The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Volume one. Volume one opens with Mina Murray recruited by Campion Bond to assemble the League. Bond dispatches Miss Murray to Egypt along with an un-named "sea captain" (who later we discover to be Captain Nemo). Whilst in Cairo, Murray finds Allan Quatermain, who has become an opium addict. The duo are forced to flee to a port after Quatermain defends Miss Murray from a group of Arabs who attempt to rape her, killing two of their number. Down at the docks, Nemo emerges from the Nautilus and blasts the pursuing "mohammedan ...

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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Overview, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Inspiration, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Synopsis, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Volume one, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Volume two, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - The New Traveller's Almanac, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Collections, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Source works, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Principal characters, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Secondary characters, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Similar pastiches, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Adaptations, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Awards & Recognition

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Twentieth (20th) Century Fox, shorthand for Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, is one of the major movie studios, located in the Century City area of Los Angeles, California, USA, just west of Beverly Hills. The studio is a subsidiary of News Corporation, the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch. 20th Century Fox - History. The company is the result of a 1935 merger of two entities, Fox Film Corporation founded by William Fox in 1914, and Twentieth Century Pictures, begun in 1932 by D ...

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• 20th Century Fox - History
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• 20th Century Fox - 1930s
• 20th Century Fox - 1940s
• 20th Century Fox - 1950s
• 20th Century Fox - 1960s
• 20th Century Fox - 1970s
• 20th Century Fox - 1980s
• 20th Century Fox - 1990s
• 20th Century Fox - 2000s
• 20th Century Fox - 20th Television
• 20th Century Fox - TV series
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Alan Moore (born November 18, 1953, in Northampton, England) is a British writer most famous for his work in comics, including the acclaimed graphic novels Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell. He has also written a novel, Voice of the Fire, and performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with the Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels. As a comics writer, Moore is renowned for bringing more mature, literary sensibilities to a medium often dismissed as juvenile and ...

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• Alan Moore - Career
• Alan Moore - Early work
• Alan Moore - The American mainstream
• Alan Moore - The independent period
• Alan Moore - Return to the mainstream
• Alan Moore - America's Best Comics
• Alan Moore - Disputes and departure from DC
• Alan Moore - Awards & Recogntion
• Alan Moore - Major works
• Alan Moore - Marvelman/Miracleman
• Alan Moore - V for Vendetta
• Alan Moore - Swamp Thing
• Alan Moore - Watchmen
• Alan Moore - Supreme
• Alan Moore - From Hell
• Alan Moore - Prose
• Alan Moore - Film
• Alan Moore - Music and performance art
• Alan Moore - Partial bibliography
• Alan Moore - Comics
• Alan Moore - Comics adaptations of Moore works in other media
• Alan Moore - Novels
• Alan Moore - Recorded works
• Alan Moore - Films

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Van Helsing is a 2004 action / horror film directed by Stephen Sommers. The film stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. Van Helsing - Plot summary. During the late 19th century Dr. Frankenstein works with Count Dracula to bring the dead back to life. In doing so he creates Frankenstein's Monster. Dracula disposes of Frankenstein and the monster goes into hiding. One year later Van Helsing is sent to Eastern Europe by a secret religious organization with ties to the Vatican in order to vanquis ...

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• Van Helsing - Main cast

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James Bond, also known as 007 (pronounced "double-oh seven"), is a fictional British spy introduced by writer Ian Fleming in 1953. Fleming wrote numerous novels and short stories based upon the character and, after his death in 1964, further literary adventures were written by Kingsley Amis (pseudonym "Robert Markham"), John Pearson, John Gardner, Raymond Benson, and Charlie Higson; in addition, Christopher Wood wrote two screenplay novelisations and other authors have also written ...

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• James Bond - Overview
• James Bond - The character
• James Bond - The franchise
• James Bond - Biography of James Bond
• James Bond - Novels
• James Bond - By Ian Fleming
• James Bond - Post-Fleming James Bond novels
• James Bond - Young Bond
• James Bond - The Moneypenny Diaries
• James Bond - Other Bond-related fiction
• James Bond - Films
• James Bond - Official
• James Bond - Unofficial
• James Bond - Other films pertaining to James Bond
• James Bond - Music
• James Bond - Video games
• James Bond - Comic strips and comic books
• James Bond - Bond characters
• James Bond - Vehicles & gadgets
• James Bond - Trivia

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WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, is an American publisher of comic books. It began as Jim Lee's personal company under Image Comics, but it is currently an imprint of DC Comics with Jim Lee as the imprint's editor. Wildstorm - The Image years. WildStorm was one of the founding studios that joined together in 1992 to form Image Comics. It grew out of Homage Studios which was founded by artists Scott Williams, Whilce Portacio, Jim Lee, and Joe Chiodo in San Diego, California. Lee, Williams, ...

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• Wildstorm - The Image years
• Wildstorm - The DC Years
• Wildstorm - Recommended reading

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Allan Quatermain is a fictional character, the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines and its various sequels and prequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of an 1887 book in this sequence. Quatermain is an English big game hunter in Africa. While not precisely anti-colonial in his outlook, he appears to strongly favour native Africans having a say in how their affairs are run, a rather progressive outlook for a Victorian. Quatermain is a quintessential outdoorsman, who finds English cities and ...

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Gnosticism is a blanket term for various mystical initiatory religions, sects and knowledge schools, which were most prominent in the first few centuries AD. It is also applied to modern revivals of these groups and, sometimes, by analogy to all religious movements based on secret knowledge gnosis, thus can lead to confusion. The occult nature of gnostic teaching (as seen from a modern viewpoint) and the fact that much of the material relating to the schools comprising Gnosticism has traditionally come from critiques by orthodo ...

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• Gnosticism - Etymology
• Gnosticism - Background and origins of gnosticism
• Gnosticism - Theology and cosmology
• Gnosticism - The classic gnostic myth
• Gnosticism - The Valentinian Gnostic creation myth
• Gnosticism - Matter
• Gnosticism - Gnostic conceptions of humanity
• Gnosticism - Lifestyle
• Gnosticism - Gnostic sects
• Gnosticism - Sources
• Gnosticism - Gnostic texts
• Gnosticism - Notable Gnostics
• Gnosticism - Gnosticism in modern times
• Gnosticism - Gnosticism in popular culture

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (or Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea) is a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne (1828–1905), published in 1870 under the title Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. The original edition, published by Hetzel, contains a number of illustrations by Alphonse de Neuville and Edouard Riou. The novel is about the fictional Captain Nemo and his submarine, Nautilus, as seen by one of his passengers, Professor Aronnax. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ...

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• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Notes
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Trivia
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea - Film adaptations

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Kevin J. Anderson - Star Wars books. Jedi Search (1994) Dark Apprentice (1994) Champions of the Force (1994) Darksaber (1996) The Emperor's Plague (1998) with Rebecca Moesta: Heirs of Force (1995) Shadow Academy (1995) The Lost Ones (1995) Lightsabers (1996) Darkest Knight (1996) Jedi Under Siege (1996) Delusions ...

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Kevin J. Anderson, Kevin J. Anderson - Bibliography incomplete, Kevin J. Anderson - Star Wars books, Kevin J. Anderson - Dune prequels, Kevin J. Anderson - with Doug Beason, Kevin J. Anderson - with Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson - X-Files books, Kevin J. Anderson - StarCraft books, Kevin J. Anderson - as K. J. Anderson, Kevin J. Anderson - Original

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List of comic creators - Comic-strip creators. Falk, Lee, creator of The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician Herriman, George, creator of early comic strip Krazy Kat Raymond, Alex Watterson, Bill, creator of Calvin and Hobbes List of comic creators - Comic-book creators: Living. Abel, Jessica, author of La Perdida series Adams, Neal Adkins, Dan, Silver Age penciller/in ...

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List of comic creators, List of comic creators - Argentina, List of comic creators - Australia, List of comic creators - Belgium, List of comic creators - Brazil, List of comic creators - Canada, List of comic creators - Chile, List of comic creators - Croatia, List of comic creators - Cuba, List of comic creators - Denmark, List of comic creators - Finland, List of comic creators - France, List of comic creators - Germany, List of comic creators - Israel, List of comic creators - Italy, List of comic creators - Lithuania, List of comic creators - Malta, List of comic creators - The Netherlands, List of comic creators - New Zealand, List of comic creators - Norway, List of comic creators - Philippines, List of comic creators - Poland, List of comic creators - Portugal, List of comic creators - Slovenia, List of comic creators - Spain, List of comic creators - Sweden, List of comic creators - Switzerland, List of comic creators - United Kingdom, List of comic creators - United States, List of comic creators - Comic-strip creators, List of comic creators - Comic-book creators: Living, List of comic creators - Comic-book creators: Deceased, List of comic creators - Comic-book creators: Life/death status unknown, List of comic creators - Uruguay, List of comic creators - Miscellaneous, List of comic creators - External link

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List of fictional schools - Elementary. ACDC Elementary School a.k.a. Dentech Academy - Megaman Battle Network Bash Street School - The Bash Street Kids Carbuncle School - The Adventures of Willy Beamish video game Cypress Creek Elementary School - The Simpsons Dimmsdale Elementary - The Fairly OddParents Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children - The Simpsons Huber Elementary - Dexter's LaboratorySee also:

List of fictional schools, List of fictional schools - Public schools, List of fictional schools - Elementary, List of fictional schools - Middle and junior high, List of fictional schools - High schools, List of fictional schools - Parochial schools, List of fictional schools - Private and boarding schools, List of fictional schools - Colleges and universities, List of fictional schools - Military academies, List of fictional schools - Professional schools, List of fictional schools - Other, List of fictional schools - External link

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List of fictional ships - Single works. The Argo - Jason and the Argonauts Noah's Ark Artemis - in Diana Gabaldon's Voyager HMS Avenger - Billy Budd Bird of Dawning - Bird of Dawning novel by John Masefield The Black Treasurer in Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser series USS Caine - The Caine Mutiny (also appears in film version) HMS Compass Rose ...

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Professor Moriarty first appeared in Arthur Conan Doyle's tale The Final Problem, in which Holmes, on the verge of delivering a fatal blow to Moriarty's criminal organisation, is forced to flee to the Continent to escape Moriarty's retribution. Moriarty follows, and the two apparently fall to their deaths whilst locked in mortal combat atop the Reichenbach Falls. Moriarty plays a role in only one other of Conan Doyle's Holmes stories: The Valley of Fear, which was set before The Final Problem, but published afterw ...

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Professor Moriarty, Professor Moriarty - Appearance in Doyle's Fiction, Professor Moriarty - Simon Newcomb and other real world role models, Professor Moriarty - Moriarty's family, Professor Moriarty - Moriarty in pop culture

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Gnosticism - Heresiologists and gnostic detractors. Prior to the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library in 1945 (arguably until its translation and eventual publication in 1977), gnosticism was known primarily only through the works of heresiologists, Church Fathers who worked to chronicle those movements perceived to be deviating from the developing orthodox church, and to refute their teachings as they did so, with the ultimate aim of demonstrating their moral inferiority. The problems with such sources are immed ...

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Gnosticism, Gnosticism - Overview, Gnosticism - Etymology and philosophical context, Gnosticism - The meaning of 'gnosis', Gnosticism - The Platonist and Aristotelian traditions, Gnosticism - Neoplatonism and Plotinus' 'Address to the Gnostics', Gnosticism - Sources, Gnosticism - Heresiologists and gnostic detractors, Gnosticism - Gnostic texts preserved before 1945, Gnosticism - The Nag Hammadi library, Gnosticism - History, Gnosticism - The development of the Syrian-Egyptian school, Gnosticism - The development of the Persian school, Gnosticism - Nature and Structure of Gnosticism, Gnosticism - A typological model: the main features of gnosticism, Gnosticism - Dualism and monism, Gnosticism - Moral and ritual practise, Gnosticism - Major gnostic schools and their texts, Gnosticism - 'Gnosticism' as a potentially flawed category, Gnosticism - Gnosticism in modern times, Gnosticism - Scholars of gnosticism and those influenced by it, Gnosticism - Modern gnostic 'revivals', Gnosticism - Gnosticism in pop culture, Gnosticism - Literature, Gnosticism - Film and television, Gnosticism - Music, Gnosticism - Art, Gnosticism - Computer console and 'tabletop' games

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Secret society - Business international or non-governmental organizations. While not self-styled as secret societies, these groups are often discussed in that context. Bilderberg Group Club of Rome Council on Foreign Relations Rhodes-Milner Round Table Groups Royal Institute of International Affairs (also known as Chatham House) Trilateral Commission Secret society - Student societies. Anak Society (1 ...

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Secret society, Secret society - List of secret societies, Secret society - Business international or non-governmental organizations, Secret society - Student societies, Secret society - Fraternal organizations, Secret society - Criminal organizations, Secret society - Historical secret societies, Secret society - Revolutionary or underground organizations, Secret society - Alleged secret societies, Secret society - In works of fiction and popular culture

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James Bond - The character. Commander James Bond is an agent of the international arm of the British Secret Service, now known as MI6, under which he holds the code number "007". The 'double-oh' prefix indicates his discretionary licence to kill in the performance of his duties. Fleming named James Bond after an ornithologist of the same name who had written Birds of the West Indies. Fleming, a keen birdwatcher, was in Jamaica with a copy of Bond's field guide when he chose Bond's name for the lead ...

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James Bond, James Bond - Overview, James Bond - The character, James Bond - The franchise, James Bond - Biography of James Bond, James Bond - Novels, James Bond - By Ian Fleming, James Bond - Post-Fleming James Bond novels, James Bond - Young Bond, James Bond - The Moneypenny Diaries, James Bond - Other Bond-related fiction, James Bond - Films, James Bond - Official, James Bond - Unofficial, James Bond - Other films pertaining to James Bond, James Bond - Music, James Bond - Medium Dry Vodka Martini with Lemon Peel Shaken not stirred, James Bond - Video games, James Bond - Comic strips and comic books, James Bond - Bond characters, James Bond - Vehicles & gadgets, James Bond - Trivia

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Wells had considered the notion of time travel before, in an earlier (but less well-known) story titled The Chronic Argonauts. He had thought of using some of this material in a series of articles in the Pall Mall Gazette, until the publisher asked him if he could instead write a serial novel on the same theme; Wells readily agreed, and was paid 100 pounds on its publication by Heinemann in 1895. The story was first published in serial ...

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The Time Machine, The Time Machine - The novel, The Time Machine - Film versions, The Time Machine - Sequels by other authors

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This theme of an alien invasion has remained popular ever since, some recent examples being Footfall by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, the "Worldwar" series by Harry Turtledove, and the film Independence Day. Tim Burton's farcical Mars Attacks! shares many themes with The War of the Worlds, particularly the unexpected and inglorious demise of the Martian invaders. A number of people have written stories that pay homage to The War of the Worlds, often telling how the invasion went in places other th ...

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The War of the Worlds novel, The War of the Worlds novel - Plot summary, The War of the Worlds novel - Setting, The War of the Worlds novel - Sequence of events, The War of the Worlds novel - Analysis, The War of the Worlds novel - Unanswered questions from the book, The War of the Worlds novel - Influence

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List of people known by initials - A—F. B. J. Armstrong P. T. Anderson W. H. Auden J. L. Austin A. J. Ayer J. G. Ballard P. T. Barnum J. M. Barrie H. E. Bates C. E. W. Bean L. L. Bean P.G.T. Beauregard W. A. C. Bennett E. C. Bentley P. W. Botha T. C. Boyle J. N. Brønsted A. J. Burnett A. S. Byatt J. J. Cale See also:

List of people known by initials, List of people known by initials - Famous people known by their initials, List of people known by initials - Borderline cases, List of people known by initials - Individuals known always or for the most part by initials and surname, List of people known by initials - A—F, List of people known by initials - G—P, List of people known by initials - Q—Z, List of people known by initials - Individuals known by first name and an initial as a surname, List of people known by initials - Individuals whose use of their middle initial carries special significance, List of people known by initials - Fictional characters

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