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Topic: Heirs of the Perisphere


  
  Horton Hears A Waldrop! | Howard Who?: Twelve Outstanding Stories of Speculative Fiction | Howard Waldrop ...
"Heirs Of The Perisphere" is heartrending in its utter simplicity.
Or 'Heirs of the Perisphere' about intelligent Disney robots that are mistakenly activated years after humanity mysteriously disappeared.
You see I read Heirs of the Perisphere years ago when it was first published * ahem * in Playboy (Nothing risque in the writing, just well written.).
www.very-clever.com /information/dkouazido-x   (490 words)

  
 Index: Stories, Listed by Title
Heir of the Wolf • Stephen Dedman • (ss)
Heir to the Kingdom • John Maclay • (ss)
The Heirs of Hammerfell, Marion Zimmer Bradley • Carolyn Cushman • (br)
www.locusmag.com /index/l178.html   (1116 words)

  
 Lethal Luthors: Alexi Luthor also known as Lex Luthor and Prince Zarkon
Alexi decided to travel to Europe to remove the temptation to use Alexi’s body from his brother and to be far from his brother should temptation prove to be too strong.
From information that his father occasionally left in written documents, which Alexi had made the habit of reading, he was able to discover that his father had once used the names Finglemore and Clayton.
Once by threatening to use the Perisphere at the New York World’s Fair to drain New York City of its electricity and then releasing the accumulated electricity in one fatal burst.
www.pjfarmer.com /secret/Luthors/lethalluthors-alexiluthor.html   (15346 words)

  
 FrontPage magazine.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The secret rituals of the future Masters of the Universe at the Ivy League schools of eld were virulenttly anti-Semitic, racist and genocidal.
His sonss are the natural heirs of Hitler's legacy.
It is rumored the members of Skull & Bones drank Jewish blood from the ritual sacrifices of Jewish maidens performed at every meeting.
www.frontpagemag.com /GoPostal/commentdetail.asp?ID=15142&commentID=420793   (114 words)

  
 Howard Waldrop
The elements are sometimes obscure or elliptical but, like buried treasure, there is excitement when they are discovered by the reader.
And the stories are always entertaining: "Night of the Cooters" is War of the Worlds told from the perspective of a Texas sheriff (a homage to Slim Pickens); "Heirs of the Perisphere" involves robotic Disney characters waking up in the far future; "Fin de Cyclé" describes the Dreyfus affair from the perspective of bicycle enthusiasts.
Waldrop's work is invariably out of print and routinely hard to find.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ho/Howard_Waldrop.html   (247 words)

  
 Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica : Gnostic Catholic Church
These bishops are not elected by a canonical church, are not proposed as an ordain by a suffragan and not bound to a historical episcopal see or consecrated by an 'official' bishop according to the canonical procedure.
A 'real' bishop is not a successor of a sole apostle because only the synod/college of bishops in toto is heir to the college of the apostles.
Karl Germer, Crowley's heir (in this O.T.O. version), reported that Reuss allegedly met Crowley in 1922 in Palermo, Italy (near Cefalu), but this has not been substantiated by documents or diaries.
user.cyberlink.ch /~koenig/bishops.htm   (9344 words)

  
 Legion of Justice: Justice Denied
When we last saw the Legion of Justice, the 23rd century's greatest heroes and heirs to the JSA's place as Earth-2's protectors, things were a mess, to say the least.
Good as they were at the super-hero biz, they were rookies to the game of time travel, and the insidious Mekanique had a vast advatage technologically.
Perched on a model of the All-Star Squadron perisphere was a girl dressed in a scarlet robe, a fragment of an old gold mask covering one eye.
the5earths.50megs.com /earth-2/1986/legion02.htm   (1159 words)

  
 LeavesofGrass: NYC 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Whitman revised and added to his great poem throughout his life, and the exhibition will feature first and rare editions of the major versions, as well as manuscript drafts, books, and trial proofs annotated in the poet’s hand.
Most of the sculptures at the 1939 World's Fair were done in mere plaster, but Jo Davison's statue, "The Open Road, or Afoot and Lighthearted" was bronze.
This excellent statue of Whitman was located near the Perisphere.
generalpicture.typepad.com /leavesofgrass/nyc_2005   (3535 words)

  
 RevolutionSF :: View topic - Edward Bear and the Long Walk
I remember this one started with an image of the classic Shepherd illustration juxtaposed against a spaceship in my head.
I thought, "Why not?" I had also recently read "Heirs of the Perisphere" -- one of my first Waldropian Experiences.
This story marked a movement in my writing away from more "traditional" stories to more "quirky" stories.
www.revolutionsf.com /bb/viewtopic.php?p=2704   (611 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Howard Who?: Twelve Outstanding Stories of Speculative Fiction: Books: Howard Waldrop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Perhaps the best recommendation of all, I met Waldrop in San Antonio in 1988, and I was duely impressed by his genuine humility and straightforwardness.
First let me confess I have not read this book, not yet...
More memorable than the girl, I still remember passages today - must have been close to twenty years ago.
www.amazon.com /Howard-Who-Outstanding-Stories-Speculative/dp/038519708X   (880 words)

  
 PARANOIA - A Grand Hotel - full version
The theme of the Fair is "Building the World of Tomorrow" and the symbols of the Fair were the Trylon representing "Progress" and the Perisphere meaning "the Universe."
In the giant spherical building at the center of the Fair (the Perisphere), visitors were confronted with a huge diorama of "Democracity." This was a sweeping vision of a perfectly integrated futuristic metropolis, created by the Industrial Designer Henry Dreyfuss (1903-1972) (http://www.hollywoodphones.com/wedreyfus.html, http://www.jitterbuzz.com/indclo.html, http://www.packer34.freeserve.co.uk/1939v1951.htm).
and heirs to the one of America's greatest fortunes, became mesmerized by Norman Bel Geddes' huge vision of "The City of Tomorrow." They saw it as New York City should be.
www.paranoiamagazine.com /gaudihotel.html   (12897 words)

  
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Let's copter off to polluted, overcrowded, corrupt, and exciting Mexico City for a night on the town.
Howard Waldrop, rather that gamble on actually winning a Nebula, got greedy and decided to leave both his stories, "Flying Saucer Rock and Roll" and "Heirs of the Perisphere," on the ballot.
They're two of his best, full of fun and pathos and great characters, and after all, greed is the name of the game here in Mexico.
www.its.caltech.edu /~erich/cheaptruth/cheaptru.14   (1211 words)

  
 The Golden Age Batman Chronology
Buster Parks — in order to gather the clues they have each received to the location of Hanson’s hidden fortune.
The Monster Society of Evil, an organization of nemeses of Captain Marvel, debuted in Captain Marvel Adventures #22 (3/43) by Otto Binder and C.C. Beck.
They later appear in a photograph of all the Squadron’s members.
members.surfbest.net /argentium@surfbest.net/batman.htm   (16495 words)

  
 Adams, Bus Shelter IV, Kent Gallery, NYC
Also in 1940 it starts Saturday 11 May and ends Monday 21 October.
Everywhere one turned, the future was arrayed in gleaming, confident form.
In the giant spherical building at the center of the Fair (the Perisphere), visitors were confronted with a huge diorama of "Democracity." This was a sweeping vision of a perfectly integrated futuristic metropolis, created by the Industrial Designer Henry Dreyfuss (1903-1972)
www.kentgallery.com /paranoia.htm   (13330 words)

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