the greatest story. When dirk lloyd awakens in the middle of a small town hes never seen before, he is confounded. But sadly i have been transformed into one of you filthy things, i go by dirk. The dark lord is confounded when he awakens in the middle of a small town on a planet hes never seen before. He was weak when he was found so when they asked him his name, they mistook dark lord as dirk lloyd.
I have april of good books and good wine to thank for adding dark lord. 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. It starts when dirk falls to earth after having lost the battle against hasdruban. 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.
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. Book 2 by jamie thomson part of the dark lord series. Known as the dark lord, dirk lloyd is now a human, in our world and has no powers. He is the author of numerous chooseyourownadventure gamebooks, and he also cowrote three books for the fighting fantasy series. My son read this book in a book club at school and was fortunate enough to be able to meet roland smith. None of his dread spells work, and hes forced to wear jeans. Christopher is an eleven year old boy with blonde hair and is.
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. A lord of the rings satire written by a computer games developer from brighton has taken the roald dahl funny prize. The teenage years won the prestigious childrens book award, the roald dahl funny prize 2012. 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. 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. 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. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. This book is extremely interesting and has a very peculiar but funny storyline to it. 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. 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. The early years, obviously, as its the greatest book ever written. My foolish minion wrote too much and was forced to cut some chapters from book. He lives in the dungeons below his masters iron tower. This story follows the life of the dark lord, dirk lloyd.
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. Sooz, a yr old girl from surrey has become the dark mistress of dirks other worldly kingdom, the darklands. What is this strange place and why is he powerless against these humans who insist on finding his parents. That really sealed the deal and this is one of his favorite series. Schools out, was nominated for the cybils i decided it was the perfect time to try the series. Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the funny prizewinning jamie thomson at his best. Thomson, who has written fantasy novels and developed successful. Dirk lloyd dark lord is taken into foster care and under the wing of his. Jamie thomson is the minion and slave of the dark lord, dirk lloyd. 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.
The teenage years, published by my unwitting pawns, orchard books. Battles 2003 jamie thomson lives in the dungeons below his masters iron tower in. 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. Dirk lloyd books and lost chapters the dark lord and.
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. 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. 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. Dirk lloyd, christopher purejoe, sooz and sal malik. I, the great dirk, take up my pen once more to record the utter misery that is school. He is the earthly incarnation of the dark lord, supreme ruler of the darklands, bent on death and bloody ruin.
Bibliography fighting fantasy puffin talisman of death. Jamie thomson has been a writer of books and computer games for many years. 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. Jamie thomson is the author of the dark lord books. This is a great book for teen boys or girls, for that matter. The teenage years, published by orchard books in 2011 and a sequel, dark lord. What is this strange place, why do they keep calling him dirk lloyd, and why is he. Could it be that dirk lloyd is really a human incarnation of the dark lord who, after a cataclysmic final. The main characters are dirk lloyd, susan or sooz, and chris. The dark lord of the iron tower of despair at the gates of doom. Following a final battle between the forces of good and evil, the dark lord was defeated and hurled into the pit of uttermost despair. Battles 2003 jamie thomson lives in the dungeons below his masters iron tower in east sussex. Witnessing him following the misadventures of dirk lloyd think the dark lord sauron regressed to his teenage years and.
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. And at the bottom of the pit lies a supermarket car park in the town of whiteshields. 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. Jamie thomson and the dark lord dirks top 10 funny books. He is now the minion and slave of the dark lord, dirk lloyd. Since then, he has read almost everything roland smith has written.
Thirteenyearold schoolboy, dirk lloyd, has a dark secret in fact he is a dark. 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. 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. Thirteenyearold schoolboy, dirk lloyd, has a dark secret in fact he is a dark secret.
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