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| ARTICLES RELATED TO alternative history | | | |  alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Romanitas - Meaning and historyRomanitas meant a great many things, but in short it meant what it was to be Roman (that is, Roman-ness). The Roman ideal was the citizen/soldier/farmer. The farmer was a hard working, frugal, practical man who worked the land with his own hands. The soldier was a courageous, strong man who obeyed orders and risked his own life in the name of Rome. Prior to the formation, under Marius, of the standing Roman Army, Rome had a militia-type defence-force which could be called up in time of war and then disbanded during peacetime. The ideal of th ...
See also:Romanitas, Romanitas - Meaning and history, Romanitas - Occurrences of the word ‘romanitas’, Romanitas - Bibliography, Romanitas - Related works Read more here: » Romanitas: Encyclopedia II - Romanitas - Meaning and history |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Curtiss P-40 - Operational history France, already fielding a large number of Curtiss P-36 Hawk fighters, ordered 140 as the Hawk 81A-1 but the French military had been defeated by the German Blitzkrieg before they had left the factory, and the aircraft were diverted to British Commonwealth service, as the Tomahawk I — in some cases complete with metric instruments. Deemed unsuitable for use as a fighter in Europe, where it was thought inferior to the Spitfire, Hurricane and Bf 109, the Tomahawk was used for ...
See also:Curtiss P-40, Curtiss P-40 - Operational history, Curtiss P-40 - P-40 Units, Curtiss P-40 - US Army Air Force, Curtiss P-40 - British Royal Air Force, Curtiss P-40 - Royal Australian Air Force, Curtiss P-40 - Royal New Zealand Air Force, Curtiss P-40 - Soviet Union, Curtiss P-40 - Other nations, Curtiss P-40 - Variants, Curtiss P-40 - Specifications, Curtiss P-40 - P-40s on film, Curtiss P-40 - Related content Read more here: » Curtiss P-40: Encyclopedia II - Curtiss P-40 - Operational history |
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| | | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - List of fictional U.S. Presidents - A President Barbara Adams
President in: Whoops Apocalypse (film, 1986)
Played by: Loretta Swit
Succeeds to presidency upon death of President Jack "Kill the Commies" Preston
President Adler
President in: Jack & Bobby
Controversial President during the War of Americas. Adler was criticized as a war criminal for his handling of the war and was subsequently arrested by the president of Finland during Robert McCallist ...
See also:List of fictional U.S. Presidents, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - A, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - B, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - C, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - D, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - E, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - F, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - G, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - H, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - J, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - K, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - L, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - M, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - N, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - O, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - P, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - R, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - S, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - T, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - V, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - W, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - Y, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - Unnamed presidents, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - Notes, List of fictional U.S. Presidents - Real people Read more here: » List of fictional U.S. Presidents: Encyclopedia II - List of fictional U.S. Presidents - A |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Charles Lindbergh - Marriage, children, kidnapping He married Anne Morrow Lindbergh, an author and daughter of diplomat Dwight Morrow, in 1929. He taught her how to fly and did much of his exploring and charting of air-routes with her. The two had six children: Charles Augustus, Jr.(born 1930), Jon (1932), Land (1937), Anne (1940), Scott (1942) and Reeve (1945).
Their son Charles Augustus, 20 months old, was abducted on March 1, 1932, from their home. The boy was found dead on May 12 in Hopewell, New Jersey, just a few miles from the Lindbergh's home, after a nation-wide ten week sear ...
See also:Charles Lindbergh, Charles Lindbergh - Early life, Charles Lindbergh - First solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, Charles Lindbergh - Marriage, children, kidnapping, Charles Lindbergh - Did Lindbergh Sympathize with Nazis?, Charles Lindbergh - Rise of fascism, Charles Lindbergh - Lindbergh and the Munich Crisis, Charles Lindbergh - Outbreak of war, Charles Lindbergh - Later life, Charles Lindbergh - Lindbergh in fiction, Charles Lindbergh - See Also, Charles Lindbergh - Sources Read more here: » Charles Lindbergh: Encyclopedia II - Charles Lindbergh - Marriage, children, kidnapping |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Cheyenne Wyoming - Geography Cheyenne is located at 41°8'44" North, 104°48'7" West (41.145548, -104.802042)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 54.9 km² (21.2 mi²). 54.7 km² (21.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.38% water.
At Cheyenne, the north-south Interstate 25 intersects with the east-west Interstate ...
See also:Cheyenne Wyoming, Cheyenne Wyoming - History, Cheyenne Wyoming - Geography, Cheyenne Wyoming - Demographics, Cheyenne Wyoming - Other information, Cheyenne Wyoming - The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Cheyenne Wyoming - Notable people from Cheyenne Read more here: » Cheyenne Wyoming: Encyclopedia II - Cheyenne Wyoming - Geography |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Character overview
Watchmen - The Minutemen era.
Main article: Minutemen (comics)
The Minutemen were a group of superheroes that was formed before the events of Watchmen, between 1939 and 1949.
Watchmen - Post-Minutemen era.
The Crimebusters
The Crimebusters were a group of superheroes who in 1966 attempted to form a ...
See also:Watchmen, Watchmen - Title, Watchmen - Composition, Watchmen - Plot summary, Watchmen - Character background, Watchmen - Adaptations from Charlton Comics, Watchmen - Character overview, Watchmen - The Minutemen era, Watchmen - Post-Minutemen era, Watchmen - Publication details, Watchmen - Editions, Watchmen - Related products, Watchmen - Parody, Watchmen - Film Adaptation, Watchmen - Notes Read more here: » Watchmen: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Character overview |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Film Adaptation A film adaptation has been under development for many years with the earliest attempt in 1989 with Terry Gilliam and Sam Hamm attached. The project was abandoned after trouble adapting the story.
In 2003 Paramount Pictures attempted to revive the novel with a highly acclaimed script written by David Hayter. Darren Aronofsky was attached to direct but dropped out and was replaced by Paul Greengrass. The film was scrapped in June 2005 because of budget concerns. The ...
See also:Watchmen, Watchmen - Title, Watchmen - Composition, Watchmen - Plot summary, Watchmen - Character background, Watchmen - Adaptations from Charlton Comics, Watchmen - Character overview, Watchmen - The Minutemen era, Watchmen - Post-Minutemen era, Watchmen - Publication details, Watchmen - Editions, Watchmen - Related products, Watchmen - Parody, Watchmen - Film Adaptation, Watchmen - Notes Read more here: » Watchmen: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Film Adaptation |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Cheyenne Wyoming - Demographics As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there are 53,011 people, 22,324 households, and 14,175 families residing in the city. The population density is 969.6/km² (2,511.4/mi²). There are 23,782 housing units at an average density of 435.0/km² (1,126.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 88.11% White, 2.78% Black or African American, 0.81% Native American, 1.06% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 4.44% from other races, and 2.69% from two or more races. 12.54% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
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See also:Cheyenne Wyoming, Cheyenne Wyoming - History, Cheyenne Wyoming - Geography, Cheyenne Wyoming - Demographics, Cheyenne Wyoming - Other information, Cheyenne Wyoming - The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Cheyenne Wyoming - Notable people from Cheyenne Read more here: » Cheyenne Wyoming: Encyclopedia II - Cheyenne Wyoming - Demographics |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Cheyenne Wyoming - Other information In Wyoming's ground-breaking woman's suffrage legislation, Esther Hobart Morris was a leader.
Alferd Packer the only American ever convicted of cannibalism (though the official charge was murder, since cannibalism is not a crime in the United States) was apprehended at Cheyenne, March 11, 1883. Tom Horn, the notorious Pinkerton's agent who had been operating as a hit man for the Wyoming Stock Growers Association was hanged for a murder that he probably ...
See also:Cheyenne Wyoming, Cheyenne Wyoming - History, Cheyenne Wyoming - Geography, Cheyenne Wyoming - Demographics, Cheyenne Wyoming - Other information, Cheyenne Wyoming - The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, Cheyenne Wyoming - Notable people from Cheyenne Read more here: » Cheyenne Wyoming: Encyclopedia II - Cheyenne Wyoming - Other information |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Character background In the early 1980s DC Comics, who had acquired a number of existing characters from Charlton Comics, commissioned a treatment from Moore for a mini-series about them. Watchmen is the resulting story, recast with new heroes to avoid continuity problems with the existing DC Universe and previously established characters. While the Watchmen characters were initally inspired by various Charlton Comics characters, it's worth noting that Moore borrowed elements of other comic book characters as well, and also drew upon his own imagination. Below is a list of Watchmen ch ...
See also:Watchmen, Watchmen - Title, Watchmen - Composition, Watchmen - Plot summary, Watchmen - Character background, Watchmen - Adaptations from Charlton Comics, Watchmen - Character overview, Watchmen - The Minutemen era, Watchmen - Post-Minutemen era, Watchmen - Publication details, Watchmen - Editions, Watchmen - Related products, Watchmen - Parody, Watchmen - Film Adaptation, Watchmen - Notes Read more here: » Watchmen: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Character background |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Composition Set in an alternative history in which superheroes are real, Watchmen is an adventure and crime drama that incorporates moral philosophy, popular culture, history, art, and science.
Watchmen is composed of 12 chapters, which reproduce the original comic book issues. The beginning of each chapter, excluding the first, shows a clock face which progresses by a minute each issue; the second chapter begins at 11:49 ending at 12:00 in the final chapter. Each clock face may be seen as edging closer to the end of the world, in t ...
See also:Watchmen, Watchmen - Title, Watchmen - Composition, Watchmen - Plot summary, Watchmen - Character background, Watchmen - Adaptations from Charlton Comics, Watchmen - Character overview, Watchmen - The Minutemen era, Watchmen - Post-Minutemen era, Watchmen - Publication details, Watchmen - Editions, Watchmen - Related products, Watchmen - Parody, Watchmen - Film Adaptation, Watchmen - Notes Read more here: » Watchmen: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Composition |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Publication details
Watchmen - Editions.
Originally published as twelve individual issues (with the last nearly a year after the others), Watchmen was later printed as a graphic novel (ISBN 0930289234).
A special hardcover edition was produced by Graphitti Designs in 1987, containing 48 pages of bonus material, including the original proposal and concept art. DC did not distribute the book in quantity as planned, but a small quantity were print ...
See also:Watchmen, Watchmen - Title, Watchmen - Composition, Watchmen - Plot summary, Watchmen - Character background, Watchmen - Adaptations from Charlton Comics, Watchmen - Character overview, Watchmen - The Minutemen era, Watchmen - Post-Minutemen era, Watchmen - Publication details, Watchmen - Editions, Watchmen - Related products, Watchmen - Parody, Watchmen - Film Adaptation, Watchmen - Notes Read more here: » Watchmen: Encyclopedia II - Watchmen - Publication details |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - The Chronicles of Narnia - Pagan influences There are many Christians who feel that the Chronicles of Narnia promotes soft sell paganism and occultism, because of the recurring pagan themes and the heretical depictions of Christ as an anthropomorphic lion. Satyrs, fauns, centaurs, dwarves, werewolves, giants and even the pagan god Bacchus and the Maenads are depicted in a positive light, when they are distinctly pagan motifs. Even an animistic "River God" is portrayed in a positive light. (Chattaway 2005), (Berit 2005) According to Josh Hurst from Christianity Today, "not on ...
See also:The Chronicles of Narnia, The Chronicles of Narnia - The books, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Chronicles of Narnia - Prince Caspian, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Silver Chair, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Horse and His Boy, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Magician's Nephew, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Last Battle, The Chronicles of Narnia - Reading order, The Chronicles of Narnia - Christian parallels, The Chronicles of Narnia - Pagan influences, The Chronicles of Narnia - Influences on Narnia, The Chronicles of Narnia - Writing, The Chronicles of Narnia - Name, The Chronicles of Narnia - Narnia's influence on others, The Chronicles of Narnia - Influence on authors, The Chronicles of Narnia - Influence on popular culture, The Chronicles of Narnia - Criticism, The Chronicles of Narnia - The Narnia universe, The Chronicles of Narnia - Narnia in other media, The Chronicles of Narnia - Television, The Chronicles of Narnia - Radio, The Chronicles of Narnia - Stage, The Chronicles of Narnia - Cinema, The Chronicles of Narnia - Music Read more here: » The Chronicles of Narnia: Encyclopedia II - The Chronicles of Narnia - Pagan influences |
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| | | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - The Man in the High Castle - The Use of the I Ching Dick claims that he wrote The Man in the High Castle, using the ancient Chinese philosophical text the I Ching (or Book of Changes) to decide on plot development. He even blamed the I Ching for plot details that he was unhappy with in one interview.
The I Ching is featured throughout The Man in the High Castle. It spread through the Pacific States after the Japanese began their occupation. Several characters, both Japanese and American, consult it for important decisions. Hawthorne, li ...
See also:The Man in the High Castle, The Man in the High Castle - Plot, The Man in the High Castle - Back Story, The Man in the High Castle - Storylines, The Man in the High Castle - The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, The Man in the High Castle - The Use of the I Ching, The Man in the High Castle - Themes, The Man in the High Castle - Trivia Read more here: » The Man in the High Castle: Encyclopedia II - The Man in the High Castle - The Use of the I Ching |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - The Man in the High Castle - The Grasshopper Lies Heavy Several characters in The Man in the High Castle read a popular, although banned, novel called The Grasshopper Lies Heavy by Hawthorne Abdensen in which the Axis powers lost the war. Although closer to actual history, the novel portrays a third scenario.
In The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, Roosevelt survives the assassination attempt but does not run for reelection in 1940. The next president, Rexford Tugwell (who in our reality never ran for the presidency), mitigates the bombing of Pearl Harbor by sai ...
See also:The Man in the High Castle, The Man in the High Castle - Plot, The Man in the High Castle - Back Story, The Man in the High Castle - Storylines, The Man in the High Castle - The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, The Man in the High Castle - The Use of the I Ching, The Man in the High Castle - Themes, The Man in the High Castle - Trivia Read more here: » The Man in the High Castle: Encyclopedia II - The Man in the High Castle - The Grasshopper Lies Heavy |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - The Man in the High Castle - Themes The most prominent theme in The Man in the High Castle is the question of the penetration of true reality into a false reality. This can be seen in several aspects of the novel.
Robert Childan discovers that many of his antiques are fakes and becomes paranoid that his entire stock consists of counterfeits.
Several characters are spies, traveling under false names and pretenses.
Although not describing the historical scenario, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, the book-within-a-book, portrays actual hist ...
See also:The Man in the High Castle, The Man in the High Castle - Plot, The Man in the High Castle - Back Story, The Man in the High Castle - Storylines, The Man in the High Castle - The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, The Man in the High Castle - The Use of the I Ching, The Man in the High Castle - Themes, The Man in the High Castle - Trivia Read more here: » The Man in the High Castle: Encyclopedia II - The Man in the High Castle - Themes |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Harsh Realm - Episode Information See also: List of episodes of Harsh Realm
A box set with the 9 completed episodes, including those unaired on network television in the USA, was released on region 1 DVD on August 24, 2004. The box features two commentary tracks on the pilot episode by the show's creator and director as well as other minor special features.
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See also:Harsh Realm, Harsh Realm - Setting, Harsh Realm - Episode Information, Harsh Realm - Characters, Harsh Realm - Harsh Realm TV Series vs. Harsh Realm Comic Book, Harsh Realm - Harsh Realm World Mechanics, Harsh Realm - Trivia, Harsh Realm - Music Read more here: » Harsh Realm: Encyclopedia II - Harsh Realm - Episode Information |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Philip K. Dick - Death Philip K. Dick died on March 2, 1982, the result of a combination of recurrent strokes accompanied by heart failure.
After his death (he was disconnected from life support on March 2 but his EEG had been isoelectric for five days prior to that), his father Edgar brought his son's body to Fort Morgan, Colorado. When his twin Jane had died, a tombstone had been carved with both of their names on it, and an empty space for Philip's date of death. After fifty-three years, that final date was carved in, and Phil ...
See also:Philip K. Dick, Philip K. Dick - Early life, Philip K. Dick - Dick and his visions, Philip K. Dick - VALIS, Philip K. Dick - Exegesis, Philip K. Dick - Marriages and children, Philip K. Dick - Death, Philip K. Dick - Dick's influence, Philip K. Dick - Bibliography, Philip K. Dick - Best-known novels, Philip K. Dick - Novels by year, Philip K. Dick - Short stories, Philip K. Dick - Film adaptations of Philip K. Dick's works, Philip K. Dick - Awards, Philip K. Dick - Biographies, Philip K. Dick - Interviews Read more here: » Philip K. Dick: Encyclopedia II - Philip K. Dick - Death |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Philip K. Dick - Dick's influence Like other more famous science fiction authors, several of Dick's stories have been made into movies. Most of these are only loosely based on Dick's original story, using them as a starting-point for a Hollywood action-adventure story. While the most admired is Ridley Scott's classic movie Blade Runner (based on Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) the action film Total Recall faithfully translates a number of Dick's themes (in particular from Dick's short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale< ...
See also:Philip K. Dick, Philip K. Dick - Early life, Philip K. Dick - Dick and his visions, Philip K. Dick - VALIS, Philip K. Dick - Exegesis, Philip K. Dick - Marriages and children, Philip K. Dick - Death, Philip K. Dick - Dick's influence, Philip K. Dick - Bibliography, Philip K. Dick - Best-known novels, Philip K. Dick - Novels by year, Philip K. Dick - Short stories, Philip K. Dick - Film adaptations of Philip K. Dick's works, Philip K. Dick - Awards, Philip K. Dick - Biographies, Philip K. Dick - Interviews Read more here: » Philip K. Dick: Encyclopedia II - Philip K. Dick - Dick's influence |
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| | | | | alternative history: Encyclopedia II - Philip K. Dick - Bibliography
Philip K. Dick - Best-known novels.
The Man in the High Castle, which takes place in an alternate America ruled by the victorious Axis powers, and which features an early exploration by Dick into the questions of false worlds;
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the inspiration for the film Blade Runner, which deals with Dick's themes about replicas of real things;
Time Out of Joint, another excellent depiction of a man discovering his world to be fake (in man ...
See also:Philip K. Dick, Philip K. Dick - Early life, Philip K. Dick - Dick and his visions, Philip K. Dick - VALIS, Philip K. Dick - Exegesis, Philip K. Dick - Marriages and children, Philip K. Dick - Death, Philip K. Dick - Dick's influence, Philip K. Dick - Bibliography, Philip K. Dick - Best-known novels, Philip K. Dick - Novels by year, Philip K. Dick - Short stories, Philip K. Dick - Film adaptations of Philip K. Dick's works, Philip K. Dick - Awards, Philip K. Dick - Biographies, Philip K. Dick - Interviews Read more here: » Philip K. Dick: Encyclopedia II - Philip K. Dick - Bibliography |
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