A Brief History This article presents a list of floating islands in various types of fiction. Digging Deeper Literature The first floating island encountered in literature is the home of the four winds, Aiolia, as recounted in Homer’s Odyssey: Odysseus: We came to the Aiolian island (nesos Aiolios); here lived Aiolos, son of Hippotas; the deathless gods counted him their friend. His island is a floating one; all round it there is a wall of bronze, unbreakable, and rock rises sheer above it. — The Odyssey, 10.11 According to Pliny the Elder in his Natural History, c. 77–79 AD, there were floating islands on the Vadimonian Lake.2 Some other mythological…
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A Brief History On December 21, 2017, the American public awaits another hard to define movie when Downsizing opens across the country tomorrow. Called a science fiction-comedy-drama, to properly describe the film you would have to include the term “romance,” even if the plot takes a while to get there. This Paramount Pictures release starring Matt Damon has already been named by the National Board of Review as one of the Top 10 Films of 2017. Digging Deeper Along with the star power of Matt Damon, Downsizing also features actors you know such as Christoph Waltz and Kristen Wiig, as…
A Brief History On December 20, 2009, actress and lovely young woman Brittany Murphy died from pneumonia. Although she had various prescription medicines in her system, it was definitely not the drugs that killed her. Could the cause of death have been the growth of mold in an improperly built home? Could death have been caused by murder? Today, we discuss 5 young women that died well before their time, and how such tragedies can happen. Digging Deeper 1. Brittany Murphy, actress, 2009. At the time of her death (at age 32), rumors circulated that Murphy had died from complications of…
A Brief History On December 15, 1956, Elvis Presley gave the last of 50 performances on Louisiana Hayride, a live Shreveport, Louisiana radio show. This event was the occasion that the famous line, “Elvis has left the building” comes from. In honor of this musical trivia, and the fact that Elvis himself sang a song with lyrics in German and in English (“Wooden Heart”), we list today 10 great tunes, some of our favorites, that feature English and at least one other language. Digging Deeper 1. “Wooden Heart”, Elvis Presley, 1960. This nice tune comes from the 1960 film, GI Blues,…
A Brief History Science fiction dramedy fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland to see Downsizing on Monday, December 18, 2017 at 7:00 PM at Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio! Please visit http://www.gofobo.com/HHDOWNSIZING for the chance to download a pass. Passes are limited and seating is first-come, first-served and not guaranteed. Please arrive early to increase chance of entry. Digging Deeper Downsizing imagines what might happen if, as a solution to over-population, Norwegian scientists discover how to shrink humans to five inches tall and propose a 200-year global transition from big to small. People soon…