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Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster.
The Reckoners is a series of young adult [a] superhero novels written by American author Brandon Sanderson.The series consists of Steelheart (2013), Firefight (2015), Calamity (2016) and Lux (2021).
Blue van Meer is a film-obsessed, erudite teenager. She is the daughter of itinerant and arrogant academic Gareth van Meer, who, after the death of his amateur lepidopteran-catching wife (and Blue's mother), never manages to keep his daughter at a high school for more than a semester due to their constant moving from city to city.
The book has Drizzt Do'Urden as its nominal guide. [12] The guide starts with an introduction that defines the physical boundaries of the Underdark, and also describes the intent and organization of the book and gives a brief list of D&D materials which have a strong connection to the Underdark. [12]
Quests also play a major role in Rick Riordan's fantasy books, among them Percy Jackson & the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and The Kane Chronicles, and in dark fantasy novel The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub. A familiar modern literary quest is Frodo Baggins's quest to destroy the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings. [14]
Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti (9 July 1918 – 22 March 2007) was a philosopher and orator who questioned the state of spiritual liberation.Having pursued a religious path in his youth and eventually rejecting it, U.G. claimed to have experienced a devastating biological transformation on his 49th birthday, an event he refers to as "the calamity".
Connections game from The New York Times. Spoilers ahead! We've warned you. We mean it. Read no further until you really want some clues or you've completely given up and want the answers ASAP ...
Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary (French: Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary) is a 2020 French-Danish Western animated family feature film directed by Rémi Chayé. The film is loosely based on the life of the American frontierswoman Calamity Jane. The film is set in 1863.