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Gregory Keyes
Gregory Keyes (born April 11, 1963) is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy who has written both original and media-related novels under both the names J. Gregory Keyes and Greg Keyes. Early life Keyes was born in Meridian, Mississippi, as John Gregory Keyes. He received degrees in anthropology from Mississippi State University and the University of Georgia before becoming a full-time writer. Writing career He is famous for his tetralogy '' The Age of Unreason'', a steampunk/alchemical story featuring Benjamin Franklin and Isaac Newton. He wrote the Babylon 5 ''Psi Corps'' trilogy, a history of the Psi Corps and a biography of Psi Corps member Alfred Bester. In 2003 he began a fantasy series titled '' The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone'', the first volume of which was ''The Briar King''. The second book in the series '' The Charnel Prince'' was published in 2004 and the third, '' The Blood Knight'', was published in July 2006. His fourth and final book of the quartet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Briar King
''The Briar King'' is a fantasy novel Fantasy literature is literature set in an imaginary universe, often but not always without any locations, events, or people from the real world. Magic, the supernatural and magical creatures are common in many of these imaginary worlds. Fa ... by American writer Greg Keyes, the first book of four in the series '' The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone''. Plot summary The Born Queen, Virgenya Dare, defeats the evil Skasloi with magic and frees humanity from slavery. The Skasloi king tells Virgenya humanity is cursed. About 2300 years later, Dare's grave is found by her descendant, rebellious Princess Anne. The forester Aspar White rescues a novice monk, Stephen Darige, from a kidnapping. Aspar is warned about the mythical Briar King by the strange Selfry travellers. Evil Prince Robert murders his sister and tricks his brother into war with nearby Hansa. Queen Muriele secretly sends Anne and her friend Austra to a convent to be trained as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empire Of Unreason
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) exercises political control over the peripheries. Within an empire, there is non-equivalence between different populations who have different sets of rights and are governed differently. Narrowly defined, an empire is a sovereign state whose head of state is an emperor; but not all states with aggregate territory under the rule of supreme authorities are called empires or ruled by an emperor; nor have all self-described empires been accepted as such by contemporaries and historians (the Central African Empire, and some Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in early England being examples). There have been "ancient and modern, centralized and decentralized, ultra-brutal and relatively benign" Empires. An important distinction has been between land empires ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Calculus Of Angels
''A Calculus of Angels'' is an alternate history and fantasy novel by American writer Gregory Keyes, the second book in '' The Age of Unreason'' series. It was initially published by Del Rey on March 30, 1999. A follow up to '' Newton's Cannon'', the book is set in 1722 and continues the alternate history where Isaac Newton discovers that alchemy Alchemy (from Arabic: ''al-kīmiyā''; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, ''khumeía'') is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practiced in China, India, the Muslim world, ... works, and a powerful science is built upon it. References External links * Sources * "A Calculus of Angels (Book)." Publishers Weekly 246.12 (22 March 1999): 74. * Green, Roland. "Adult books: Fiction." Booklist 95.16 (15 April 1999): 1518. * Cassada, Jackie, and Barbara Hoffert. "Book Reviews: Fiction." Library Journal 124.7 (15 April 1999): 148. * Vretos, Linda A., and Trevelyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newton's Cannon
''Newton's Cannon'' (1998) is a science fantasy novel by American writer Gregory Keyes, the first book in his '' The Age of Unreason'' series. The protagonist for the novel is Benjamin Franklin; other key characters to the novel are James Franklin – Ben's brother, John Collins – Ben's friend, as well as Adrienne and King Louis XIV – the Sun King. ''The Age of Unreason'' Series The other three novels of the series are: *''A Calculus of Angels'' *''Empire of Unreason'' *'' The Shadow of Gods'' See also *Space gun Space Gun may refer to: * Space gun, a method of launching an object into space * ''Space Gun'' (album), a 2018 album by Guided by Voices * ''Space Gun'' (video game), a 1990 arcade game * Ljutic Space Gun, a 12 gauge single-shot shotgun See also * ... External links * References *Green, Roland. "New SF and fantasy books." Booklist 94.18 (15 May 1998): 1601. *KILLHEFFER, ROBERT K.J. "Books." Fantasy & Science Fiction 96.3 (Mar. 1999): 35. *Cassada, Jacki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blackgod
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguistics is concerned with both the cognitive and social aspects of language. It is considered a scientific field as well as an academic discipline; it has been classified as a social science, natural science, cognitive science,Thagard, PaulCognitive Science, The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2008 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.). or part of the humanities. Traditional areas of linguistic analysis correspond to phenomena found in human linguistic systems, such as syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences); semantics (meaning); morphology (structure of words); phonetics (speech sounds and equivalent gestures in sign languages); phonology (the abstract sound system of a particular language); and pragmatics (how social con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fencing (sport)
Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, singlestick, appeared in the 1904 Olympics but was dropped after that and is not a part of modern fencing. Fencing was one of the first sports to be played in the Olympics. Based on the traditional skills of swordsmanship, the modern sport arose at the end of the 19th century, with the Italian school having modified the historical European martial art of classical fencing, and the French school later refining the Italian system. There are three forms of modern fencing, each of which uses a different kind of weapon and has different rules; thus the sport itself is divided into three competitive scenes: foil, épée, and sabre. Most competitive fencers choose to specialize in one weapon only. Competitive fencing is one of the five activitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Of Souls
''Lord of Souls'' is a fantasy novel by Greg Keyes. It is the second of two books based on ''The Elder Scrolls'' series of video games. It was published on September 27, 2011 by Titan Books in the UK, and by Del Rey Books in the US. Plot Like its predecessor '' The Infernal City'', the novel ''Lord of Souls'' takes places about 40 years after the events of '' The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion'' and '' The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles'', and some 160 years prior to the events of '' The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim''. Prince Attrebus carries on with his quest to obtain a magical sword Umbra, which will be able to destroy the invaders from Umbriel. In the Imperial City however, the Penitus Oculatus Agent Colin finds evidence of betrayal in the heart of the Mede Empire. Sul and Attrebus, captured by Malacath, escape and resume the search for Umbra, and are led to a fort where the current wielder of Umbra has been buried alive after the sword drove him immediately insane. Annaig is agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by German media conglomerate Bertelsmann. History Random House was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer, two years after they acquired the Modern Library imprint from publisher Horace Liveright, which reprints classic works of literature. Cerf is quoted as saying, "We just said we were going to publish a few books on the side at random," which suggested the name Random House. In 1934 they published the first authorized edition of James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' in the Anglophone world. ''Ulysses'' transformed Random House into a formidable publisher over the next two decades. In 1936, it absorbed the firm of Smith and Haas—Robert Haas became the third partner until retiring and selling his share back to Cerf and Klopfer in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Infernal City
''The Infernal City'' is a fantasy novel by Greg Keyes. It is the first of two books based on ''The Elder Scrolls'' series of video games. It was published on November 24, 2009, by Titan Books in the UK, and Del Rey Books in the US. Plot Set 40 years after the events of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, an unknown mass has appeared on the coast of Black Marsh during a powerful storm, an event witnessed in a nightmare by a Dunmer assassin named Sul. Annaïg Hoïnart and Mere-Glim are living in Black Marsh when the mass arrives, now identified as the flying city of Umbriel. Once the city arrives, the two fly up to it, through the effects of a magic potion. While at the city, they witness everyone on the land below them dying due to Umbriel. The two are quickly captured, separated, and forced to work by the native of Umbriel, but before that Annaïg is able to send Coo, an enchanted bird that allows her to communicate over long distances, to Attrebus Mede, the prince of the Empire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oblivion
Oblivion may refer to: Film * ''Oblivion'' (1994 film), an American space Western * ''Oblivion'' (2013 film), an American post-apocalyptic science fiction film Literature * ''Oblivion'' (''Power of Five''), a 2012 novel by Anthony Horowitz * ''Oblivion'' (Stone novel), a 1998 Bernice Summerfield/''Doctor Who'' novel by Dave Stone * ''Oblivion'', a novel by Peter Abrahams * '' Oblivion: Stories'', a 2004 story collection by David Foster Wallace * ''Oblivion'', a 1999 book by Harry Maihafer about the disappearance of Richard Colvin Cox * ''Oblivion'', a play by Carly Mensch Music Artists and labels * Oblivion (metal band), an American band formed in 2007 * Oblivion (punk band), an American band 1988–2000 * Oblivion Records, an American record label 19721976 * Oblivion, a sub-label of the German record label SPV GmbH Albums * ''Oblivion'' (Biff Bang Pow! album), 1987 * ''Oblivion'' (Kaliopi album) or the title song, 2009 * ''Oblivion'' (Orphanage album), 1995 * ''Oblivio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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