The Fovean Chronicles is a collection of Robert W. Brady, Jr.'s works, written over twenty-three years and then published online by the author, where it was first made available to the public. It tells of the life of Randy Morden, who is the pawn of a god called War, in a mythical land called Fovea. It consists of the first book, Indomitus Est and second Indomitus Oriens. The author has promised several more books.
Overview
The Fovean Chronicles breaks many of the rules, both of marketing and of authoring, which makes it unique in the literary industry.
First among these is that it was edited by its own fans online. Since 2000, readers have been able to critique it online and to suggest changes, which the author actually often implements. This cumulative effect contributes to the Chronicles having over 11,000 fans worldwide.
While Indomitus Est (literally, 'He is untamed' in Latin), is the first person account of the life of Randy Morden, described as a loser in life's game, Indomitus Oriens (literally, 'His being untamed is rising '), breaks another rule, in that it is the account of other persons, both native to and brought to Fovea, who see Randy Morden as their enemy. Told from their perspective, the reader sees a completely different Randy Morden, judging him by his actions rather than his thoughts and reasons.
The Fovean Chronicles is a complex work that explores a wide array of themes inspired by many ancient, medieval, and modern sources, including the Hebrew Bible, Norse sagas, Greek mythology, Celtic mythology, and World War II, and relies heavily on the experiences of the Romans, Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan. Randy, a human from Earth, applies novels which he read during his time in the US Navy to his circumstances in Fovea, not always successfully.
Reviewers of the book conflict as to weather the Chronicles are a debate in the tradition of The Lord of the Rings as to whether power corrupts, or as to whether this is a religious examination of the power and purpose of faith.
The books average over 600 pages, the descriptions tend to be particularly indepth and, in some cases, graphic. While sex scenes tend to be implied, there is a good deal sword fighting, practices of slavery and male dominance. While not so severe as the Gor novells by John Norman, this isn't reading for children.
Availability of the Books
At one point, the author claimed to have made a deal to publish the book, but later recanted this claim and self-published.
Currently, Indomitus Oriens is available online for critique by its fans, in the tradition of the first book, Indomitus Est, at .
Indomitus Est is available for purchase from the site, through a POD.
Cover Art
The cover for the first book, Indomitus Est, is an original painting by Boris Vallejo.
Overview
The Fovean Chronicles breaks many of the rules, both of marketing and of authoring, which makes it unique in the literary industry.
First among these is that it was edited by its own fans online. Since 2000, readers have been able to critique it online and to suggest changes, which the author actually often implements. This cumulative effect contributes to the Chronicles having over 11,000 fans worldwide.
While Indomitus Est (literally, 'He is untamed' in Latin), is the first person account of the life of Randy Morden, described as a loser in life's game, Indomitus Oriens (literally, 'His being untamed is rising '), breaks another rule, in that it is the account of other persons, both native to and brought to Fovea, who see Randy Morden as their enemy. Told from their perspective, the reader sees a completely different Randy Morden, judging him by his actions rather than his thoughts and reasons.
The Fovean Chronicles is a complex work that explores a wide array of themes inspired by many ancient, medieval, and modern sources, including the Hebrew Bible, Norse sagas, Greek mythology, Celtic mythology, and World War II, and relies heavily on the experiences of the Romans, Alexander the Great and Genghis Khan. Randy, a human from Earth, applies novels which he read during his time in the US Navy to his circumstances in Fovea, not always successfully.
Reviewers of the book conflict as to weather the Chronicles are a debate in the tradition of The Lord of the Rings as to whether power corrupts, or as to whether this is a religious examination of the power and purpose of faith.
The books average over 600 pages, the descriptions tend to be particularly indepth and, in some cases, graphic. While sex scenes tend to be implied, there is a good deal sword fighting, practices of slavery and male dominance. While not so severe as the Gor novells by John Norman, this isn't reading for children.
Availability of the Books
At one point, the author claimed to have made a deal to publish the book, but later recanted this claim and self-published.
Currently, Indomitus Oriens is available online for critique by its fans, in the tradition of the first book, Indomitus Est, at .
Indomitus Est is available for purchase from the site, through a POD.
Cover Art
The cover for the first book, Indomitus Est, is an original painting by Boris Vallejo.
Steven William Ashe (born (30 December 1960) is an English author. He is known for his works on religious beliefs and Qabalah.
Biography
Life
Steven William Ashe was born in Wolverhampton, England on December 30 1960.
Steven Ashe has an Honours Degree (B.A.) in Interactive Multimedia Communication and is a self employed author and publisher of esoterica and rare ancient manuscript facsimiles. His own works focus upon the recent historical manifestations of the Hermetic Qabalah in Europe and the USA as it affects the increasing uptake of individual spiritual inquiry as opposed to formalised religious initiatives. His speculative work upon the Qabalistic Tree of Life has been published as 'Qabalah of 50 Gates', detailing the mythic themes associated with the task of personal development within Qabalistic lore. Although this is heavily dependent upon the symbolism of the Western Hermetic Tradition, employing imagery from the tradition of Cornelius Agrippa, Francis Barrett, the Hermetic Order of Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley his focus encapsulates harmonious themes from the corpus of Islamic Shia mysticism which reflect his belief in a strong Islamic core residing at the root of the tradition known in the West as Rosicrucianism.
His published work includes 'The Complete Golden Dawn Initiate' (Glastonbury books 2007), 'The Qabalah Codex' (Glastonbury books 2007), 'The Testament of Solomon' (Glastonbury Books 2006), 'Qabalah of 50 Gates' (Mandrake of Oxford 2002) lectures for The Oxford Thelemic Symposium (1994, 1995), and articles published in Prediction Magazine (May 1982) and the audio format Isis Magazine (1988. His interests include Cognitive Psychology, humour, acoustic guitars, tarot cards iconography and the history and legends of Shropshire. Steven currently lives in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK.
Bibliography
Biography
Life
Steven William Ashe was born in Wolverhampton, England on December 30 1960.
Steven Ashe has an Honours Degree (B.A.) in Interactive Multimedia Communication and is a self employed author and publisher of esoterica and rare ancient manuscript facsimiles. His own works focus upon the recent historical manifestations of the Hermetic Qabalah in Europe and the USA as it affects the increasing uptake of individual spiritual inquiry as opposed to formalised religious initiatives. His speculative work upon the Qabalistic Tree of Life has been published as 'Qabalah of 50 Gates', detailing the mythic themes associated with the task of personal development within Qabalistic lore. Although this is heavily dependent upon the symbolism of the Western Hermetic Tradition, employing imagery from the tradition of Cornelius Agrippa, Francis Barrett, the Hermetic Order of Golden Dawn and Aleister Crowley his focus encapsulates harmonious themes from the corpus of Islamic Shia mysticism which reflect his belief in a strong Islamic core residing at the root of the tradition known in the West as Rosicrucianism.
His published work includes 'The Complete Golden Dawn Initiate' (Glastonbury books 2007), 'The Qabalah Codex' (Glastonbury books 2007), 'The Testament of Solomon' (Glastonbury Books 2006), 'Qabalah of 50 Gates' (Mandrake of Oxford 2002) lectures for The Oxford Thelemic Symposium (1994, 1995), and articles published in Prediction Magazine (May 1982) and the audio format Isis Magazine (1988. His interests include Cognitive Psychology, humour, acoustic guitars, tarot cards iconography and the history and legends of Shropshire. Steven currently lives in Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK.
Bibliography
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* The Qabalah of 50 Gates (2002)
* The Qabalah - The Testament of Solomon (2006); credited as editor
* Qabalah - The Complete Golden Dawn Initiate (2007)
* Qabalah of 50 Gates (2002); 2007 reprint ISBN 184799914X;
* The Qabalah of 50 Gates (2002)
* The Qabalah - The Testament of Solomon (2006); credited as editor
* Qabalah - The Complete Golden Dawn Initiate (2007)
* Qabalah of 50 Gates (2002); 2007 reprint ISBN 184799914X;
:Disambiguation: For the fictional character see Bessie Busybody.
A busybody is a gossipy, meddlesome person; one who pries into the affairs of others.
Famous busybodies in history
In 415 B.C. Alcibiades, the greatest Athenian general, set sail to fight a war against the city of Syracuse. A busybody, whose name has not gone down in history, told a tale, claiming, without evidence, that Alcibiades has broken the noses and other body parts off the statues of the god Hermes. As a result, Alcibiades was recalled and an incompetent sent in his place. Athens lost the war.
One of the world's greatest busybodies was Procopius, a Byzantine court historian circa A.D. 500. All the while he was writing an official court history, he was digging up all the dirt he could find on the Empress Theodora, and other prominent persons at court, which he published in a book titled Anecdota, usually referred to as the Secret History. In this book he, for example, accuses Theodora of having sex with animals on stage.
Benjamin Franklin also invented a device known as a Busybody (or Franklin's Busybody), which was affixed to the exterior of a house near an upper floor window, and used mirrors so the occupant could see the goings-on in the street below. They can be seen in Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is the oldest residential street in the country.
Famous busybodies in literature and the arts
In Charles Dickens's novel A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge is an unforgettable busybody, denouncing her enemies so that they will be killed in the French Revolution. She hides the names of the people she is denouncing in her knitting.
In the early silent cinema in America, the busybody is a stock character, harassing The Girl in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance and trying to take The Kid away from the Little Tramp in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid. In these films, the busybody is usually an upper class woman with too much time on her hands, who believes that her social class gives her moral superiority over the lower class characters in whose lives she meddles.
In Harold Gray's comic strip Little Orphan Annie, Annie is often beset by busybodies who want to lock her up in an orphanage "for her own good".
Dorothy L. Sayers in her Christian apologetics bemoans the fact that so many Christians ignore Christ's injunction to not look for the mote in your brother's eye, and act like busybodies. "Busybody" is often preceded by the adjective "sanctimonious".
Author and scholar C. S. Lewis wrote, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
The busybody as a universal human type
Every human culture has its busybodies, in all classes and of both genders. There is, it seems, a recurring human type who loves to poke their nose into other people's business. While sex is the topic that busybodies most often gossip about, money is almost as important to them, and there is no subject off limits to their prying. There was, for example, in New Orleans, at the time when marriage between the races was against the law, a minor government functionary who loved to investigate every marriage in the city, and denounce the couple if he could find any mixed race ancestry, even going back many generations.
MYOB
MYOB is an abbreviation for "mind your own business". The opposite of a busybody is a person who minds his or her own business.
A busybody is a gossipy, meddlesome person; one who pries into the affairs of others.
Famous busybodies in history
In 415 B.C. Alcibiades, the greatest Athenian general, set sail to fight a war against the city of Syracuse. A busybody, whose name has not gone down in history, told a tale, claiming, without evidence, that Alcibiades has broken the noses and other body parts off the statues of the god Hermes. As a result, Alcibiades was recalled and an incompetent sent in his place. Athens lost the war.
One of the world's greatest busybodies was Procopius, a Byzantine court historian circa A.D. 500. All the while he was writing an official court history, he was digging up all the dirt he could find on the Empress Theodora, and other prominent persons at court, which he published in a book titled Anecdota, usually referred to as the Secret History. In this book he, for example, accuses Theodora of having sex with animals on stage.
Benjamin Franklin also invented a device known as a Busybody (or Franklin's Busybody), which was affixed to the exterior of a house near an upper floor window, and used mirrors so the occupant could see the goings-on in the street below. They can be seen in Elfreth's Alley in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which is the oldest residential street in the country.
Famous busybodies in literature and the arts
In Charles Dickens's novel A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge is an unforgettable busybody, denouncing her enemies so that they will be killed in the French Revolution. She hides the names of the people she is denouncing in her knitting.
In the early silent cinema in America, the busybody is a stock character, harassing The Girl in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance and trying to take The Kid away from the Little Tramp in Charlie Chaplin's The Kid. In these films, the busybody is usually an upper class woman with too much time on her hands, who believes that her social class gives her moral superiority over the lower class characters in whose lives she meddles.
In Harold Gray's comic strip Little Orphan Annie, Annie is often beset by busybodies who want to lock her up in an orphanage "for her own good".
Dorothy L. Sayers in her Christian apologetics bemoans the fact that so many Christians ignore Christ's injunction to not look for the mote in your brother's eye, and act like busybodies. "Busybody" is often preceded by the adjective "sanctimonious".
Author and scholar C. S. Lewis wrote, "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
The busybody as a universal human type
Every human culture has its busybodies, in all classes and of both genders. There is, it seems, a recurring human type who loves to poke their nose into other people's business. While sex is the topic that busybodies most often gossip about, money is almost as important to them, and there is no subject off limits to their prying. There was, for example, in New Orleans, at the time when marriage between the races was against the law, a minor government functionary who loved to investigate every marriage in the city, and denounce the couple if he could find any mixed race ancestry, even going back many generations.
MYOB
MYOB is an abbreviation for "mind your own business". The opposite of a busybody is a person who minds his or her own business.
The East Islip Middle School is a middle school of East Islip School District in Islip Terrace, NY.
The school was formerly known as Islip Terrace Junior High School before the school was renovated in 2004.
Administrative Figures
Administration changed entirely in the 06-07 school year. (Former Principal: Alise Becker-Santa)
*Mark Bernard (Principal)
*Kevin Brown (Assistant Principal)
*Nicholas Bilotti (Assistant Principal)
*Janet Jones (Assistant Principal)
*Janet Hiller (Assistant Principal)
Field Trips
8th Grade
* Washington DC (3 day overnight trip)
7th Grade
* Boston (2 day overnight trip)
6th Grade
* Poconos Ski Trip (2 day overnight trip)
Zoning
East Islip Middle School's zoning includes the areas of
*East Islip
*Islip Terrace (Buffer zoning)
*Great River
Student Rebellion
The East Islip School District has had many cases of student anarchy such as the Falcone and Cruz case in 2006. This case was about the rebellion of two young boys who took out their anger in graffiti writing. It is unknown whether "Loe7"(Joseph Falcone), or "Crez9"(Christian Cruz) are still tagging the streets of East Islip.
The school was formerly known as Islip Terrace Junior High School before the school was renovated in 2004.
Administrative Figures
Administration changed entirely in the 06-07 school year. (Former Principal: Alise Becker-Santa)
*Mark Bernard (Principal)
*Kevin Brown (Assistant Principal)
*Nicholas Bilotti (Assistant Principal)
*Janet Jones (Assistant Principal)
*Janet Hiller (Assistant Principal)
Field Trips
8th Grade
* Washington DC (3 day overnight trip)
7th Grade
* Boston (2 day overnight trip)
6th Grade
* Poconos Ski Trip (2 day overnight trip)
Zoning
East Islip Middle School's zoning includes the areas of
*East Islip
*Islip Terrace (Buffer zoning)
*Great River
Student Rebellion
The East Islip School District has had many cases of student anarchy such as the Falcone and Cruz case in 2006. This case was about the rebellion of two young boys who took out their anger in graffiti writing. It is unknown whether "Loe7"(Joseph Falcone), or "Crez9"(Christian Cruz) are still tagging the streets of East Islip.