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Maelstrom
Maelstrom may refer to: * Maelstrom (whirlpool), a powerful whirlpool ** originally the Moskstraumen in English Amusement rides * Maelstrom (ride), a former log flume dark ride attraction in the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida * Maelstrom, a spinning flat thrill ride at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey * Maelstrom, a gyro swing ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire, UK Characters * Maelstrom (comics), fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics * Maelstrom, a character from ''Ice Age'' * Mael Strom, aka Yuki Yoshida, from the anime/manga ''Is This a Zombie?'' * Professor Maelstrom, a fictional villain in the 2019 Netflix series ''Carmen Sandiego'' * Maelstrom, also known as ''Wazir Kale'', a character from '' Hitman 2'' Film and television * ''Maelström'' (film), a 2000 Canadian film * ''Maelstrom'' (TV series), a 1985 BBC television drama serial * "Maelstrom" (''Battlestar Galactica'') Games * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maelstrom (whirlpool)
A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones formed in seas or oceans may be called maelstroms ( ). ''Vortex'' is the proper term for a whirlpool that has a downdraft. In narrow ocean straits with fast flowing water, whirlpools are often caused by tides. Many stories tell of ships being sucked into a maelstrom, although only smaller craft are actually in danger. Smaller whirlpools appear at river rapids and can be observed downstream of artificial structures such as weirs and dams. Large cataracts, such as Niagara Falls, produce strong whirlpools. Notable whirlpools Saltstraumen Saltstraumen is a narrow strait located close to the Arctic Circle, south-east of the city of Bodø, Norway. It has one of the strongest tidal currents in the world. Whirlpools up to in diameter and in depth are formed when the current is at its strongest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Profound Decisions
Profound Decisions is a company running live action role-playing games in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2004 to run ''Maelstrom'', a fantasy game Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy literature and dra ... with colonial themes which attracted around 900 players. Since 2012, Profound's principal game has been ''Empire'', which has a growing player base, currently around 1,850 players per event across its 4 annual games. Between 2010 and 2016, Profound Decisions also ran ''Odyssey'', a game set in the classical period.{{cite web, url=https://www.starburstmagazine.com/features/interview-matt-pennington, title=Interview: Profound Decisions' Matt Pennington, publisher=Starbust Magazine, accessdate=20 November 2017, date=12 July 2012, author=Ed Fortune References External lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living In The 20th Century
''Living in the 20th Century'' is the fourteenth studio album by American rock band Steve Miller Band. The album was released in November 1986, by Capitol Records. The song " I Want to Make the World Turn Around" spent six consecutive weeks at the top of the Album Rock Tracks chart in the U.S. at the end of 1986. Track listing Personnel * Steve Miller – vocals, guitar, keyboards, Synclavier * Kenny Lee Lewis – bass guitar, guitar * Byron Allred – keyboards * Gary Mallaber – drums, percussion ;Additional personnel * Gerald Johnson – bass guitar on tracks 6, 7, 8 & 9 * Kenny G – saxophone on track 2 * Greg Douglass – guitar on track 5 * James Cotton – harmonica on track 11 * Norton Buffalo – harmonica on tracks 10 & 11 * Lonnie Turner – bass guitar on track 5 * Les Dudek – dobro on track 11 * Charles Calimise – bass guitar on tracks 10 & 11 * Kenny Johnson – drums on tracks 10 & 11 * Waheem Young – piano The piano is a stringed keyboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oathbreaker (band)
Oathbreaker is a Belgian band from Flanders, formed in 2008 and currently signed to Deathwish Inc.Oathbreaker on Deathwish Inc. The band consists of guitarists Lennart Bossu and Gilles Demolder, drummer Wim Coppers, and vocalist Caro Tanghe who performs both screamed and sung vocals. They are a part of Church of Ra, an artistic collective started by Amenra, a band of which Lennart and Caro are also members. Like Amenra, Oathb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crust Punk
Crust punk (also known as crust or stenchcore) is a form of music influenced by English punk rock and extreme metal. The style, which evolved in the early 1980s in England, often has songs with dark and pessimistic lyrics that linger on political and social ills. The term "crust" was coined by Hellbastard on their 1986 ''Ripper Crust'' demo.Glasper 2009, 185 Crust is partly defined by its " bassy" and "dirty" sound. It is often played at a fast tempo with occasional slow sections. Vocals are usually raspy screams, but can also be grunted/growled. Crust punk takes cues from the anarcho-punk of Crass and Discharge and the heavy metal of bands like Venom, Trouble, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Black Sabbath and Motörhead. While the term was first associated with Hellbastard, Amebix have been described as the originators of the style, along with Discharge and Antisect. Characteristics Instrumentation Crust punk is a derivative form of anarcho-punk, mixed with metal riffs. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JR Ewing (band)
JR Ewing was a hardcore punk/screamo band from Norway. It was formed in 1998 in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ... and broke up after its final tour across Europe in 2006. Discography Full albums: * 2000 – ''Calling in Dead'' * 2003 – ''Ride Paranoia'' * 2005 – ''Maelstrom'' EPs, singles: * 2000 – ''The Singles Collected'' * 2002 – ''The Perfect Drama'' * 2003 – ''Laughing With Daggers'' * 2005 – ''Fucking & Champagne'' Band members Final line up * Andreas Tylden – vocals * Erlend Mokkelbost – guitar, background vocals * Håkon Mella – guitar * Kenneth Lamond – drums * Petter Snekkestad – bass guitar, background vocals Former members * Aaron Rudra – original bass guitarist * Nils Strand – bass guitar * Jonas Thire – drums * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maelstrom (Destroyermen Novel)
''Maelstrom'' is the third book of the ''Destroyermen'' series by author Taylor Anderson. Plot synopsis Captain Matthew Reddy's ship ''Walker'', and his Lemurian allies, have won several battles against the cannibalistic lizard race, the Grik, who are waging a war of genocide against the sea-going Lemurians. The Grik sent a large force of 500 ships carrying 150,000-200,000 soldiers to destroy the Captain's crew and base at Baalkpaan. The Japanese heavy cruiser, the ''Amagi'', will be supporting the Grik lizard army. The ''Amagi'' is a more powerful vessel than Reddy's antique, battered destroyers. With these odds, how will the Captain and his allies fare? Can the ship 'Walker' under Captain Reddy and his Lemurian allies prevail against the Grik and their allied ship the ''Amagi''? Will the Grik destroy the Captain's crew and base at Baalkpaan? See also * ''Destroyermen'' * Taylor Anderson Taylor Anderson is an author, historical artillery and firearm expert, re-enactor, and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yael Inokai
Yael Inokai (born 1989 in Basel as Yael Pieren) is a Swiss writer. Biography Inokai is the daughter of a German and a Hungarian. From 2011 she studied philosophy in Basel and Vienna. From 2014, she studied screenwriting at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin. She also works as a tour guide and has published articles in literary magazines and on ''Zeit Online''. In 2012, her first novel, ''Stork Bite'' (german: Storchenbiss), was published by Rotpunktverlag. In 2013, Inokai received a residency scholarship for the . In 2015, she became the Hildesheim on a nomination from the local magazine '. Her second novel ' (german: Mahlstrom), published in 2017, was awarded one of the highly endowed Swiss Literature Awards in 2018. In October 2018, she further received the Würth Literature Prize (2nd prize) for the short story "The Foreigner" (german: Der Ausländer), awarded by the Würth company in cooperation with the University of Tübingen. Inokai's novel ''Mahlstrom'' was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne McCaffrey Bibliography
This is a list of works by American science fiction and fantasy author Anne McCaffrey, including some cowritten with others or written by close collaborators. Restoree McCaffrey's first novel was ''Restoree'', published by Ballantine Books in 1967. * '' Restoree'' (1967) Federated Sentient Planets universe Several of McCaffrey's series and more than half her books share as background a universe governed by the "Federated Sentient Planets" or "Federation" or "FSP". Dragonriders of Pern series McCaffrey's most famous works are the ''Dragonriders of Pern'' series. Short stories and novellas * "Weyr Search", Analog Magazine, October 1967 (later incorporated into ''Dragonflight'') * "Dragonrider", Analog Magazine – two parts, December 1967/January 1968 (later incorporated into ''Dragonflight'') * "The Smallest Dragonboy", ''Science Fiction Tales'' edited by Roger Elwood (Rand McNally, 1973) reprinted in ''A Gift of Dragons'', and ''Get Off The Unicorn''. * "A Time When", N. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Watts (author)
Peter Watts (born January 25, 1958) is a Canadian science fiction author. He specializes in hard science fiction. He earned a Ph.D from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1991, from the Department of Zoology and Resource Ecology. He went on to hold several academic research and teaching positions, and worked as a marine-mammal biologist. He began publishing fiction around the time he finished graduate school. Career His first novel ''Starfish'' (1999) reintroduced Lenie Clarke from his short story, "A Niche" (1990); Clarke is a deep-ocean power station worker physically altered for underwater living and the main character in the sequels: ''Maelstrom'' (2001), ''βehemoth: β-Max'' (2004) and ''βehemoth: Seppuku'' (2005). The last two volumes constitute one novel, but were published separately for commercial reasons. ''Starfish'', ''Maelstrom'', and ''βehemoth'' make up a trilogy usually referred to as "Rifters" after the modified humans de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maelstrom (Timms Novel)
''Maelstrom'' is a novel by Australian writer E. V. Timms. It is set in 17th century France in the period following the death of Cardinal Richelieu. The novel was revised and republished in 1955 as ''Ten Wicked Men''. References External links''Maelstrom''at AustLit AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (also known as AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway; and AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature), usually referred to simply as AustLit, is an internet-based, non-profit collaboration betwee ... 1938 Australian novels Novels set in Early Modern France Australian historical novels Novels set in the 17th century Angus & Robertson books {{1930s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Descent Into The Maelström
"A Descent into the Maelström" is an 1841 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a whirlpool. It has been grouped with Poe's tales of ratiocination and also labeled an early form of science fiction. Plot Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of a mountain climb in Lofoten, Norway. The story is told by an old man who reveals that he only appears old—"You suppose me a ''very'' old man," he says, "but I am not. It took less than a single day to change these hairs from a jetty black to white, to weaken my limbs, and to unstring my nerves." The narrator, convinced by the power of the whirlpools he sees in the ocean beyond, is then told of the "old" man's fishing trip with his two brothers a few years ago. Driven by "the most terrible hurricane that ever came out of the heavens", their ship was caught in the vortex. One brother was pulled into the waves; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
