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    "A Descent into the Maelström" is an 1841 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. In the tale, a man recounts how he survived a shipwreck and a...
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    Whirlpool (redirect from Maelström)
    Poe in his short story "A Descent into the Maelström" (1841). The Nordic word itself is derived from the Dutch word maelstrom (pronounced [ˈmaːlstroːm]...
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  • the video game "Dota 2" Maelstrom, a gang in Cyberpunk 2077 Maelstorm, a huge whirlpool in the Warcraft game franchise A Descent into the Maelström,...
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    Moskstraumen (category Pages using the Kartographer extension)
    term was introduced into the English language by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841, through his short story "A Descent into the Maelström". Poe provides an alternative...
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  • Into the Maelstrom or Descent Into the Maelstrom may refer to: "A Descent into the Maelström", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe Into the Maelstrom (Dungeons...
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  • Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "A Descent into the Maelström". The first posthumous collection of Poe's works was compiled in 1850 and included a memoir from...
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    Jonas Danilssønn Ramus (category People educated at the Trondheim Cathedral School)
    about the famous Maelstrom at Moskenstraumen. His work was read by Edgar Allan Poe and featured in his short story A Descent into the Maelström (1841)...
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    Edgar Allan Poe (redirect from Edgar A. Poe)
    Black Cat" "The Cask of Amontillado" "A Descent into the Maelström" "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" "The Fall of the House of Usher" "The Gold-Bug"...
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    references to "A Descent into the Maelström", as well as "The Black Cat", in his novel The Guinea Pigs [cs]. In 1972, Poe's story was adapted in the Italian...
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    story "A Descent into the Maelström"), and also of H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith. Niklas Kvarforth of Shining was a guest musician on the album...
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  • Lesser, Kirk (May 1989). "The Role of Computers". Dragon. No. 145. pp. 44–53. Owens, Dennis (Feb 1989). "Descent Into The Maelstrom". Computer Gaming World...
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  • Pop) (The Stooges cover) "Murder City Nights" "Anglo Girl Desire" "Man with Golden Helmet" (Dennis Tek / S. Kambly) "Descent into the Maelstrom" "Monday...
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  • of a feature-length documentary, Descent into the MaelstromThe Radio Birdman Story. The film covered the band's history, from precursor bands The Rats...
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    in a vast whirlpool and begins to sink into the sea. "MS. Found in a Bottle" is one of Poe's sea tales (others are "A Descent into the Maelström" and...
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  • was placed; the novel A Descent into the Maelström; Bjørn Gjevik, a fluid dynamicist in the Department of Mathematics, at the University of Oslo; strong...
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    Norwegian Sea (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Verne. The word was introduced into the English language by Poe in his story "A Descent into the Maelström" (1841) describing the Moskenstraumen. The Moskenstraumen...
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    details about the current, in English Visit Norway's guide to Saltstraumen The complete text of Edgar Allan Poe's A Descent into the Maelstrom Archived 2008-05-05...
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    delving into short stories for the first time with "Metzengerstein" in 1832. His most successful and most widely read prose during his lifetime was "The Gold-Bug"...
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    Lofoten (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Encyclopedia Americana with a Wikisource reference)
    story "A Descent into the Maelström" tells the story of a man who survived his ship being drawn into and swallowed by Moskstraumen. Many of the novels...
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  • Kon-Tiki (2012 film) (category Films set in the Pacific Ocean)
    Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "A Descent Into the Maelström", a fictional account of a whirlpool in Norwegian waters. The description of its roar, which...
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    remaining seven (The Purloined Letter, A Descent into the Maelström, The Premature Burial, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Black Cat, Hop-Frog). Keisuke recorded...
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  • Michael Riesman is a composer, conductor, keyboardist, and record producer, best known as Music Director of the Philip Glass Ensemble and conductor of...
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    Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe (category Child marriage in the United States)
    charges". Angered at being called a liar, Poe pushed English into a fistfight. Poe later claimed he was triumphant in the fight, though English claimed otherwise...
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  • 1841 in literature (category Years of the 19th century in literature)
    short stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" "A Descent into the Maelström" "Eleonora" "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" "Three Sundays in a Week" Eugène...
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    (Feb 1963) Reign of the Telepuppets (novella) in Amazing (Aug 1963) "Rub-a-Dub" in Fantastic (Apr 1961) as "Descent into the Maelstrom" This Crowded Earth...
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  • Set Sail to Mystery (category The Vision Bleak albums)
    "Descend into Maelstrom" references both in its title and lyrics Edgar Allan Poe's short story "A Descent into the Maelström". "I Dined with the Swans"...
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    and "A Descent into the Maelström" (1841) all feature Hollow Earth elements. Although it is often suggested that Jules Verne used the idea of a partially...
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  • under the title Descent Maximum. It is the second installment in the Descent video game series and the sequel to Descent. The player controls a spaceship...
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  • Edmondo De Amicis, and A Descent into the Maelström by Edgar Allan Poe. Additionally, several original works were published, such as a poetry anthology, Li...
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  • story, "A Descent into the Maelström", has the main character describe how "the most terrible hurricane that ever came out of the heavens" forced the boat...
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