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The Ferryman is a 2023 dystopian fiction novel by Justin Cronin. The protagonist, Proctor Bennett, is a titular "ferryman", responsible for transporting elderly citizens to be reborn. Proctor gradually realizes that his utopian life is not what it seems. The Ferryman is Cronin's first novel since 2016's The City of Mirrors.
Attic red-figure lekythos attributed to the Tymbos painter showing Charon welcoming a soul into his boat, c. 500–450 BC. In Greek mythology, Charon or Kharon (/ ˈ k ɛər ɒ n,-ən / KAIR-on, -ən; Ancient Greek: Χάρων) is a psychopomp, the ferryman of the Greek underworld.
King's Quest II was unofficially remade in 2002 when AGD Interactive, then known as Tierra Entertainment, released the fan-made King's Quest II: Romancing the Stones under a fan license by Vivendi. The game uses a point-and-click interface functionally identical to an advanced SCI game engine, VGA graphics and digital sound, including full ...
"Timing is everything," Kudrow said of finding the note, which Perry wrote and put in the jar before giving it to her following the finale taping in 2004
It falls under Aarne–Thompson classification types 461 ("three hairs from the devil"), [2] and 930 ("prophecy that a poor boy will marry a rich girl"). [3] [4] The story was first translated into English as "The Giant and the Three Golden Hairs" to avoid offense, but the devil in the story does indeed act like a folklore giant. [5]
Ready Player Two is a 2020 science fiction novel by American author Ernest Cline.It is the sequel to his 2011 debut novel Ready Player One.Plans for a Ready Player One sequel were first announced in 2015, though Cline did not begin writing the book until late 2017.
Urshanabi, also known as Sursunabu, was a figure in Mesopotamian mythology.His name is considered unusual and difficult to interpret, and consists of a prefix common in Sumerian names and a cuneiform numeral which could be read as both ⅔ or 40.
The film follows the titular character Bilbo Baggins as he continues to accompany Thorin Oakenshield and his fellow dwarves on a quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug. Pursuing them are the vengeful orcs Azog the Defiler and his son Bolg, while Gandalf the Grey investigates the return of a long-forgotten evil force in the ...