On the other hand, the major powers outside the Gate such as the United States, China and Russia were extremely interested in the abundant resources available in the Special Region. They even had a cute elf, a sorceress and a demigoddess in their circle of new friends. Thanks to their efforts in humanitarian relief, although with some difficulties they were gradually able to reach out to the locals. Amid attacks from enemy troops the team visited a variety of places and learnt a lot about the local culture and geography. Youji Itami, a JSDF officer as well as a 33-year-old otaku, was appointed as the leader of the Team. To facilitate negotiations and prepare for future fights, the JGSDF dispatched the Third Reconnaissance Team to the "Special Region" at the other side of the Gate. The Japan Ground-Self Defence Force immediately took action and pushed the fantasy creatures back to the "Gate". Monsters and troops poured out of the portal, turning the shopping district into a bloody inferno. In August of 20XX, a portal to a parallel world, known as the "Gate", suddenly appeared in Ginza, Tokyo.
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It is a troupe of six tragedians led by a spokesperson called the Player. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern hear a band playing in the distance. After asking each other questions, together they remember a messenger who sent for them early in the morning to attend to an urgent matter. They can barely remember what happened earlier that morning. Unable to settle upon any substantive justification for the event, Guildenstern tries to recall his first memory, but neither Rosencrantz nor Guildenstern have memories of their past. He lists several explanations ranging from divine intervention to the possibility that a single moment has been replayed over and over again. Guildenstern proceeds to muse upon possible explanations for why the laws of probability seem to have been suspended in this coin toss game. Rosencrantz is not unsettled by the events, and simply believes he has set a new record. Guildenstern, the more philosophical and probing of the two, is not angry at his loss, but is rather trying to hide his discomfort at the improbability of the situation. The coin has landed on heads over seventy-six times in a row, and Rosencrantz has won every time. As the coin is called "heads" or "tails," the winner places the coin in his sack. The play opens as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are spinning coins in an indistinct landscape. Living a new life as a 'fugitive from slavery,' he tells his audiences of his decades-long labours as a world-leading freedom-fighter. history.Ī powerful literarywork, Douglass' final autobiography shares the stories of his 'several lives in one.' Beginning with his war against 'the hell-black system of human bondage,' Douglass bears witness to his personal experiences of mind-body-and soul-destroying tragedies. Securing his self-liberation at twenty years of age in 1838, he went on to become the most renowned antislavery activist, social justice campaigner, author, orator, philosopher, essayist, historian, intellectual, statesman, and liberator in U.S. 'It will be seen in these pages that I have lived several lives in one: first, the life of slavery secondly, the life of a fugitive from slavery thirdly, the life of comparative freedom fourthly, the life of conflict and battle and, fifthly, the life of victory, if not complete, at least assured.'First published in 1892, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass Written By Himself is the final autobiography written by Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), a man who was born into slavery in Talbot County, Maryland. Much of the work dealing with the Ringworld is about the difficulties of such a large world. Such a ring would have an inhabitable surface area equal to almost three million planets the size of the Earth. It spins to mimic gravity, and has walls a thousand miles high to keep the air from spilling off its sides. The Ring is far enough out that the heat is comfortable for humans to live on. Imagine a giant ring, a million miles wide, with a radius of one Earth orbit and a circumference of some 600 million miles, orbiting around a star. An artifact.Īn epic science fiction series by Larry Niven set on the original Big Dumb Object. What is it?Ĭhiron: It is a star with a ring around it. Louis Wu: It looks like a star with a ring around it. It isn't that far off to think they could all be in the same universe. Moreover, we already know that the Wicked Villians series happens in the same universe as the Sabine Valley series. And in both series they mention "The Thirteen" and talk about how Zeus, Poseidon and Hades are legacy titles. Also, in both series Zeus is a rapist, murderous SOB. In Wicked Villians Hercules is Zeus' youngest son, he has older brothers, and he flees Olympus and starts working as a waitress in Carver City and eventually falls for Hades and Meg. Is it possible that they are father and son and they don't know each other is alive?Īlso, in Neon Gods it's mentioned that Zeus' youngest son, Hercules, has fled Olympus. And Hades' (Dark Olympus) father is alive and he doesn't know it. What i'm thinking is that Hades' (Wicked Villains) son is alive and he doesn't know it. Hear me out, Neon Gods Hades is about 30 and the Hades in Wicked Villains is in his 50s. Is it possible everything happens in the same universe? I'm specifically referring to the Dark Olympus series and the Wicked Villians series. SPOILER ALERT FOR NEON GODS AND LEARN MY LESSON The novel never shifts back to Quinn's regular life instead the second plot becomes the focus of the storyline. City of Glass is the third novel in the The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. The couple hires Quinn to watch the father. It is here where Auster inserts another plot about a son's belief that his father will kill him once released from a mental institution. When he receives a call intended for someone else, he doesn't clear up the misconception, takes the call, and becomes a part of a mystery that is similar to the plot within his own novels. The narrator begins to provide more depth into Quinn's character as the latter assumes another person's identity, namely a private detective. The narrator describes Quinn as writing novels once a year for about six months, leaving the rest of his time to idleness. Auster begins with a narrator revealing the habits of the central character whose name is Quinn, a man who writes mystery novels and is currently withdrawn from everyday life. Paul Auster's mystery novel 'City of Glass' centers on multiple plots and characters with multiple identities. These creepy little underwears make me so happy! The kids thought they were hilarious and everyone that passes by loves them, too! The best part? They were quick and easy, my favorite type of craft. Find my latest Creepy Pair of Underwear pack HERE ON TPT! I teach kindergarten, so time doesn’t really allow for kids cutting all the pieces. The craft for both turned out super cute so I had to share! Be sure to scroll all the way down the page for another new craft for Creepy Crayon! These crafts are a mix of teacher and student work (if you choose, it can be 100% kids). Maybe it was the underwear? I got it last year strictly because I love Creepy Carrots so much (Carrot pack is found HERE). Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds is a book I sort of put off getting for some reason. Smith's books have won "Book of the Year" awards in Colorado, Nevada, South Carolina, and Florida, as well as in his native Oregon. In 2008, Smith published the first book in the series I, Q, titled Independence Hall. Peak, the story of a teenage boy obsessed with climbing mountains, Elephant Run and Tentacles(novel). Other novels by Smith include The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe, Zach's Lie, Jack's Run, Cryptid Hunters, Sasquatch (novel), about a boy who searches for Bigfoot. The book continues Smith's theme, as teenage protagonist Jacob Lansa follows his biologist father to Africa where the father is researching elephants. In 1997, Smith published his first novel, Thundercave. Smith continued to draw upon his zoo experiences for other non-fiction titles, including Journey of the Red Wolf, which won an Oregon Book Award in 1996. After working to save wildlife following the Exxon Valdez oil spill, in 1990, he published his first book, Sea Otter Rescue, a non-fiction account of the process of animal rescue. Smith was born in Portland, Oregon, and graduated from Portland State University and, following a part-time job at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, began a 20-year career as a zookeeper, both at the Oregon Zoo and the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington. Roland Smith is an American author of young adult fiction as well as nonfiction books for children. The writer exposes her observations and thoughts directly, accusing the woman of being a parasite who, given the possibility of always living from man's work, renounces her own intellectual capacities in exchange for her material advantage.Īccording to the author, unlike men, women are merely an animal interested in raising their material status and in no way intends to be interested in abstractions and knowledge of something that is not useful to them in a practical way. In that sense, I am going to have to separate my analysis into two segments: one to talk about the ideas and content of the book and other to talk about the narrative.Įsther Vilar's book was controversial at the time of publication, and reading it I can perfectly understand why. What to say about this book that has not already been said? I do not know, but I will try to give an objective opinion and explain my observations. However, as the Roman influence in the area grew, the league erupted into an open revolt against Roman domination, in what is known as Achaean War. Īfter Macedon's defeat by the Romans in the early 2nd century BC, the League was able to finally defeat a heavily weakened Sparta and take control of the entire Peloponnese. The rise of Macedonia in the late 4th century BC seems to destroyed this first Achaean League, with the Macedonians eventually controlling so many of the member city-states that the Achaean federal government had virtually ceased to function. Herodotus described them as unified nation composed of 12 city-states: Pellene, Aegeira, Aeges, (Achaea) Boura, Helike, Aegion, Rhypes, Patrai, Pherae, Olenos, Dyme and Tritaia. The Achaeans cemented their common identity in the 6th century BC in response to the rising power of Sicyon to the east and Sparta to the south, and during the 5th century BC in response to the expansionism of the Achaemenids. In Hellenistic times, an Achaean Doric koine developed which was eventually replaced by the Attic-based Koine Greek in the 2nd century BC. They spoke Achaean Doric Greek, a dialect of Doric Greek. In the Classical era the Achaeans inhabited the region of Achaea in the northern Peloponnese, and later established colonies in Italy including Kroton and Sybaris. |