The Void

The Void may refer to:

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Deck of many things

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the deck of many things is a powerful magic item. The item comes in the form of a deck of cards, each one causing a distinct effect upon the character who draws it. These effects can be either beneficial or baneful.

Publication history

The deck of many things first appeared in the Dungeons & Dragons game's first supplement, Greyhawk (1975). This version of the deck contains 18 cards, corresponding to the ace, king, queen, and jack of each suit (hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs), and two jokers.

The deck also appears in the original Dungeon Master's Guide (1979). This version comes in packs of either 13 cards or, more rarely, 22 cards. The 13-card deck contains cards corresponding to the king, queen, and jack of each suit, as well as a joker; the 22-card deck contains the same cards, with the 2 and ace of each deck as well as the trademark joker. A 78-card tarot deck of many things appeared in Dragon #77 (September 1983), and a 22-card deck of many things appeared in Dragon #148 (August 1989, illustrated by George Barr).

The Void (film)

The Void is a 2001 American direct-to-DVD science-fiction thriller film which follows a scientist who has discovered that a man who's been attempting to solve an energy crisis has inadvertently created a black hole which, unless stopped, will swallow the world.

The film features Amanda Tapping as Prof. Eva Soderstrom, Adrian Paul as Prof. Steven Price, and Malcolm McDowell as Dr. Thomas Abernathy. Principal photography was completed in British Columbia, Canada.

Synopsis

Professor Eva Soderstrom (Tapping) discovers that Dr. Thomas Abernathy (McDowell), the man responsible for starting a scientific experiment which claimed the life of her father some years before, has plans to restart the experiment on a bigger scale. With only 24 hours, Eva must stop the experiment or the Earth will be destroyed.

Cast

The Void (philosophy)

The Void is the philosophical concept of nothingness manifested. The notion of The Void is closely affiliated, though not exclusive, to several realms of metaphysics, including agnosticism, existentialism, monism, and nihilism. The Void is also prevalent in numerous facets of psychology, notably logotherapy.

The manifestation of nothingness is closely associated with the contemplation of emptiness, and with human attempts to identify and personify it. As such, the concept of The Void, and ideas similar to it, have a significant and historically evolving presence in artistic and creative expression, as well as in academic, scientific and philosophical debate surrounding the nature of the human condition.

Perhaps one of the central paradoxes of all concepts of the Void is that it is not possible to speak about emptiness using language. This is akin to Laozi's idea in the Tao Te Ching that the Tao that can be named is not the eternal Tao, or Wittgenstein's "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent" in the Tractatus Logico Philosophicus. Perhaps one of the most remarkable aspects of the human condition is, however, our perennial desire to discuss something (or rather, lack of something) that remains ultimately elusive and impossible to entirely encapsulate through the compartmentalising process implicit in words. Eckhart Tolle has alluded to this problem of language by suggesting that he uses words as signposts to point towards the 'something' (or 'nothing') that cannot be described by those words themselves.

List of Doctor Who planets

This is a list of planets, fictional or otherwise, that are mentioned in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spinoff literature, audio plays, television series and comics.

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The Void (EP)

The Void is the debut EP by British progressive rock band Hologram. It was released on May 21, 2014.

Background

Writing for The Void began around the summer of 2011, when Hologram were formed. The band's primary songwriters Dan Hotten and Matt Wilson together envisioned a concept for the EP, based around a story of a coma patient and the journey he undertakes through his unconscious world. Writing for the EP was completed in late 2013.

Recording

Hologram recorded The Void in early April 2014 at Studio91 in Berkshire. It was produced by Sam Winfield, best known for his work with Supergrass, Bring Me The Horizon and Amber Run. The track Lullaby (Floataway) features guest vocalists Jess & Liz Willis.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Dan Hotten and Matt Wilson. 

Personnel

Band line-up

Production