Sentence examples for book background from inspiring English sources

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For those unfamiliar with the character's comic book background, Marvel's Thor is the Thunder God of Norse myth, hailing from the otherworldly realm of Asgard, who protects Midgard -- Earth, to you and me -- with the aid of Mjolnir, a magic mallet forged from the mystic metal Uru.

"One of the things that has been fun about the show is that we introduce different characters and almost use their comic book backgrounds both to entice and surprise the audience," Guggenheim said.

QOTSA played strong shows that were better, frankly, when their comic-book background films didn't work.

In devising a fantasy about the relationship between the two sharp-tongued antagonists, Ms. Ephron found books, background material and quotations by McCarthy and Hellman that underlined the rage that drove the two women apart.

Ryan Reynolds is all for honoring Deadpool's pansexual comic-book background, and the writers say they're "open to everything" for the character.

In the book, the background on the people who made the mistakes runs too long.

In compensation, John Tiffany's production makes brilliantly manifest one of the book's background themes: the violent sectarian passions of Ayrshire life.

Hiaasen's enthusiasm for the place and its ways gives the book a background warmth which is unusual in a thriller.

Based partly on his interviews with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Gen. Tommy R. Franks, Mr. Keegan's book presents background history and battlefield details.

Mr. Stephenson can also too readily adopt the hacker perspective that hovers deep in the book's background, for his characters often function best as carriers of information, as figures in complex calculations.