Red Queen

Red Queen may refer to:

  • Red Queen (Through the Looking-Glass), a character in Lewis Carroll's book
  • The Red Queen (Obernewtyn Chronicles), a 2012 novel by Isobelle Carmody
  • Red Queen's Hypothesis, an evolutionary hypothesis to the advantage of sex at the level of individuals, and the constant evolutionary arms race between competing species.
  • Red Queen (EP), an album by Funker Vogt
  • Red Queen (comics), a number of comics characters
  • The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature (1993), a popular science book by Matt Ridley
  • Red Queen, a super computer, character in the Resident Evil films, see Red Queen and White Queen
  • Queen Redd, the main antagonist of Frank Beddor's The Looking-Glass Wars series, based on the above Lewis Carroll character.
  • Elisabeth of Bavaria (1876-1965), the Queen of Belgium nicknamed "The Red Queen"
  • A red Queen (playing card)
  • The Red Queen a 2010 novel by Philippa Gregory
  • The Red Queen's Race, a short story by Isaac Asimov
  • The Red Queen, a 2004 novel by Margaret Drabble
  • The sword wielded by Nero, the main character of Devil May Cry 4
  • Red Queen is also an alternative name for the Black Queen in chess, where the white pieces are opposed by red pieces instead of black pieces.
  • Red Queen to Gryphon Three, a 1974 concept album by the band Gryphon based on the game of chess

Famous quotes containing the words red and/or queen:

    “Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
    Eagle with crest of red and gold,
    These men were born to drill and die.
    Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
    Make plain to them the excellence of killing
    And a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
    —Stephen Crane (1871–1900)

    “And thus Snow White became the prince’s bride.
    The wicked queen was invited to the wedding feast
    and when she arrived there were
    red-hot iron shoes,
    in the manner of red-hot roller skates,
    clamped upon her feet.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)