Ada Palmer, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 40 relations: Annapolis, Maryland, Associate degree, Astounding Award for Best New Writer, Bachelor of Arts, Bard College at Simon's Rock, Bryn Mawr College, Compton Crook Award, Crohn's disease, Crooked Timber, De rerum natura, Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Helsinki, Historical fiction, Hugo Award, Hugo Award for Best Novel, James Hankins, Jo Walton, John Scalzi, Key School, Lucretius, Niccolò Machiavelli, Perhaps the Stars, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Renaissance, Science fiction, Seven Surrenders, Speculative fiction, Terra Ignota, Texas A&M University, The Chicago Maroon, The Washington Post, The Will to Battle, Too Like the Lightning, University of Chicago, Utilitarianism, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Vikings, Washington, D.C., 1492 papal conclave.

2. Historians of the Renaissance

Annapolis, Maryland

Annapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Associate degree

An associate degree or associate's degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years.

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Astounding Award for Best New Writer

The Astounding Award for Best New Writer (formerly the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer) is given annually to the best new writer whose first professional work of science fiction or fantasy was published within the two previous calendar years.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Bard College at Simon's Rock

Bard College at Simon's Rock (more commonly known as Simon's Rock) is a private liberal arts college in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

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Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College (Welsh) is a private women's liberal arts college in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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Compton Crook Award

The Compton Crook Award is presented by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) to the year's best English language debut novel in the science fiction, fantasy, or horror genres, as voted by its members.

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Crohn's disease

Crohn's disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that may affect any segment of the gastrointestinal tract.

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Crooked Timber

Crooked Timber is a blog with a left-of-center political slant, primarily administered by academics from countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland.

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De rerum natura

(On the Nature of Things) is a first-century BC didactic poem by the Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius with the goal of explaining Epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland.

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Historical fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events.

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Hugo Award

The Hugo Award is an annual literary award for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year, given at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) and chosen by its members.

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Hugo Award for Best Novel

The Hugo Award for Best Novel is one of the Hugo Awards given each year for science fiction or fantasy stories published in, or translated to, English during the previous calendar year.

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James Hankins

James Hankins (born 1955) is an American intellectual historian specializing in the Italian Renaissance. Ada Palmer and James Hankins are historians of the Renaissance.

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Jo Walton

Jo Walton (born 1964) is a Welsh-Canadian fantasy and science fiction writer and poet. Ada Palmer and Jo Walton are John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer winners.

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John Scalzi

John Michael Scalzi II (born May 10, 1969) is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Ada Palmer and John Scalzi are John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer winners.

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Key School

Key School is an independent coeducational school, located in the neighborhood of Hillsmere Shores in Annapolis, Maryland.

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Lucretius

Titus Lucretius Carus (–) was a Roman poet and philosopher.

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Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance.

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Perhaps the Stars

Perhaps the Stars is the fourth novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by the American author Ada Palmer.

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Polycystic ovary syndrome

Polycystic ovary syndrome, or polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.

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Seven Surrenders

Seven Surrenders is the second novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by the American author Ada Palmer.

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Speculative fiction

Speculative fiction is an umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or other imaginative realms.

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Terra Ignota

Terra Ignota is a quartet of science fiction and philosophical novels by the American author Ada Palmer.

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Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas.

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The Chicago Maroon

The Chicago Maroon, the independent student newspaper of the University of Chicago, is a weekly publication founded in 1892.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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The Will to Battle

The Will to Battle is the third novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by the American author Ada Palmer.

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Too Like the Lightning

Too Like the Lightning is the first novel in a science fiction quartet called Terra Ignota, written by the American author Ada Palmer.

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University of Chicago

The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois.

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Utilitarianism

In ethical philosophy, utilitarianism is a family of normative ethical theories that prescribe actions that maximize happiness and well-being for the affected individuals.

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Utopian and dystopian fiction

Utopian and dystopian fiction are subgenres of science fiction that explore social and political structures.

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Vikings

Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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1492 papal conclave

The 1492 papal conclave (6–11 August) was convened after the death of Pope Innocent VIII (25 July 1492).

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See also

Historians of the Renaissance

• Ada Palmer
• Alison Brown (historian)
• Anthony Grafton
• Bonner Mitchell
• Catherine Whistler
• Cecilia Mary Ady
• Dale Kent
• Denys Hay
• Eugenio Garin
• Gene Brucker
• Guido Ruggiero
• Hans Baron
• Harry Bober
• Ingrid De Smet
• Jacob Burckhardt
• James Hankins
• James Tracy (historian)
• Jerry Brotton
• John G. Demaray
• Jules Michelet
• Leonie Frieda
• Margaret L. King
• Nancy Struever
• Neil Leach
• Patricia Fortini Brown
• Paul Oskar Kristeller
• Peter Burke (historian)
• Peter Kropotkin
• Philip Jones (historian)
• Phyllis Goodhart Gordan
• Phyllis Pray Bober
• Robert D. Black
• Viktor Lazarev
• Vincent Cronin

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Palmer