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History 101 (novel)
''History 101'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mags L Halliday and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji. Synopsis Set in the Spanish Civil War, the book (Halliday's first novel) explores the construction of history and the experiences of George Orwell. The Doctor, Fitz, and Anji, after viewing Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" at the 1937 Paris exhibition, realise time has been changed. They travel back to Spain in order to uncover what affected the artist's vision of this terrible event. Author Liz Halliday (born 1971) is a British author who writes under the name "Mags L Halliday" in '' Doctor Who''-series of science fiction. She is distinct from the writer Liz Holliday, who has also contributed to ''Doctor Who''-related science fiction. In addition to ''History 101'' (2002) she contributed to the ''Faction Paradox'' series including the novel ''Warring States'' (2005). Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mags L Halliday
''History 101'' is a BBC Books original novel written by Mags L Halliday and based on the long-running British science fiction television series '' Doctor Who''. It features the Eighth Doctor, Fitz and Anji. Synopsis Set in the Spanish Civil War, the book (Halliday's first novel) explores the construction of history and the experiences of George Orwell. The Doctor, Fitz, and Anji, after viewing Pablo Picasso's "Guernica" at the 1937 Paris exhibition, realise time has been changed. They travel back to Spain in order to uncover what affected the artist's vision of this terrible event. Author Liz Halliday (born 1971) is a British author who writes under the name "Mags L Halliday" in '' Doctor Who''-series of science fiction. She is distinct from the writer Liz Holliday, who has also contributed to ''Doctor Who''-related science fiction. In addition to ''History 101'' (2002) she contributed to the ''Faction Paradox'' series including the novel ''Warring States'' (2005). Rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liz Holliday
Liz Holliday is a British editor and writer of science fiction and mystery. Life and early career Holliday has been a teacher and a youth leader, owned a bookshop and run a theatre company. The '' Guinness Book of Records'' listed her for playing an 84-hour non-stop ''Dungeons & Dragons'' marathon. Literary career Holliday edited the magazines ''Odyssey'' and ''3SF'', and was fiction editor for ''Valkyrie'' magazine for its first thirteen issues. She has written novelisations of British television programmes, including '' Cracker'' and ''Soldier Soldier''. Holliday's short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, including '' Dragon''. Her story "And She Laughed" was adapted for television as an episode of '' The Hunger'' in 1999. She has also written material for role-playing games such as '' Star Wars'' and '' C°ntinuum''. Bibliography Short fiction *"Third Person Singular" (''Temps, Volume 1'', 1991) *"Blind Fate" (''Weerde, Volume 1'', 1992) *"El Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Science Fiction Novels
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Briton ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Give 'Em Enough Rope
''Give 'Em Enough Rope'' is the second studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash. It was released on 10 November 1978 through CBS Records International, CBS Records. It was their first album released in the United States, preceding the U.S. version of The Clash (album), the self-titled album. The album was well received by critics and fans, peaking at number two in the United Kingdom UK Albums Chart, Albums Chart, and number 128 in the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200. The album is tied with ''Combat Rock'' for being the highest charting album for the Clash in their native United Kingdom. The album marked the first album appearance of drummer Topper Headon, who joined the band shortly after the recording of The Clash (album), their first album. Most of the tracks, as with the prior album, were written by guitarists Joe Strummer and Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist), Mick Jones, with the exception of "English Civil War (song), English Civil War" (a reworking of the tradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clash
The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 who were key players in the original wave of British punk rock. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they also contributed to the and new wave movements that emerged in the wake of punk and employed elements of a variety of genres including reggae, dub, funk, ska, and rockabilly. For most of their recording career, the Clash consisted of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Joe Strummer, lead guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones, bassist Paul Simonon, and drummer Nicky "Topper" Headon. Headon left the group in 1982 due to internal friction surrounding his increasing heroin addiction. Further internal friction led to Jones' departure the following year. The group continued with new members, but finally disbanded in early 1986. The Clash achieved critical and commercial success in the United Kingdom with the release of their self-titled debut album, ''The Clash'' (1977) and their second album, ''Give 'Em Enough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomsbury Publishing
Bloomsbury Publishing plc is a British worldwide publishing house of fiction and non-fiction. It is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index. Bloomsbury's head office is located in Bloomsbury, an area of the London Borough of Camden. It has a US publishing office located in New York City, an India publishing office in New Delhi, an Australia sales office in Sydney CBD and other publishing offices in the UK including in Oxford. The company's growth over the past two decades is primarily attributable to the ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling and, from 2008, to the development of its academic and professional publishing division. The Bloomsbury Academic & Professional division won the Bookseller Industry Award for Academic, Educational & Professional Publisher of the Year in both 2013 and 2014. Divisions Bloomsbury Publishing group has two separate publishing divisions—the Consumer division and the Non-Consumer division—supported by group functions, namely Sales and Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guernica (Picasso)
''Guernica'' (; ) is a large 1937 oil painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.Richardson (2016)Picasso, Pablo. Guernica.' Museo Reina Sofía. ''(Retrieved 2017-09-07.)'' It is one of his best-known works, regarded by many art critics as the most moving and powerful anti-war painting in history. It is exhibited in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid. The grey, black, and white painting, on a canvas tall and across, portrays the suffering wrought by violence and chaos. Prominent in the composition are a gored horse, a bull, screaming women, a dead baby, a dismembered soldier, and flames. Picasso painted ''Guernica'' at his home in Paris in response to the 26 April 1937 bombing of Guernica, a Basque Country town in northern Spain that was bombed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy at the request of the Spanish Nationalists. Upon completion, ''Guernica'' was exhibited at the Spanish display at the 1937 Paris International Exposition, and then at other venues around the world. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continuum (journal)
''Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal affiliated with the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia. It was established in 1987 by Thomas O'Regan and Brian Shoesmith. It is edited by Panizza Allmark (Senior/Chief Editor), John Tebbutt and Timothy Laurie. The journal is published by Taylor & Francis. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is a bibliography for social science and interdisciplinary research. The database focuses on the social science disciplines of anthropology, economics, politics and sociology, and rela .... External links * Cultural Studies Association of Australasia Taylor & Francis academic journals English-language journals Cultural journals Academic journals established in 1988 Bimonthly journals {{cultural-studies-journal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orwellian
"Orwellian" is an adjective describing a situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free and open society. It denotes an attitude and a brutal policy of draconian control by propaganda, surveillance, disinformation, denial of truth (doublethink), and manipulation of the past, including the "unperson"—a person whose past atrocity is idealised from the public record and memory, practiced by modern repressive governments. Often, this includes the circumstances depicted in his novels, particularly ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' but political doublespeak is criticized throughout his work, such as in ''Politics and the English Language''. ''The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...'' has said t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interzone (magazine)
''Interzone'' is a British fantasy and science fiction magazine. Published since 1982, ''Interzone'' is the eighth-longest-running English language science fiction magazine in history, and the longest-running British science fiction (SF) magazine. Stories published in ''Interzone'' have been finalists for the Hugo Awards and have won a Nebula Award and numerous British Science Fiction Awards. History ''Interzone'' was initially produced by an unpaid collective of eight peopleJohn Clute, Alan Dorey, Malcolm Edwards, Colin Greenland, Graham James, Roz Kaveney, Simon Ounsley and David Pringle. According to Dorey, the group had been fans of the science fiction magazine ''New Worlds'' and wanted to create a "''New Worlds'' for the 1980s, something that would publish only great fiction and be a proper outlet for new writers." While the magazine started as an editorial collective, soon editor David Pringle was the driving force behind ''Interzone''. In 1984 ''Interzone'' received a ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
