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2006 in literature

The year 2006 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Literature:*Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Half of a Yellow Sun*Chris Adrian - The Children's Hospital *Martin Amis - House of Meetings...

 fantasy novel by Tim Powers

Tim Powers

Timothy Thomas "Tim" Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare...

. As with most of Powers' novels, it proposes a secret history

Secret history

A secret history is a revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real history which is claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars.-Secret histories of the real world:...

 in which real events have supernatural causes and prominent historical figures have been involved in supernatural or occult activities. The novel was shortlisted for a Locus Award in 2007.

Real people, events, and organizations figuring in the novel include:

• Albert Einstein
  Albert Einstein
  Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...
  
   - Discovered and then suppressed a new occult technology that forces in 1987 seek to rediscover and exploit.
• Charlie Chaplin
  Charlie Chaplin
  Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
  
   - Was aware of Einstein's discoveries and built a machine to harness the effect.
• Operation Opera
  Operation Opera
  Operation Babylon was a surprise Israeli air strike carried out on June 7, 1981, that destroyed a nuclear reactor under construction 17 kilometers southeast of Baghdad, Iraq....
  
   - The novel posits that the 1981 Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
  i air strike against the Iraq
  Iraq
  Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
  
  i Osirak nuclear reactor was also performed to stop the Iraqis from developing the technology that Einstein discovered and suppressed.
• The Harmonic convergence
  Harmonic Convergence
  The Harmonic Convergence is the name given to the world's first globally synchronized meditation, announced by José Argüelles, and which occurred on August 16–17, 1987, which also closely correlated to an exceptional alignment of planets in our solar system, see below .The timing of the Harmonic...
  
   - The 1987 event forms the backdrop for the story's narrative.
• Mossad
  Mossad
  The Mossad , short for HaMossad leModi'in uleTafkidim Meyuchadim , is the national intelligence agency of Israel....
  
   - The Israeli intelligence agency features prominently in the novel.
• A Woman of the Sea
  A Woman of the Sea
  A Woman of the Sea, also known by its working title Sea Gulls, was an unreleased 1926 silent film produced by the Chaplin Film Company....
  
  - an unreleased film produced by Chaplin
• Remote Viewing
  Remote viewing
  Remote viewing is the practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen target using paranormal means, in particular, extra-sensory perception or "sensing with mind"...
  
   - a spy training program employed by the US military and CIA in the 1970s and 80s. Used to train the psychic spy in the novel.

External links

• Interview with Powers
• Interview with Tim Powers
• Three Days to Never at Worlds Without End

Category:Novels by Tim Powers