Sentences with phrase «alternate history with»

The story of Columbia is another alternate history with some similar elements.

Within the Castle Gates, you will find... mysteries romance suspense general fiction young adult new adult steampunk alternate history All with at least a twist of the fantastic.

Trenched is no different, a mech - based tower defense game set in an alternate history with all the charm and character you've grown to expect.

The cast of characters varies slightly from existence to existence, and the alternate histories with a multitude of endings cast their own spell.»

Not exact matches

Philip K. Dick's 1962 alternate - history novel took place mainly in Japanese - occupied California, with a look - in on the Neutral Zone in the Rocky Mountains.

Scientific American spoke with Benford about the factual basis for his book, the appeal of «alternate history» and the surprising origins of some real - world nuclear tactics in works of science fiction.

Similarly, the special effects in Harry Potter aren't just there to look neat; they serve as glimpses into a fully fleshed - out alternate reality with its own history, logic, and laws.

It begins with an animated prologue that lays out the alternate history of Wakanda, where massive deposits of a fantastical element called «vibranium» gave rise to a scientifically advanced civilization that has kept itself a secret from outsiders.

Set in an alternate future Ireland, but very much with the history of the Troubles in mind, this is the world's first truth - and - reconciliation zombie movie.

Limited Edition 2 Disc DVD set & Blu - Ray Extras: 36 minute Black Metal short film of deleted scenes, Alternate ending, Outtakes, The Cutting Room with musicians not in the film including: Enslaved, Ted «Nocturno Cutlo» Skjellum from Darkthrone, and Jørn «Necrobutcher» from Mayhem, plus more with Ulver, Immortal, Jan Axel «Hellhammer» Blomberg, Gylve» Fenriz» Nagell and Kjetil «Frost» Haraldstad, 46 more minutes of Varg Vikernes and a 45 minute class on the history of black metal with Fenriz

It varied from broad comedy with Hugh Travers» The Players, a black comedy about ex-IRA members who join an amateur drama group; to Anne Marie Casey and Joseph O'Connor's biopic Grace 1916, the story of Grace Gifford, an artist and icon of a revolution; Jasmina Kallay's alternate history Das Irland that asks the question «what if promised German help had materialised in 1916?»

But even when you beat a scenario, post-game content is then playable as part of the scenario as even more levels become available, such as space - time distortion levels, which conclude with an alternate ending, so if you fancy experiencing a story twist you haven't experience before, then it really does pay to give History Mode your all.

The game takes place in an alternate history Victorian London, with more of a Steampunk feel.

What we get is a coming of age story, in an alternate history device, delivered with a solid screenplay.

This alternate - history series about a vast American Reich is the main reason to sign up, with the second season dropping this month.

It's got all the supplements of the previous Blu - ray and 2 - Disc DVD Special Edition (commentary by director Oliver Stone, twelve extended / deleted scenes and an alternate ending with optional commentary by Stone, and the 1992 documentary feature Beyond JFK: A Question of Conspiracy, co-directed by two - time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple) plus three bonus documentaries: the new JFK Remembered: 50 Years Later (directed by Robert Kline), the 1965 John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums (directed by Bruce Herschensohn), and JFK: To the Brink (a chapter from Stone's Showtime series Untold History of the United States).

, the new stop - motion animation movie from Aardman, opens with an inspired imagining of alternate history.

Early Man, the new stop - motion animation movie from Aardman, opens with an inspired imagining of alternate history.

This test consists of 20 items (with an associated answer key for the teacher) that assess the vocabulary, grammar, and cultural concepts listed below: Vocabulary Themes: History; Countries and cities; Communities Grammar Themes: Prepositions: Preterite tense in regular - ar, - er, and - ir verbs; Direct object pronouns Culture Themes: The Mayas and The Incas; Independence Age; Latin American and US Writing in Spanish: Punctuation and accents An alternate version of the test is also provided to the teacher, in case a student needs to re-take the assessment or for use in large classrooms.

This test consists of 20 items (with an associated answer key for the teacher) that assess the vocabulary, grammar, and cultural concepts listed below: - Country / Region: United States: La Florida - Vocabulary Themes: Modes of transportation; The beach; Weather - Grammar Themes: Prepositions: Overview; Contractions: a + el / al (to the), de + el / del (from the)- Culture Theme: History of Florida: San Agustín, Immigration from Latin America, cultural fusion, geography, ecology An alternate version of the test is also provided to the teacher, in case a student needs to re-take the assessment or for use in large classrooms.

The $ 22 million grant — the largest in KU history — was awarded to fund development and evaluation of a new generation of alternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities — the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment Systalternate assessments for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities — the Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment SystAlternate Assessment System (DLM).

Lots of librarian favorites and buzz titles to look out for next week, starting with Francine Matthews «s alternate history featuring JFK, and Dianne Warren «s prize - winning tale of small town lives.

And that idea started snowballing into my vision of a character with mental illness in an alternate reality where history had taken different turns and how he struggles to understand what's real and what's in his head.

Honored in the Rainbow Awards, Dusk Peterson writes historical speculative fiction with diverse characters: historical fantasy, alternate history, and retrofuture science fiction.

The ineffable Kellgren narrates this madcap alternate - history romp through Tudor England with gleeful bellowing and sinister whisperings, navigating the multiple perspectives and plot twists with aplomb.

For example, his Pulitzer - winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay offers historical fiction along with a look at the Golden Age of comics, Jewish mysticism, and the importance of family, while The Yiddish Policeman's Union won multiple literary, mystery, and science - fiction awards for its blend of alternate history and noir in a story rich in characters, ideas, and polished prose.

After expanding on Neuromancer with two more novels to complete the dystopic Sprawl trilogy, Gibson became an important author of another science fiction sub-genre — steampunk — with the 1990 alternate history novel The Difference Engine, written with Bruce Sterling.

Although anyone who's taken U.S. history knows the ultimate outcome of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Peet nevertheless manages to make the standoff between the Americans and the Soviets suspenseful in the way he alternates between presenting monumental events with depicting extremely intimate ones.

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Nicola Yoon's novel takes place over 12 hours in New York City, alternating between the first - person perspectives of Natasha and Daniel, two strangers with very different histories.

Like Haruki Murakami in Hard - Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1991), Chabon plays with the conventions of the Chandlerian private - eye novel, but that's only one ingredient in an epic - scale alternate - history saga of Jewish life since World War II.

Guy Saville takes that perilous route in his new thriller, The Madagaskar Plan, a sequel to his first novel, The Afrika Reich, with a third to follow in the author's alternate history trilogy.

From international bestseller Mercedes Lackey's Grey's Ghost — a short story of ghosts and magic in an alternate - history Victorian England — to NYT bestseller Elle Casey's sassy modern take on encountering the faerie realm with her War of the Fae books, you'll find plenty of great reading in these stories that explore the places where magic and our ordinary world collide.

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So my new writerly mission is to find the readers out there who are interested in dieselpunk, weird - Western, alternate - history pulp, with titles like Fistful of Reefer.

«The Curse of the Wendigo,» a story about a mysterious creature set during World War I, written by Mathieu Missoffe and illustrated by Charlie Adlard, the artist of «The Walking Dead;» «Josephine,» a romantic comedy by Penelope Bagieu, the creator of «Exquisite Corpse;» «Promethee,» a science - fiction story in the same vein as «Lost,» created by Christopher Bec, with an introduction by Mark Waid; «Iron Squad,» an alternate history sci - fi story in which new technology allows the Germans to win World War II, by Jean - Luc Sala and Ronan Toulhoat; «Spin Angels,» a tale of black ops and spies, a Catholic cardinal and the Mafia, by Jean - Luc Sala and Pierre - Mony Chan; «Come Prima,» a road story about two warring brothers, done in a style that pays homage to Italian films, by Alfred.

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If the case history suggests that the animal's behavior is the expression of a normal part of its behavioral repertoire, or ethogram, but in the wrong place or time, one intervention solution would be to provide the animal with an alternate, appropriate context for the behavior.

Its classrooms literally whisk students away to alternate worlds coinciding with their subjects, where kids can do anything from arguing the value of capitalism with Joseph Stalin in History to offering a fist bump to Oedipus in Literature.

Alternately «mod it until it breaks» with, amongst other great mods, Millennium Dawn a total conversion updating the game to a modern setting or an alternate history from the USA still being a British colony, Germany winning WW1 or The War of the Worlds based on the H.G. Wells book and the Orson Welles 1938 radio broadcast.

An alternate history, Victorian - era London filled with anachronistic technology, a storyline wrought with secret sects and ancient monsters, and a stunningly rendered Steampunk aesthetic with a graphical fidelity heretofore unheard of on home consoles?

With each game an alternate history begins to be shaped and guided by the player's actions, building iconic rockets, probes, and satellites that transmit crucial scientific data back to your customisable Earth HQ, all the while researching, investing in, and bolstering your space flight capabilities.

Experience a Soviet - dominated alternate history featuring Black Widow and Madame Masque in the A-Force table and team up with Ms. Marvel, Squirrel Girl, Spider - Gwen and more to foil a bank heist perpetrated by Bombshell in the Champions table.

It has that «alternate history / steampunk» look to it that was very common in anime as I was growing up, but eventually seemed to get replaced with cleaner and more modern designs, and I'm glad to see this sort of imaginative work back.

The themes are heavy, and MachineGames doesn't pull any punches in its depiction of this dark alternate history — though the studio wisely punctuates the tension with moments of shocking humor, such as the infamous milkshake scene shown at E3.

Experience a Soviet - dominated alternate history featuring Black Widow and Madame Masque in the A-Force table and team up with Ms. Marvel, Squirrel Girl, Spider - Gwen and more to foil a bank...

Discover this gameplay - meets - story with the sweep and scale of a whole alternate - history universe.

It builds wonderfully from Telltale's alternate take on Batman history in the first season, with some incredible new takes on The Riddler and Harley Quinn.

Although not a PC version of Scythe, Iron Harvest takes place in a similar alternate history, with human soldiers, bears and robots warring.

It's a unique take on an alternate history setting, but one with some real - life historical figures to help bridge the gap between our world and the one developer Ready At Dawn has created.

What we said: «The original Evil Within was hailed as a sort of alternate - history exercise, a game from a timeline in which Shinji Mikami carried on working with Resident Evil after shipping the revolutionary fourth instalment, released when Resident Evil itself was deemed to be at low ebb.