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Light Fantastic (other)
Light Fantastic may refer to: Film and TV * ''Light Fantastic'' (TV series), a BBC Four documentary television series about the history and discovery of light * "The Light Fantastic", an episode of '' ABC Stage 67'' * "The Light Fantastic", an episode An episode is a narrative unit within a larger dramatic work or documentary production, such as a serial (radio and television), series intended for radio, television or Streaming media, streaming consumption. Etymology The noun ''episode'' is ... of ''Pokémon'' Other * '' The Light Fantastic'', a satirical fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett * ''The Light Fantastic'', a ''Star Trek'' novel * ''Light Fantastic'' (album), a 1999 album by Steve Roach See also * Trip the light fantastic (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Fantastic (TV Series)
''Light Fantastic'' is the title of a television documentary series that explores the phenomenon of light and aired in December 2004 on BBC Four. The series comprised four programmes respectively titled: "Let There Be Light"; "The Light of Reason"; "The Stuff of Light"; and "Light, the Universe and Everything." The material was presented by Cambridge academic Simon Schaffer.http://www.bbc.co.uBBC Light Fantastic/ref> Let There Be Light The first episode shows how the desire, by Greek, Arab and Christian scholars to penetrate the divine nature of light led to modern science's origins. The programme explores the contributions of Empedocles; Euclid; Al Hazen; Roger Bacon; Descartes and Isaac Newton.''Let There Be Light'' 7 August 2006 01:50 BBC Four Greek scholars The nature of light, and how we see, was first investigated by the early Greek philosophers. Light seemed to fill all space while allowing a kind of penetration of the world thus offering a clue to the structure of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Stage 67
''ABC Stage 67'' is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly American television shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries and original musicals. It premiered on ABC on September 14, 1966, with Murray Schisgal's ''The Love Song of Barney Kempinski'', directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Later programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost and Jack Paar. Ultimately, ABC's effort to revive the popular anthology series format from the 1950s failed.Terrace, Vincent (2009). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007'' (Volume 1 A-E). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Light Fantastic
''The Light Fantastic'' is a comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett, the second of the ''Discworld'' series. It was published on 2 June 1986, the first printing being of 1,034 copies. The title is taken from ''L'Allegro'', a poem by John Milton, and refers to dancing lightly with extravagance, although in the novel it is explained as "the light that lies on the far side of darkness, the light fantastic. It was a rather disappointing purple colour." The events of the novel are a direct continuation of those in the preceding book, ''The Colour of Magic''. Plot summary The book begins shortly after the ending of ''The Colour of Magic'', with wizard Rincewind, the tourist Twoflower, and the Luggage falling from the Discworld. They are saved when the Octavo, the most powerful book of magic on the Discworld, readjusts reality to prevent the loss of one of its eight spells. The spell had lodged in Rincewind's head when he was a student at Unseen University. Rincewind, Twoflower a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Trek Novels
The ''Star Trek'' franchise's first tie-in publications were James Blish's 1967 volume of episode novelizations and Mack Reynolds's 1968 young adult novel '' Mission to Horatius''. Since 1968, more than 850 original novels, short story collections, episode and film novelizations, and omnibus editions have been published. Novels based on ''Star Trek'', '' The Next Generation'', ''Discovery'', and ''Picard'' are currently in print. As recently as 2020, novels based on '' Deep Space Nine'', ''Enterprise'', and '' Voyager'' were published. Original concept and flagship series such as ''New Frontier'', ''Titan'', ''Seekers'', and ''Vanguard'' have also been published since 1994. Official publishers of ''Star Trek'' novels include Simon & Schuster and U.K. publisher Titan Books. Bantam Books published novels from 1967 to 1981. Past publishers include Western Publishing, Random House imprints Ballantine and Del Rey Books, Science Fiction Book Club. Publishers Heyne and Cross Cult p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Light Fantastic (album)
''Light Fantastic'' is an album by the American ambient musician Steve Roach, released in 1999. Track listing Personnel * Steve Roach – arranger, composer, producer, performer * Stephen Hill – art direction * Vir Unis – computer (filter and fractal groove creation infusions) * Jeremy Hulette – design * Bob Olhsson – mastering *Stephen Hill – mastering * Roger King – pre-mastering References External links ''Light Fantastic''at Hearts of Space Records ''Light Fantastic''at Discogs Discogs ( ; short for " discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''T ... {{Authority control 1999 albums Steve Roach (musician) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
