WebA pocket watch (or pocketwatch) is a watch that is made to be carried in a pocket, as opposed to a wristwatch, which is strapped to the wrist.. They were the most common type of watch from their development in the 16th century until wristwatches became popular after World War I during which a transitional design, trench watches, were used by the …

WebDans la fiction, l’uchronie est un genre qui repose sur le principe de la réécriture de l’Histoire à partir de la modification du passé. « Uchronie » est un néologisme du XIX e siècle créé par Charles Renouvier fondé sur le modèle d’utopie (u-topie), avec un « u » (pour « ou » préfixe de négation) et « chronos » (temps) : étymologiquement, le mot …

WebThe Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada.It is commonly referred to as the "Old West" or the "Wild West" and depicted in Western media as a hostile, sparsely populated frontier in a …

WebMystery airships or phantom airships are a class of unidentified flying objects best known from a series of newspaper reports originating in the western United States and spreading east during late 1896 and early 1897. According to researcher Jerome Clark, airship sightings were reported worldwide during the 1880s and 1890s. Mystery airship reports …

WebA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain.The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court.Some early editions are titled A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur.. In the book, a Yankee engineer from Connecticut named Hank Morgan receives a severe blow to the head and is …

WebThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (LoEG) is a comic book series (inspired by the 1960 British film The League of Gentlemen) co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O'Neill which began in 1999. The series spans four volumes, an original graphic novel, and a spin-off trilogy of graphic novella. Volume I and Volume II (released as two six-issue …

WebWild Wild West is a 1999 American steampunk Western film co-produced and directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by S. S. Wilson and Brent Maddock alongside Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman, from a story penned by brothers Jim and John Thomas.Loosely adapted from The Wild Wild West, a 1960s television series created by Michael …

WebNikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) is portrayed in many forms of popular culture. The Serbian-American engineer has particularly been depicted in science fiction, a genre which is well suited to address his inventions; while often exaggerated, the fictionalized variants build mostly upon his own alleged claims or ideas.A popular, growing fixation …

WebSteampunk Automobile a vapore dimostrata a Londra nel 1803. Le bizzarrie tecnologiche di un'epoca passata alternativa sono uno degli elementi tipici dello steampunk. Lo steampunk è un filone di narrativa fantastica (agli elementi fantascientifici si aggiungono contaminazioni fantasy e horror) spesso ambientato nell'Ottocento, nella Londra …

WebLast Exile (ラストエグザイル, Rasuto Eguzairu) is a Japanese anime television series created by Gonzo.It featured a production team led by director Koichi Chigira, character designer Range Murata, and production designer Mahiro Maeda.The three had previously worked together in Blue Submarine No. 6, one of the first CG anime series. Last Exile …