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The hook effect refers to the prozone phenomenon, also known as antibody excess, or the postzone phenomenon, also known as antigen excess. It is an immunologic phenomenon whereby the effectiveness of antibodies to form immune complexes can be impaired when concentrations of an antibody or an antigen are very high.
A narrative hook (or just hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that "hooks" the reader's attention so that they will keep on reading. The "opening" may consist of several paragraphs for a short story, or several pages for a novel, and may even be the opening sentence .
The Hook, or the Hookman, [1] is an urban legend about a killer with a pirate-like hook for a hand attacking a couple in a parked car. In many versions of the story, the killer is typically portrayed as a faceless, silhouetted old man wearing a raincoat and rain hat that conceals most of his features, especially his face.
First edition (publ. Berkley Books) Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook is a 2017 dark fantasy parallel novel by Christina Henry [1] inspired by the work of J.M. Barrie. [2] Set in the world of Neverland, Lost Boy is about Jamie, one of Peter Pan's Lost Boys, who begins to grow increasingly disenchanted with Peter as he slowly grows up. [3]
Half Girlfriend is an Indian English coming of age, young adult romance novel by Indian author Chetan Bhagat. [1] The novel, set in rural Bihar, New Delhi, Patna, and New York, is the story of a Bihari boy on a quest of winning over the girl he loves.
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By hook or by crook" is an English phrase meaning "by any means necessary", suggesting that any means possible should be taken to accomplish a goal. The phrase was first recorded in the Middle English Controversial Tracts of John Wyclif in 1380.
The Ballad of Black Tom won the 2016 Shirley Jackson Award for best novella, [1] and was a finalist for the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction, [2] the Nebula Award for Best Novella of 2016, [3] the 2017 British Fantasy Award for best novella, [4] the 2017 Theodore Sturgeon Award, [5] the 2017 Hugo Award for Best Novella, [6] and the 2017 World Fantasy Award—Long Fiction.