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'''''Gnomon Chronicles''''' is a work of [[fiction (nonfiction)|fiction]] and [[nonfiction (nonfiction)|nonfiction]] by [[Karl Jones (nonfiction)|Karl Jones]].
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== Better Than News ==   
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== Beyond Plausible ==


File:The_City_on_the_Edge_of_Raspberries.jpg|link=The City on the Edge of Raspberries|Screenshot from [[The City on the Edge of Raspberries]], one of the so-called "[[Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes|Forbidden Episodes]]" of the television program Star Trek.
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File:Think_Clearly_But_Don't_Let_It_Cloud_Your_Judgement.jpg|link=Think Clearly But Don't Let It Cloud Your Judgement|[[Think Clearly But Don't Let It Cloud Your Judgement]].
== In Other Words ==


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== Are You Sure ... ==


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'''''[[They Live, We Eat]]''''' is a short documentary film about how restaurants specializing in alien cuisine are coping with business and xenobiological issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.


See [[Mashup Film and Food Challenge]] for more.
== Selected Anniversaries ==


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Other popular documentary films in the Gnomon Chronicles Film Library include:
== Topic of the Day ==


* [[2001: A Species Odyssey]]
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* [[Alien (documentary)]]
 
* [[Blinding Orion]]
== Interview ==
* [[Death By Flint]]
 
* [[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]]
'''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.
* [[Noctua's Revenge (documentary)]]
 
* [[Silent Spring]]
== Favorites ==
* [[The Man Who Would Not Say Hello World]]
 
* [[They Live, We Study]]
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* [[Titus Andronicus of the Lambs]]
* [[Triumph of the Wheel]]
* [[Unexpectedly Hanging Chad]]
* [[Where The Wild Things Were]]

Latest revision as of 07:14, 1 July 2024

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Better Than News

  • Tarzan: Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel about an archetypal feral child raised by a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island. Tarzan later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the island as a heroic adventurer.

    Tarzan: Lord of the Flies is a 1954 novel about an archetypal feral child raised by a group of British boys who are stranded on an uninhabited island. Tarzan later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the island as a heroic adventurer.

  • The Creation of Angel Hair Pasta is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel refectory's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives angel hair pasta to Adam, the first man.

    The Creation of Angel Hair Pasta is a fresco painting by Italian artist Michelangelo, which forms part of the Sistine Chapel refectory's ceiling, painted c. 1508–1512. It illustrates the Biblical creation narrative from the Book of Genesis in which God gives angel hair pasta to Adam, the first man.

  • St. Elmo's Ghost is an American coming-of-age supernatural romance film starring Demi Moore.

    St. Elmo's Ghost is an American coming-of-age supernatural romance film starring Demi Moore.

  • Running Man 2: Sprint to Destruction is an American sports action thriller film starring Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

    Running Man 2: Sprint to Destruction is an American sports action thriller film starring Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  • Sit is a political horror film starring Clint Eastwood. It is loosely based on the lost short story "Trial Balloon" by Stephen King.

    Sit is a political horror film starring Clint Eastwood. It is loosely based on the lost short story "Trial Balloon" by Stephen King.

  • "People Get Roddy" is a 1968 single by the Evolutions, and the opening track on the Planet of the Naked Apes album. The gospel-influenced track was a Curtis Mayfield composition that displayed the growing sense of cinematic and science fictional awareness in his writing.

    "People Get Roddy" is a 1968 single by the Evolutions, and the opening track on the Planet of the Naked Apes album. The gospel-influenced track was a Curtis Mayfield composition that displayed the growing sense of cinematic and science fictional awareness in his writing.

  • "O Super Canada" is a song by Laurie Anderson.

    "O Super Canada" is a song by Laurie Anderson.

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

... that physicist and educator Nikolay Basov made fundamental contributions to quantum electronics?

... that the American hip hop plant bioscience group Phytologists With Attitude won a Grammy Award for their song "Straight Outta Pleistocene"?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1646: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born. He will develop differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and design and build mechanical calculators.

    1646: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz born. He will develop differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and design and build mechanical calculators.

  • 1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819 (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.

    1819: Johann Georg Tralles discovers the Great Comet of 1819 (C/1819 N1). It was the first comet analyzed using polarimetry, by François Arago.

  • 1881: The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.

    1881: The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.

  • 2001: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov dies. He did fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.

    2001: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov dies. He did fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.

  • 2019: The Custodian says he is "not planning on retiring any time soon."

    2019: The Custodian says he is "not planning on retiring any time soon."

Topic of the Day

Star Trek

  • Star Trek Wars is a science fiction buddy comedy film about an angry moisture farmer (Luke Skywalker) and an excessively logical Starfleet officer (Spock of Vulcan) who must learn to work together.

    Star Trek Wars is a science fiction buddy comedy film about an angry moisture farmer (Luke Skywalker) and an excessively logical Starfleet officer (Spock of Vulcan) who must learn to work together.

  • "Tribbles for Ichneumon" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek. The plot involves the Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "Spock's Bug" parallel universe. The Ichneumon requires human host or it will die without progeny, threatening the intra-universe treaty between Insects and Humans.

    "Tribbles for Ichneumon" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek. The plot involves the Ichneumon, an alien ambassador from the "Spock's Bug" parallel universe. The Ichneumon requires human host or it will die without progeny, threatening the intra-universe treaty between Insects and Humans.

  • Spray bottles of colored water refers to a fragmentary scene from an otherwise lost Forbidden Episode of the television series Star Trek.

    Spray bottles of colored water refers to a fragmentary scene from an otherwise lost Forbidden Episode of the television series Star Trek.

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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