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Katharine Kerr was born in Cleveland, Ohio; her maiden name is Katharine Nancy Brahtin.She describes her family feeling more like "British-in-exile" than American. She describes her inability to spell properly using either the British or American systems as a result of having been taught to read solely with British books.
The story follows Captain Elias Stormfield on his decades long cosmic journey to Heaven; his accidental misplacement after racing a comet; his short-lived interest in singing and playing the harp (generated by his preconceptions of heaven); and the general obsession of souls with the celebrities of Heaven such as Adam, Moses, and Elijah, who according to Twain become as distant to most people ...
The Deverry culture in the cycle is heavily influenced by Kerr’s extensive reading on both the Celts and classical Graeco-Roman society. Having no written records by the Celts themselves, it is a matter of dispute if Ancient Celtic religion included a belief in reincarnation. Several ancient classical sources refer to the Celts as believing ...
Kerr began working on what would become the Deverry cycle in 1982, expecting to produce a short story. The project grew much larger than that, eventually expanding into a series of sixteen novels. Kerr has a contract for two additional full novels in the series. [1] Kerr has likened the Deverry cycle to a play, dividing the story into five acts:
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7th Heaven ran for 11 seasons — 10 seasons on The WB, and one fever dream of a season on The CW — between 1996 and 2007. Over the years, the series’ ever-changing cast included Ashlee ...
Mark Twain later stated that his short story "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven" was a satire of The Gates Ajar. [27] In 1894 The Gates of Hell Ajar appeared, written by Connecticut author John Bolles. [28] Gates Ajar, Como Park, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1897.
The USS Amesbury was at the invasion of Normandy in World War II.