For those of you who have not read this novel, but the name sounds somewhat familiar, worry not. You are indeed correct, with the name being similar to the biblical ‘Cain and Abel’. The novel was released in 1980, with was an international bestseller. It remains on the popular list, being among the more famous, [...]
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The Gold Rush is silent-era movie, a Charlie Chaplin movie, released in 1925. As with many Chaplin movies, the movie was written, and directed by him and starred him in the lead role. It was another of the ‘Little Tramp’ roles. As per Charlie Chaplin, The Gold Rush was a movie that he wanted to [...] Arthur C Clarke was a visionary story teller and science fiction writer. He will forever be remembered for his visionary writings, such as the conceptualization of the geo-stationary communications satellite; and for his great works of fiction such as the ‘Space Odyssey 2001′ (made into a excellent movie). In Space Odyssey 2010, he continues his [...] In today’s world, we take underground tunnels, trains, space travel, satellites, etc, as standard everyday things. However, there was a time when there was no concept of having long tunnels under the seabed, or massive bridges many kilometers long; and travel to space was difficult to visualize (astronomy existed, but to visualize precise details was [...] |
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