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The works of American author Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) include many poems, short stories, and one novel.His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing. [1]
"Bon-Bon" is a comedic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in December 1832 in the Philadelphia Saturday Courier. Originally called "The Bargain Lost", it follows Pierre Bon-Bon, who believes himself a profound philosopher, and his encounter with the Devil.
Here is a partial list of those items. On March 23, 1965, Gemini 3 astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young brought a corned beef sandwich into orbit, which was widely publicized in the media. [2] They were reprimanded by NASA officials. [3]
List of space telescopes; Category:Lists of satellites orbiting Earth; List of extraterrestrial orbiters. List of artificial objects in heliocentric orbit, those that orbit the Sun; List of landings on extraterrestrial bodies; List of artificial objects on extra-terrestrial surfaces locations excluding: List of artificial objects on Venus
The Space Shuttle Columbia was lost as it returned from a two-week mission when previously detected damage to the shuttle's thermal protection system (TPS) resulted in the spacecraft breaking apart during reentry at an altitude of just under 65 km and a speed of about Mach 19. Investigation revealed that a piece of foam insulation had fallen ...
Subterranean fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction, science fiction, or fantasy which focuses on fictional underground settings, sometimes at the center of the Earth or otherwise deep below the surface.
Humans and aliens from different periods in time start to come to Earth by means of a rift in the space/time continuum. (Spin-off from Doctor Who.) 2006 2010 Heroes: Tim Kring: Three heroes can travel in time and space. Apocalyptic disasters happen and the characters travel back and forth in an attempt to prevent them. 2006 2007 Life on Mars ...
A 1965 press photo of actors portraying the Robinson Family being placed in suspended animation for their space voyage in Lost in Space. Suspended animation often plays a role in stories about kings or heroes who are believed to be slumbering or kept alive until they are needed to confront great dangers.