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Space Marines John York Cabot "Sergeant Shane Goes to War" 1942 Space Marines Duncan Farnsworth "Flight from Farisha" 1942 Space Marines D. D. Sharp "Pillage of the Space-Marine" 1943 Space-Marines Bob Courtney "Aid to the Enemy" 1943 Space-Marines Robert A. Heinlein "The Long Watch" 1949 Space Marines Theodore Cogswell "The Spectre General" 1952
The film opens with footage from the planet Mithron with a group of Space Marines of the Imperial Fists Chapter under attack from an unknown enemy. A Space Marine by the name of Nidon is told to protect "the Codex" and races to obey his orders, just before a fireball engulfs them all.
2010: Odyssey Two is a 1982 science fiction novel by British writer Arthur C. Clarke.It is the sequel to his 1968 novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, though Clarke changed some elements of the story to align with the film version of 2001.
The film received a mixed review in The Washington Post, writing it was very "silly but also cheerfully watchable". [3] Video Movie Guide stated: "Fans of old sci-fi serials should love this retro" production, where "Billy Wirth shines as the gleefully maniacal villain" and conceded that "Moreland's script has the sense not to take itself too seriously."
2061: Odyssey Three is a science-fiction novel by the British writer Arthur C. Clarke, published in 1987.It is the third book in Clarke's Space Odyssey series. It returns to one of the lead characters of the previous novels, Heywood Floyd, and his adventures from the 2061 return of Halley's Comet to Jupiter's moon Europa.
The 1950 movie Destination Moon was loosely based on Rocket Ship Galileo, and Heinlein was one of three co-authors of the script. The film's plot also resembles that of "The Man Who Sold the Moon", which Heinlein wrote in 1949 but did not publish until 1951.
Because SparkNotes provides study guides for literature that include chapter summaries, many teachers see the website as a cheating tool. [7] These teachers argue that students can use SparkNotes as a replacement for actually completing reading assignments with the original material, [8] [9] [10] or to cheat during tests using cell phones with Internet access.
The novel comprises 113 vignettes about World War I Marines in Company K. The novel is told from the viewpoint of 113 different Marines, stretching from the beginning of training to after the war. These sketches create contrasting and horrific accounts of the daily life endured by the common Marine.