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The Brief History of the Dead received favourable reviews from various publications, including Publishers Weekly, [2] Salon, [3] and the Library Journal. [ 4 ] The book was nominated for the 2007 New York Public Library Young Lions Award.
The Brief History of the Dead Kevin John Brockmeier (born December 6, 1972) [ 1 ] is an American writer of fantasy and literary fiction . His best known work is The Brief History of the Dead , 2006.
The Brief History of the Dead; The Brothers Lionheart; C. Chariot of Fire; E. The Enchanted Type-Writer; F. Feersum Endjinn; G. The Gods of Mars; H. A House-Boat on ...
In Kevin Brockmeier's novel The Brief History of the Dead (2006), biological terrorists release a lethal virus which annihilates almost all of humanity. Matthew John Lee's thriller novel The Quick and the Dead (2008) [4] depicts the aftermath of an attack on the British Isles using an enhanced smallpox virus. (The author is credited in later ...
Downey shrugs at his costar Woody Harrelson, who smirks.Harrelson is bald, having shaved his head two weeks ago on camera after Stone declared that his character, a serial killer, should shave his ...
Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.
In "What the Dead Men Say" (1964), by Philip K. Dick, after the main character has spoken ill of his recently deceased boss, his wife tells him "Nil nisi bonum", then explaining to her bamboozled husband that it comes from the classic cartoon "Bambi". It might be used to suggest the confusion of cultural references in this story's world set in ...
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