Sentences with phrase «book about aliens»

In an interview in the April 2017 issue of Vanity Fair, Musk shared that Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — a book about aliens destroying earth, creating supersonic highways and building a supercomputer that knows all of life's mysteries — was a «turning point» for him.

Then in the fifth grade I won for a book about an alien named Rainbow entitled «Rainbow on West Avenue.»

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The book is about aliens destroying the earth to make way for a hyperspace highway and features Marvin the Paranoid Android and a supercomputer designed to answer all the mysteries of the universe.

He says that he would «convert on the spot» if any of these could be shown to him: verifiable fulfillment of prophecies that couldn't have been contrived; scientific knowledge in holy books that wasn't available at the time; miraculous occurrences, especially if brought about through prayer; any direct manifestation of the divine; aliens who believed in exactly the same religion.

Reading all the books about 2012, and listening to all the doom and gloom sermons, attending all the prayer meetings about the end of the world, and watching the Discovery channel special about Mayan calendars and aliens from space and Egyptian pyramid tunnels, OR loving our neighbors, serving our spouses, teaching our children, working hard at our jobs, and helping where people are hurting?

I am also an author of two books about the universe and benevolent alien beings.

As an uberfan of the so - bad - it's - good masterpiece The Room and a solid admirer of The Disaster Artist, The Room co-star Greg Sestero's tell - all book about the making of mysterious vampiric figure Tommy Wiseau's «Tennessee Williams style melodrama as told by an alien who has apparently never seen normal human beings interact» drama - turned - dark - comedy - after - initial - audience - reactions - full - of - howling - laughter, I was a bit reserved in my excitement when I found out that James Franco was going to direct the film adaptation, as well as portraying Wiseau himself.

It is an unlikely role: He plays the mannered society creature Truman Capote, a favorite of talk shows and Manhattan social circles, and shows him venturing into the alien land of Kansas to write a book about the brutal murder of a farm family.

Based upon a long - running title that apparently did not overlap with my early teen years spent celibately sulking around comic book shops, Guardians of the Galaxy stars Parks and Recreation's lovable lummox Chris Pratt as Peter Quill, an interstellar slacker doofus catting about the cosmos hooking up with alien chicks and listening to a K - Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's soundtrack on his retro cassette Walkman.

Jon Favreau, who made the first two Iron Man movies, adapted a less established comic book for Cowboys & Aliens, which bombed, before rebounding with the smaller indie film Chef, which he also starred in (playing a frustrated cook in a barely veiled allegory about Favreau struggling to deal with criticism and creative interference).

Great for projects about Space or looking at picture books such as Alien's Love Underpants or Whatever Next!

Engage students with writing activities that involve them in writing round - robin stories, «indescribably» excellent descriptions, persuasive alien essays, tabloid news stories, and books about younger students they interview.

In that way, books written at the turn of the 20th century about electricity would speak about electricity differently because electricity was alien, frightening, and new.

The detective, Charlie Northern, is a fan of books about space aliens and looks like he will be an interesting guy to follow around; the other characters are straight out of central casting.

Yet even as he and his new comrades scramble to prepare for the alien onslaught, Zack can't help thinking of all the science - fiction books, TV shows, and movies he grew up reading and watching, and wonder: Doesn't something about this scenario seem a little too... familiar?

Instead hook their attention, use social proof with a nice review, tell them what the book is about (alien cowboy shoot - em - up, New Zealand wartime Romance, etc.) Make sure they know what to expect before they click.

The alien is a Sangheili (one of the Elite) named Bakar, and you'll learn all about him inside the book.

«For Indians / non Indians / Earthlings / Aliens, who have a zeal to read and are passionate about books» says the Creator of this group:) To add to it, t

«For Indians / non Indians / Earthlings / Aliens, who have a zeal to read and are passionate about books» says the Creator of this group:) To add to it, this group is for just about any gentle, non-argumentative soul who is interested in anything Indian.

Despite the fact that I am not, as a rule, a fan of magical realism, I totally loved this book about a gay, nerdy, teenager who — while struggling to define himself - is serially abducted by aliens.

She's a librarian who loves travel and writes naughty books about shifters, vampires, aliens, and lots of other creatures that go bump in the night.

But I had never read a book about serial - killer aliens.

The first book, How to Date an Alien is currently FREE for Kindle and Nook and just about anywhere else that sells ebooks.

I've already started experimenting with a new middle - grade book called «Alienated» (about the only human boy in the school for aliens at Area 51) and have involved a hundred children in the development of the book, chapter by chapter.

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