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Weyland (other)
Weyland or Weylandt may refer to: In mythology * Weyland or Wayland the Smith, a legendary smith in Germanic and Norse mythology ** Völundarkviða, the ''Lay of Weyland'', a Norse epic poem about the smith People * Bernadette Weyland, German politician * Thomas Weyland (1230–1298), British justice * Jacob Weyland (fl. 1705), Dutch explorer of the New Guinea coast who discovered Geelvink Bay * Richard Weyland (1780–1864), British politician * Joseph Weyland (1826–1894), German bishop * Paul Weyland (1888–1972), German anti-Semitic conman and agitator who organized an anti-Einstein campaign * Hermann Weyland (1888–1974), German botanist and chemist * Otto P. Weyland (1903–1979), American Air Force General * Marcel Weyland (born 1927), Polish-Australian translator * Jack Weyland (born 1940), American physicist and author * Joseph Weyland (born 1943), Luxembourgish diplomat * Wouter Weylandt (1984–2011), Belgian cyclist who died in the Giro d'Italia Fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayland The Smith
In Germanic mythology, Wayland the Smith (; , ; Old Frisian: Wela(n)du; ; ; (); from ', lit. "crafting one") is a master blacksmith originating in Germanic heroic legend, described by Jessie Weston as "the weird and malicious craftsman, Weyland".Weston, J. (1929). 'Legendary Cycles of the Middle Age', in Tanner, J.R. (ed.), ''The Cambridge Medieval History'' Vol. VI, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, p. 841f. Wayland's story is most clearly told in the Old Norse sources '' Völundarkviða'' (a poem in the ''Poetic Edda'') and '' Þiðreks saga''. In them, Wayland is a smith who is enslaved by a king. Wayland takes revenge by killing the king's sons and then escapes by crafting a winged cloak and flying away. A number of other visual and textual sources clearly allude to similar stories, most prominently the Old English poem ''Deor'' and the Franks Casket. Wayland is also mentioned in passing in a wide range of texts, such as the Old English '' Waldere'' and ''Beow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Predator (franchise)
''Predator'' is an American science fiction film, science fiction action film, action Anthology series#Film, anthology media franchise primarily centered on encounters between humans and a fictional species of Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial Trophy hunting, trophy hunters known as the Predator (fictional species), Predators. Produced and distributed by 20th Century Studios, the series was initially conceived by screenwriters Jim and John Thomas. The series began with the film ''Predator (film), Predator'' (1987), directed by John McTiernan, and was followed by several sequels—''Predator 2'' (1990), ''Predators (film), Predators'' (2010), ''The Predator (film), The Predator'' (2018), ''Prey (2022 film), Prey'' (2022), ''Predator: Killer of Killers'' (2025), and ''Predator: Badlands'' (2025)—as well as a range of expanded universe media, including comic books, novels, and video games, including ''Predator: Concrete Jungle'' (2005) and ''Predator: Hunting Grounds'' (202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerry Pournelle
Jerry Eugene Pournelle (; August 7, 1933 – September 8, 2017) was an American scientist in the area of operations research and ergonomics, human factors research, a science fiction writer, essayist, journalist, and one of the first bloggers. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he worked in the aerospace industry, but eventually focused on his writing career. In an obituary in ''Gizmodo'', he was described as "a tireless ambassador for the future." Pournelle's hard science fiction writing received multiple awards. In addition to his solo writing, he wrote several novels with collaborators including Larry Niven. Pournelle served a term as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Pournelle's journalism focused primarily on the computer industry, astronomy, and space exploration. From the 1970s until the early 1990s, he contributed to the computer magazine ''Byte (magazine), Byte'', writing from the viewpoint of an intelligent user, with the oft-cited credo, "We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Niven
Laurence van Cott Niven (; born April 30, 1938) is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel ''Ringworld'' won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, Hugo, Locus Award, Locus, Ditmar Award, Ditmar, and Nebula Award for Best Novel, Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote ''The Mote in God's Eye'' (1974) and ''Lucifer's Hammer'' (1977). The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him the 2015 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and Adventure novel, adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series ''The Magic Goes Away'', works of rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource. Biography Niven was born in Los Angeles. He is a great-grandson of Edward L. Doheny, an oil tycoon who drilled the first successful well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field in 1892, and also was subsequently implicat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beowulf's Children
''Beowulf's Children'' is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, first published in 1995. It is a sequel to ''The Legacy of Heorot''. The book was published in the United Kingdom as ''The Dragons of Heorot'' in 1995. The novel concerns the actions and fate of the second generation of colonists on the planet Avalon. Plot summary As the story opens the second generation of Avalon's colonists are coming of age, and the potential for teenage rebellion has never been so strong. The original colonists (the "Earth-born"), although selected for optimal physical and mental attributes, suffered varying levels of brain damage due to the unforeseen effects of long periods of chemically and temperature-induced hibernation necessary to survive the long journey to Avalon. Their children (the "star-born") have no such disability; instead, they are geniuses with feeble-minded parents. The Grendel Wars (in which the Earth-Born's short-sighte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Legacy Of Heorot
''The Legacy of Heorot'' is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes, first published in 1987. Reproduction and fertility expert Dr Jack Cohen acted as a consultant on the book, designing the novel life cycle of the alien antagonists, the grendels. This is the first book in the Heorot series. It concerns the establishment of the first human colony on Avalon, the fourth planet of Tau Ceti. Plot summary Two hundred colonists arrive on Avalon, having made the 100-year journey from Earth in suspended animation on the starship ''Geographic''. The colonists, selected for their outstanding physical and mental acuity, make a terrible discovery: the suspended animation has damaged their intellect and reasoning skills. Some are only mildly afflicted, while others have serious intellectual disabilities; eight cannot be reanimated at all. The colonists build a settlement on an isolated island, and begin growing crops and stocking the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netrunner
''Netrunner'' is an out-of-print collectible card game (CCG) designed by Richard Garfield, the creator of '' Magic: The Gathering''. It was published by Wizards of the Coast and introduced in April 1996. It was produced until 1999. The game took place in the setting for the ''Cyberpunk 2020'' role-playing game (RPG), but it also drew from the broader cyberpunk genre. In 2012, Fantasy Flight Games released '' Android: Netrunner'', a new card game based on ''Netrunner'', under license from Wizards of the Coast. Since 2019, the game has been run by the nonprofit games publisher Null Signal Games. Gameplay ''Netrunner'' depicts cyberspace combat between a global mega-corporation (the Corp) and a hacker (the Runner). The Corp aims to complete its secret agendas before the Runner can hack in and steal data. It isn't easy, though, as the Corp has strong defensive ''data forts'' protected by malevolent computer programs known as ''ICE'' (short for Intrusion Countermeasures Electronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dark Is Rising Sequence
''The Dark Is Rising Sequence'' is a series of five contemporary fantasy novels for older children and young adults that were written by the British author Susan Cooper and published from 1965 to 1977. The first book in the series, '' Over Sea, Under Stone'', was originally conceived as a stand-alone novel, and the sequence gets its name from the second novel in the series, '' The Dark Is Rising''. ''The Dark Is Rising Sequence'' is used as an overarching title in several omnibus, boxed-set, and coordinated editions; but the title of ''The Dark Is Rising'' is also used for the whole series. The books depict a struggle between forces of good and evil called "The Light" and "The Dark", and draw upon Arthurian legends, Celtic mythology, Norse mythology and English folklore. The books were also influenced by Cooper's reading of Robert Graves' study of mythology, ''The White Goddess''. Both magical and ordinary children are prominent throughout the series. It was inaugurated in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fables Characters
This article is a list of characters in the comic book series ''Fables (comics), Fables'' and its spin-offs (including ''Jack of Fables'', ''Cinderella: From Fabletown with Love'', ''Fairest (comics), Fairest'', ''1001 Nights of Snowfall'', and ''Peter & Max: A Fables Novel'') published by Vertigo Comics. New York Fables Bigby Wolf Snow White Snow White is a major character in ''Fables (comics), Fables''. She is based on two stories recorded by the Brothers Grimm, ''Snow-White and Rose-Red'' and the more famous ''Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves''. Snow White was born in a small cottage and lived there with her younger twin sister List of characters in Fables#Rose Red, Rose Red. In their youth, they were inseparable, swearing to each other that nothing would ever come between them, but they later had a falling out. Snow eventually married Prince Charming, but they divorced after she found him in bed with Rose. As revealed late in the series' run, she and Rose Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Race (franchise)
The ''Death Race'' series is a car combat franchise encompassing a series of films and other media centered on a reality show set in a prison, where inmates race against each other in order to win their freedom. Films ''Death Race 2000'' (1975) ''Death Race 2000'' is a 1975 cult action film. It stars David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, Louisa Moritz, and Don Steele, and was directed by Paul Bartel. In the near future, the ultimate sporting event is the Death Race. Contestants score points for running people down as they speed across the country. The sport has crazed fans who sacrifice themselves to the drivers. A covert group is trying to bring an end to the immoral Death Race and has infiltrated one of their followers into the race as a navigator of the top driver. In the end, the lives of the competitors, the President and the Death Race itself are in peril. The screenplay was based on the short story "The Racer" by Ib Melchior.Bosnan, John & Nichols, Pet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weyland-Yutani
''Alien'' is a science fiction horror and action media franchise centered on the original film series which depicts warrant officer Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as the Alien ("Xenomorph"), and the prequel series following the exploits of the David 8 android (Michael Fassbender) and the aliens referred to as the "Engineers". Produced and distributed by 20th Century Studios, the series began with '' Alien'' (1979), directed by Ridley Scott, and was followed by three sequels: ''Aliens'' (1986), directed by James Cameron; ''Alien 3'' (1992), directed by David Fincher; and ''Alien Resurrection'' (1997), directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Scott also directed the prequel series films ''Prometheus'' (2012) and '' Alien: Covenant'' (2017). This was followed by '' Alien: Romulus'' (2024), which is set between the first two films and was directed by Fede Álvarez. The series has led to numerous novels, comics, vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prometheus (2012 Film)
''Prometheus'' is a 2012 science fiction film, science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. It is the fifth installment of the Alien (franchise), ''Alien'' film series and features an ensemble cast including Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron. Set in the late 21st century, the film centers on the crew of the spaceship ''Prometheus'' as it follows a star map discovered among the artifacts of several ancient Earth cultures. Seeking the origins of humanity, the crew arrives on a distant world and discovers a threat that could cause human extinction. Scott and director James Cameron developed ideas for a film that would serve as a prequel to Scott's science-fiction horror film ''Alien (film), Alien'' (1979). In 2002, the development of ''Alien vs. Predator (film), Alien vs. Predator'' (2004) took precedence, and the project remained dormant until 2009 when Scott a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
