Belisarius was featured in several works of art before the 20th century. The oldest of them is the historical treatise by his very own secretary, Procopius, the Anecdota, commonly referred to as the Arcana Historia or Secret History, it is an extended attack on Belisarius and Antonia, indicting him as a love-blind fool and his wife as unfaithful and duplicitous. Later works include the 17th century poem by Friedrich de la Motte Fouque, Beliar, the John Oldmixon drama The life and history of Belisarius, who conq ...

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Belisarius, Belisarius - Early life and career, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Vandals, Belisarius - Campaigns against the Ostrogoths, Belisarius - His later life and campaigns, Belisarius - The legend of Belisarius as a blind beggar, Belisarius - Belisarius in fiction, Belisarius - Named after him

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The Dirac Sea provides a mechanism for time-travel in Geoffrey A. Landis' Nebula Award-winning short story "Ripples in the Dirac Sea". It also appears in the sci-fi anime Neon Genesis Evangelion - noted for its high-quality technobabble - as an expanding void that sucks up matter during the attack of the 12th Angel, Leliel, in episode 16. It is mentioned again in episode 17 as a possible reason for the mysterious disappearance of NERV's Nevada branch. The Dirac Sea is also used as an energy source for A-POT weapons in The Fleet series o ...

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Dirac sea, Dirac sea - In fiction

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The General series - Original series. Centering on Raj Ammenda Halgern da Luis Whitehall The Forge (1991) The Hammer (1992) The Anvil (1993) The Steel (1993) The Sword (1995) The first two books were also published as an omnibus Warlord (2003), with the next three in another as Conqueror (2003). The General series - Follow-on series. The Chosen (1996) The Reformer (1999) See also:

The General series, The General series - Books, The General series - Original series, The General series - Follow-on series, The General series - Plot

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World Fantasy Award for Best Novel - 1975. The 1975 WFC, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was chaired by Kirby McCauley. Judges were Ramsey Campbell, Edward L. Ferman, David G. Hartwell, Fritz Leiber and Gahan Wilson. Winner: The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, Patricia A. McKillip A Midsummer Tempest, Poul Anderson Merlin's Ring, H. Warner M ...

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King Arthur - Literature. John Steinbeck's The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a traditional take in modern language. T.H. White's The Once and Future King cycle Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Sidney Lanier's The Boy's King Arthur is a work based on Thomas Malory's, written in such a way to appeal to the boys of the 19th century. Marion Zimmer Brad ...

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King Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthur of history, King Arthur - Earliest traditions of Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthurian romance, King Arthur - Arthur's swords, King Arthur - Arthur in various media, King Arthur - Literature, King Arthur - Plays, King Arthur - Opera, King Arthur - Film, King Arthur - Television, King Arthur - Other media, King Arthur - Bibliography

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Bruce Willis stars as James Cole, a convicted petty criminal of about a generation in the future, when a remnant of the human race lives in a sealed underground environment due to contamination of the surface world with a disease that killed off most of the human race in 1996-7. The movie takes its title from the fact that the disease is believed to have arisen as an act of bioterrorism by a mysterious group calli ...

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Twelve Monkeys, Twelve Monkeys - Synopsis, Twelve Monkeys - Criticism of institutional psychiatry, Twelve Monkeys - Coincidences with Fight Club, Twelve Monkeys - Trivia

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World Fantasy Award for Best Novella - 1975. The 1975 WFC, held in Providence, Rhode Island, was chaired by Kirby McCauley. Judges were Ramsey Campbell, Edward L. Ferman, David G. Hartwell, Fritz Leiber and Gahan Wilson. World Fantasy Award for Best Novella - 1976. The 1976 WFC, held in New York, New York, was chaired by Thom Anderson. Judges were Charles Collins, Basil Copper, Gordon R. Dickson, Stuart David Schiff and Gahan Wilson. ...

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While some of his work is set in Robert E. Howard's universe (featuring Conan and Bran Mak Morn), he also created his own mystical and pre-historical hero, Kane, whose name and background are based on traditional conceptions of the biblical Cain. A powerful, left-handed man with red hair and eyes which people find it difficult to meet (the Mark of Kane), the character was described by Wagner as one "who could master any situation intellect ...

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Karl Edward Wagner, Karl Edward Wagner - Overview, Karl Edward Wagner - Bibliography, Karl Edward Wagner - Collections, Karl Edward Wagner - Novel, Karl Edward Wagner - Kane, Karl Edward Wagner - Robert E. Howard pastiches

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Robert Asprin - Series. Myth Another Fine Myth (1978) Myth Conceptions (1980) Myth Directions (1982) Hit or Myth (1983) Myth-ing Persons (1984) Little Myth Marker (1985) M.Y.T.H. inc. Link (1986) Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections (1987) M.Y.T.H. inc. in Action (1990) Sweet Myth-tery of Life (1993) Myth-Ion Improbable ...

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Robert Asprin, Robert Asprin - Biographical Timeline, Robert Asprin - Bibliography, Robert Asprin - Series, Robert Asprin - Editor

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Trained as an aeronautical engineer, De Camp received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1930 and Master of Science degree in Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1933. He married Catherine Crook in 1940, with whom he collaborated on numerous works of fiction and nonfiction beginning in the 1960s. During World War II, de Camp worked at the Philadelphia Naval Yard with fellow authors Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein. He rose to the rank of ...

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L. Sprague de Camp, L. Sprague de Camp - Life, L. Sprague de Camp - Works Fiction, L. Sprague de Camp - Works Nonfiction, L. Sprague de Camp - Awards, L. Sprague de Camp - Bibliography, L. Sprague de Camp - Science Fiction, L. Sprague de Camp - Fantasy, L. Sprague de Camp - Historical Novels, L. Sprague de Camp - Nonfiction

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Later writers, including H. P. Lovecraft and his many admirers, became great fans of Chambers' work and incorporated the name of Carcosa into their own stories, set in the Cthulhu Mythos. For instance, in some stories, Carcosa is the residence of the Great Old One Hastur. Occasionally, Hastur will alter reality and merge parts of Earth into Carcosa, usually bringing along unwilling people as well. In the short story "More Light", in which James Blish presented his version of a complete text of the play The King in Yellow, Carco ...

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Carcosa, Carcosa - The King in Yellow, Carcosa - Carcosa in other fiction, Carcosa - Carcosa Press

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PTSD may be experienced following any traumatic experience, or series of experiences which satisfy the criteria, and that do not allow the victim to readily recuperate from the detrimental effects of stress. It is believed that of those exposed to traumatic conditions between 5% (life threatening disease such as cancer) and 80% (rape) will develop PTSD depending on the severity of the trauma and personal vulnerability. In peacetime, 30% of those that suffer will go on to develop a chronic condition; ...

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Post-traumatic stress disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Background, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Diagnostic Criteria, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Symptoms and their possible explanations, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Biology of PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Neurochemistry, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Neuroanatomy, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Prevalence, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Cancer as PTSD-trauma, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Law, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Movies, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Non-Fiction

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Post-traumatic stress disorder - Neurochemistry. PTSD displays biochemical changes in the brain and body, which are different from other psychiatric disorders such as major depression. In PTSD patients, the dexamethasone cortisol suppression is strong, while it is weak in patients with major depression. In most PTSD patients the urine secretion of cortisol is low, at the same time as the catecholamine secretion is high, and the norepinephrine/cortisol ratio is increased. Brain catecholamine levels are low, ...

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Post-traumatic stress disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Background, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Diagnostic Criteria, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Symptoms and their possible explanations, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Biology of PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Neurochemistry, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Neuroanatomy, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Prevalence, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Cancer as PTSD-trauma, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Law, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Movies, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Non-Fiction

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Asprin's first novel, The Cold Cash War, an expansion of an earlier short story of the same title, was published in 1977. Over the next few years, he created and edited (with his then-wife, Lynn Abbey) the Thieves World series of shared world anthologies, perhaps one of the first projects of its type. As this series progressed, the Asprins lost control over many of the authors and the series ended in anarchy. In 2002, Lynn Abbey resurrected the series with the novel San ...

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Robert Asprin, Robert Asprin - Biographical Timeline, Robert Asprin - Bibliography, Robert Asprin - Series, Robert Asprin - Editor

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The first major popularization of Arthurian legend was Geoffrey of Monmouth's fictional Historia Regum Britanniae, a medieval equivalent of a bestseller that helped draw the attention of other writers, such as Robert Wace and Layamon, who then expanded on the tales of Arthur. The date of the Historia is given as 1133 by a small proportion of experts; however, the date is more normally given as 1138, as the following quote indicates: Geoffrey stayed at Oxford at least until 1151 and during this period wrote his two ...

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King Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthur of history, King Arthur - Earliest traditions of Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthurian romance, King Arthur - Arthur's swords, King Arthur - Arthur in various media, King Arthur - Literature, King Arthur - Plays, King Arthur - Opera, King Arthur - Film, King Arthur - Television, King Arthur - Other media, King Arthur - Hidden Versions of the Arthur Legend in Other Works, King Arthur - Bibliography

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In Robert de Boron's Merlin, later followed by Thomas Malory, Arthur obtained the throne by pulling a sword from a stone and anvil. In this account, this act could not be performed except by "the true king," meaning the divinely appointed king or true heir of Uther Pendragon. This sword was presumably the famous Excalibur and the identity is made explicit in the later so-called Vulgate Merlin Continuation. However, in what is sometimes called the Post-Vulgate Merlin, Excalibur was taken from a hand rising from a l ...

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King Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthur of history, King Arthur - Earliest traditions of Arthur, King Arthur - The Arthurian romance, King Arthur - Arthur's swords, King Arthur - Arthur in various media, King Arthur - Literature, King Arthur - Plays, King Arthur - Opera, King Arthur - Film, King Arthur - Television, King Arthur - Other media, King Arthur - Hidden Versions of the Arthur Legend in Other Works, King Arthur - Bibliography

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Symptoms can include general restlessness, insomnia, aggressiveness, depression, dissociation, emotional detachment, or nightmares. Amplification of other underlying psychological conditions may also occur. Young children suffering from PTSD will often enact aspects of the trauma through their play, and may often have nightmares that lack any recognizable content. One patho-psychological way of explaining PTSD is by viewing the condition as secondary to deficient emotional or cognitive processing of a trauma (Cordova 2001) ...

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Post-traumatic stress disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Background, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Diagnostic Criteria, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Symptoms and their possible explanations, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Biology of PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Neurochemistry, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Neuroanatomy, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Prevalence, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Cancer as PTSD-trauma, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Law, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Movies, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Non-Fiction

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The War World series is set mostly on a single planet, Haven. It is a marginally habitable planet originally settled by exiles from the CoDominium. Following the defeat of the Saurons, a remnant of the Sauron forces occupy the planet as a last hidden refuge. The books in this series were written by several authors. They consist of five collections of short stories and two collaborative novels. The first three volumes take place in roughly chronological order. The other two collections cover events that occur in other time periods. ...

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CoDominium, CoDominium - The CoDominium series, CoDominium - A History of the CoDominium Universe, CoDominium - The War World Series

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There have been scores of treatments suggested for the treatment of PTSD. One technique specifically targeted at the disorder is Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Traumatic Incident Reduction is another, more controversial targeted method of treatment. PTSD is usually treated by a combination of psychotherapy (cognitive-behavioral therapy, group therapy, and exposure therapy are popular) and psychotropic drug therapy (antidepressant or atypical antipsychotics, e.g. brand names such as Prozac (fluoxetine), Effexor ( ...

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Post-traumatic stress disorder, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Background, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Diagnostic Criteria, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Symptoms and their possible explanations, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Biology of PTSD, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Neurochemistry, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Neuroanatomy, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Prevalence, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Cancer as PTSD-trauma, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Treatment, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Law, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Fiction, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Movies, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Non-Fiction

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A growing tendency in military SF, largely due to the conservative authors who have dominated the genre in recent years, is to portray democratic government with a certain level of contempt, as bloated, corrupt, inefficient and openly antagonistic to its military protectors (who as the protagonists are typically portrayed as good and noble) and liberals exclusively as out-of-touch ivory tower academics and idealists who must invariably be protected from themselves. Some works in the genre openly admit they have been written to transport cert ...

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Military science fiction, Military science fiction - Characteristics, Military science fiction - History, Military science fiction - Viewpoint, Military science fiction - Authors, Military science fiction - Military Examples, Military science fiction - Books, Military science fiction - Movie TV and Anime, Military science fiction - Games

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Arguably, the use of flamethrowers in the trench warfare of World War I (the flamethrower was a German invention) could constitute the first use of a primitive "vacuum weapon", in that they could suffocate people protected from the direct weapon effects inside a pillbox or bunker. Other such effects were seen to occur in the firestorms at Dresden and elsewhere. In the form that exists today, these devices (often dubbed Fuel-Air Munitions) are said to have been developed in the 1960s and used by the United States during the Vietnam War ...

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Thermobaric weapon, Thermobaric weapon - Note on terminology, Thermobaric weapon - Weapon effects, Thermobaric weapon - History, Thermobaric weapon - Thermobaric weapons in fiction

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