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Prisoner of the Sun


Prisoner of the Sun is an audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". This audio drama was produced by Big Finish Productions. The Doctor has spent six years maintaining a dying sun from within, guarded by a genial but mercenary liquid lifeform, the mercurials and aided by a series of android companions. He is convinced that his actions are preventing the deaths of billions. But has he been duped? Shut away from the universe, can he trust what he sees and hears
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The Twin Dilemma


The Twin Dilemma is the seventh and final serial of the 21st season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts from 22 March to 30 March 1984. In the serial, the alien Gastropod Mestor (Edwin Richfield) plots to explode the sun of the planet Jaconda to scatter his eggs throughout the universe to conquer it. It was the first to star Colin Baker as the Sixth Doctor. After his regeneration, the Sixth Doctor starts behaving erratically. He
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Masaru Tomita


From Oct. 2005 to Sep. 2007, he served as Dean of Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University. He received an M.S. (1983) and a Ph.D. (1985) in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) under Jaime Carbonell, and two other doctoral degrees in electronic engineering and molecular biology from Kyoto University (1994) and Keio University (1998). At CMU, starting in 1985, Dr. Tomita achieved a series of academic promotions from assistant professor to associate professor of computer science and from 1986
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Doctor Sun


Doctor Sun is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. He is a cyborg who fed on human blood, and has come into conflict with Blade, Nova and the Fantastic Four. Doctor Sun first appeared in "Tomb of Dracula" #16-17 (January–February 1974), and was created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. The character subsequently appeared in "The Tomb of Dracula" #19-21 (April–June 1974), #26-28
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Rita (2009 Italian film)


- Artistic Direction 9th Concorto Film Festival | 2010 22 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Special Jury Mention 8th Imaginaria Film Festival | 2010 24 Aug – 29 Aug | Italy Jury Mention 16th Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy-Lorraine | 2010 3 Sep – 11 Sep | France Best Sound 3rd Festival Internacional Curtametraxes Bueu | 2010 Bueu International Shortfilm Festival 6 Sep – 11 Sep | Spain Best Short Fiction Film 17th Altin Koza Film Festival | 2010 Golden Boll Film Festival 20 Sep – 26 Sep | Turkey Special Jury Mention 7th Filmfest Eberswalde |
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Hussainiwala


,Sep Baban Falke, Sep Vasu Naik, Sep Raghunath Chalke, Sep Shankar Bhosale and Sep Mahadeo Paste. The battalion lives true to its motto, Kartavya Maan Sahas meaning 'Duty, Honour and Courage'. It defended the Hussainiwala headworks against an attack by a full infantry brigade supported by armoured columns of the Pakistan Army. The tower on the other side of the river was captured and razed to ground. Lt KM. Palande, Lt. Feroz Doctor, Lt. S Deshpande showed great courage and ingenuity by targeting
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List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (H–P)


This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens from the universe of the long-running BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who", including "Torchwood", "The Sarah Jane Adventures", "K-9" and "K-9 and Company". It covers alien races and other fictional creatures, but not specific characters. Individual characters are listed in separate articles. Note that some information on the page is taken from spin-off media. Haemovores appeared in the Seventh Doctor story "The Curse of Fenric" (
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Jandhyala Papayya Sastry


1991 Viswa Sandesa Lahari Moral Poems 1991 Karunasri Part II (Story of Buddha) Poetry 1991 Papayya Sastry was awarded Honorary Doctorate from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati 12th Mar 1984. Kavita Kala Nidhi Awarded By Sahiti Sravanti, Rajole 5th Sep 1982. Kavi Kulalankara Awarded by N.K.V Peettam, Bapatla 17th Apr 1989 Telugu Akadamy Award Madras 29th Apr 1985 Rasamayi Award Hyderabad 27th Jun 1987 Abinandana Award Hyderabad 21st Sep 1987 Subhangi Award Hyderabad 27th Jan 1989 Abhiruchi Award Ongole 9th Apr 1989 Nalam Krishnaraya Award Bapatla 17th Apr 1989 Sindhuja Award Secunderabad 8th Nov
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2010–13 Western Athletic Conference realignment


down an offer from the Mountain West at the same time that Fresno State and Nevada accepted theirs, believing that the WAC schools were going to stay together and even be stronger with the possible addition of BYU. After Fresno State and Nevada accepted invitations to the Mountain West it was reported that the WAC had extended invitations to the University of North Texas and University of Louisiana at Lafayette of the Sun Belt Conference. Both schools however declined the invitations to the WAC. On Sep. 28, 2010, the WAC heard presentations from five
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Beyond the Sun (novel)


Beyond the Sun is a novel by Matt Jones featuring the fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield, his second for the Virgin New Adventures. The New Adventures were a spin-off from the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The book is, in part, a coming-of-age story for the character of Emile as he comes to terms with his sexuality. Emile would later re-appear in subsequent New Adventures. Bernice Summerfield takes her two students Emile and Tameka on a field trip,
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Dying in the Sun


Dying in the Sun is a BBC Books original novel written by Jon de Burgh Miller and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Second Doctor, Ben, and Polly. Los Angeles, 1947. LAPD detective Robert Chate is convinced that the man who calls himself 'The Doctor' has something to do with the murder of multi-millionaire movie producer Harold Reitman. The Doctor aids the police in their investigation, while looking into 'Star Light Pictures'. The
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The Sun Makers


The Sun Makers is the fourth serial of the 15th season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", which was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 26 November to 17 December 1977. The serial is set on Pluto. In the serial, the alien time traveller the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and his travelling companions Leela (Louise Jameson) and K9 (John Leeson) start a revolution among the humans against an alien corporation which has an economic hold over humanity. The inhabitants of Pluto
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The Fringe of the Unknown


" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Jun. 1969) 8. "Dinosaurs Today" (original title: "Dinosaurs in Today's World") (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", Mar. 1968)br 9. "Mammoths and Mastodons" (from "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction", May 1965)br 10. "Death Comes to the Megafauna" (from "If Worlds of Science Fiction", Sep. 1971)br 11. "Xerxes' Okapi" (original title
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Bircham International University


jurisdictions. In 2003, South Florida's "CityLink" magazine reported that Oregon education officials said that Bircham was "totally bogus". In July 2007, the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP) of Mexico issued a notice stating that degrees lacking RVOE (Official Recognition from the Mexican Government) will not be validated by the SEP. Degrees via online or distance learning issued by foreign institutions like Bircham University will not be recognized by the SEP. In April 2008 the "Nairobi Business Daily" reported that Bircham International University was
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List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (Q–Z)


This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens from the universe of the long-running BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who", including "Torchwood", "The Sarah Jane Adventures", "K-9" and "K-9 and Company". It covers alien races and other fictional creatures, but not specific characters. Individual characters are listed in separate articles. Note that some information on the page is taken from spin-off media. The Quill were a humanoid species from the planet Rhodia who had a long
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Society of Experimental Psychologists


conduct plenary sessions in which members can present papers. It holds meetings every spring, scheduled by a member at the host university who serves as the chair of the SEP for that year. The meetings are open to all members and to students and faculty from the host university who are invited by the chair. Membership in the SEP is by invitation only and is considered to be a great honor because it represents significant accomplishment in the field of experimental psychology. The SEP currently admits at least 6 new members annually from among the
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List of Doctor Who universe creatures and aliens (0–9, A–G)


This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens from the universe of the long-running BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who", including "Torchwood", "The Sarah Jane Adventures", "K-9" and K-9 and Company. It covers alien races and other fictional creatures, but not specific characters. Individual characters are listed in separate articles. Note that some information on the page is taken from spin-off media. Alien creatures, nicknamed "Abzorbaloffs", that can absorb any living thing into its
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Cheryl Reed


Fine Arts degree in Fiction from Northwestern University. She was a reporter at the "Chicago Sun-Times", "Dayton Daily News", the "Newport News Daily Press", and "Florida Today". She was visiting professor of journalism at the University of St. Thomas. She was a books editor and editorial page editor at the "Chicago Sun-Times". While at the "Chicago Sun-Times" she changed the editorial stance from conservative to progressive. She was a communications director at the University
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Sun Lih-chyun


Sun Lih-chyun (; born 21 October 1961) is a politician in the Republic of China. He currently serves as the spokesperson of the Executive Yuan. Sun obtained his bachelor's degree in economics from Soochow University in 1984. He then obtained his master's degree in economics and doctoral degree in agricultural economics from Michigan State University in the United States in 1988 and 1993, respectively. Sun was an adjunct associate professor in the department of economics of National Chung Hsing University in 1993-1994. He then became the associate
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Paul Sun


Paul Sun (; 8 June 1937 – 21 January 2018) was a Taiwanese politician. Born on 8 June 1937 in Tainan, Sun received a bachelor's degree from National Taiwan University, and subsequently earned a master's degree and doctorate from the University of Minnesota and Purdue, respectively. He became active in Taiwan's conservation movement shortly thereafter. In 1992, while serving the Taiwan Provincial Government as head of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Sun founded the Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute. In November of that year, Sun
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Karl Otto Hunziker


Unterstrass from 1867–1871, then a teacher at the seminary school of Küsnacht, and a professor and headmaster at the state college of higher education. Karl Otto married Luise Pupikofer 22 Sep 1868 in Bussnang or Wängi, Canton Thurgau, Switzerland. In 1875, Karl Otto Hunziker received his doctorate in philosophy from the University of Zürich. From 1872–1878, Dr. Hunziker was member of the Zürich canton parliament. From 1886–1907 he taught as a private lecturer (Privatdozent) at the Eidgenössische Polytechnikum (today known as ETH Zurich or the Swiss Federal
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Skaro


Skaro is a fictional planet in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was created by the writer Terry Nation as the home planet of the Daleks. In "The Daleks" (1963–64), Skaro is described as being the twelfth planet from its sun, while in "Genesis of the Daleks" (1975) it is stated that Skaro is situated in the "Seventh Galaxy". It is portrayed as having various moons: Flidor, Falkus and Omega Mysterium, with Falkus being presented as an
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Nike Sulway


' Prize, Asia Pacific Region. She completed an undergraduate degree in literature and theatre at Griffith University, gained First Class Honours and the University Medal, and subsequently completed a doctorate in Creative Writing (2002) at the same university. Her doctoral thesis was title "From the Cradle to the Grave: A History of Infanticide" and included the novel "The Bone Flute". She has published widely, both nationally and internationally as a short fiction writer, and as a reviewer and non-fiction writer, contributing articles
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İbrahim Kavrakoğlu


İbrahim Kavrakoğlu (Feb 24, 1941—Sep 29, 2016) is a Turkish engineer, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Industrial Engineering, Dean of the School of Engineering and Provost of Boğaziçi University. Ibrahim Kavrakoglu completed his doctorate at University of London after undergraduate studies Robert College in Istanbul. He returned to his alma mater as a professor. In the ensuing years, he served as Chairman of the Department of Industrial Engineering, Dean of the School of Engineering and Provost of Boğaziçi University. Kavrakoglu twice accepted academic posts abroad.
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Lester Lefton


for his expense accounts charged to the university. Between July 2006 and July 2007 Lefton expensed $36,741.93 on entertainment and $44,249.34 on travel. In a Sep 26, 2007 editorial in the Akron Beacon Journal Lefton was criticized for extensive travel to Europe a portion of which was charged to the University, as well as hiring two additional vice presidents during a time when university tuition and fees increased for students. Further controversy in 2007 included an agreement to pay $88,000 for a Vice President to pursue a doctorate at Case Western Reserve
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Doctor Sun


(November 1974-January 1975), #37-42 (October 1975-March 1976), "Doctor Strange" #14 (May 1976), "The Man Called Nova" #22-25 (1979), "Fantastic Four" #206 (May 1979). #208-209 (July–August 1979), and #217 (April 1980). Doctor Sun received an entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #17. Doctor Sun was born in Peking, the People
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Time War (Doctor Who)


The Time War, more specifically called the Last Great Time War, is a conflict within the fictional universe of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The conflict pitted the Time Lords against the Daleks and culminated in the apparent mutual destruction of both races, caused by the Doctor. In the "Doctor Who" continuity, the war occurs between the events of the 1996 film and the 2005 revived series. It was frequently mentioned and alluded to from the first series of the show's return, but was
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Marjorie Harris


Marjorie Harris (born 15 Sep 1937 as Marjorie Stibbards in Shaunavon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian non-fiction writer who has published numerous books on gardening. In 1959, she graduated from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario with Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in English. Her first marriage was to television producer and musician Barry Harris. Currently, she lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with her second husband, writer Jack Batten. Besides writing 15 books she was a radio host job at CBC radio's "Metro Morning"
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Stanford Exploration Project


The Stanford Exploration Project (SEP) is an industry-funded academic consortium within the Geophysics Department at Stanford University. SEP research has contributed greatly to improving the theory and practice of constructing 3-D and 4-D images of the earth from seismic echo soundings (see: Reflection seismology). The consortium was started in the 1970s by Jon Claerbout and is currently co-directed with Biondo Biondi. SEP pioneered innovations in migration imaging, velocity estimation, dip moveout and slant stack. SEP has recently been involved in 3-D seismic applications such as
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Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero


Acapulco, Ciudad Altamirano and Taxco. On May 20, 1983, the roving radio station came to an end, with the university broadcasting once more from Chilpancingo — this time, without interference. 1984, however, presented yet another problem to the university radio station: a budget crisis spurred by a suspension of payments from the Secretariat of Public Education (SEP). Workers spent all of 1984 without receiving their salaries, and in January 1985, the university and SEP began negotiating. The federal government required the university to shut
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Doctor Who Roleplaying Game


The Doctor Who Roleplaying Game, formerly Doctor Who: Adventures in Time And Space is a role-playing game published by UK-based Cubicle 7 Entertainment. It is based on the BBC science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", and allows roleplayers to adopt the role of characters from that fictional universe. Unlike most RPGs, the rules featured in new editions of the game remain largely unchanged. The updates consist of layout, images, and characters with rules provided. The first edition matched the style of the David Tennant
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Jung Chang


itself, living in Derwent College. She received her PhD in linguistics from York in 1982, becoming the first person from the People's Republic of China to be awarded a PhD from a British university. In 1986, she and Jon Halliday published "Mme Sun Yat-sen (Soong Ching-ling)", a biography of Sun Yat-Sen's widow. She has also been awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Buckingham, the University of York, the University of Warwick, Dundee University, Bowdoin College (
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Robert T. Jeschonek


Sun, Falling Shadows". According to Mike Resnick, "(Jeschonek) sees the world like no one else sees it, and makes incredibly witty, incisive stories out of that skewed worldview." Jeschonek was long-listed for the British Fantasy Award in 2007 for his story, "Fear of Rain." Jeschonek's credits include "Star Trek" fiction published by Pocket Books and "Doctor Who" fiction from Big Finish. Jeschonek's work appeared in three volumes of "", winning the grand prize in
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Dalek


The Daleks ( ) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants principally portrayed in the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". The Daleks were conceived by science-fiction writer Terry Nation and first appeared in the 1963 "Doctor Who" serial "The Daleks", in the shells designed by Raymond Cusick. Drawing inspiration from the Nazis, Nation portrayed the Daleks as violent, merciless and pitiless cyborg aliens, who demand total conformity to their will, and who are bent on the conquest of the universe and the extermination
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List of 3rd Rock from the Sun characters


to manage. Despite this, Nina can be kind to both of them, particularly to Mary whom she encourages to be more firm with Dick. It was Nina who encouraged Mary to stop tormenting Dick and go out with him in the episode "See Dick Run". Judith Draper is a fictional character in "3rd Rock from the Sun", played by Ileen Getz. She is the professor of Women's Studies at the fictional Pendelton State University. She appeared in a promotional video for Pendelton, alongside Dick's son
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The Book of the New Sun


a poll of subscribers. Since the original four-volume novel, Wolfe has also written three short fictions and two book series that are set in Severian's universe. The Internet Speculative Fiction Database catalogues it all as the "Solar Cycle" comprising the short works and three sub-series. The two later subseries are "The Book of the Long Sun" (1993–1996, four volumes) and "The Book of the Short Sun" (1999–2001, three volumes). "Long Sun" is set on a generation
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Here Comes the Sun (novel)


Here Comes the Sun is a 1993 science-fiction comedy novel by Tom Holt. The book was published in the UK by Orbit Books and is Holt's first comic science fiction novel. Mechanical failures begin to trouble the Sun, making it hard for its driver to complete his rounds. The sun is in need of maintenance, and other things are breaking down all over the universe. Fresh ideas are needed. Jane, a mortal and a management trainee, is brought in the sort it all. Critical reception for the
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Charles McKenny


Charles McKenny (Sep. 15, 1860-Sep. 23, 1933) was president of Central State Normal School (now Central Michigan University), Milwaukee State Normal School and Michigan State Normal College (now Eastern Michigan University). McKenny was born in Dimondale, Michigan. He received his bachelor's degree from Michigan State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) and masters from both Olivet College and the University of Wisconsin. McKenny married Minnie E. Alderman (1869–1942) in 1890. She was a native of Vermontville, Michigan. They
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Wayne Karlin


book reviews have appeared in "The Baltimore Sun", "The Washington Post", "The Nation", and the "Los Angeles Times". Karlin has received five State of Maryland Individual Artist Awards in Fiction, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Paterson Prize in Fiction the Vietnam Veterans of America Excellence in the Arts Award, and the University of Massachusetts Juniper Prize for Fiction 2019 for his novel "A Wolf by The Ears", which will be published by the University of Massachusetts Press
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Radio Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero


down the station, and on January 15, 1985, Radio Universidad Pueblo went off the air. In the meantime, university students went as far as organizing a hunger strike in Mexico City in order to protest the SEP's demand to close the station. The SEP, however, failed to keep some of its promises to the university. A new rector, Ramón Reyes Carreto, decided that if the SEP would not keep its promises, the university did not have a reason to stay off the air. In June 1987
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Head Games (novel)


Jason, the young Writer who was returned to Earth by the Time Lords after the Doctor's last encounter with the Land of Fiction. As the fictional energy floods into this Universe, Jason finds that his wishes and dreams are coming true. A fictional double of the Doctor, Dr. Who, appears in the TARDIS, knocks out the real Doctor before he can enter the crystal, and sends him to the fictional Galactic Prison for the crime of trying to wipe out the Detrians. Dr. Who then picks up Jason, his
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Willis E. McNelly


Willis Everett McNelly (December 16, 1920 – April 7, 2003) was a professor and writer best known for "The Dune Encyclopedia", the 1984 companion to Frank Herbert's classic "Dune" series of science fiction novels. The son of an avid science fiction reader of the same name, McNelly grew up immersed in science fiction, which he later preferred to call "speculative fiction." Securing a doctorate in English literature from Northwestern University, McNelly later edited the first university-level textbooks on science fiction as
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Chihchun Chi-sun Lee


Chihchun Chi-sun Lee (, born 1970) is a composer of contemporary classical music. Dr. Lee is originally from Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and is currently an invited professor of composition at Ewha Womans University, in Seoul, Korea, She received a doctoral degree from the University of Michigan, two master's degrees from Ohio University, and a bachelor’s degree from Soochow University in Taiwan. Her teachers included William Albright, William Bolcom, Bright Sheng, and Loong-Hsing Wen. She has previously taught music at Johnson
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Head Games (novel)


is allowing energy from the Land of Fiction to seep through. The Doctor and his companions must close the gap to save the Universe, but the TARDIS is unable to navigate the crystallised cloud of fictional energy around the gap. The Doctor lands on the crystal's surface, and he, Benny and Chris pass through the crystal, navigating through their individual dreams as the fictional energy gives them form. Once they reach the crystal's interior they must put force-field generators in place around the gap, and Roz, who
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Doctor of Professional Studies


study of professional doctoral education and related programs. In the United States, the DPS was once considered by the United States Department of Education and the National Science Foundation (NSF) to be a research doctorate equivalent to the Ph.D. Along with the Doctor of Education, the Doctor of Social Science, the Doctor of Applied Science, and the Doctor of Library Science, the NSF no longer includes the DPS in its periodic Survey of Earned Doctorates (SEP) report, a statistical report on the number and range of research doctorates awarded
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The Fringe of the Unknown


Astounding Science Fiction", Jun. 1961)br 3. "Appius Claudius Crassus" (original title: "Appius Claudius Crassus: Roman Builder") (from "Science Digest", Jun. 1962)br 4. "The First Missile Launchers" (from "Science Digest", Oct. 1960)br 5. "The Iron Pillar of Delhi" (from "Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact", Sep. 1972)br 6. "The Mechanical Wizards of Alexandria" (from "Science Digest", Aug. 1962)br 7. "The Landlocked Indian Ocean
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Sarah Jane Smith


Sarah Jane Smith is a fictional character played by Elisabeth Sladen in the long-running BBC Television science fiction series "Doctor Who" and two of its spin-offs. In the fictional universe of "Doctor Who" and its spin-offs, Sarah Jane is a dogged investigative journalist who first encounters alien time traveller the Doctor while trying to break a story on a top secret research facility, and subsequently becomes his travelling companion on a series of adventures spanning the breadth of space and time. After travelling with the Doctor
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Yang Hung-duen


Yang Hung-duen (; born 3 September 1965) is a Taiwanese physicist. Yang was the president of National Sun Yat-sen University from 2008 to 2016, when he was selected to lead the Ministry of Science and Technology. Yang earned a bachelor's of science degree in physics from National Taiwan Normal University, and a doctorate in the subject from Iowa State University. Upon graduation in 1987, he returned to Taiwan for a teaching position at National Sun Yat-sen University. He was a visiting professor at Wayne State
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Boonie Bears: Entangled Worlds


disadvantage, the Ninga brings a record which starts to play the sutra to tighten Sun's magical circlet and make him painful. Having taken the Ruyi Jingu Bang from the losing resistance Sun Wukong, the Group go back to the Boss's underwater base and meet the Boss who hired them for collecting treasures in all the Fictional world. The Boss explains the existence of Fictional Universe while shows his collections and orders them to hunt the Golden Deer Horn from Boonie Bears World. Meanwhile, a group of researchers is searching for the Golden
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Superhero fiction


of the newsgroup rec.arts.comics.creative, which spawned a number of original superhero shared universes. Magazine-style websites that publish superhero fiction include "Metahuman Press", active since 2005, and "Freedom Fiction Journal". Superhuman fiction has also appeared in general science fiction/speculative fiction web publications, such as the weekly "Strange Horizons", a publication that pays its contributors. Two examples there are Paul Melko's "Doctor Mighty and the Case of Ennui" and Saladin Ahmed's "Doctor Diablo Goes Through the Motions".
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Sun Boy


Sun Boy is a fictional character, a superhero in the 30th and 31st centuries of the DC Comics universe. Sun Boy (real name Dirk Morgna of the planet Earth) is a Legion of Super-Heroes member with the ability to unleash internal solar energy to whatever degree he wishes, from enough to light a single candle to enough to melt nearly any obstacle. Sun Boy first appeared in 1961 during the Silver Age of Comic Books. Sun Boy first appeared in "Adventure Comics" #276 and was created by Jerry
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Beltempest


Beltempest is an original novel written by Jim Mortimore and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam. The people of Bellania II see their sun, Bel, shrouded in night for a month following an impossible triple eclipse. When Bel is returned to them a younger, brighter, hotter star, it is the beginning of the end for the entire solar system... 100,000 years later, the Doctor and Sam arrive on Bellania IV, where the population
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Kurse


Kurse is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/artist Walter Simonson, the Algrim version of Kurse first appears as the Dark Elf Algrim the Strong in "Thor" #347 (Sep. 1984). He is later transformed into Kurse in "Secret Wars II" #4 (Oct. 1985). Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "" (2013). The Dark Elf Algrim the Strong was created by Walter Simonson
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Halflife (comics)


Halflife is the name of two fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. These characters have two distinct origins, and are detailed separately below. The first Halflife is a Marvel Comics supervillain. She first appeared in "West Coast Avengers" vol. 2 #12 (Sep. 1986). The second character in the Marvel universe to take the name Half-Life was a gamma-irradiated fiend and enemy of the Hulk. He first appeared in "The Incredible Hulk" vol. 1 #334.
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Stars and planetary systems in fiction


The planetary systems of stars other than the Sun and the Solar System are a staple element in many works of the science fiction genre. The notion that there might be inhabited extrasolar planets can be traced at least as far back as Giordano Bruno who, in his "De l'infinito, universo e mondi" ("On the Infinite, Universe and Worlds", 1584), declared that "There are then innumerable suns, and an infinite number of earths revolve around those suns, [These worlds are inhabited] if not
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Gillian Polack


University of Toronto) and submitted her thesis for Doctor of Philosophy in History at the University of Sydney. She later took out teaching qualifications at the University of New England and a Doctor of Philosophy in Creative Writing at the University of Western Australia. She currently lives in Canberra, ACT. Polack was the Australasian delegate for the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention and presented the Hugo award for Best Fanzine in 2014. In 2009, she was also the co-convener for Flycon, the first online international Science Fiction Convention. Polack
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Sep Lambert


though, against Scotland in 1920 and against the Irish Military and Scotland in 1921. In all matches for Ireland, Sep Lambert scored 342 runs at an average of 20.12, with a top score of 60 not out against Oxford University in May 1902, his only half-century for Ireland and also his top first-class score. He took ten catches and no stumpings. Sep Lambert came from a cricketing family. His brother Bob was one of Ireland's finest cricketers, and his nephew Ham also played cricket for Ireland
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Xu Ningsheng


, he studied, then taught, at the Department of Physics of Sun Yat-sen University, in Guangzhou. He received his doctor's degree from Aston University in 1986, and taught at the university for 10 years afterwards. He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars () in 1995. He returned to China in 1996 and that year became professor of physics at Sun Yat-sen University, becoming Dean of its School of Physics and Engineering in 1999, and was
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Liz Shaw


Elizabeth Shaw is a fictional character played by Caroline John in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who" and its spin-offs. A civilian member of UNIT, an international organisation that defends the Earth from alien threats, she was the companion of the Third Doctor for the 1970 season. Liz appeared in 4 stories (25 episodes). Liz Shaw first appears in the first serial of the seventh season (1970), "Spearhead from Space", having been drafted from the University of Cambridge
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Adric


Adric is a fictional character played by Matthew Waterhouse in the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". He was a young native of the planet Alzarius, which exists in the parallel universe of E-Space. A companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, he was a regular in the programme from 1980 to 1982 and appeared in 11 stories (40 episodes). The name Adric is an anagram derived from Nobel Prize-winning physicist Paul Dirac. Waterhouse is the youngest male actor to play a
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Philip Purser-Hallard


characters appealing, interesting and consistent", and that it was based on "that rarest of fantasy beasts – an original idea". Prior to 2014, his best known fiction was set in shared universes with origins in Doctor Who licensed fiction. From 2015 he is the editor of "The Black Archive", a series of book-length critical studies of individual "Doctor Who" stories. The series is published by Obverse Books, and features contributions from Simon Bucher-Jones, Simon Guerrier, Kate Orman and others
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History of the Daleks


The Daleks ( ) are a fictional extraterrestrial race of mutants from the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The mutated remains of the Kaled people of the planet Skaro, they travel around in tank-like mechanical casings, and are a race bent on universal conquest and destruction. They are also, collectively, the greatest alien adversaries of the Time Lord known as the Doctor, having evolved over the course of the series from a weak race to monsters capable of destroying even the Time Lords and achieving control of
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William E. Wilson (writer)


-Marseille University, Grenoble and Nice, France before landing at Baltimore, Maryland where he became Assistant Editor of the Baltimore Sun. He married Ellen Janet Cameron. In 1950, he left the Baltimore Sun, joining the faculty of Indiana University where he became a professor of fiction writing and literature until his retirement in 1972. Indiana University has a William E. Wilson Fellowship in Fiction named in his honor. His first wife, Ellen Janet Cameron, died in 1976. He married Hana Benes in 1977. Wilson died in 1988
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Phoenix Suns


Suns Gorilla then became one of the most famous mascots in the NBA. Nicknamed "Go", fans are familiar with the Gorilla for his on the court antics where he raises the Phoenix Suns flag, performs slam dunk routines and fires up the crowd. Go has fictional background story consisting of coming from the Banana Republic and earning an education at Fur-man University. Before his debut with the Phoenix Suns, the Gorilla delivered singing telegrams until he stepped onto the Suns' court during a game. His antics became a
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy


The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP) combines an online encyclopedia of philosophy with peer-reviewed publication of original papers in philosophy, freely accessible to Internet users. It is maintained by Stanford University. Each entry is written and maintained by an expert in the field, including professors from many academic institutions worldwide. Authors contributing to the encyclopedia give Stanford University the permission to publish the articles, but retain the copyright to those articles. , the "SEP" has nearly 1,600 published entries. Apart from its online status, the
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Martin J. Whitman School of Management


Partnership (SEP) is a collaboration between the Whitman School and the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University, the State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems. The SEP conducts research through the Sustainable Building and Infrastructure Grant Program, holds seminars on ways for businesses and organizations to incorporate sustainability into their products and practices, and awards scholarships for students and researchers interested in sustainable buildings and infrastructure. The SEP also offers a Certificate of
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Summer Enrichment Program (University of Colorado)


The Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) is a summer camp for gifted and talented children entering grades 5 to 10, located at Center for the Education and Study of the Gifted, Talented, Creative at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. SEP consists of one two-week session in mid-July, during which students reside in the university dormitories and eat in campus dining halls, supervised by camp counselors assigned to each grade. The students choose four classes which they attend every day from Monday to Friday.
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The Janus Conjunction


The Janus Conjunction is an original novel written by Trevor Baxendale and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It features the Eighth Doctor and Sam. The planets Janus Prime and Menda are diametrically opposed in orbit around a vast Red Giant star. But while Menda is rich and fertile in the light of the sun, Janus Prime endures everlasting night, its moon causing a permanent solar eclipse. When the Doctor and Sam arrive on Janus Prime, they find themselves in the middle of a
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Simon Guerrier


Simon Guerrier (born June 1976) is a British science fiction author and dramatist, closely associated with the fictional universe of "Doctor Who" and its spinoffs. Although he has written three "Doctor Who" novels, for the BBC Books range, his work has mostly been for Big Finish Productions' audio drama and book ranges. Guerrier's earliest published fiction appeared in "", the first of Big Finish's "Short Trips" range of "Doctor Who" short story anthologies. To date, his work has
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The Reluctant Shaman


of contemporary fantasy stories de Camp set in the fictional town of Gahato and the surrounding Adirondack region of New York, the others being "The Hardwood Pile" ("Unknown", Sep. 1940) and some of his Willy Newbury stories, notably "The Lamp" ("Fantasy and Science Fiction", March 1975), "Algy" ("Fantastic", Aug. 1976), "Darius" ("Escape!," fall 1977) and "The Huns" ("Fantasy and Science Fiction",
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Fading Suns


It is a hard science-fiction game, but much of the universe has fallen back to Medieval technology: noble houses, guilds and a monolithic church control most of the power in the universe. Many people compare the universe to that of Frank Herbert's "Dune", though Bridges points to Gene Wolfe's "The Book of the New Sun", Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" and others as his inspiration."Over the next few years "Fading Suns" was supported extensively with supplements and for a time the
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Ian Ousby


, Ousby was awarded the Howard Mumford Jones Prize for the best doctoral thesis of the year. Following graduation, he became an academic, teaching English literature at Durham University and the University of Maryland. An "intense dislike of organisations, as well as strong and divergent specialist interests", resulted in him leaving the University of Maryland in 1983 to become a freelance writer. The subjects of his books ranged from detective fiction, with "Bloodhounds of Heaven: The Detective in English Fiction from Godwin to Doyle" to military history
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Soft science fiction


already established shift from hard sf (chemistry, physics, astronomy, technology) to soft sf (psychology, biology, anthropology, sociology, and even [...] linguistics) is continuing more strongly than ever." Poul Anderson, in "Ideas for SF Writers" (Sep 1998), described H. G. Wells as the model for soft science fiction: "He concentrated on the characters, their emotions and interactions" rather than any of the science or technology behind, for example, invisible men or time machines.
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Sun-Yung Alice Chang


Sun-Yung Alice Chang (; born 1948) is a Chinese American mathematician specializing in aspects of mathematical analysis ranging from harmonic analysis and partial differential equations to differential geometry. She is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University. Chang was born in Xian, China in 1948 and grew up in Taiwan. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1970 from National Taiwan University, and her doctorate in 1974 from the University of California, Berkeley. At Berkeley, Chang wrote her thesis on the study of bounded analytic functions
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Shira Nayman


century, has inspired her fiction. Nayman graduated with honors from Melbourne's Monash University, with a Bachelor of Science in physiology and psychology. After graduating, she spent a year studying literature and history at Hebrew University in Jerusalem before moving to the United States, where she received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers University. After completing a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in psychology at New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, Nayman earned her master's degree in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New
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Doctor Spectrum


Doctor Spectrum is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. There have been five versions of the character to date—three supervillains from the mainstream Marvel Universe belonging to the team Squadron Sinister (Earth-616) and two heroes from different alternate universes. The two heroes each belong to a version of the team Squadron Supreme, the Squadron Supreme of Earth-712 and the Squadron Supreme of Earth-31916 respectively). Doctor Spectrum is a pastiche of DC's Green Lantern. The first version of the character appears
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Warriors' Gate


Warriors' Gate is the fifth serial of the 18th season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". It was written by Stephen Gallagher and was first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 3 January to 24 January 1981. The serial is set at an intersection between the universe of E-Space and the home universe of the alien time traveller the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker). In the serial, the Doctor and his travelling companion Romana (Lalla Ward) seek to free the time-sensitive
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Clint Eastwood


and colleges, including an honorary degree from the University of the Pacific in 2006, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Southern California on May 27, 2007, and an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music at the Monterey Jazz Festival on September 22, 2007. On July 22, 2009, Eastwood was honored by Emperor Akihito of Japan with the Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon for his contributions to the enhancement of Japan–United States relations
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Brian Sun


Brian Sun is an American trial lawyer and partner of the law firm Jones Day in the Los Angeles office. His areas of practice are white collar criminal defense, LA-based entertainment litigation, and political sagas, and has been involved in high-profile criminal trials. Sun went to the University of Southern California for his undergraduate studies and for law school. In 1976, he graduated magna cum laude from University of Southern California and obtained his juris doctor degree in 1979. His work experience in law school included internships at
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Robert J. Sawyer


series "Doctor Who" for the CBC's online documentary "The Planet of the Doctor", frequently comments on science fiction movies for TVOntario's "Saturday Night at the Movies", and co-edited an essay collection in honor of the fortieth anniversary of "Star Trek" with David Gerrold, titled "Boarding the Enterprise". Sawyer has taught science-fiction writing at the University of Toronto, Ryerson University, Humber College, and the Banff Centre. In 2000, he served as Writer-in-Residence
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Operation Ouch!


and in patient's homes as they assist with medical emergencies. The first series has 13 episodes, the first of which aired Wednesday, 3 October 2012 on CBBC. A second series began on 30 Sep 2013 and consisted of 10 episodes. A fourth series is currently being broad cast (2016) on the CBBC channel in the UK. The hosts, Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken, were trained in medicine at Oxford University, and both graduated in 2002. Dr. Chris van Tulleken is a practicing doctor while Dr. Xand
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Mary Shelley (Doctor Who)


Mary Shelley, the English writer best known for her Gothic novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus", has been featured in the fictional universe of the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who" on a number of occasions, most prominently as a character voiced by Julie Cox in a series of audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions based on the series. In the various audio plays, she is a companion of the Eighth Doctor. Mary Shelley's appearances with the Eighth Doctor were the fruition
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All-Consuming Fire


All-Consuming Fire is an original novel written by Andy Lane and based on the long-running British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". The novel is a crossover with Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes featuring the characters of both Holmes and Doctor Watson, and also with H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. A prelude to the novel, also penned by Lane, appeared in "Doctor Who Magazine" issue 213. "I've been all over the universe with you, Doctor, and Earth in
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Seyed Reza Naghbaei Langroudi


published in papers such as Resaneh (specialized in Communication) and Jahan-e-Eghtesad (which covers Economic topics) and a book titled "The Principles of Press & Broadcasting Journalism". However, his main endeavor was to compile a work useful for the Iranian so he directed his energy to put together "Lexicon Encyclopedia of Communication" published by Avina Publication. He has been in India for about three years (Sep. 2005 – Sep. 2008), while involved in doctorate studies in Mass Communication & Journalism. He defended
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Irving Braxiatel


Irving Braxiatel or Cardinal Braxiatel is a fictional character from the Virgin New Adventures—spin-off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series "Doctor Who". He subsequently became a regular character in novels and audio dramas in the "Bernice Summerfield" universe. In the Big Finish Productions audio dramas he is voiced by Miles Richardson. He is also stated to be the older brother of the Doctor. Braxiatel, a Time Lord, first appeared in the novel "Theatre of War" by Justin Richards, although the
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Joshua Bloch


Concurrency In Practice" (2006). Bloch holds a B.S. in computer science from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University. His 1990 thesis was titled "A Practical Approach to Replication of Abstract Data Objects" and was nominated for the ACM Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award. Bloch has worked as a Senior Systems Designer at Transarc, and later as a Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems. In June 2004, he left Sun and became Chief Java Architect at Google. On August 3, 2012, Bloch announced
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The Big Bang (Doctor Who)


the Pandorica. The Doctor uses the vortex manipulator to go back and give Rory his screwdriver. As the universe continues to collapse, Amelia disappears. The Doctor discovers that the "sun" is the still-exploding TARDIS; River, trapped inside the TARDIS, is being kept alive in a time loop. The Doctor saves River. The Doctor creates a diversion for the Dalek, allowing him to rig the Pandorica to fly into the TARDIS explosion, using what exists of the original universe inside the Pandorica to create a second
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The Book of the Short Sun


The Book of the Short Sun (1999–2001) is a series of three science fantasy novels or one three-volume novel by the American author Gene Wolfe. It continues "The Book of the Long Sun" (1993–1996): they share a narrator and "Short Sun" recounts a search for Silk, the "Long Sun" hero. The two works are set in the same universe as "The Book of the New Sun" series that Wolfe inaugurated in 1980 and the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) catalogs
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Vincent Han-Sun Chiang


Professor Vincent Han-Sun Chiang (江漢聲; "Hanyu pinyin": Jiāng Hàn Shēng; 26 March 1950–) is a Taiwanese physician, medical professor and the president of Fu Jen Catholic University. He was also the president of the Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia (ACUCA) during 2012 to 2014. He was graduated from the National Taiwan University (NTU). He obtained a doctoral degree at the Technische Universität München (Doktors der Medizin). At present, he serves in Fu Jen, NTU
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Septentrional


septentrional" is the term "meridional", which refers to the noonday sun, not to a celestial feature in the Southern sky. The novelist Gene Wolfe used the word "septentrional" in "The Book of the New Sun", as the name of a praetorian guard, who are especially close to the ruler, hence are part of the palace inner-circle; such stars are close to the polar star. The term, sometimes abbreviated to "Sep.", was used in historical astronomy to indicate the northern
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Sara Gruen


, the BookBrowse Diamond Award Best Book 2006, the Great Lakes Book Award for Fiction 2007, the Midwest Booksellers’ Choice Award for fiction, the ALA/Alex Award 2007, the Carl Sandburg Award, 21st Century Fiction, 2007, and the Friends of American Literature Adult Fiction Award. Additionally, she was a 2006 Quill Award nominee for General Fiction, and a nominee for the Entertainment Weekly Best Novel of 2006. She also received a Doctorate of Humane Letters, Causa Honoris, from Wittenberg University. Her fifth novel,
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Sun-Hwa Kwon


Sun-Hwa Kwon (née Paik), better known simply as "Sun", is a fictional character on the ABC television series "Lost" played by Yunjin Kim. Sun was born on March 20, 1980 into the powerful Paik family; natives of Seoul. As a child, Sun was taught how to play the piano. On at least one occasion, she blamed the results of some mischief on a maid in order to avoid punishment. Later, Sun attended Seoul National University, majoring in Art History.
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The Faded Sun Trilogy


The Faded Sun trilogy is a series of science fiction novels set in the Alliance-Union universe of American writer C. J. Cherryh. The series comprises the three novels "The Faded Sun: Kesrith" (1978), "The Faded Sun: Shon'jir" (1978), and "The Faded Sun: Kutath" (1979), published by DAW Books. They were re-published in as an omnibus edition in the UK in 1987 and in the U.S. in 2000. The series consists of some of the earliest
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Meelis Friedenthal


Meelis Friedenthal (born 24 October 1973) is an Estonian writer of speculative fiction/science fiction. He has a doctorate from the University of Tartu, where he also taught in the faculty of theology and history. Friedenthal's first novel "Golden Age" was published in 2004. His story "Nerissa" won an Estonian science fiction prize in 2005. His second novel "Mesilased" ("The Bees") is a work of historical fiction and won the EU Prize for Literature in 2013. The novel has been
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Jon Claerbout


of earthquake seismic data frustrating and decided to study atmospheric gravity waves during his PhD. His advisor was Theodore R. Madden and the title of his thesis was "Electromagnetic Effects of Atmospheric Gravity Waves". Claerbout is the founder of the Stanford Exploration Project (SEP), the first geophysical research consortium funded by the oil and gas industry. Claerbout has been a doctoral advisor to many of influential geophysicists who joined SEP such as Oz Yilmaz and Biondo Biondi. The term and concept of exploding reflectors in reflection seismology is often attributed to Jon
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Sun Yat-sen


Kong in 1883 he studied at the Diocesan Boys' School, and from 1884 to 1886 he was at The Government Central School. In 1886 Sun studied medicine at the Guangzhou Boji Hospital under the Christian missionary John G. Kerr. Ultimately, he earned the license of Christian practice as a medical doctor from the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese (the forerunner of The University of Hong Kong) in 1892. Notably, of his class of 12 students, Sun was one of the only two who graduated. In the early
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Yang Chen-Ning


of Sep 30, 2015 and reclaimed his Chinese citizenship. On Yang's religious views, he is an agnostic. Yang has worked on statistical mechanics, condensed matter theory, particle physics and gauge theory/quantum field theory. At The University of Chicago, Yang first spent twenty months working in an accelerator lab, but he later found he was not as good as an experimentalist and switched back to theory. His doctoral thesis was about angular distribution in nucleon reactions. Later he worked on particle phenomenology; a well known work
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Gary Geddes


was appointed Distinguished Professor of Canadian Culture at Western Washington University (1998–2001). He has also taught English at the British Columbia Institute of Technology and the University of Victoria, as well as serving as a writer-in-residence at Green College (UBC) and the Vancouver Public Library. In 2007 he received an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Royal Roads University. Geddes has written and edited over thirty-five books, including seventeen books of poetry, as well as fiction, non-fiction, drama, translation
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Sandra Djwa


fall of 2012 by McGill-Queen's University Press. It was shortlisted for the 2013 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. It also won the 2013 Governor General Award for Non-fiction. She gave the convocation speech and received the honorary Doctor of Letters "honoris causa from" McGill University, in Arts and Religious Studies, June 2016. She lives in Vancouver and has a son, Phillip Djwa, and two grandchildren, Lucy and Emma. 1968 Ph.D. English, University of British Columbia, Canada "The
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The Three Doctors (Doctor Who)


The Three Doctors is the first serial of the tenth season of the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who", first broadcast in four weekly parts on BBC1 from 30 December 1972 to 20 January 1973. In the serial, the solar engineer Omega (Stephen Thorne), the creator of the experiments that allowed the Time Lords to travel in time, seeks revenge on the Time Lords after he was left for dead in a universe made of antimatter. The Time Lords recruit the time travellers the First Doctor (William Hartnell
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