Thomas Hardy's Wessex Thomas Hardy's Wessex The English author Thomas Hardy set all of his major novels in the south and southwest of England. He named the area "Wessex" after the medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom that existed in this part of that country prior to the unification of England by Æthelstan. Although the places that appear in his novels actually exist, in many cases he gave the place a fictional name. For example, Hardy's home town of Dorchester is called Casterbridge in his books, notably in "The Mayor of Casterbridge". In an 1895 preface to the novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" he described
The Horus Heresy (novels) In such references, information common to listed versions may appear in a single instance only. Where "originally published" appears in entries for standalone or self-contained works (including compilations), it refers to the work's first release in the indicated media type. Audio sources are listed by author(s).</poem> The Horus Heresy (novels) The Horus Heresy is an ongoing series of science fantasy set in the fictional "Warhammer 40,000" setting of tabletop miniatures wargame company Games Workshop. Penned by several authors, the series takes place during the Horus Heresy, a fictional galaxy-spanning civil war occurring 10,000 years prior to the far future of