Sentences with phrase «for alternate history»

We're scheduling a tour for alternate history / fantasy romance «The Witches» Covenant».

The previous year, another Panverse novella which had been rejected everywhere, Alan Smale's A Clash of Eagles, won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History, and has since been developed into a successful trilogy which has garnered starred reviews.

He is best known for his alternate history novel Resurrection Day, which won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.

Not exact matches

The social history of mankind exhibits great organizations in their alternating functions of conditions for progress, and of contrivances for stunting humanity, The history of the Mediterranean lands, and of western Europe, is the history of the blessing and the curse of political organizations, of religious organizations, of schemes of thought, of social agencies for large purposes.

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.

Yes, in this alternate, fantasy version of history, it is vampires — not men's greed and basest impulses for control — that led to slavery in the U.S..

Apparently inspired by an article he read on asexual reproduction amongst Komodo dragons, Sawers dreamt up a clever premise resting just on the periphery of science fiction, conjuring an alternate history where women begin to reproduce agamically, and men, no longer biologically needed are obsolete and edge towards extinction — well, except for a significant but doting assemblage in Australia.

In an alternate history where Napoleon's heirs rule France, scientists and scholars have gone missing for years, leaving behind a world deprived of their technological innovations.

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).

Over the course of its history, the Nissan Pathfinder has alternated between serving the needs of those SUV buyers seeking genuine off - roading capabilities and those looking for a practical family vehicle driven primarily on pavement.

Fans of alternate history will want this for their libraries.

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.

She was looking for fantasy and science fiction, especially urban fantasy, paranormal romance, steampunk, YA / children's, and alternate history.

The company is calling for science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatral fiction, superhero fiction, utopian or dystopian fiction, apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic fiction, or alternate history in... [Read more...]

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 proFor 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 profor its blend of alternate history and noir in a story rich in characters, ideas, and polished prose.

Turtledove is one of the masters of alternate history and this novel seems like a fun side project for him.

The sci - fi / fantasy novella is the prequel to an alternate history trilogy expected to be released starting in 2014, and is available for only $ 0.99 on both Amazon and B&N.

Keyword in Review is also a good way to look for subgenres (alternate history, romance) and appeal terms (authentic, literary, swashbuckling).

For example, post-apocalyptic science fiction, military science fiction, and alternate history are all sub-genres.

He's also a historian, so on paper he seems like a good match for exploring the alternate - history series.

In anticipation of Scott Westerfeld's alternate history novel Leviathan, Simon & Schuster has made his book Uglies available for free download.

But when you have a thin file, they take a manual approach and look to alternate reports for payment history to help produce a credit file and score.

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.

Complete the following History Missions to unlock alternate costumes for specified characters on the Pilot select screen:

This marks the first time the alternate - history strategy series series, known just as much for its cheesy, cheeky and scenery chewing live - action casting as its real - time strategy gameplay, has graced the PS3.

I've been anticipating this game for months now, as developer A Crowd of Monsters» take on an alternate history, episodic journey in the shoes of retired cop Elliot Ness looks and sounds all kinds of awesome.

So, while Jak, Sly, Banjo, Conker, and Rayman were all left behind in the last two generations, Ratchet's creators at Insomniac Games endured and moved on to make a whole new trilogy for the PS3 anyway (keep in mind, they were doing this in between making a whole other series that the industry did want, a dark gritty sci - fi alternate WW2 history shooter in Resistance).

Insomniac made waves at GDC today when they shed some light on the multiplayer for the latest installment of their alternate history, sci - fi shooter series, Resistance 3.

For instance, you can use one of your Inquisition perk points to unlock extra dialogue on the history of the world, which gives you an alternate way out of several difficult scenarios.

UK indie developer Positech games (Gratuitous Space Battles, Democracy 2...) are pleased to announce the release of an expansion pack for their alternate - history Tower - Defense game «Gratuitous Tank Battles».

Bethesda and Machine Game's have released a new gameplay trailer for the highly anticipated title Wolfenstein: The New Order, telling the story of an alternate history if the Nazis had won the war.

Bethesda's sequel in the alternate history where Nazi's won the war has been explosive in the gaming community for its epic story, characters, voice acting, graphics, and pretty much every aspect about it.

Well, if you actually live behind the moon or in some deep German forest you may have missed the Assassin's Creed 3 DLC Trailer for «Tyranny of King Washington» which is an alternate take on the US Revolutionary history.

A trailer for the Tyranny of King Washington DLC for Assassin's Creed III has been released showing a possible alternate history for George Washington.

I love the Victorian setting, while I was undoubtedly disappointed with The Order 1886 — which was supposed to present an intriguing alternate history to London — luckily Bloodborne made up for The Order's shortcomings.

1 Gaines went on to become a highly regarded conceptualist artist and educator, teaching an alternate art history, one that included black artists and demanded the same consideration for the artist's product no matter their skin tone, leaving a strong impression on many of his students at CalArts, including Mark Bradford.2

The $ 25,000 prize is given in alternating years to an early or midcareer African - American artist or scholar for advancement in the field of African - American art or art history and related Diaspora studies.

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She is widely recognized for her experimental use of comic and large - scale narrative forms to communicate submerged histories and alternate articulations of femininity to a broader public.

Contrary to common associations to rugs — an object that inherently possesses a strong sense of history and references to defined artistic and aesthetic movements — the purpose of this project is to provide a new and extraordinary channel for art to be made available through an alternate medium.

Through paleo - climate simulations for the last millennium with climate models, a number of alternate forcing histories for volcanic and solar changes have been proposed to see their effect on past climate variations.

Resolve / communicate issues and inventory problems effectively and ensure that issues are resolved in a timely manner by investigating data and history; identifying alternate means for filling orders and notifying manager

Resolving order and inventory problems by investigating data and history; identifying alternate means for filling orders; notifying managers and customers.?