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Thousand and One Nights

(Encyclopedia) Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights, series of anonymous stories in Arabic, considered as an entity to be among the classics of world literature. The cohesive plot device…

Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

(Encyclopedia) Le Fanu, Joseph SheridanLe Fanu, Joseph Sheridanlĕˈ fəny&oomacr; [key], 1814–73, Irish author. He spent his early career as a journalist. In 1863, he began producing a series of…

Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonald

(Encyclopedia) Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldHeinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldhīˈlīn [key], 1907–88, American science-fiction writer, b. Butler, Mo. His best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land…

Flatland: Other Worlds

by Edwin A. Abbott This World Preface to the Second and Rev... Other Worlds Contents How I had a Vision of Lineland How I vainly tried to explain the nature of Flatland Concerning a…

Ditko, Steve

(Encyclopedia) Ditko, Steve (Stephen John Ditko), 1927–2018, American comic-book artist, b. Johnstown, Pa., studied early 1950s Cartoonist and Illustrator School (later School of Visual Arts), New…

Mystery, Alaska

Director:Jay RoachWriters:David E. Kelley and Sean O'ByrneHollywood Pictures; 118 minutes: RRelease:10/99Cast:Russel Crowe, Hank Azaria, Mary McCormack Mystery, Alaska is a tiny town where…