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Birthday (short Story Collection)
is a story collection by Japanese writer Koji Suzuki and first published on February 5, 1999 in Japan. It is the fourth installment of Suzuki's ''Ring'' series. Plot The book consists of three short stories occurring in different timeframes within the ''Ring'' universe: Coffin in the Sky (空に浮かぶ棺, ''Sora ni Ukabu Hitsugi'') In November 1990, during the events of ''Spiral'', Mai Takano wakes up at the bottom of an exhaust shaft of a building near Tokyo Bay. The only way out is by climbing a fabric tied to a beam above, but her ankle is broken, and the shaft is too small for her to move about. Mai also finds out that she is pregnant, despite never having a sexual encounter. She experiences bouts of leaving and entering unconsciousness and tries to recall her life and the events leading up to this point. As a former aide of Ryuji Takayama, who died of the ring virus, she was ordered by his publisher to search for some missing work papers in his childhood home. Once t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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Ring (Suzuki Novel)
is a Japanese horror, Japanese mystery horror novel by Koji Suzuki first published in 1991, and set in modern-day Japan. The novel was the first in the Ring (novel series), ''Ring'' novel series, and the first of a trilogy, along with two sequels: ''Spiral (Suzuki novel), Spiral'' (1995) and ''Loop (novel), Loop'' (1998). The original ''Ring'' novel sold 500,000 copies by January 1998, and 1.5million copies by July 2000. ''Ring'' was the basis for the The Ring (franchise), ''Ring'' franchise, including a 1995 television film (''Ring (1995 film), Ring: Kanzenban''), a 1998 theatrical film of the same name (''Ring (film), Ring''), a television series (''Ring: The Final Chapter''), and two international film remakes of the 1998 film: a South Korean version (''The Ring Virus'') and an English-language version (''The Ring (2002 film), The Ring''). Plot After finding out three teenagers died at the same time and in the same bizarre manner as his niece, reporter Kazuyuki Asakawa of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ring (franchise)
''Ring'' (), also known as ''The Ring'', is a media franchise, based on the Ring (novel series), novel series of the same name written by Koji Suzuki. The franchise includes eight Japanese films, two television series, eight manga adaptations, three English-language Cinema of the United States, American film Remake, remakes, a Korean film remake, and two video games: ''The Ring: Terror's Realm'' and ''Ring: Infinity'' (both 2000). While most installments of the franchise are Drama (film and television), dramatic supernatural horror Horror fiction, fiction, other genres are also explored with the novel ''Loop (novel), Loop'' (1998) being science fiction-focused, and the manga series ''Sadako-san and Sadako-chan'' (2019) and ''Sadako at the End of the World'' (2020) and feature film ''Sadako DX'' (2022) being comedy-focused. The Japanese ''Ring'' films revolve around a cursed video tape; whoever watches the tape dies seven days later, unless the tape is copied and shown to another p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Short Story Collections
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched by NASA. * January 25 – The 6.2 1999 Colombia earthquake, Colombia earthquake hits western Colombia, killing at least 1,900 people. February * February 7 – Abdullah II of Jordan, Abdullah II inherits the throne of Jordan, following the death of his father King Hussein of Jordan, Hussein. * February 11 – Pluto moves along its eccentric orbit further from the Sun than Neptune. It had been nearer than Neptune since 1979, and will become again in 23rd century, 2231. * February 12 – U.S. President Bill Clinton is acquitted in Impeachment of Bill Clinton, impeachment proceedings in the United States Senate. * February 16 ** In Uzbekistan, an apparent 1999 Tashkent bombings, assassination attempt against President Isl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birthday
A birthday is the anniversary of the birth of a person or figuratively of an institution. Birthdays of people are celebrated in numerous cultures, often with birthday gifts, birthday cards, a birthday party, or a rite of passage. Many religions celebrate the birth of their founders or religious figures with special holidays (e.g. Christmas, Mawlid, Buddha's Birthday, Krishna Janmashtami, and Gurpurb). There is a distinction between birth''day'' and birth''date'' (also known as date of birth): the former, except for February 29, occurs each year (e.g. January 15), while the latter is the complete date when a person was born (e.g. January 15, 2001). Coming of age In most legal systems, one becomes a legal adult on a particular birthday when they reach the age of majority (usually between 12 and 21), and reaching age-specific milestones confers particular rights and responsibilities. At certain ages, one may become eligible to leave full-time education, become subject to milit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoughtography
Thoughtography, also called projected thermography, psychic photography, nengraphy, and ''nensha'' , is the claimed ability to "burn" images from one's mind onto surfaces such as photographic film by parapsychic means. While the term "thoughtography" has been in the English lexicon since 1913, the more recent term "projected thermography" is a neologism popularized in the 2002 American film '' The Ring'', a remake of the 1998 Japanese horror film '' Ring''. History Thoughtography (also known as psychic photography) first emerged in the late 19th century due to the influence of spirit photography. Thoughtography has no connection with Spiritualism, which distinguishes it from spirit photography. One of the first books to mention "psychic photography" was the book ''The New Photography'' (1896) by Arthur Brunel Chatwood. In the book Chatwood described experiments where the "image of objects on the retina of the human eye might so affect it that a photograph could be produced by look ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Sickness
Morning sickness, also called nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP), is a symptom of pregnancy. Despite the name, nausea or vomiting can occur at any time during the day. Typically the symptoms occur between the 4th and 16th weeks of pregnancy. About 10% of women still have symptoms after the 20th week of pregnancy. A severe form of the condition is known as hyperemesis gravidarum and results in weight loss. The cause of morning sickness is unknown but may relate to changing levels of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin. Some have proposed that morning sickness may be useful from an evolutionary point of view. Diagnosis should only occur after other possible causes have been ruled out. Abdominal pain, fever, or headaches are typically not present in morning sickness. Morning sickness affects about 70–80% of all pregnant women to some extent. About 60% of women experience vomiting. Hyperemesis gravidarum occurs in about 1.6% of pregnancies. Morning sickness can neg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Bay
is a bay located in the southern Kantō region of Japan spanning the coasts of Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Chiba Prefecture, on the southern coast of the island of Honshu. Tokyo Bay is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Uraga Channel. The Tokyo Bay region is the most populous and the largest industrialized area in Japan. Names In ancient times, the Japanese knew Tokyo Bay as the . By the Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600) the area had become known as after the city of Edo. The bay took its present name in modern times, after the Imperial court moved to Edo and renamed the city Tokyo in 1868. Geography Tokyo Bay juts prominently into the Kantō Plain. It is surrounded by the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture to the east and the Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture to the west. The shore of Tokyo Bay consists of a Diluvium, diluvial plateau and is subject to rapid marine erosion. Sediments on the shore of the bay make for a smooth, continuous shoreline. Bound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiral (Suzuki Novel)
is a 1995 Japanese novel, a part of author Koji Suzuki's ''Ring'' series. It is the second in the '' Ring series'', and a film based on the book was released in 1998. The English translation of the book was published by Vertical Press in the United States and by HarperCollins in Britain. Two direct film adaptations of the novel have been produced: the 1998 Japanese film '' Spiral'', and the 2017 American film '' Rings'', as well as a 1999 Japanese television series '' Rasen''. Plot Ando Mitsuo, a coroner still struggling with his son's death, is assigned to do the autopsy of his old classmate Ryūji Takayama. He and his colleague, Miyashita, find a tumor in Ryūji's heart, believed to be the cause of his death. Puzzled as the tumor appears similar to smallpox (which was eradicated in 1979), Ando completes the autopsy and, upon finding a newspaper poking through a suture, is reminded of Ryūji's cryptography hobby. Finding the newspaper numbers interesting, he decodes them an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
S (Suzuki Novel)
''S'' is the fifth novel in the ''Ring'' series by Koji Suzuki. It served as the basis of the film ''Sadako 3D'' and '' Sadako 3D 2''. The novel was released in English on December 19, 2017, under the title ''S (Es)''. It was also released in French on April 10, 2014, and is sold under the title ''Sadako''. Plot 25 years after the events of ''Spiral'', Takanori Ando, graphic designer at Studio Oz, a CG production company, is dating high school teacher Akane Maruyama. He plans to marry Akane, who is pregnant with his child, to hide the fact that he impregnated her out of wedlock. Company president Yoneda gives Takanori a USB drive with a recent viral video of a man committing suicide by hanging to reconfigure for a future project. Watching the file on his laptop, Takanori realizes that it is different from the 'viral' one. The suicidal man's body is positioned lower, revealing his neck. When inquired, Yoneda tells Takanori that it was given to him by Kiyomi Sakata, producer o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Books
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is an affinity group for contributors with shared goals within the Wikimedia movement. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia Wikipedia is a free content, free Online content, online encyclopedia that is written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy Wales and La ..., and exist to varying degrees within sibling projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loop (novel)
is a horror novel by Japanese writer Koji Suzuki, and the third in his series of ''Ring''. The story revolves around a simulated reality, exactly the same as our own, known as the Loop: created to simulate the emergence and evolution of life. It is in this alternate universe that the events of the previous novels, ''Ring'' and ''Spiral'', took place. ''Loop'' is the only book in the series to have not been the basis of any ''Ring'' films. However, the 2000 video game '' The Ring: Terror's Realm'' borrows a few elements from it, including a simulated reality called the Loop. Plot The story revolves around a medical student named Kaoru Futami. His father, Hideyuki, contracts a deadly disease known as Metastatic Human Cancer (MHC). This terminal cancer affects all forms of organic life: humans, animals, and plants. Events lead Hideyuki to tell Kaoru more about a research program he was involved in called the LOOP project: a virtual reality simulator meant to represent the emerge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
