A Time Odyssey

...by TYPE-MOON, Fate/zero, Alexander appears as the Servant Rider , and is referred to as the King of Conquerors. In Stephen Baxter's A Time Odyssey series, Alexander plays a part in the first and third books, featuring an encounter with...

In this article: Alexander the Great, Philip, Alexandre le Grand, Copper, Rider, Rome, Sigmund Freud, Afghan Campaign, and Steven Pressfield

Firstborn is a 2007 novel by Stephen Baxter and Arthur C. Clarke. It is the third and latest book in the A Time Odyssey series. The series contains hints about the Firstborn, who, in the early days of the universe, developed as the first...

In this article: Firstborn, Mars, Myra, Athena, Big Rip, Sunstorm, Chicago, Alexander the Great, and Arthur C. Clarke

Thieves take lion on night drive A lion's roar... but were the thieves aware of Caesar's presence? A circus lion went on a night-time odyssey in Germany when thieves stole the van carrying him and then abandoned it after crashing into a...

In this article: Wuppertal, Europe, Germany, and South Africa

Residential colleges present a strange conundrum. Their outward face is serene, as I discovered when taking a Chinese friend, Mingming Feng, on a tour of my old alma mater last year. We took in St John's and ended up on City Road inside the...

In this article: Women's College, Linda Evangelista, Tequila, Orange juice, Facebook, and Karl Lagerfeld

A Time Odyssey is a series of novels co-written by Arthur C. Clarke (author of ''2001: A Space Odyssey '') and Stephen Baxter. , the series consists of: The 2008 Gollancz edition of the book describes itself on the cover as the...

In this article: Space Odyssey, Firstborn, and Time's Eye

Spain formally laid claim Thursday to an 1804 shipwreck that yielded a reported U.S. $500 million treasure, saying Spain has proof the vessel was Spanish. Officials demanded the return of the booty recovered last year by a U.S. deep-sea...

In this article: Spain, Odyssey Marine Exploration, Tampa, Florida, U.S., and Silver

TAMPA, Fla. -- The Spanish government has filed claims in U.S. federal court over a shipwreck that a Florida firm found laden with Colonial-era treasure, an attorney said Thursday. If the vessel was Spanish or was removed from that...

In this article: Spain, Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc., Florida, U.S., HMS Sussex, and Silver

The project for the construction of the Jero N° 9 Antwerpen 1911 aeroplane was born from the close cooperation between Pierre de Caters and the Bollekens Brothers. It was designed to appear in the Aviator stand at the Motor Show 1910-1911...

In this article: Antwerp, Belgium, and India

Bradley Martin - VP, COO and Corporate Secretary Good morning and welcome to Fairfax's 2009 second quarter results conference call. Your lines have been placed in a listen-only mode. After the presentation, we will conduct a...

In this article: Fairfax, Tax, Asset Management, Balance sheet, and Cormark Securities

The Space Odyssey series is a science fiction series of four novels and two films created from 1948 to 1997, primarily by the writer Arthur C. Clarke. Two early short stories by Clarke may also be considered part of the series. "The...

In this article: Arthur C. Clarke, Space Odyssey, The Sentinel, Stanley Kubrick, Saturn, Encounter in the Dawn, Transience, Jovian, Moon, and Jupiter