Unlike many fantasy settings, Glorantha emphasises religion, myth and belief to a level rarely seen in role-playing or fantasy fiction elsewhere.

Unlike earlier works of interactive fiction which only understood commands of the form ' verb noun ', Infocom's parser could understand a wider variety of sentences.

Unlike many fictional universes, the component tales of Known Space were largely released as short stories or serials in various science fiction anthology magazines.

Unlike those in much mainstream science fiction, Hainish Cycle civilization does not possess reliable human faster-than-light travel, but does have technology for instanteous communication.

: Unlike the science fiction Western, the space Western transposes traditional genre themes onto a space frontier backdrop, updating them with futuristic technologies.

Unlike most other games of the genre that draw upon existing fantasy fiction, most of Asheron's Calls creatures are original, unique creatures.

Unlike that of other writers from the mining community, his fiction is more concerned with individuals, in particular women, than with politics.

Unlike most science fiction comics it has no captions, no speech balloons and no written sound effects.

Unlike Tom Wolfe and Hunter Thompson, who helped kick-start the " new journalism " in the 1960s, McPhee produced a gentler, literary style of journalism by incorporating techniques from fiction.

Unlike nurses and physician assistants, paralegals have not caught the popular imagination and rarely are seen or mentioned in fictional or non-fiction legal television programs, or in legal fiction in print.

Unlike in crime fiction, thrillers keep the emphasis away from the gangster, melodrama or the detective in the crime-related plot, and rather focus more on the suspense and danger that is generated.

Unlike most other early games in the genre, it featured a science fiction setting inspired by the film Alien, but had gameplay that closely resembled later survival horror games in many ways.

Unlike the antinovel, or anti-fiction, metafiction is specifically fiction about fiction, i. e. fiction which self-consciously reflects upon itself.

Unlike Rendezvous with Rama, which depicted a utopian future and focused almost entirely on the hard science fiction elements regarding the scientific wonders of the alien spacecraft, Rama II and its sequels deconstruct Clarke's vision of human colonies throughout the solar system through a global economic crisis that forced their almost total deactivation.

Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons monsters, the beholder is an original creation for D & D, as it is not based on a creature from mythology or other fiction.

Unlike most detectives in crime fiction, McGee is neither a police officer nor a licensed private investigator ; instead, he is a self-described " salvage consultant " who recovers others ' property for a fee.

Unlike interactive fiction, there is an open debate about nature of the relationship between interactive storytelling with computer games.

Unlike Heinlein, he does not attempt to explain Oz as science fiction, though he does deviate from the original corpus.

Unlike other works of legal fiction such as Perry Mason and Presumed Innocent, however, which are essentially mysteries that lawyers solve, L. A. Laws plots taught its tens of millions of viewers torts, ethics, and other basic legal ideas and dilemmas that comprise the first year of a legal education.

Unlike many science fiction stories, there are no alien civilizations.

Unlike many other recurring enemy extraterrestrial races in science fiction, the Aliens are not an intelligent civilization, but predatory creatures with no higher goals than the propagation of their species and the destruction of life that could pose a threat.

Unlike regular fan fiction, which generally remains within the boundaries of the canon set out by the author, alternative universe fiction writers like to explore the possibilities of pivotal changes made to characters ' history, motivations or environment.

Unlike many countries, American sergeants major are not classified as warrant officers.

Unlike Riemannian manifolds with positive-definite metrics, a signature of (< var > p </ var >, 1 ) or ( 1, < var > q </ var >) allows tangent vectors to be classified into timelike, null or spacelike ( see Causal structure ).

Unlike in Malaysia and Indonesia where intermarriage is uncommon and people can generally be classified ethnically just by physical appearance, the Philippine definition of who is Chinese Filipino and who is Chinese mestizo can be based on one's language usage and cultural values.

Unlike chronicles, the literary histories could be classified along with other forms of medieval literature.

Unlike Surrealistic Pillow, released earlier the same year, After Bathing at Baxter's is classified as psychedelic rock because it eschews the more commercial type pop songs, such as " Somebody to Love ," that appeared on the earlier LP.

Unlike the Espionage Act of 1917, which is governed by Title 18 U. S. Code Sections 792-799, the offense involves commercial information, not classified or national defense information.

Unlike earlier adaptations that were set during the time in which the novels were written, however, these TV movies were set in the contemporary era.

Unlike these states, which were ruled by local nobles who acknowledged British suzerainty, Ajmer-Merwara was administered directly by the British, until 1858 by the East India Company and after 1858 by a chief commissioner who was subordinate to the Governor-General of India's agent for the Rajputana Agency.

Unlike bioweapons, these midspectrum agents do not reproduce in their host and are typically characterized by shorter incubation periods.

Unlike Zealous, these British ships suffered relatively severe damage in the engagement ; Goliath lost most of its rigging, suffered damage to all three masts and received over 60 casualties.

Unlike with geographical maps, where many famous projections are known ( such as the Mercator projection ), the calendar projection is a matter of such triviality that no names for these exist in common circulation.

Unlike other C-suite positions, which tend to be defined according to commonly designated responsibilities across most companies, the COO job tends to be defined in relation to the specific CEO with whom he / she works, given the close working relationship of these two individuals.

Unlike the above-mentioned PCCs, these carbines utilize either magazines from their SMG derivatives, or proprietary magazines ( as in the case of the USC ).

Unlike other schemes, this definition includes the objects with major semi-axis less than 39. 4 AU ( 2: 3 resonance ) – named Inner classical belt, or more than 48. 7 ( 1: 2 resonance ) – named Outer classical belt while reserving the term Main classical belt for the orbits between these two resonances.

Unlike YPLL, these measurements show the burden imposed on people who are very sick, but who live a normal lifespan.

Unlike a phone book, however, DNS can be quickly updated and these updates distributed, allowing a service's location on the network to change without affecting the end users, who continue to use the same hostname.

Unlike in anglo-saxon countries these are not educational programs, however ; rather, a person working towards promotion is a research assistant, employed by the department, with teaching responsibilities in addition to his research work.

Unlike forest, these are all derived from Old English and were not borrowed from another language.

Unlike most modern hyena species, which are specialised bone-crushers, these dog-like hyenas were nimble-bodied, wolfish animals ; one species among them was Ictitherium viverrinum, which was similar to a jackal.

Unlike the P-Celtic speaking Brythons, these Gaels spoke a form of Gaelic that still survives in the Hebrides.

Unlike The Well of Loneliness, none of these novels were banned.

Unlike the Skotino cave, these caverns have smooth walls and columns, and appear to have been at least partially man-made.

Unlike modern taxonomists, these authors did not use the suffix " ales " in naming their orders.

Unlike other indigenous Mexican societies, these civilizations ( with the exception of the politically fragmented Maya ) extended their political and cultural reach across Mexico and beyond.

Unlike other Spheres, the difficulty of Spirit magic is often a factor of the Gauntlet, making these spells harder for the most part.

Unlike the DC Universe, few of Marvel's 1940s characters have become major characters in modern publications ; Captain America is one exception, and to a lesser extent his contemporary, the Sub-Mariner, is as well, primarily because both of these characters were reintroduced to readers and to the Marvel Universe during the 1960s.

Unlike the Textus Receptus, these have a pronounced Alexandrian character.

Unlike estrogens produced by mammals, these substances are not necessarily steroids.

Unlike the cyanobacteria, these bacteria do not produce oxygen ; they typically use hydrogen sulfide rather than water as the electron donor.

Unlike a normal scientist, Kuhn held, " a student in the humanities has constantly before him a number of competing and incommensurable solutions to these problems, solutions that he must ultimately examine for himself.

Unlike Pecorino Romano, these cheeses ( which are not particularly salty ) are generally eaten by themselves or in sandwiches.