ABE, KOBO (1924-1993) Japanese novelist, active since 1948, several of whose later novels have been translated into English. ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN The INVISIBLE MAN. Flatland is a study in MATHEMATICS and PERCEPTION, and has stayed popular since its first publication. In the second part, Mr Square travels in a dream to the one-dimensional universe of Lineland, whose inhabitants are unable to conceive of a two-dimensional universe he is in turn visited from Spaceland by a three-dimensional visitor - named Sphere because he is spherical - whom Mr Square cleverly persuades to believe in four-dimensional worlds as well.
The first is a highly entertaining description of the two-dimensional world of Flatland, in which inhabitants' shapes establish their (planar) hierarchical status. Narrated and illustrated by Mr Square, the novel falls into two parts. ABBOTT, EDWIN A(BBOTT) (1839-1926) UK clergyman, academic and writer whose most noted work, published originally as by A Square, is FLATLAND: A ROMANCE OF MANY DIMENSIONS (1884). In The Monkey-Wrench Gang (19) and its sequel, Hayduke Lives! (1990), this pessimism is countered by prescriptions for physically sabotaging the polluters of the West which, when put into practice, nearly displace normal reality structure-hitting, as practised by 21st century saboteurs in Bruce STERLING's Heavy Weather (1994), seems to derive from EA's premise Good Times (fixup 1980) is set in a balkanized USA after nuclear fallout has helped destroy civilization an Indian shaman, along with other characters similar to those in The Monkey-Wrench Gang, fights back against tyranny. SF&F encyclopedia (A-A) ABBEY, EDWARD (1927-1989) US writer, perhaps best known for his numerous essays on the US West, in which he clearly expresses a scathing iconoclasm about human motives and their effects on the world. Bacon, "Rest In Peace, Fred.The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction by John Clute, Peter Nicholls When it came to battling underground worms I couldn't have asked for a better partner.Īnd, to paraphrase Mr. According to Variety, Ward's "Tremors" co-star Kevin Bacon posted this on Twitter: Ward loved acting and I think he showed it by performing in all kinds of movies regardless of the genre. Ward was also in movies as diverse as Henry & June(drama), Uncommon Valor(war), Tombstone(western), Sweet Home Alabama(romcom), and Road Trip(comedy).
There you have it, just some of Fred Ward's greatest hits. Plus, Ward's "buddy-buddy" chemistry with co-star Kevin Bacon is terrific.
The Right Stuff, 1983-Epic chronicling the beginnings of America's Space Program with a terrific cast(Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Jeff Goldblum, the list goes on.).Southern Comfort, 1981-Director Walter "48 Hours" Hill's tense actioner about National Guardsmen making trouble for themselves on the Louisiana bayou.
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This might be the first movie that I saw Fred Ward in. Escape From Alcatraz, 1979-The Clint Eastwood classic.There's no way I can do justice to any of his performances, but the following are just some of his many great roles: You've probably seen a number of movies that Fred Ward appeared in and don't even realize it(on numerous occasions, Ward was part of a large ensemble cast).
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