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  Antony Bek - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Deposed and excommunicated by Bek, the prior secured the king's support; but the bishop, against whom other complaints were preferred, refused to give way, and by his obstinacy incurred the lasting enmity of Edward.
Another Thomas Bek (1282-1347), who was bishop of Lincoln from 1341 until his death on the 2nd of February 1347, was a member of the same family.
Antony Bek must not be confused with his kinsman and namesake, Antony Bek (1279-1343), who was chancellor and dean of Lincoln cathedral, and became bishop of Norwich after a disputed election in 1337.
15.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BE/BEK_ANTONY.htm   (523 words)

  
 Michael Moorcock: The Dreamthief's Daughter - an infinity plus review
Von Bek contacts the Resistance, and, with the enigmatic Herr El and the lovely wildling Oona, who is like himself an albino, makes plans to retain the status quo.
Von Bek's experiences in Nazi Germany, and his growing knowledge that he is part of a greater mystery, are as gripping as any World War II adventure story.
Von Bek is at one and the same time both Elric and not-Elric, and duality that persists even once their two identities have fused.
www.infinityplus.co.uk /nonfiction/dreamthief.htm   (1179 words)

  
 BEK Inc Providing Custom Computer Networking Resources
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With increased staff and services BEK Inc is pleased to announce that we have moved to larger and more functional space at 56 Bibber Parkway in the Brunswick Industrial Park.
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 United States Olympic Committee - Bek getting cyclists back on track
Bek feels that women's sprinter Jennie Reed and 2000 Olympic gold medalist Nothstein are the best hopes for a U.S. medal on the track.
The condensed schedule Bek had to deal with when signing back on with USA Cycling is even more condensed this year.
Bek has consulted with John Graham, president of Rehabilitation and Human Performance for Orthopaedic Associates of Allentown, in writing a strength-training program for the team.
www.usoc.org /11796_23484.htm   (650 words)

  
 Redemption of Phlan
They agree that Ritter von Bek should be the one to use the Manual of Bodily Health, so the group spends the next month resting while von Bek exercises and trains according to the dictates of the Manual.
Ritter von Bek is loath to have anything to do with Zhentil Keep, but Cadorna assures them that an alliance with Zhentil Keep is a temporary expedient until the city can increase its military strength.
Ritter von Bek manages to slay the Zhentish commander and recover the diplomatic pouch, and the group escapes from the Zhentil stronghold.
home1.gte.net /res0k39k/phlan.html   (5285 words)

  
 URGENT - BEK: Call for support
BEK - Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts might be forced to close down early next year due to lack of governmental support.
If you believe that BEK should continue to exist, please express your support at our web page: http://www.bek.no or by sending a mail to demo@xxxxxxx HISTORY BEK - Bergen Centre of Electronic Arts, was found while Bergen, Norway, was one of 9 cultural cities of Europe 2000.
The founding of BEK was part of a national strategy initiated by The Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs to better working conditions for artists working within the field of new media arts in Norway.
www.interaccess.org /arg/arg-list/msg01212.html   (653 words)

  
 BEK survives (was: URGENT - BEK: Call for support)
Last autumn BEK, Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts, was running the risk of having to close down due to lack of future fundings.
The support statements were forwarded to all relevant politicians and bureaucrats: http://www.bek.no/demo_html Shortly before christmas the Parliament decided to grant support for BEK for the future.
The founding of BEK was part of a > national strategy initiated by The Norwegian Council for Cultural Affairs to > better working conditions for artists working within the field of new media > arts in Norway.
www.interaccess.org /arg/arg-list/msg01238.html   (870 words)

  
 Flippy's Cat Page - Cat Tails - Bek's Random Cat Tail #1
Bek, lazy as ever, was only just beginning to rise from the depths of sleep and bordering on consciousness.
Bek followed with her eyes and noticed the runt of the litter (who has actually caught up with his middle sister in size and is the first to eat solid food), an interestingly marked little critter called Ittibitty the Kitty - or just Itti - was already at the foot of the bed.
Bek in the meantime, got up, pulled her laptop over and started reading newsgroups.
www.flippyscatpage.com /randomcattail1.html   (481 words)

  
 dreamthief's daughter - book review for zone-sf.com
Von Bek is the last surviving descendant of Ulric von Bek, the knight who found the Holy Grail in the Von Bek series written in the 1980s, and the Nazis are after the Grail and, ominously, a fl sword.
Soon, von Bek, is unwillingly drawn into the battle of cosmic forces, and joins Elric of Melniboné to fight the threat of the Nazis who are trying to recover the artefacts that would give them the power they need to take over the world and perhaps the entire multiverse.
Seen through von Bek's eyes, Elric is also portrayed as a terrifying figure, a force for chaos and death even when fighting on the side of right.
www.zone-sf.com /dreamthiefs.html   (1034 words)

  
 Literature \ Books \ Von Bek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The time is The Thirty Years War, and the whole of Europe is in devastation, Graf Ulrich von Bek, killer, survivor and mercenary captain of fearful repute, deserts his soldiers after an outbreak of plague and finds himself travelling through a dense forest, at the heart of which there stands an empty but unplundered castle.
In 1793, von Bek is forced to flee Paris, because of his political associations.
For an examination of the implications and genealogy of the von Bek family, see Reflections on the von Bek Family.
www.novymir.com.au /terminalcafe/vonbek.html   (518 words)

  
 The Alien Online - Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror News, Reviews, Articles and more...
The most enduring of Moorcock's heroic fantasy characters is Elric, who may yet be appearing on the silver screen in the not so distant future, and here he appears in a brand new adventure; the second in a planned trilogy.
In The Dreamthief's Daughter, Ulric von Bek escaped Sachsenhausen in 1930s Germany, before discovering that his destiny is inextricably linked to that of Elric of Melniboné.
Von Bek, meanwhile, is guided by the fl giant, Sepiriz, who reunites him with the sword Ravenbrand, after which there ensues an almighty battle to save the multiverse.
www.thealienonline.net /ao_060.asp?baa=1&tid=2&scid=15&iid=1497   (757 words)

  
 Michael Moorcock:  The Dreamthief's Daughter
Michael Moorcock introduced the von Bek family into his theory of the multiverse and Eternal Champions in the early eighties and has continuously expanded their role as protectors of the Holy Grail.
The Dreamthief's Daughter follows Ulric von Bek as he lives a quiet life between the World Wars of the twentieth century until his cousin, Gaynor von Minct appears, searching for a variety of family heirlooms he believes to be in Ulric's possession.
The one place where The Dreamthief's Daughter falls flat is the romantic plotline between Ulric von Bek and Oona, the dreamthief's daughter of the title.
www.sfsite.com /%7Esilverag/dreamthief.html   (703 words)

  
 Victuals
Sapphire scrutinised Erich von Bek, walking around him until she was on Mme Waterfowl's side of the counter.
von Bek sat down on the ground, carefully gathering up the lower part of his cloak and folding it neatly under him as a protection against the possibly damp grass.
von Bek was laying about him with a sword that looked like pure gold but couldn't very well be, unless there was a hardening spell on it.
home.swipnet.se /evas_fanfic/victuals.htm   (8037 words)

  
 Reflections on the von Bek Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Because of the nature of the Multiverse, a von Bek is sometimes the Eternal Champion, and sometimes not.
In the Von Bek series, each member of the family dealt with, is certainly the champion, and in others, such as The Brothel in Rossensrasse where Moorcock branches from the more simple fantasy genre, to achieve more complex efects, the notion of the eternal champion takes very little importance in the plot.
In the first von Bek book, The Warhound and the World's Pain, we gain some hint as to the nature of the Champion, albeit in the language of Christian mythology.
www.novymir.com.au /terminalcafe/bekfam.html   (245 words)

  
 > > Compare UK book prices. Von Bek: "Warhound and the World's Pain", "City in the Autumn Stars", "Pleasure Gardens of ...
Von Bek: "Warhound and the World's Pain", "City in the Autumn Stars", "Pleasure Gardens of Felipe Sagittarius" (Tale of the Eternal Champion S.), Michael Moorcock.
Von Bek isn't exactly Galahad, but the Holy Grail isn't exactly what he was expecting, either.
Von Bek makes a deal with the Devil -- to restore the Holy Grail to the world & so release the world from pain.
www.best-book-price.co.uk /compare-book-price-code-1857984366.html   (790 words)

  
 The Dreamthief's Daughter: A Tale of the Albino | Fantasybookspot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Von Bek is anti-Nazi and, in fact, hopes to join the resistance.
Von Bek quickly becomes embroiled in the struggle between Gaynor and the Nazis to obtain Ravenbrand and resistance fighters "Gertie" and "Herr El" to keep the sword hidden.
Von Bek and his new allies, including Elric, must chase Gaynor through the multiverse, using their combined skills to thwart him when they can.
www.fantasybookspot.com /?q=node/view/290   (866 words)

  
 Ulrich von Bek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Graf Ulrich von Bek is a fictional character created by Michael Moorcock.
Thus retroactively, von Bek has become one of the most important Multiverse participants.
The von Bek family motto is Do you the Devil's work, a nod to the relationship that the family developed with Satan in The War Hound and the World's Pain
nba.servegame.org /en/Ulrich_Von_Bek.htm   (206 words)

  
 Fictionwise eBooks: The Dreamthief's Daughter by Michael Moorcock
In the 1930s, Count Ulric von Bek has been harried and imprisoned by the Nazis for a fl sword that is part of his family's history.
An unhealthy child, cursed with the family disease of albinism, I was born and raised in Bek, Saxony, in the early years of the century.
My tutor was old von Asch, fl, shrunken and gnarled, whom my brothers called The Walnut, whose family had been smiths and swordsmen since the time their first ancestor struck the bronze weapon.
www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook3853.htm   (841 words)

  
 Revue Solaris 144: Retour à Von Bek
Si l'on veut bien considérer l'entropie de notre propre époque, alors les aventures de Von Bek peuvent se comprendre comme en réaction à celle-ci.
Tout change pour le Krieghund Ulrich Von Bek quand, sentant tourner le vent, il décide d'abandonner sa troupe de faces de carême, et après quelque macabre errance trouve à se réfugier dans un château au cœur de la forêt de Thuringe, où l'y attendent de curieux personnages et un curieux sort...
Le cycle de Von Bek, qui emprunte le style et l'emballage des pamphlets voltairiens, est un cri de révolte et d'espoir lancé à nos modernes consciences sclérosées.
www.revue-solaris.com /numero/2003/144-von-bek.htm   (2103 words)

  
 Dreamthiefs Daughter by Michael Moorcock - Book
The setting and storyline center around von Bek and the entire book is from von Bek's first person point of view (though Moorcock pulls off the neat trick of transferring a first person narrative to another character, then sharing it, and then back again-- in a plausible manner.
I will note for the record that the only semi-viable excuse I came up with was that von Bek was actually a guardian of the Grail and not the sword, perhaps having the sword by accident, hence his character was supposed to be the opposite of Elric.
Or, one step further, the trinity is the albino alone (and Gaynor is truly damned and forever apart from it) and thus represented by Elric, the wrath and the father, Oona, the daughter and redemption, and von Bek as the spirit and salvation.
www.sffworld.com /book/3222.html   (1718 words)

  
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Postado por: Bek em Oct 31 2004, 08:51 PM - Os poderosos podem matar uma, duas ou até três rosas, mas jamais poderão deter a primavera.
Postado por: Bek em Nov 3 2004, 07:37 PM A sabedoria consiste em saber que se sabe o que se sabe e saber que não se sabe o que não se sabe.
Postado por: Bek em Nov 23 2004, 10:08 PM Os psiquiatras dizem que uma em cada quatro pessoas tem alguma deficiência mental.
www.forum-mergulho.com /index.php?act=Print&client=printer&f=8&t=1986   (8108 words)

  
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 Warpcore SF Review of The Dreamthief's Daughter by Michael Moorcock
Ulric, Graf von Bek is an albino aristocrat with a humanist conscience and a liking for fencing.
Von Bek refuses to give this up, and lands himself on the inside of a concentration camp as a result.
To begin with the only hint of fantasy is in Von Bek's appearance, and some vague family myths.
www.warpcoresf.co.uk /dreamthief.php   (480 words)

  
 The Books: The Dreamthief's Daughter by Michael Moorcock   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Combining the classic von Bek series with the chronicles of Elric of Melniboné, he conjures an apocalyptic menace that ranges from the edge of Creation to the dark heart of Hitler's Third Reich.
But as the madness of Nazism ensorcells the Fatherland, the family legend draws the attention of Rudolf Hess, Hitler's oldest friend and architect of an insane scheme to control the famous artifacts of Nordic myth: the Holy Grail, the swords of Siegfried and Charlemagne, and other legendary treasures.
In a concentration camp, the destinies of Elric and von Bek will entwine with that of the mysterious Oona-the beautiful Dreamthief's Daughter.
www.twbookmark.com /books/54/0446526185/index.html   (477 words)

  
 Michael Moorcock's The Dreamthief's Daughter. The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Web Site
This story begins with a German, an Albino, who is not a Nazi sympathizer in the least, by the name of Count Ulric Von Bek who is visited one day in his family stronghold in the German countryside by a cousin and an old skeleton of a Nazi who come calling with a strange request.
It seems that they are looking to store away some so-called National Treasures for safe keeping in Hitler's "trusty" hands and are requesting that Von Bek give up two important family heirlooms that he has no intention whatsoever of giving up.
Their one great nemesis in all of this turns out to be Vok Bek's cousin, Gaynor Von Minct, a man who has sworn his allegiance to countless evil beings throughout the multiverse (including Elric's favorite Duke Of Hell, Lord Arioch) in order to increase his power.
www.eternalnight.co.uk /books/m/moorcockmichael/elric/thedreamthiefsdaughter.html   (776 words)

  
 Books, Listed by Author
* *Von Bek (Millennium 1-85798-024-7, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £10.99, 504pp, hc, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Von Bek] Omnibus of The War Hound and the World’s Pain (Timescape 1981), The City in the Autumn Stars (Grafton 1986) and “The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius”.
* _Von Bek (Millennium 1-85798-023-9, Mar ’95, £17.99, 504pp, hc, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Von Bek] Reissue (Millennium 1992) omnibus of The War Hound and the World’s Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars and the revised “The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius”.
* _Von Bek (Millennium 1-85798-436-6, Jun ’95, £5.99, 646pp, pb) [Von Bek] Reprint (Millennium 1992) omnibus of The War Hound and the World’s Pain, The City in the Autumn Stars and the revised “The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius”.
www.locusmag.com /index/b344.html   (2746 words)

  
 Michael Moorcock
Retiré dans son fief, le dernier des Bek n’en est pas à l’abri.
Au lendemain du sac de Magdebourg, Le Graf Ulrich von Bek, capitaine de mercenaires, abandonne ses hommes pour se réfugier dans la forêt de Thuringe.
Avec Voici l’homme, publié pour la première fois en 1968, le grand romancier britannique, créateur de Jerry Cornelius, de Gloriana, d’Elric le Nécromancien et de la lignée von Bek, a écrit une fable philosophique percutante, certainement un de ses chefs-d’œuvre.
www.editions-l-atalante.com /pages/auteurs/dentelle/moorcock.htm   (1047 words)

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