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September 15, 2024

THE MISTY SERIES OF NEW VENICE

It might come as a shock thatAurorarama,this unashamed attempt at cashing in on one of the most glorious episodes of our history, has finally been rescued from its deserved oblivion, fifteen years after its release, to be turned into a mini-series of six episodes to be broadcast on the Dreamstream Channel from September 17, 3 AM NVT. As it is our sacred duty to inform our
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Published on September 15, 2024 23:12

October 30, 2012

HAIL, HAIL TO THE CROWD !

It is not true, dear readers, that the current administration has little concern for our safety and well-being. In a city depending on so many greenhouses and glass gardens for its food supply, hailstones have always been dangerous and possibly fatal inconvenience - a danger so far largely indifferent to the ringing of church bells, as the custom is in such situations.

This is why the
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Published on October 30, 2012 01:13

October 27, 2012

OMINOUS CHAOS

Barents Boulevard has been in turmoil last tuesday when a riot broke out in front of the Black Pages Bookstore.



It had all started with a rumour that Luminous Chaos, a sequel to the local “cult hit � and notorious roman à clef Aurorarama, was a about to be released on October, 23rd, a perfect timing before the long stretch of “Wintering Weeks� that looms ahead of us. The public's
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Published on October 27, 2012 01:54

May 2, 2012

AURORARAMAMANIA

Dear reader- if you are still, as we are, a bit grumpy about the election of the new regent-Doge, why not try and change your mind with the “dreampunk� cult-hit Aurorarama - the (largely fictitious but tolerably entertaining) story of last year's coup that dethroned the Council of Seven and brought us our Dauphin-Doges Reginald and Geraldine Elphinstone ? Although it was only released in
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Published on May 02, 2012 08:43

April 19, 2012

AND THE WINNER IS...

It is done, reader. The black and white balls of the “Unforeseen Forty-Ones� have been counted and recounted, and the winner is:
Peterswarden: the man behind the mitts
Yes, reader- Dr. Ole Peterswarden, the 51 years-old polar explorer and former Dean-Director of the Academy for Arctic Anthropology. Some may still remember him as a close councillor of the Council of the Seven with a direct
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Published on April 19, 2012 01:42

April 14, 2012

PAPERBACK TIGER


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It is not for us to say whether it is a coincidence, but the announced release
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Published on April 14, 2012 00:17

April 12, 2012

TIPPING THE POLL

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Published on April 12, 2012 05:32

January 11, 2011

TURBINE SLED NEW TREND IN TRANSPORTATION ?

The Coanda Sled: New Trand in Transportation or... hot air?
Unrivaled sensations of this year's Council of Custom and Commerce Machines & Motors Market in Machinery Hall, the new turbine-powered sleds by Coanda seem bound to become all the rage in ground transportation. If it is doubtful that they are going to replace the propelled sled used by Subtle Army and the Jitneys Taxsleighs of the city,
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Published on January 11, 2011 02:26

HAPPY NEW YEAR 1907

Happy New Year 1907 After Backwards to our readers.
All due apologies from the staff at New Venice News. It has been a while since our last communiqué: a dark, cold, snowy while plagued with technical problems, that the endless collective hangover from New Year's Eve did not exactly helped to be solved in due time.
We are back in business, sort of.
The mushroom is a nice touch, we think.
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Published on January 11, 2011 01:45

November 25, 2010

FRESH PAINT

Underlined in everyone's agenda tonight is the grand opening of the Elphinstone Exhibition at the Arctic Academy Of Arts. Paintings and Engravings by the two Elphinstones, Samuel and his son Ebenezer, will be displayed there until January, 21, 1907 AB.Especially awaited is the original of the famous “Elphinstone map�, etched by Samuel in 1907 BB, and which has been kindly lent by the
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Published on November 25, 2010 04:25