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![]() The method used for her disposal is particularly striking, for the larnax served as a coffin in the Minoan civilization, and was put out to sea with the corpse in it. The story is certainly archaic and was well known to Simonides who used it in a lyric poem about Danae’s lament when she is put out to sea. ![]() For Danae’s father Akrisios locks his daughter and new-born grandson into a larnax and puts them out to sea to die, out of fear of Perseos’ eventual power. Nevertheless her mingling with Zeus has nearly fatal consequences. She is not abducted by a god, as Marpessa is, but only raped. The full story about her is clearly assumed to be familiar to the reader. She is described simply as the mother of Perseos and as being καλλίσφυρος. Danae appears only in the context of her relationship with Zeus. ![]() ![]() ![]() Maybe in that universe he doesn’tįeel like he’s never breathing, always pretending, teaching the kidsĮven though they all have to learn alone, trying hard not to read the Maybe he wouldn’t have lost everything andīroken everything and then fallen impossibly, irrevocably in love with ![]() This Multiplicity of Powers by in another universe he isn’t different. ![]() Slams the door shut with a deafening reverb and Louis rolls his eyes.Ī Route 66 AU where falling in love was never part of the plan.ġ49K / Strangers to Enemies to Friends to Lovers / Road Trip au / “Polk-A-Dot Drive In,” Harry spits before getting out of the car. Halfway to the Dotty Diner and ran the car off the road because of anĪllergic reaction, so don’t go blaming me.” “Are you saying it’s myįault you got stung by a bee? Had you been alone you would have gotten “Sticky fingers?” Louis repeats, offended. “So far, you’ve put your sticky fingers on “I wanted to get the most out of this trip so I planned itĬarefully.” His voice is low and steady and somehow that’s worse than Walk That Mile by stares at him, the line of his jaw standing out Here is part 2 of my long word count fic rec! I scoured through ao3 and picked out a lot of great fics for you all to look through and find something to read! Hope you like em! This is from 149K down to 130K! Part 1 is here. ![]() ![]() occupiers of Germany after World War II declared that all military research in Germany was to cease, as part of the process of denazification. Some of the Nazis brought over were frauds who had passed themselves off as scientists, some of whom subsequently learned their fields while working for the U.S. Some trial transcripts were classified in their entirety to avoid exposing the pasts of important U.S. government to Argentina to protect them from prosecution. government for years, as they lived and worked in Boston Harbor, Long Island, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, Alabama, and elsewhere, or were flown by the U.S. Some were protected from their past by the U.S. Some of the Nazis tried at Nuremberg had already been working for the U.S. military hired sixteen hundred former Nazi scientists and doctors, including some of Adolf Hitler’s closest collaborators, including men responsible for murder, slavery, and human experimentation, including men convicted of war crimes, men acquitted of war crimes, and men who never stood trial. history books, movies, and television programs.Īfter World War II, the U.S. But the basic facts have been available they’re just left out of most U.S. Jacobsen has added some details, and the U.S. It isn’t terribly secret anymore, of course, and it was never very intelligent. Annie Jacobsen’s new book is called Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program That Brought Nazi Scientists to America. ![]() ![]() ![]() Or rather, she sees flickering images that she can make more real if she concentrates. The book opens with a young woman, Mary, and her minder, Tyrone, in a dilapidated building that exists in the remnants of the After. I am drawn, often, to stories about grief and loss, and this one was no exception. It's not confusing, but its chief concern isn't throughput of story. I'd go as far as to say it's not actually narrative, although it is a novel. This book is therefore not a linear narrative. Instead, Maughan writes around it, in scenes and segments labeled Before and After. THE central premise of Infinite Detail is an event that doesn't appear on the actual page. Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan, MCD x FSG Originals, 2019, $16, tpbĮmpress of Forever by Max Gladstone, Tor Books, 2019, $18.99, tpbįamous Men Who Never Lived by K Chess, Tin House Books, 2019, $24.95, hcĪn Illusion of Thieves by Cate Glass, Tor Books, 2019, $16.99, tpb Index of Title, Month and Page sorted by Author Fantasy and Science Fiction: Musing on Books by Michelle West ![]() ![]() ![]() That is, until she's told about a local death that's a suspected murder. Cold and remote, Alaska seems tailor-made for her to hideout.īeth's new home in Alaska is sparsely populated with people who all seem to be running or hiding from something, and though she accidentally booked a room at a halfway house, she feels safer than she's felt since Levi took her. After being held in a van for three days by her kidnapper, Levi Brooks, Beth managed to escape, and until he is captured, she's got to get away. Known to the world as thriller author Elizabeth Fairchild, she had become the subject of a fanatic's obsession. ![]() Beth Rivers is on the run - she's doing the only thing she could think of to keep herself safe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout The Queen of Air and Darkness, Arthur struggles to reform and "civilize" the bloody nation (torn by racial strife) left to him by his father, Uther Pendragon. The pleading questions asked here are never directly posed by the Wart (now King Arthur) in the novel however, the sense of the "sins of the fathers" affecting the son - and the past affecting the present - is a chief component of the Arthurian legend (and White's retelling of it). Like the other volumes in The Once and Future King, The Queen of Air and Darkness begins with an epigraph: "When shall I be dead and rid / Of the wrong my father did? / How long, how long, till spade and hearse / Put to sleep my mother's curse?" ![]() ![]() Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking around with my ex-boyfriend. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, we're both learning just how flawed my family really is. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. ![]() My friends and I used to play lying games. And it turns out my parents are keeping a huge secret-could it be the reason I'm dead? How far. ![]() ![]() ![]() Weeks later, it had become a word-of-mouth hit for expats and the French alike, even outselling Bill Clinton's memoir at Paris's fabled American bookstore Brentano's. The author originally wrote A YEAR IN THE MERDE just for fun and self-published it in France in an English language edition. ![]() He also illuminates how to get the best out of the grumpiest Parisian waiter, how to survive a French business meeting, and how not to buy a house in the French countryside. Based loosely on his own experiences and with names changed to "avoid embarrassment, possible legal action and to prevent the author's legs being broken by someone in a Yves Saint Laurent suit (or quite possibly, a Christian Dior skirt), " A YEAR IN THE MERDE is the story of a Paul West, a 27-year-old Brit who is brought to Paris by a French company to open a chain of British "tea rooms." He soon becomes immersed in the contradictions of French culture: the French are not all cheese-eating surrender monkeys, though they do eat a lot of smelly cheese they are still in shock at being stupid enough to sell Louisiana, thus losing the chance to make French the global language, while going on strike is the second national participation sport after pétanque. ![]() ![]() ![]() An urban antidote to A Year in Provence, Stephen Clarke's book is a laugh-out-loud account of a year in the life of an expat in Paris- for Francophiles and Francophobes alikeĪ YEAR IN THE MERDE is the almost-true account of the author's adventures as an expat in Paris. ![]() ![]() ![]() It aired from 29 August 2009 to 15 September 2012. Zeynep is a beautiful girl who adheres to her ethical values and works as a manager assistant.Pixel Pinkie is an Australian children's animated television series produced and created by Blue Rocket Productions in association with the Nine Network and principally funded by The Film Finance Corporation Australia. Even though they are sisters, they are totally different from each other. Derry Girls ’ Saoirse Monica-Jackson, who will be playing a.Synopsis Zeynep ( Sevda Erginc) and Yildiz ( Eda Ece) are two sisters who are living together in Istanbul. The Decameron boasts an extensive and impressive cast. Yep dramaZosia Mamet, Jessica Plummer and Leila Farzard are all appearing in The Decameron. ![]() |