Roald Dahl's children's book Danny, the Champion of the World. A young boy lives with his father in a traditional English vardo, although it is unclear if the protagonist Danny and his father are themselves Romanichal and admire the culture or prefer the lifestyle. 1978–present: The Star Wars expanded universe books. A race of aliens known as the Ryn possess many stereotypical Roma traits, including clan family structures, wanderer natures, reputations as thieves and more. 1981, 1988: Robertson Davies's novels The Rebel Angels and The Lyre of Orpheus. Feature major characters who maintain Romani traditions, including the care and repair of musical instruments, in modern Canada. 1983: Tim Powers' novel The Anubis Gates. Features a band of Romanies led by Egyptian magicians and utilizes quite a few expressions from the Romani language. 1984: Stephen King's novel Thinner. Includes the classic plot device of the Romani curse. It was also made into a movie. 1984-2013: Robert Jordan's fantasy series The Wheel of Time features a race of Romani-like people called the Tinkers, who travel in caravans and practice strict pacifism. 1985: Charles de Lint's novel Mulengro. Contemporary fantasy portrayal of the Romani and their cultural myths. 1986: Robert Silverberg's Star of Gypsies. A sci-fi epic about the King of the Romanies searching out the long lost Romany home star system. 1987: Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series. The latter half features the Romani in a hugely positive light, most prominent in Being A Green Mother. 1987: John Crowley's Ægypt cycle. Much of the narrative of unfolds from an encounter with a Roma fortune-teller, and revolves around the question of why people believe Romanies can tell the future. 1987: Isobelle Carmody's Obernewtyn series. A fantasy fiction novel about the land of men and beings destroyed by what they call the "Great White". This story includes many Romani, and how the townspeople are very jealous of their very good living. 1988–present: Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar series. Features a fictional race of people based loosely on the Romani, even to the extent of using Romani language; most prominent in the Vows and Honor books. 1991: Young Indiana Jones and the Gypsy Revenge (UK title: Young Indiana Jones and the Crusader's Crown), a young adult novel in the Indiana Jones franchise. Set in 1914 France, a 15-year-old Indiana Jones encounters a young, beautiful Romani fortune teller. 1992: Joe Gores's novel 32 Cadillacs. The DKA investigate a