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'''''Fiction''''' is a work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]].
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'''''The Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of fiction and nonfiction by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. Fresh content daily.<br>   
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== Better Than News == 


If it says "Nonfiction", it is nonfiction. Page titles that end in "(nonfiction)" have exclusively nonfictional content in the first part of the page.
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Most everything else is subject to the fictions of my imagination.
== Beyond Plausible ==


== On This Day in History: {{#time:F j|now - 6 hours}} ==
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== In Other Words ==


== Dramatis Personae ==
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Original characters by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]],  drawings by Greg Nesbitt.
== Are You Sure ... ==


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File:Havelock.jpg|link=Havelock|[[Havelock]]
File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|[[The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|The Eel]]
File:Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Wallace War-Heels|[[Wallace War-Heels]]
File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|[[Asclepius Myrmidon]]
File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|[[Alice Beta]]
File:Radium Jane.jpg|link=Radium Jane|[[Radium Jane]]
File:Lud assistant number one.jpg|link=Lud assistant number one|[[Lud assistant number one]]
File:Rafael Volante.jpg|link=Rafael Volante|[[Rafael Volante]]
File:Pin Man.jpg|link=Pin Man|[[Pin Man]]
File:Malady.jpg|link=Malady|[[Malady]]
Ultravore.jpg|link=Ultravore|[[Ultravore]]
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== Selected Anniversaries ==
File:Albert Einstein and Alice Beta Conducting Research.jpg|link=Albert Einstein and Alice Beta Conducting Research|Albert Einstain and Alice beta [[Albert Einstein and Alice Beta Conducting Research|conduct research in scrying engine technology]].
File:Havelock_and_Tesla_telecommunications_research.jpg|link=Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|Havelock and Nikola Tesla conduct [[Havelock and Tesla Research Telecommunication|research into electrical field modulation and data transmission]].
File:Gambling Den Fight.jpg|link=Gambling Den Fight|[[Baron Zersetzung]] and [[The Eel]] fight in a gambling den.
File:The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling.jpg|link=The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling|The Eel and Radium Jane [[The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling|engage in epic arm-wrestling match]] to determine outcome of wager.
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See also:
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* [[News archive]]
== Topic of the Day ==
* [[Special:Random|Random page]]
* [[Special:Categories|Categories]]
* [[Special:AllPages|All pages]]
* [[Special:Search|Search]]


Those parts of ''Fiction'' which are copyrightable are copyright by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)]]. Where not copyrightable, I have made some effort to say why, and give credit where credit is due.
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== Interview ==
 
'''INTERVIEW''': "[https://www.trillmag.com/entertainment/gnomon-chronicles-an-interview-with-the-man-who-makes-up-movies/ Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…]" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.
 
== Favorites ==
 
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Revision as of 08:10, 17 June 2024

The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
June 26

Better Than News

  • Bourbon Legal is a French-American historical legal drama and comedy drama television series starring Alexandre Dumas and James Spader.

    Bourbon Legal is a French-American historical legal drama and comedy drama television series starring Alexandre Dumas and James Spader.

  • Indiana Jones and the Oompa-Loompas of Doom is an American musical action-fantasy adventure film starring Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder.

    Indiana Jones and the Oompa-Loompas of Doom is an American musical action-fantasy adventure film starring Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder.

  • ED-209: Origins is a 2022 American superhero film about teenager Peter Parker, who gains robot super-powers after he is bitten by a radioactive robot.

    ED-209: Origins is a 2022 American superhero film about teenager Peter Parker, who gains robot super-powers after he is bitten by a radioactive robot.

  • The Soylents of the Greens is a 1991 serial killer ecological crime thriller film starring Jodie Foster and Charlton Heston.

    The Soylents of the Greens is a 1991 serial killer ecological crime thriller film starring Jodie Foster and Charlton Heston.

  • Johnny SPQR is a 1995 cyberpunk history film about a Roman Consul (Keanu Reeves) with a cybernetic brain implant designed to win the Punic Wars. Co-starring Henry Rollins as Cato the Censor.

    Johnny SPQR is a 1995 cyberpunk history film about a Roman Consul (Keanu Reeves) with a cybernetic brain implant designed to win the Punic Wars. Co-starring Henry Rollins as Cato the Censor.

  • The Andromeda Galaxy robbery (also known as the Great Andromeda Galaxy robbery) was a coordinated attack upon the Andromeda Galaxy using a previously unknown exploit involving coriolis effect. The robbery was activated by parties as yet unidentified (11 May 2021) using hijacked laser guide stars.

    The Andromeda Galaxy robbery (also known as the Great Andromeda Galaxy robbery) was a coordinated attack upon the Andromeda Galaxy using a previously unknown exploit involving coriolis effect. The robbery was activated by parties as yet unidentified (11 May 2021) using hijacked laser guide stars.

  • Alien: Wassup? is a 1979 science fiction substance abuse horror film starring John Hurt as a recovering alcoholic who falls off the wagon with catastrophic consequences for himself and his shipmates.

    Alien: Wassup? is a 1979 science fiction substance abuse horror film starring John Hurt as a recovering alcoholic who falls off the wagon with catastrophic consequences for himself and his shipmates.

Beyond Plausible

  • The Scarlet Learner is a 1995 American romantic literacy awareness drama film loosely based on the life of pioneering lexicographer Noah Webster.

    The Scarlet Learner is a 1995 American romantic literacy awareness drama film loosely based on the life of pioneering lexicographer Noah Webster.

  • Honest Wife is a comedy political heist thriller television series starring Julianna Margulies and Liam Neeson.

    Honest Wife is a comedy political heist thriller television series starring Julianna Margulies and Liam Neeson.

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

... that computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes made numerous pioneering contributions to computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing?

... that Billionaire's Island is an alleged "uncharted island" where a select groups of billionaires have prepared refuges against The Event?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1274: Polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi dies. Tusi was a mathematician, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian; he established trigonometry as a mathematical discipline in its own right.

    1274: Polymath Nasir al-Din al-Tusi dies. Tusi was a mathematician, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian; he established trigonometry as a mathematical discipline in its own right.

  • 1730: Astronomer Charles Messier born. He will publish an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that will come to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".

    1730: Astronomer Charles Messier born. He will publish an astronomical catalogue consisting of nebulae and star clusters that will come to be known as the 110 "Messier objects".

  • 1796: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse dies. He was the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.

    1796: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse dies. He was the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.

  • 1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.

    1824: Lord Kelvin born. He will do much to unify the emerging discipline of physics in its modern form.

  • 1913: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes born. He will pioneer several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.

    1913: Computer scientist and physicist Maurice Wilkes born. He will pioneer several important developments in computing, including microcode, symbolic labels, macros, subroutine libraries, and timesharing.

Topic of the Day

Philip K. Dick

  • Flow My Androids, The Shepherd Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick about a futuristic dystopia where the United States has become a police state reality television series. The story follows genetically enhanced police officer Felix Buckman, who wakes up in a world where he has never existed.

    Flow My Androids, The Shepherd Said is a 1974 science fiction novel by American sociologist Philip K. Dick about a futuristic dystopia where the United States has become a police state reality television series. The story follows genetically enhanced police officer Felix Buckman, who wakes up in a world where he has never existed.

  • Do Elons Dream of Electric Jeep? is a novel by mechanical engineer Chip "Pink Riddle" Kid about a post-petroleum economy where Earth's billionaires have been replaced by androids, leaving most millionaires endangered or extinct. The main plot follows [REDACTED], a Dot-Com Boom millionaire who is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. stealing and reverse-engineering) six escaped Nexus-6 model Jeep Electric Autonomous Vehicles.

    Do Elons Dream of Electric Jeep? is a novel by mechanical engineer Chip "Pink Riddle" Kid about a post-petroleum economy where Earth's billionaires have been replaced by androids, leaving most millionaires endangered or extinct. The main plot follows [REDACTED], a Dot-Com Boom millionaire who is tasked with "retiring" (i.e. stealing and reverse-engineering) six escaped Nexus-6 model Jeep Electric Autonomous Vehicles.

Interview

INTERVIEW: "Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.

Favorites

Hamlet is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Adam and Eve in Candyland is a 1531 painting by Cranach the Elder.

Lend a Hand voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

Spectrum is a 2015 action-physics film about the scientific organization Spectrum and its enigmatic leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Isaac Newton), who intends to overthrow the dominant paradigm. Co-starring Daniel Craig as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction, with different species of Euglena playing the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson.

Spiral Rings 2.
Art is long, life is brave.
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