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Firebird (Tyers Novel)
''Firebird'' is a science fiction Romance novel, romance by American writer Kathy Tyers; originally published in 1986, it was rewritten as Christian science fiction and republished in 1999. The second edition is part one of a three-part series, entitled ''Firebird: A Trilogy''. The protagonist is Lady Firebird Angelo, a ''wastling'' of the Naetai royal family. Wastlings are younger offspring of noble houses who are doomed to ''geis'', or honorable suicide, so as not to upset the succession of their older siblings (and their children) to political power. Firebird disagrees with the actions of her government, but is compelled by honor to support it. Plot summary First edition Firebird is the third daughter of the Queen of Naetai and a military pilot. Because she is a wastling, an unwanted heir to the throne, she is considered expendable. Leading her tagwing fighter group of wastlings on a suicide mission as part of a venture to capture a Federate world outpost, she is capture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firebird (Tyers Novel)
''Firebird'' is a science fiction Romance novel, romance by American writer Kathy Tyers; originally published in 1986, it was rewritten as Christian science fiction and republished in 1999. The second edition is part one of a three-part series, entitled ''Firebird: A Trilogy''. The protagonist is Lady Firebird Angelo, a ''wastling'' of the Naetai royal family. Wastlings are younger offspring of noble houses who are doomed to ''geis'', or honorable suicide, so as not to upset the succession of their older siblings (and their children) to political power. Firebird disagrees with the actions of her government, but is compelled by honor to support it. Plot summary First edition Firebird is the third daughter of the Queen of Naetai and a military pilot. Because she is a wastling, an unwanted heir to the throne, she is considered expendable. Leading her tagwing fighter group of wastlings on a suicide mission as part of a venture to capture a Federate world outpost, she is capture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romance Novel
A romance novel or romantic novel generally refers to a type of genre fiction novel which places its primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and usually has an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Precursors include authors of literary fiction, such as Samuel Richardson, Jane Austen, and Charlotte Brontë. There are many subgenres of the romance novel, including fantasy, gothic, contemporary, historical romance, paranormal fiction, and science fiction. Although women are the main readers of romance novels a growing number of men enjoy them as well. The Romance Writers of America cite 16% of men read romance novels. "Many people today don’t realize that romance is more than a love story. Romance can be a complex plotline with a setting from the past in a remote, faraway place. Instead of focusing on a love story, it idealizes values and principles that seem lost in today’s world of technology and instant gratification. However, roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathy Tyers
Kathy Tyers is an American science fiction author. Biography Kathy Tyers Gillin (née Moore) was born and raised in Long Beach, California. She obtained a degree in microbiology from Montana State University, where she met her first husband, Mark Tyers. After their marriage, she returned to school and became certified to teach grades K-12. When their church opened a private school, she took over teaching the lower grades. In 1979, she retired from teaching to start a family; her son Matthew was born in 1981, and she began writing in earnest two years later. Tyers published her first novel, ''Firebird,'' with Bantam Spectra in 1986. She subsequently published '' Fusion Fire'' (1988; a sequel to ''Firebird''), '' Crystal Witness'' (1989) and '' Shivering World'' (1991). During this period she also authored a nonfiction travel book and, with her husband, released two CDs of folk music, ''Leave Her, Johnny'' and '' The Very Best Dreams'' on which she played flute and Irish harp. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Science Fiction
Christian science fiction is a subgenre of both Christian literature and science fiction, in which there are strong Christian themes, or which are written from a Christian point of view.Mort (2002) These themes may be subtle, expressed by way of analogy, or more explicit.Sammons (1988) p. 21. Major influences include early science fiction authors such as C. S. Lewis, while more recent figures include Stephen Lawhead. The term is not usually applied to works simply because most or all of the characters are Christian, or simply because the author is Christian. Influences While earlier works such as Victor Rousseau's '' The Messiah of the Cylinder'' (1917) are regarded as part of the Christian science fiction subgenre,Pierce (1989), p. 43. John Mort argues that the most influential Christian science fiction author was C. S. Lewis,Mort (2002), p. 159. After raising Stephen Lawhead and Orson Scott Card as exceptions, Mort states, "Both are major voices, so much so that neither owes muc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firebird Angelo
Firebird Angelo is the protagonist of the ''Firebird'' science fiction series of books by American writer Kathy Tyers. Firebird Angelo is described in the series as impatient, prideful, and desperate for attention. These attributes were formed in response to her wastling upbringing. Biography Netaian nobility Firebird is the youngest of four children, all daughters, of the queen. One is dead (Firebird suspects that Phoena, originally the third-born, killed her), Carradee Angelo is heir apparent, and Phoena Angelo is a reserve heir. This leaves Firebird as a ''wastling'', an extra child that is not needed to safeguard the family succession. Thus, she is to be given her ''geis'' orders, orders for an honorable death, through military or suicide. Wastlings most often enrol in military service as a way to display family honour and discharge the noble duty. In this, Firebird excelled, becoming a superior fighter pilot and team commander. This duty also created the opportunity to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brennen Caldwell
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Brennen is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: *Brennen Beyer, (born 1992), American football player * Brennen Carvalho (born 1985), American football player *Brennen Jones (born 1987), Canadian curler * David A. Brennen, American jurist and academic administrator *Edward Brennen, British philanthropist who lived and died in India. See also *Brenen, surname *Brennan (given name) *Brennan (surname) Brennan is an Irish surname which is an Anglicised form of two different Irish language surnames—Ó Braonáin and Ó Branáin. Historically, one source of the surname was the prominent clan Ua Braonáin (O'Brennan) of Uí Duach (Idough) in Osr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telepath
Telepathy () is the purported vicarious transmission of information from one person's mind to another's without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction. The term was first coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Frederic W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR), and has remained more popular than the earlier expression ''thought-transference''.Glossary of Parapsychological terms – Telepathy – . Retrieved December 19, 2006. Telepathy experiments have historically been criticized for a lack of proper controls and repeatability. There is no good evidence that telepathy e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proselytizing
Proselytism () is the policy of attempting to convert people's religious or political beliefs. Proselytism is illegal in some countries. Some draw distinctions between ''evangelism'' or '' Da‘wah'' and proselytism regarding proselytism as involuntary or coerced but it can also be understood to merely be a synonym. Etymology The English-language word ''proselytize'' derives from the Greek language prefix (, "toward") and the verb (, "I come") in the form of (, "newcomer"). Historically, in the Koine Greek Septuagint and New Testament, the word ''proselyte'' denoted a Gentile who was considering conversion to Judaism. Although the word ''proselytism'' originally referred to converting to Judaism (and earlier related to Gentiles such as God-fearers), it now implies an attempt of any religion or religious individuals to convert people to their belief. Arthur J. Serratelli, the Catholic Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey, observed that the meaning of the word ''proselytism'' has cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
