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Atlantis In Fiction
The legendary island of Atlantis has often been depicted in literature, television program, television shows, films and works of popular culture. Fiction Start of genre fiction Before 1900 there was an overlap between verse epics dealing with the fall of Atlantis and novels with a pretension to fine writing which are now regarded as pioneering genre fiction. Jules Verne's ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas'' (1869/71) includes a visit to sunken Atlantis aboard Captain Nemo's submarine ''Nautilus (Verne), Nautilus'' – with protagonists walking for miles over the sea bottom until reaching the impressive sunken ruins, an obvious impossibility (Verne was not aware of water pressure in the ocean deeps). In Elizabeth Birkmaier's ''Poseidon's Paradise: the Romance of Atlantis'' (San Francisco 1892), the island sinks following an earthquake. C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne also depicted the end of Atlantis in his fantasy ''The Lost Continent: The Story of Atlantis'', first published i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantastic 196108
Fantastic or Fantastik may refer to: Music * ''Fantastic'' (Toy-Box album) * ''Fantastic'' (Wham! album) * '' Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1)'', an album by Slum Village * '' Fantastic, Vol. 2'', an album by Slum Village * ''Fantastic'' (EP), an EP by Henry Lau * "Fantastic" (song), a song by Ami Suzuki * "Fantastic!", a 1995 song by The Dismemberment Plan from '' !'' * "Fantastic", a 2017 song by Flume featuring Dave Bayley from '' Skin Companion EP 2'' Literature * Fantasy, a genre of speculative fiction also known as fantastic literature. * Fantastique, a genre of writing Publications * ''Fantastic'' (magazine), a fantasy-fiction magazine published from 1952 to 1980; title revived in the 1990s * ''Fantastic'' (comics), a weekly British comic published by Odhams Press under the Power Comics imprint Other uses * Fantastic art, a non-realistic genre * Fantastic (TV channel), a defunct Polish television channel * Fantastic (TV series), a South Korean TV series See also * Fantast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She (novel)
''She:'' ''A History of Adventure'', is a Gothic novel by the English writer H. Rider Haggard, published in book form in 1887 following serialisation in ''The Graphic'' magazine between October 1886 and January 1887. ''She'' was extraordinarily popular upon its release and has never been out of print. The story is a first-person narrative which follows the journey of Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. They encounter a native people and a mysterious white queen named Ayesha who reigns as the all-powerful "She" or "She-who-must-be-obeyed". Haggard developed many of the conventions of the lost world genre which countless authors have emulated. Haggard was "part of the literary reaction against domestic realism that has been called a romance revival." Other writers following this trend were Robert Louis Stevenson, George MacDonald, and William Morris. Haggard was inspired by his experiences living in South Africa for seven years (18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Rider Haggard (; 22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure fiction romances set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the lost world literary genre. He was also involved in land reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature and including the eighteen Allan Quatermain stories beginning with ''King Solomon's Mines'', continue to be popular and influential. Life and career Family Henry Rider Haggard, generally known as H. Rider Haggard or Rider Haggard, was born at Bradenham, Norfolk, the eighth of ten children, to William Meybohm Rider Haggard, a barrister, and Ella Doveton, an author and poet. His father was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1817 to British parents. A member of the Haggard family, he was the great-nephew of the ecclesiastical lawyer John Haggard and an uncle of the naval officer Admiral Sir Vernon Haggard and the diplomat Sir Godfrey Hagga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantida (novel)
''Atlantida'' () is a fantasy novel by French writer Pierre Benoit, published in February 1919. It was translated into English in 1920 as ''Atlantida''. ''L'Atlantide'' was Benoit's second novel, following '' Koenigsmark'', and it won the Grand Prize of the French Academy. The English translation of ''Atlantida'' was first published in the United States as a serial in ''Adventure'' magazine. The story inspired several films. Plot summary It is 1896 in the French Algerian Sahara. Two officers, André de Saint-Avit and Jean Morhange investigate the disappearance of their fellow officers. While doing so, they are drugged and kidnapped by a Targui warrior, the procurer for the monstrous Queen Antinea. Antinea, descendant of the rulers of Atlantis, has a cave wall with 120 niches carved into it, one for each of her lovers. Only 53 have been filled; when all 120 have been filled, Antinea will sit atop a throne in the center of the cave and rest forever. Saint-Avit is unable to re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Benoit (novelist)
Pierre Benoit (; 16 July 1886 – 3 March 1962) was a French novelist, screenwriter and member of the Académie française. He is perhaps best known for his second novel ''Atlantida (novel), L'Atlantide'' (1919) that has been filmed several times. Biography Pierre Benoit, born in Albi (southern France) was the son of a French soldier. Benoit spent his early years and military service in Northern Africa, before becoming a civil servant and librarian.Hugo Frey, "Afterword" to ''The Queen of Atlantis'', Bison Books, , (p.289-312) In 1914 he published his first book of poems. He then joined the French army and after the Battle of Charleroi was hospitalised and demobilised. His first novel, ''Koenigsmark (novel), Koenigsmark'', was published in 1918; ''Atlantida (novel), L'Atlantide'' was published the next year and was awarded the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française, Grand Prize of the Académie française, from which he became a member in 1931. In 1923 Benoit was sent to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Beliaev
Alexander Romanovich Belyaev (, ; – 6 January 1942) was a Soviet Russian writer of science fiction. His works from the 1920s and 1930s made him a highly regarded figure in Russian science fiction, often referred to as "Russia's Jules Verne". Belyaev's best known novels include ''Professor Dowell's Head'', '' Amphibian Man'', ''Ariel'', and '' The Air Seller''. Biography Alexander Belyaev was born in Smolensk in the family of an Orthodox priest. His father, after losing two other children (Alexander's sister Nina died at childhood from sarcoma and his brother Vasiliy, a veterinary student, drowned during a boat trip), wanted him to continue the family tradition and enrolled Alexander into Smolensk seminary. Belyaev, on the other hand, didn't feel particularly religious and even became an atheist in seminary. After graduating he didn't take his vows and enrolled into a law school. While he studied law his father died and he had to support his mother and other family by givin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neptune (mythology)
Neptune ( ) is the god of freshwater and the sea in the Roman religion. He is the counterpart of the Greek god Poseidon.''Larousse Desk Reference Encyclopedia'', The Book People, Haydock, 1995, p. 215. In the Greek-inspired tradition, he is a brother of Jupiter and Pluto, with whom he presides over the realms of heaven, the earthly world (including the underworld), and the seas. Salacia is his wife. Depictions of Neptune in Roman mosaics, especially those in North Africa, were influenced by Hellenistic conventions. He was likely associated with freshwater springs before the sea; his festival, '' Neptunalia'', took place on July 23, during the peak of summer when water was scarcest. Like Poseidon, he was also worshipped by the Romans as a god of horses, ''Neptunus equestris,'' who was also a patron of horse-racing. Worship The theology of Neptune is limited by his close identification with the Greek god Poseidon, one of many members of the Greek pantheon whose theol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poseidon
Poseidon (; ) is one of the twelve Olympians in ancient Greek religion and mythology, presiding over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.Burkert 1985pp. 136–139 He was the protector of seafarers and the guardian of many Hellenic cities and colonies. In pre-Olympian Bronze Age Greece, Poseidon was venerated as a chief deity at Pylos and Thebes, with the cult title "earth shaker"; in the myths of isolated Arcadia, he is related to Demeter and Persephone and was venerated as a horse, and as a god of the waters.Seneca quaest. Nat. VI 6 :Nilsson Vol I p.450 Poseidon maintained both associations among most Greeks: he was regarded as the tamer or father of horses, who, with a strike of his trident, created springs (the terms for horses and springs are related in the Greek language).Nilsson Vol I p.450 His Roman equivalent is Neptune. Homer and Hesiod suggest that Poseidon became lord of the sea when, following the overthrow of his father Cronus, the world was divided ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Everworld
''Everworld'' is a fantasy novel series co-authored by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic between 1999 and 2001. It consists of twelve books and a companion music CD titled ''The Everworld Experience''. The Plot The series features five protagonists: David, April, Christopher, Senna and Jalil. When Senna is kidnapped by the wolf Fenrir , the remaining protagonists in an attempt to save her are catapulted into an alternative fantasy world, called Everworld. The protagonists live in both worlds, Everworld and the normal world. Every time they fall asleep, they can see what they are doing in the normal world; where they continue to lead their lives as usual. In Everworld, however; often accompanied by the god Loki , they will have to face powerful enemies and visit places that they thought existed only in fairy tales and myths, trying to survive, to prevent evil creatures from opening a pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animorphs
''Animorphs'' is a science fantasy series of youth books written by Katherine Applegate and her husband Michael Grant, writing together under the name K. A. Applegate, and published by Scholastic. It is told in first person, with all six main characters taking turns narrating the books through their own perspectives. The core themes of the series are horror, war, imperialism, dehumanization, sanity, morality, innocence, leadership, freedom, family, and growing up. Published between June 1996 and May 2001, the series consists of 54 books and includes ten companion books, eight of which fit into the series' continuity (the '' Animorphs Chronicles'' and ''Megamorphs'' books) and two that are gamebooks not fitting into the continuity (the ''Alternamorphs'' books). The books were adapted into a television series of the same name on Nickelodeon, YTV and Global Television Network, which ran from 1998 to 1999. The series has also been adapted to audiobook form as well as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mutation (novel)
This is a list of all books in the ''Animorphs'' series by K. A. Applegate. For a list of authors who ghostwrote much of this series using Applegate's name, see . List of main books and companion books in publication order There are fifty-four books in the main series. Chronological list This is a chronological list of the ''Animorphs'' books by K. A. Applegate, as applies to storyline continuity. *''The Andalite Chronicles'' () **This book is divided into three parts: #1: ''Elfangor's Journey'', #2: ''Alloran's Choice'', and #3: ''An Alien Dies''. *''1: The Invasion'' (Spring 1997) *''2: The Visitor'' *''3: The Encounter'' *''4: The Message'' *''5: The Predator'' *''6: The Capture'' *''7: The Stranger'' *''Megamorphs 1: The Andalite's Gift'' (Summer 1997) *''8: The Alien'' *''9: The Secret'' *''10: The Android'' *''11: The Forgotten'' *''12: The Reaction'' *''13: The Change'' *''14: The Unknown'' *''15: The Escape'' *''16: The Warning'' *''17: The Underground'' *''18: The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
