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World Of Wonder (television Series)
World of wonder may refer to: *World of Wonder (company), an independent television and film production company * ''World of Wonder'' (magazine), a UK children's magazine * ''World of Wonders'' (novel), the third novel in Robertson Davies' Deptford Trilogy *World of Wonder (anthology), a 1951 anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories edited by Fletcher Pratt * ''World of Wonders'' (album), a 1986 album by Bruce Cockburn Worlds of Wonder may refer to: * Worlds of Wonder (amusement park), an amusement park in Noida, India *Worlds of Wonder (game), a role-playing game *Worlds of Wonder (toy company), a 1980s American toy company * ''Worlds of Wonder'' (collection), a 1949 collection science fiction stories by Olaf Stapledon *''Worlds of Wonder: How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy'', a book by David Gerrold See also *Wonders of the World (other) Wonders of the World are lists compiled over the ages that catalogue remarkable natural and man-made constructions. Wond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Wonder (company)
World of Wonder Productions is an American production company founded in 1991 by filmmakers Randy Barbato and Portsmouth-born Fenton Bailey. Based in Los Angeles, California, the company specializes in documentary television and film productions with a key focus on sexuality, erotica, and the sexual subculture. Together, Bailey and Barbato have produced programming through World of Wonder for HBO, Bravo, HGTV, Showtime, the BBC, Netflix, and VH1 with credits including the ''Million Dollar Listing'' docuseries, ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', and the documentary films '' Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures'' (2016) and '' The Eyes of Tammy Faye'' (2000). World of Wonder is perhaps best known for its contributions towards LGBTQ programming, for which they won an Outfest Annual Achievement Award in 2011. Their most well known LGBTQ production is ''RuPaul's Drag Race'', having managed the career of drag queen and titular host RuPaul for many years before this, eventually producing the fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Wonder (magazine)
''World of Wonder'' was a British educational magazine for children published by IPC's Fleetway Publications (formerly Amalgamated Press) from 1970 to 1975. It was launched under the editorship of Robert Bartholomew with a cover price of 1/6 on 28 March 1970, and it replaced the earlier title, ''Tell Me Why''. It was printed and published in the Netherlands.Associated magazines ''Look and Learn''. Retrieved: 2011-04-27. The magazine was similar in content to '''', which the company had been publishing for eight years, and shared many of its best artists, including |
World Of Wonders (novel)
''World of Wonders'' is the third novel in Robertson Davies's The Deptford Trilogy, Deptford Trilogy. First published by Macmillan of Canada in 1975 in literature, 1975, this novel focuses on the life-story of the fictional magic (illusion), conjuror Magnus Eisengrim. Plot Magnus Eisengrim (also known by at least four other names throughout the trilogy) tells the story of his life to a group of filmmakers who are producing a biographical film about the great magician Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin for the BBC. They are headed by the world-famous Swedish director Jurgen Lind (evidently modeled on Ingmar Bergman). Also present during the story are Eisengrim's friends Dunstan Ramsay and Liesl, who both appear in the earlier installments of the Deptford Trilogy. Ramsay reprises the role of narrator which he played in the first novel, ''Fifth Business'', but in this case it is only to add context and continuity to the internal narration of Eisengrim. The life story of Eisengrim pulls tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Wonder (anthology)
''World of Wonder'' is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories edited by Fletcher Pratt, published in hardcover by Twayne in 1951. No subsequent editions were issued. Contents * "Foreword", Edith R. Mirrielees * "The Nature of Imaginative Literature", Fletcher Pratt (essay) * "He Walked Around the Horses", H. Beam Piper (''Astounding'' 1948) * "Roads of Destiny", O. Henry (''Roads of Destiny'' 1909) * "The Red Queen’s Race", Isaac Asimov (''Astounding'' 1949) * "Child’s Play", William Tenn (''Astounding'' 1947) * "The Finest Story in the World", Rudyard Kipling (''Contemporary Review'' 1891) * "Etaoin Shrdlu", Fredric Brown ( ''Unknown'' 1942) * "Mistake Inside", James Blish (''Startling Stories'' 1948) * "Private—Keep Out!", Philip MacDonald (''F&SF'' 1949) * "They", Robert A. Heinlein (''Unknown'' 1941) * ''Metamorphosis'', Franz Kafka (1937) * "Back There in the Grass", Gouverneur Morris (''Collier's Weekly'' 1911) * "The Mark of the Beast", Rudyard Kipling ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Wonders (album)
''World of Wonders'' is the fifteenth full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1986 by True North Records. A video for "Call it Democracy" was produced, and received a moderate amount of airplay on MTV. Reception In a retrospective review, Allmusic critic Brett Hartenbach wrote the album, "Whereas that record's best moments centered around his time in Central America, World of Wonders takes you across the globe, through Berlin, Chile, parts of the Caribbean, and North America. Along the way, Cockburn, who has always been intrigued by life's contradictions, is both "dazzled... at this world of wonders" and troubled, "...when life isn't so sweet." Bruce Cockburn is a complex artist writing about complex times, and World of Wonders does a good job of capturing that." Track listing All songs written by Bruce Cockburn. #"Call it Democracy" – 3:50 #"Lily of the Midnight Sky" – 4:44 #"World of Wonders" – 4:45 #"Berlin Tonight" – 7 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worlds Of Wonder (game)
''Worlds of Wonder'' is a multi-genre set of three role-playing games (RPGs) produced by Chaosium in 1982 that all used the Basic Role-Playing set of rules. Description Chaosium, like other early RPG publishers, created several games in different genres, each with its own set of rules for character generation, combat, etc. Characters from one game couldn't be exported to another game without a complete overhaul of abilities, skills, weapons and equipment. In 1980, in an effort to create a standardized rule system, Chaosium published a generic game system called ''Basic Role-Playing'' (''BRP''). In 1982, Chaosium published ''Worlds of Wonder'', a collection of three RPGs that all used BRP as their rules system. It was the industry's first multi-RPG product that would work with the same set of rules. Characters from one RPG could be shifted to the other RPGs with minimal adjustments. Components The game came as a boxed set that contained: * a 16-page booklet ''Basic Role-Playin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worlds Of Wonder (toy Company)
Worlds of Wonder (WoW) was an American toy company founded in 1985 by former Atari sales president Don Kingsborough, and former Atari employee Mark Robert Goldberg. Its founding was inspired by a prototype that became its launch product, Teddy Ruxpin. In 1986, it launched Lazer Tag and filed an IPO which ''Fortune'' magazine called "one of the year's most sought after stock sales". WoW partnered with the young Nintendo of America as retail sales distributor, crucial to the landmark launch and rise of the Nintendo Entertainment System from 1986 to 1987. Still in the wake of the disastrous video game crash of 1983, WoW leveraged its own hit toys to issue ultimatums to coerce the retail industry to buy the NES, and Nintendo used the breakthrough success of the NES to resurrect the failed American video game market. Nintendo capped WoW's windfall sales commissions for the NES at $1 million per year per sales staff. In 1987, WoW's success had diminished due to several factors, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Worlds Of Wonder (collection)
''Worlds of Wonder'' is a collection of three science fiction works by Olaf Stapledon: a short novel, a novella and a short story. It was published in 1949 by Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. in an edition of 500 copies. All of the stories had originally been published in the United Kingdom. Contents * ''Death into Life'' * ''The Flames The Flames was a musical rock group from Durban in South Africa. They performed across London in the late 1960s, where they met Brian Jones, Keith Moon, Keith Richards, Jerry Garcia, Miles Davis and Carl Wilson. They later traveled to Los Ange ...'' * '' Old Man in a New World'' References * * * 1949 short story collections Science fiction short story collections Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. books {{1940s-sf-story-collection-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gerrold
David Gerrold (born Jerrold David Friedman; January 24, 1944)Reginald, R. (September 12, 2010)''Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2'' Borgo Press p. 911. Archived at Google Books. Retrieved June 23, 2013. is an American science fiction screenwriter and novelist. He wrote the script for the original ''Star Trek'' episode "The Trouble with Tribbles", created the Sleestak race on the TV series ''Land of the Lost'', and wrote the novelette "The Martian Child", which won both Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was adapted into a 2007 film starring John Cusack. Early life Gerrold was born to a Jewish family on January 24, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Van Nuys High School and graduated from Ulysses S. Grant High School in its first graduating class, Los Angeles Valley College, and San Fernando Valley State College (now California State University, Northridge). ''Star Trek'' ''Star Trek: The Original Series'' Within days of seeing the ''Star Trek'' series pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
