Maelstrom (disambiguation)
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A maelstrom
Maelstrom
A maelstrom is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. A free vortex, it has considerable downdraft. The power of tidal whirlpools tends to be exaggerated by laymen. There are virtually no stories of large ships ever being sucked into a maelstrom, although smaller craft are in...

is a powerful whirlpool.

Maelstrom may also refer to:

Amusement rides

  • Maelstrom (ride)
    Maelstrom (ride)
    Mælstrom is a dark ride and a traditional film attraction located in the Norway pavilion of the World Showcase at the Epcot theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Visitors ride boats that are patterned after Viking ships and pass through various scenes with...

    , a dark ride at Epcot Theme Park, Florida, US
  • Maelstrom, a gyro swing ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire, UK

Fictional characters

  • Maelstrom (comics)
    Maelstrom (comics)
    Maelstrom is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appears in Marvel Two-in-One #71 , and was created by writer Mark Gruenwald.-Fictional character biography:...

  • Maelstrom (Ice Age)
  • Mael Strom, aka Yuki Yoshida, from the anime/manga Kore wa Zombie Desu ka?

Film and television

  • Maelström (film)
    Maelström (film)
    Maelström is a 2000 Canadian film by Québécois writer-director Denis Villeneuve. It stars Marie-Josée Croze as a depressed, alcoholic woman who becomes romantically involved with the son of a man she believes to have killed in a hit and run accident....

  • Maelstrom (TV series)
    Maelstrom (TV series)
    Maelstrom is a BBC television drama serial transmitted in 1985.The six-part serial was written by Michael J. Bird, produced by Vere Lorrimer and directed by David Maloney. The major cast members included Tusse Silberg, David Beames, Trevor Baxter, Susan Gilmore, Edita Brychta, John Abineri,...

  • "Maelstrom" (Battlestar Galactica)
    Maelstrom (Battlestar Galactica)
    "Maelstrom" is the seventeenth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series, Battlestar Galactica.-Plot:Survivor Count: 41,400...


Games

  • Maelstrom (1992 video game), an Apple Macintosh game
  • Maelstrom (live role playing game)
    Maelstrom (live role playing game)
    Maelstrom is a live action role-playing game campaign run in the United Kingdom by Profound Decisions Ltd. The campaign consists of four events held each year at weekends during the British summer at a variety of locations...

  • Maelstrom (role playing game)
    Maelstrom (role playing game)
    Maelstrom is a role-playing game by Alexander Scott, published in 1984 by Puffin Books as a single soft cover book. The book provided a wealth of information for role-playing in a 16th century or 17th century European setting although the rules could be easily adapted to any time period or location...

  • Maelstrom (video game), a 2007 PC game
  • VOR: The Maelstrom
    VOR: The Maelstrom
    VOR: The Maelstrom is a science fiction miniature wargame, set in the 22nd century. It was published by FASA in 1999, but was discontinued following FASA's cessation of activities in 2001...

    , a miniature wargame

Literature

  • Maelstrom, a 2001 novel by Peter Watts
  • Maelstrom, a 2006 novel in the Petaybee Series
    Petaybee Series
    The Petaybee Series is a series of young-adult science fiction novels by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough.-Powers trilogy:The first Petaybee series, the Powers trilogy, consists of three books: Powers that Be published in 1993, Power Lines and Power Play .The series centers on Major...

     by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
  • Descent into the Maelström a short story by Edgar Allan Poe
    Edgar Allan Poe
    Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...


Music

  • Maelstrom, an album by JR Ewing
    JR Ewing
    JR Ewing was a hardcore punk/screamo band from Norway. They formed in 1998 in Oslo, Norway and broke up after their final tour across Europe in 2006.- Discography :Full Albums:* 2000 - Calling in Dead* 2003 - Ride Paranoia* 2005 - Maelstrom...

  • "Maelstrom," a song by The Steve Miller Band on the album Living in the 20th Century
    Living in the 20th Century
    Living in the 20th Century is the fourteenth album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1986. It includes the hit "I Want to Make the World Turn Around", which spent six consecutive weeks at the top of the Album Rock Tracks chart in the U.S...

  • "Maelstrom," a composition by Julian Cochran
    Julian Cochran
    thumb|200px|Julian Cochran in 1998Julian Cochran is an English-born Australian composer.Cochran's earlier works show stylistic influences from Impressionist music and his later works are more noticeably influenced by Classical music and folk music of Eastern Europe...

  • "The Maelstrom," a composition by Robert W. Smith
    Robert W. Smith
    Robert W. Smith is an American composer, arranger, and teacher.-Biography:Smith was born in the small town of Daleville, Alabama on October 24 1958. He attended high school in Dadeville, after which he left for Troy State University, where he played lead trumpet in the Sound of the South Marching...

  • "Maelstrom 2010," a song by Kataklysm on the album Temple of Knowledge
    Temple of Knowledge
    Temple of Knowledge is the second full-length by Kataklysm released in 1996 by Nuclear Blast. It was re-issued in 2003 as a digipak and included their demo The Vortex of Resurrection.-Track listing:...

  • Malström Graintable Synthesizer, a component of the musical software Reason
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