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  1. AH Cultural Descriptions

    The fourth film in the franchise, Pirates of the Mediterranean: The Curse of Garibaldi was not well-received. The Venetian-produced flick brought in only 24 million s-lira across the international box office. Home on the Range Cheers, Ganesha

  2. AH Cultural Descriptions

    Dua Lipa is the trademark under which Xushi brand cosmetics are sold in the American Republic and the Canadian Federation. Xushi, the world's third-largest retailer, introduced Dua Lipa products in 1984 when breaking into the underdeveloped North American market. Today, they represent 35% of...

  3. Map Thread XX

    I first posted this map here around 4 years ago, and just dug it up in an old folder while looking for another file. It shows South Asia in 2015, alternate history version. The British came and conquered as OTL, but not as much. Bengal came under direct British control, while most of Northern...

  4. Malê Rising

    A lovely read, Jonathan, and I enjoyed Ibrahim's thoughts drifting back to his namesake. The depiction of Antarctica was gorgeous, and the integration of the datacloth was better handled than most future tech gizmos that pop up incessantly in stories. It does make me wonder - in your timeline...

  5. AH Cultural Descriptions

    A painting by modern Canadian artist Becky Huang. The painting is a parody of Warhol's 1981 work Dos Equis, which depicted three beer bottles. Huang's work was not particularly well-received - first exhibited at the Grand Museum of the Republic in Taronto in 2009 as part of her "Offshoots" show...

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    Putting A Lid On the Plain of Jars was a surrealist video game released in 2011 in Canada. Developed by Wanamaker Studios, a spinoff of the retail and manufacturing chain, the game was conceived by Roderick LeFevre. Broadly a member of the "work simulation" genre, the game was set in a pickle...

  7. AH Cultural Descriptions

    OOC: First of all, congrats to everyone who has contributed to this thread - 200 pages. There have been some really cool ideas and works of art described. Secondly, I'm making a ruling - no nicknames. Keep it to works of art or cultural items - dances, foods, paintings, songs, books, video...

  8. AH Cultural Descriptions

    Salish Pirates is the third movement of William Elgar's Coastal Suite of nine dances. Each of the dances represents a different coast of the United Kingdom, after Rodenberry's 1802 book Coastal Ethnography of the British Isles. The Salish Coast, more commonly known as the coast of Cornwall and...

  9. AH Cultural Descriptions

    A Canadian short story by writer Elina S. Burroughs, published in 1892. Considered an early example of "monster horror", the story involves a young woman, Rose Goodnight-Johnson, investigating the disappearance of her brother, a police investigator who had been summoned to the island. One of the...

  10. AH Cultural Descriptions
    Threadmarks: META reminder

    META: Please remember to keep the things you describe to 'cultural objects' - i.e. books, plays, musical pieces / albums, foods, works of art, TV shows, etc. Quotations, nicknames, and descriptions generally should go in other threads, especially the specific "AH Quote" thread. Hope everyone...

  11. AH Cultural Descriptions

    OOC: Please use nicknames and "phrases" sparingly. This thread is for cultural items from alternate timelines, like movies, video games, dances, foods, novels, sculptures, etc. The nicknames and quotes, while fun, get more towards "historical quotes", which there is another great thread for...

  12. AH Cultural Descriptions

    The title of a photograph by contemporary Lebano-Arab photographer Khaled Daouk. Actually a composite of three photographs, Daouk exposed images of a Lebanon cedar, an Iranian tank, and an anti-occupation protest in Bayrut. He was arrested by the occupying Iranian authorities, but released after...

  13. AH Cultural Descriptions

    A painting by American contemporary artist Luda Megrigrimes, depicting a group of teenage girls at the Sudden Valley Mall during its demolition. The girls are oblivious to the destruction of the space around them, instead focusing on a phone call that one member of the group is receiving...

  14. AH Cultural Descriptions

    A post-modern composition by Finnish composer Lanno Perkala, first performed in 1982. The piece is comprised of alternating sections of blaring, obnoxious noise and complete silence, lasting about 10 minutes in total. It is well known for being hated by audiences, orchestra members, and Perkala...

  15. AH Cultural Descriptions

    A painting by Turkish Romanticist painter Abdel Carkan. Carkan, born in Tabriz, was orphaned in the Turko-Russian War of 1882 and adopted by an Istanbul family. His paintings are little remembered today, and he is generally not highly thought of. His painting Stonehenge (Sicily) was painted in...

  16. AH Cultural Descriptions

    Silver and Black is an American coffee-based dessert associated with Chicago. Although several restaurants claim to have invented the dish, it is generally agreed it originated around 1910 with a wave of Italian immigration to the city and the rise of commercially-available powdered gelatin. The...

  17. AH Cultural Descriptions

    A visual novel by Dutch theologian Wopke Djisselbloem, published in 2012. Part of the growing Replenish movement, Djisselbloem's novel depicted a Rotterdam of 2100, floating above a risen North Sea, and torn between atheism and a revived Catholic population. Well-received for its art, finely...

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    The English-language title of an adventure story by Trucial writer and traveler Qadib bin Ahmad. Published in 1928, the book told of Ahmad's journey to China aboard a Maratha smuggling vessel. In China, he helps begin the Paythan rebellion, becomes a spy in Beijing, and eventually escapes...

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    Any takers? Cheers, Ganesha

  20. AH Cultural Descriptions

    A controversial art exhibition staged by Californio artist Gustavo von Ribbentrop. Von Ribbentrop, a noted avant-gardist, put on the show at the Museo del Altiplano in San Diego, after being expelled from San Francisco and Los Angeles due to morality concerns. After two days, reports to the...
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