The stories of the Dying Earth series are set in the distant future, at a point when the sun is almost exhausted and magic has reasserted itself as a dominant force.

The whole late Permian was a difficult time for at least marine life, even before the " Great Dying ".

Although he initially needed Watson to share the rent of his comfortable residence at 221B Baker Street, Watson reveals in " The Adventure of the Dying Detective ", when Holmes was living alone, that " I have no doubt that the house might have been purchased at the price which Holmes paid for his rooms ," suggesting he had developed a good income from his practice, although it is seldom revealed exactly how much he charges for his services.

In The Dying Days he uses the device to reflect the sonic cannon of an Ice Warrior back at his attacker.

Tensions regarding the desirable degree of authenticity at SCA functions are highlighted by David Friedman in his articles " A Dying Dream " and " Concerning the C in SCA ".

It continued for a million years and is considered the likely cause of the " Great Dying " about 250 million years ago, which is estimated to have killed 90 % of species existing at the time.

The catastrophic dissociation of gas hydrates ( suggested as one possible cause of the largest mass extinction of all time, the so-called " Great Dying " at the end of the Permian Period ) may have exacerbated greenhouse conditions.

Statue of " The Dying Cuchulain " by Oliver Sheppard ( 1911 ), now at the General Post Office ( Dublin ) | GPO, Dublin

Dying, Sigurðr threw his sword at Gutthorm, killing him.

During his senior year at Princeton, Buechner received the Irene Glascock Prize for poetry, and he also began working on his first novel and one of his greatest critical successes: A Long Day ’ s Dying, published in 1950.

She ’ s associated through her cross sum ( the sum of the digits ) with Key 12 The Hanged Man, the Dying God, her Son ( or daughter ) and Consort, who dies at Autumn Equinox or Winter Solstice, and is reborn with Winter Solstice, Spring Equinox, or Beltane.

He was replaced by Dan Mullins ( the current drummer of My Dying Bride ), who made his debut with Bal-Sagoth at Wacken Open Air 2004.

This peaked with The Diary and The Last of a Dying Breed, which received overwhelmingly positive reviews and sales, and earned him Lyricist of the Year at the 2001 Source Awards.

On the programme, Birmingham folk-singer and comedian Jasper Carrott was to introduce the nation to the Dying Fly Dance and also to many local hospital casualty wards as the dance at one point soared high in the RoSPA list of common causes of household injury.

* Robert Goddard at the ' Meet The Author ' site gives an overview of his book ' Dying to Tell '

As I Lay Dying ( band ) | As I Lay Dying has been at the forefront of metalcore along with Underoath since 2002.

Dying at the age of 44 years and 147 days, he is the shortest lived British Prime Minister.

Hagakure is sometimes said to assert that bushido is really the " Way of Dying " or living as though one was already dead, and that a samurai must be willing to die at any moment in order to be true to his lord.

Mutual and Langendorf continued the series on the West Coast Don Lee Network through the 1940s at 7: 30pm on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, always with the familiar organ theme, " The Dying Cowboy " (" Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie ").

Dying on June 21, 1985 at age 84, Erlander's funeral procession crossed the country from Stockholm to his home town of Ransäter in triumph for his final interment.

Dying before the end of the rebellion, somewhere between 759 and 761: he lived his last years in retirement at his country home in Lantian, secluded in the hills.

The history of the young comedians coming to Los Angeles in the 1970s and performing at the club is told in the book, " I'm Dying Up Here ," by William Knoedelseder.

Dying on December 28, 1825 at the age of 68, he was buried in Mexico City, Mexico.

Dying at the age of 80, she played a central role at the Spanish Royal Court during the first years of the reign of Philip V before her ousting from the country following a power struggle with Elisabeth of Parma.

Dying at age 63, her forty years ' reign is thought of by the Austrians as the British think of Queen Victoria: the golden years of power, prestige and empire.

Dying in a plane crash in the summer of 2001 at the young age of 22, R ' n ' B vocalist, Aaliyah hit the top with her posthumous release, " More Than a Woman ".

Dying at age 95 in 1875, Marie-Anne lived to see Manitoba become part of the Canadian Confederation following Riel's actions during the Red River Rebellion of 1869 – 1870.

Dying at age 63, her forty years ' reign is thought of by the Austrians as the British think of Queen Victoria: the golden years of power, prestige and empire.

Dying at the age of 48, Lin Onus was buried at the settlement of Cummeragunja on the NSW-Victorian border-line.

Dying in Paris at the age of eighty-eight, Camondo, according to his last wishes, was buried in his family vault in the Jewish cemetery in Hasköy, Constantinople.

Mooney Brewer: The Dying Girl's Farewell, Tell Mother I Will Meet Her ( 7 / 25 )

The final track, " In the Freaktose the Bugs are Dying ", concludes with over 25 minutes of silence.

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In 1991, Powell auditioned for the position of bass-playing in the band My Dying Bride, but was turned down as the band had just filled the position.

Unearth just completed a North American tour with As I Lay Dying, All That Remains and Carnifex and will head to Europe for the 10 day " Persistence Tour " in December 2010.

* The ' Dying Lion ', long been acclaimed as a masterpiece

File: Dying Lion. R. jpg | Room 55-The Dying Lion, Nineveh, Neo-Assyrian, c. 645 BC ( long considered a masterpiece of Assyrian art )

In a long and distinguished career, A Long Day ’ s Dying continues to be one of Buechner ’ s most successful works, both critically and commercially ( it was reissued in 2003 ).

As a Parkinson's sufferer, MacDonald has been a long time campaigner for Assisted Dying, saying " As someone with a degenerative condition-Parkinson's-this debate is not a theory with me.

Their album Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails contains the song The Yankee Flipper, a tribute to their friend Jack McDowell and a confession that a long night of drinking with the musicians may have led to the infamous finger to the crowd.

Canibus name dropped Eminem's long time deceased friend Proof, Canibus said " If Proof Was Alive He'd Be Dying Inside ".

No githyanki actually appear in Dying of the Light, as the book takes place after the war between the humans and the hrangans is long over, and the soulsucks are nearly extinct.

In the English market town of Brigg in Lincolnshire, the long established coaching inn The Dying Gladiator displays a copy, using the old title.