Cold Comfort Farm US and UK. The book inspired Mellon family heiress Cordelia Scaife May to name her home "Cold Comfort", and to name her philanthropic foundation Colcom Foundation. Cold Comfort Farm Cold Comfort Farm is a comic novel by English author Stella Gibbons, published in 1932. It parodies the romanticised, sometimes doom-laden accounts of rural life popular at the time, by writers such as Mary Webb. Following the death of her parents, the book's heroine, Flora Poste, finds she is possessed "of every art and grace save that of earning her own living". She decides to take advantage of the fact that
Doom (novel series) Marine Corps, although the perspective changes from character to character in the second and third novel. On February 26, 2008, the series was rebooted and restarted in the vein of "Doom 3". The first book, "", was written by Matthew Costello, the original writer for "Doom 3", and released by Pocket Star Books. The book stars Special Ops Marine Lieutenant John Kane in the year 2145. The second in the series, "", was released on March 31, 2009 and shares the same author and publisher. The primary protagonist and narrator of the series, Corporal Flynn "Fly" Taggart is a member