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The Man in the High Castle (1962), by Philip K. Dick, is an alternative history novel wherein the Axis Powers won World War II.The story occurs in 1962, fifteen years after the end of the war in 1947, and depicts the life of several characters living under Imperial Japan or Nazi Germany as they rule a partitioned United States. The titular character is the mysterious author of a novel-within ...
Very soon after, the story ends. The interesting part here is the connection to how Dick wrote the book. He had discovered the I Ching shortly before starting writing, and he let the I Ching dictate all the major plot points, all the important narrative choices. In a real sense, as Dick saw it, the I Ching 'channeled' the book.
播报 编辑 讨论 上传视频. 《The End Of The World》是一首 史琪特·戴维丝 演唱的歌曲，于1963年3月1日发行，收录于《The End of the World》专辑中。. Why does the sun go on shining？. / 太阳为何依然照耀. Why does the sea rush to shore？. / 海浪为何拍打着 岩岸. Don't they know it's the end ...
A date inscription in the Maya Long Count on the east side of Stela C from Quirigua showing the date for the last Creation. It is read as 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahau 8 Kumku and is usually correlated as 11 or 13 August, 3114 BC on the Proleptic Gregorian calendar.The date of 13.0.0.0.0 4 Ahau 3 Kʼankʼin is usually correlated as 21 or 23 December 2012.. The 2012 phenomenon was a range of eschatological ...
Train to the End of the World (終末トレインどこへいく？, Shūmatsu Torein Doko e Iku?, lit."Where Does the Doomsday Train Go?") is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Kadokawa, animated by EMT Squared, and directed by Tsutomu Mizushima, with Michiko Yokote handling series composition, Asako Nishida handling character designs based on namo's original designs ...
Their studies began with the I Ching, which is composed of 64 hexagrams, or six-line figures. It struck them that 6 x 64 = 384, which is exceptionally close to the number of days in 13 lunar months (29.5306 x 13 = 383.8978), and that maybe the I Ching was originally an ancient Chinese calendar. Further multiples had astronomical significance:
