Black Knight satellite. Black Knight also known as the Black Knight satellite is an alleged object orbiting Earth in near-polar orbit that ufologists and fringe authors believe is approximately 13,000 years old and of extraterrestrial origin. However it is most probable that Black Knight is the result of a conflation of a number of unrelated stories.[1] Stories[edit] Fringe authors claim that there is a connection between long delayed echos and reports that Nikola Tesla picked up a repeating radio signal in 1899 which he believed was coming from space.
The satellite explanation originated in 1954 when newspapers including the St. Louis Post Dispatch and the San Francisco Examiner ran stories attributed to UFO researcher Donald Keyhoe saying that the US Air Force had reported that two satellites orbiting the Earth had been detected. At this time no man-made satellites had been launched.[2] An object photographed in 1998 during the STS-88 mission has been widely claimed to be this "alien artifact". List of The Librarian characters. Recurring Characters[edit] Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle)[edit] A nerdish bookworm, Flynn is brilliant beyond compare. By the time he was 31 years old Flynn had obtained 22 academic degrees (12 Bachelors, 6 Masters, and 4 Ph.D.s), including four in Egyptology, a Ph.D. (or two) in comparative religions, and a Ph.D. in cryptology. This is also a continuity error. In the beginning of the Quest for the Spear his Egyptology professor signs off on his 23rd degree, however this is unknown if it is a masters or bachelors.
Practically addicted to learning, Flynn would have continued being a perpetual student had one of his professors not kicked him out of college, insisting that he get some real-world experience. Flynn is, effectively, a polymath, highly intelligent and resourceful. When Flynn was still quite young his father was shot by an unknown assailant. His geeky bookishness is coupled with a razor-sharp wit that unfortunately has a habit of manifesting itself at the worst times.
References[edit] The World of the Librarian franchise. About the Librarians[edit] The Librarians are a fictional secret society that have existed as an order for centuries, and often undertake global-spanning adventures to recover items to keep them safe from people who would use them for evil purposes. The Librarians wish only to increase their knowledge, and use the relics for the betterment of mankind. They have been fighting a secret war with the Serpent Brotherhood since at least the fall of the library at Alexandria many centuries ago. Librarians of note[edit] There have been many librarians of note over the centuries, including; The Scholar, The greatest Librarian of all, legend says that over two thousand years ago he built the Library and is the keeper of its secrets. Other Library Staff[edit] Charlene, she works in the Library and may have been a bodyguard to a previous Librarian.Nicole Noone, she works for the Library and serves as bodyguard to Librarians.
The Serpent Brotherhood[edit] About the Library[edit] In the catalogue[edit] List of The Librarian characters. The Librarian (franchise) "Dean's pitch was a refreshing take on the hero story", TNT Senior Vice President of Original Programming Michael Wright said. "Instead of a muscle-bound, spandex-clad superman, we get an insecure but brilliant guy who thinks he's taking a safe job as a librarian, but instead gets taken on a ride in a world we'd like to believe exists. "[1] Quest for the Spear introduces Flynn Carsen (Noah Wyle), who is hired by the Metropolitan Public Library as a librarian. What Flynn doesn't realize is the library has existed for centuries and protects a range of historical and often magical items in a secret section of the library, including The Ark of the Covenant, Pandora's box, and Excalibur. When part of the Spear of Destiny is stolen from the library, Flynn must recover it with the help of Nicole Noone.
Return to King Solomon's Mines begins with Flynn's attending a party at his mother's house, where he meets up with his "Uncle" Jerry, a close friend of his late father. Doc Savage. The heroic-adventure character would go on to appear in other media, including radio, film, and comic books, with his adventures reprinted for modern-day audiences in series of paperback books. Into the 21st century, Doc Savage has remained a nostalgic icon in the U.S., referenced in novels and in popular culture. Overview[edit] The Doc Savage Magazine was printed by Street and Smith Publications from March 1933 to the summer of 1949. In all, 181 issues were published. Doc Savage became known to more contemporary readers when Bantam Books began reprinting the individual magazine novels in 1964, this time with covers by artist James Bama that featured a bronze-haired, bronze-skinned Doc Savage with an exaggerated widows' peak, usually wearing a torn khaki shirt and under the by-line "Kenneth Robeson".
The stories were not reprinted in chronological order as originally published, though they did begin with the first adventure, The Man of Bronze. Comics, movies, pulp magazines[edit] List of Doc Savage characters. B[edit] Brigadier General Theodore Marley "Ham" Brooks[edit] Ham Brooks is one of the characters referred to as the "The Fabulous Five", the primary assistants of Doc Savage, and first appears with the full name Theodore Marley Brooks.[1] The character is presented as a Harvard educated lawyer,[2] holding the military rank of brigadier general, and known as a dandy.
He is also shown as always carrying sword cane with a blade coated with a knock-out chemical. He is also shown to love fighting with his friend "Monk" Mayfair. During the story "Dust of Death" an odd ape took a liking to Ham. In other media[edit] L[edit] William Harper "Johnny" Littlejohn[edit] William Littlejohn is one of the characters referred to as the "The Fabulous Five", the primary assistants of Doc Savage, and first appears with the full name William Harper Littlejohn.[1] The character is presented as geologist and archaeologist and referred to as "Professor".
In other media[edit] M[edit] In other media[edit] R[edit] S[edit] Pulp magazine. Pulp magazines (often referred to as "the pulps") are inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s. The typical pulp magazine was 7 inches (18 cm) wide by 10 inches (25 cm) high, 0.5 inches (1.3 cm) thick, and 128 pages long. Pulps were printed on cheap paper with ragged, untrimmed edges. The term pulp derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. Magazines printed on higher quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". In their first decades, pulps were most often priced at ten cents per magazine, while competing slicks were 25 cents apiece. Pulps were the successor to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short fiction magazines of the 19th century.
Although many respected writers wrote for pulps, the magazines are best remembered for their lurid and exploitative stories and sensational cover art. Origins[edit] WWII[edit] Genres[edit] Pulp magazines often contained a wide variety of genre fiction, including, but not limited to, Krix Beeble. GURPS Cyberpunk. In 1993, GURPS Cyberpunk Adventures — a collection of three RPG scenarios in the GURPS Cyberpunk line — won the Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Adventure of 1992. Contents[edit] Besides the main chapters detailed below, GURPS Cyberpunk contains a glossary of common cyberpunk terms, an index, and a bibliography of relevant media. Characters This chapter describes some of the most common character archetypes (netrunner, corp(orate), cop, celebrity, etc.) and their typical skills, advantages, and disadvantages. Cyberwear Rules for and descriptions of bionic enhancements. Technology & Equipment Lists many sorts of near-future gadgets. Netrunning The longest in the book, it details rules for realistic computer networks as well as fantastic cyberspaces accessible only through a neural interface.
World Design Gives guidelines for designing your own cyberpunk world. Campaigning Helps the Gamemaster in running a longer series of adventures. “The book that was seized by the U.S. Publication history[edit]