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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 ==   
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If it says "Nonfiction", it is nonfiction. Page titles that end in "(nonfiction)" have exclusively nonfictional content in the first part of the page.
== Beyond Plausible ==


Most everything else is subject to the fictions of my imagination.
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== In Other Words ==


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== Dramatis Personae ==
== Are You Sure ... ==


Original characters by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]],  drawings by Greg Nesbitt.
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== Selected Anniversaries ==
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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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:
== Topic of the Day ==


* [[News archive]]
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* [[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.
== 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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Latest revision as of 07:37, 28 June 2024

The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
June 28

Better Than News

  • Deadpool 2049 is a science fiction superhero film directed by Tim Miller and Denis Villeneuve, starring Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling.

    Deadpool 2049 is a science fiction superhero film directed by Tim Miller and Denis Villeneuve, starring Ryan Reynolds and Ryan Gosling.

  • Neilly Dan was an American jazz-rock-country band comprising Neil Young, Walter Becker, and Donald Fagen.

    Neilly Dan was an American jazz-rock-country band comprising Neil Young, Walter Becker, and Donald Fagen.

  • "Educable Son" is an anagram of "Deacon Blues".

    "Educable Son" is an anagram of "Deacon Blues".

  • Martin Impossible is an American reality television series hosted by master of disguise Rollin Hand (humorously reprising his role as the Martin in the spy comedy film The Buggy Landau).

    Martin Impossible is an American reality television series hosted by master of disguise Rollin Hand (humorously reprising his role as the Martin in the spy comedy film The Buggy Landau).

  • G.I. Joe Undersea Meals for One is a line of lunchbox foods designed for consumption during human-shark combat.

    G.I. Joe Undersea Meals for One is a line of lunchbox foods designed for consumption during human-shark combat.

  • "Brother, Can You Spare a Dimetrodon?" is one of the best-known dinosaur songs songs of the American Great Depression.

    "Brother, Can You Spare a Dimetrodon?" is one of the best-known dinosaur songs songs of the American Great Depression.

  • Support Your Local Hard Times is an American neo-Western noir thriller film starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, and Henry Fonda.

    Support Your Local Hard Times is an American neo-Western noir thriller film starring James Garner, Joan Hackett, Walter Brennan, and Henry Fonda.

  • Under Siege 3: Flag Day is an American drama film starring Sean Penn and Steven Seagal has two actors whose political differences spill over into their films.

    Under Siege 3: Flag Day is an American drama film starring Sean Penn and Steven Seagal has two actors whose political differences spill over into their films.

Beyond Plausible

  • Pocohontas 3: Battle for North America is a 2022 American revisionist historical science fiction film set in the late colonial era.

    Pocohontas 3: Battle for North America is a 2022 American revisionist historical science fiction film set in the late colonial era.

  • Spycraft is a reality television series in which souls of dead or dying secret agents compete to outwit each other for control of [REDACTED] and all of the other humans.

    Spycraft is a reality television series in which souls of dead or dying secret agents compete to outwit each other for control of [REDACTED] and all of the other humans.

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

... that physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner?

... that The Glass Tweet Game is the last full-length tweet-chain by author and alleged time-traveler Hermann Hesse?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1598: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius dies. Ortelius created the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He was also one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

    1598: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius dies. Ortelius created the first modern atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. He was also one of the first to imagine that the continents were joined together before drifting to their present positions.

  • 1712: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau born. His political philosophy will influence the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

    1712: Philosopher and author Jean-Jacques Rousseau born. His political philosophy will influence the Enlightenment in France and across Europe.

  • 1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist Paul Broca born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function.

    1824: Physician, anatomist, and anthropologist Paul Broca born. He will discover that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contain lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region -- the first anatomical proof of the localization of brain function.

  • 1825: Chemist and academic Emil Erlenmeyer born. He will contribute to the early development of the theory of structure, formulating the Erlenmeyer rule, and designing the Erlenmeyer flask.

    1825: Chemist and academic Emil Erlenmeyer born. He will contribute to the early development of the theory of structure, formulating the Erlenmeyer rule, and designing the Erlenmeyer flask.

  • 1875: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue born. He will gain fame for his his theory of integration, which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).

    1875: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue born. He will gain fame for his his theory of integration, which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).

  • 1889: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell dies. She was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.

    1889: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell dies. She was the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.

  • 1906: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer born. She will develop a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she will share with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

    1906: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer born. She will develop a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she will be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she will share with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

  • 2023: Evening rain @ 9:03.

    2023: Evening rain @ 9:03.

Topic of the Day

Batman

  • The Fremen is a 2022 American superhero film about a dispossessed aristocrat (Robert Pattinson) who uncovers corruption in the Gotham Water Department while investigating the Sprinkler, a water thief who is targeting Gotham's elite.

    The Fremen is a 2022 American superhero film about a dispossessed aristocrat (Robert Pattinson) who uncovers corruption in the Gotham Water Department while investigating the Sprinkler, a water thief who is targeting Gotham's elite.

  • The Dark Tweet is a 2008 documentary film directed, produced, and co-written by The Joker. The film follows Bruce Wayne / Tweetman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) as they form an alliance to dismantle twitter bots released by anarchistic mastermind the Ledger (Joker) to undermine Tweetman's influence and throw the city into Facebook.

    The Dark Tweet is a 2008 documentary film directed, produced, and co-written by The Joker. The film follows Bruce Wayne / Tweetman (Bale), Police Lieutenant James Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) as they form an alliance to dismantle twitter bots released by anarchistic mastermind the Ledger (Joker) to undermine Tweetman's influence and throw the city into Facebook.

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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