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11 hours ago · The second Dark Tower book, The Drawing of the Three, references Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining through the character Eddie Dean. When Eddie opens the Western Sea Doors, he likens the view through Odetta's to the " moving point-of-view shots " that exist in movies. He gives a few examples, and one of them is The Shining.
1 day ago · Kate Elizabeth Winslet CBE (/ ˈ w ɪ n z l ə t /; [2] born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. [3] Known for her roles as headstrong and complicated women in independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Grammy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, five BAFTA Awards and five Golden Globe Awards.
11 hours ago · Carey Blyton (nephew) Signature. Enid Mary Blyton (11 August 1897 – 28 November 1968) was an English children's writer, whose books have been worldwide bestsellers since the 1930s, selling more than 600 million copies. Her books are still enormously popular and have been translated into ninety languages. As at June 2019, Blyton held 4th place ...
11 hours ago · Dune Messiah. Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials (1963–64 novel Dune World and 1965 novel Prophet of Dune) in Analog magazine. It tied with Roger Zelazny 's This Immortal for the Hugo Award for Best Novel and won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel in ...
11 hours ago · Toni Morrison. Chloe Anthony Wofford Morrison (née Chloe Ardelia Wofford; February 18, 1931 – August 5, 2019), known as Toni Morrison, was an American novelist and editor. Her first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published in 1970. The critically acclaimed Song of Solomon (1977) brought her national attention and won the National Book Critics ...
11 hours ago · The Boppers, a race of Moon-based robots that achieve independence from humanity, in the series of books The Ware Tetralogy by Rudy Rucker. R. Giskard Reventlov from The Robots of Dawn (1983) and subsequent novels by Isaac Asimov. Elio, a character from A Tale of Time City (1987) by Diana Wynne Jones.
1 day ago · The Castle of Otranto (1764) is regarded as the first Gothic novel. The aesthetics of the book have shaped modern-day gothic books, films, art, music and the goth subculture. [1] Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting.
