Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Brimstone is the title of the first book in the alchemy-themed Earth, Air, Fire and Water series by British author Alan Skinner. It was published in 2010. Before Brimstone, Skinner had published the first two books in The Land’s Tale series, Blue Fire and Ice and Furnaces of Forge. Like Brimstone, these are aimed at the young adult market.Skinner claims that he decided to write Brimstone because he was \"quite fed up with young adult books about wizards, witches, werewolves and vampires.\" It was time for a book that dealt with the other end of the alphabet.’ The book shies away from turning alchemy into a fantasy, magic-like endeavour. Instead, it portrays alchemy as a fore-runner of modern science, though acknowledging some of the outdated beliefs and fraudulent practitioners of early alchemists. Essentially, the book is a traditional adventure story with themes of personal self-realisation, courage, loyalty and friendship."@en }
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- Brimstone_(Skinner_novel) abstract "Brimstone is the title of the first book in the alchemy-themed Earth, Air, Fire and Water series by British author Alan Skinner. It was published in 2010. Before Brimstone, Skinner had published the first two books in The Land’s Tale series, Blue Fire and Ice and Furnaces of Forge. Like Brimstone, these are aimed at the young adult market.Skinner claims that he decided to write Brimstone because he was \"quite fed up with young adult books about wizards, witches, werewolves and vampires.\" It was time for a book that dealt with the other end of the alphabet.’ The book shies away from turning alchemy into a fantasy, magic-like endeavour. Instead, it portrays alchemy as a fore-runner of modern science, though acknowledging some of the outdated beliefs and fraudulent practitioners of early alchemists. Essentially, the book is a traditional adventure story with themes of personal self-realisation, courage, loyalty and friendship.".