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Encyclopedia > Fire and Ice

Fire and Ice or Fire & Ice may refer to multiple items or titles.

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In books and literature

  • "Fire and Ice" (poem), a 1920 poem by Robert Frost
  • Fire and Ice, a 1976 book by Stephen L. Harris about the Cascade Range
  • Fire and Ice, a 1976 biography of Revlon founder Charles Revson, by Andrew Tobias
  • Fire and Ice (Warriors), the second installment in the original Warriors series by Erin Hunter.
  • Fire and Ice, a 1991 novel by Paul Garrison
  • Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values, a 2003 non-fiction book (ISBN 0-14-301423-4) by Michael Henry Adams, Amy Langstaff, and David Jamieson, that explores similarities and growing differences between Canada and the United States

Fire and Ice is one of Robert Frosts most popular poems, published in his book New Hampshire. ... Stephen L Harris is Professor and Chair, Department of Humanities and Religious Studies at California State University, Sacramento. ... Mount Jefferson in Oregon. ... Charles Haskell Revson, (born October 11, 1906 in Montreal, Quebec, died in 1975), was a pioneering cosmetics industry executive who created and managed Revlon Cosmetics through five decades. ... Andrew Tobias (born April 20, 1947) is an American journalist, author and columnist, whose main body of work is on investment, but who has also written on politics, insurance and other topics. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Michael Henry Adams, Canadian writer and researcher. ...

In film and television

  • Fire and Ice, a 1962 French film originally titled Le combat dans l'île
  • Fire and Ice (1983 film), a 1983 animated feature film directed by Ralph Bakshi
  • Fire and Ice (1986 film), a 1986 freestyle skiing film directed by Willy Bogner
  • Fire & Ice, a 2001 made-for-TV movie directed by Brian Goeres
  • Dragons: Fire and Ice a 2004 children's animated adventure movie
  • Fire and Ice (documentary), a 2005 Finnish Winter War documentary.

DVD cover Fire and Ice, released in 1983, was a collaberation between cult heroes (and friends) Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta, distributed by 20th Century Fox, who also distributed the 1977 Bakshi hit Wizards The animated feature, based on characters Bakshi and Frazetta co-created was made using the process... Fire and Ice (German original title Feuer und Eis) is a German feature length sports film directed by Willy Bogner in 1986. ... Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia is a documentary film, produced and directed by Ben Strout. ...

In games

  • Fire and Ice (computer game), a 1992 computer game originally produced by Graftgold for the Amiga
  • Fire and Ice (board game), an award-winning 2002 abstract strategy game by Jens-Peter Schliemann from Pin International based on the Fano plane.
  • Fire and Ice (video game), a game marketed in Brazil for the Sega Master System
  • Fire 'N Ice, also marketed as Fire and Ice and Solomon's Key 2, a puzzle game by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Fire n Ice is a puzzle game released by Tecmo for the Nintendo Entertainment System. ...

In music

  • Fire And Ice (US band), an all-girl Alternative/Pop/Rock band consisting of Chloe Chapman and Jacki Venezia, also credited as Fire & Ice and FNI.
  • Fire + Ice, a dark folk band founded in 1991
  • Fire and Ice (album), a 1992 album by guitarist Yngwie J. Malmsteen
  • Fire and Ice (Steve Camp album), a 1983 album by Contemporary Christian Music artist Steve Camp
  • Fire & Ice: A trance-formation by Laurent Veronnez aka L-Vee and Jurgen Leyers aka DJ Fire
  • Fire and Ice (Texas band), a Dallas, Texas-based Pat Benatar tribute band, aptly named for Benatar's 1981 hit from her album Precious Time.
  • Fire And Ice, A song written and produced by Jeremey Soule and featured in the popular 90s Computer Game, Total Annihilation.

Fire + Ice is the name of English musician Ian Reads primary dark folk ensemble. ... Yngwie Malmsteen - Fire and Ice Track Listing: 1. ...

Other uses

  • Fire & Ice (Retail) - a Maryland based chain of stores specializing in jewelry, art glass, fossils, and carvings.
  • FiRE + iCE, an originally Boston-based chain of restaurants
  • Fire and Ice, a 1952 nail polish shade and major marketing campaign by Revlon
  • Fire & Ice, a professional wrestling tag team comprised of Scott Norton & Harold Hoag
  • Fire and Ice and variants thereof are also the names of many other commercial products and businesses.

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Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia | PBS (233 words)
Filmed on the old battlefields of Finland and Russia, “Fire and Ice” dramatically depicts the intensity of the warfront and the homefront.
Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia is a co-production by MasterWork Media and WFYI TV 20, who also created a related companion Web site at http://www.wfyi.org/fireandice/.
Fire and Ice: The Winter War of Finland and Russia is a co-production of MastersWork Media and WFYI TV 20.
On "Fire and Ice" (2409 words)
Fire is directly equated with desire, the kind that kindles antagonism and conflict.
Fire and ice are born in the dark reaches of inner space, in the smoldering, ice-sheathed human heart.
The pun on the word "ice" in "twice" and "suffice" accentuates the bitter coldness of hatred, and the triple repetition of "ice" at the end of the poem recalls Satan's futile efforts to escape - it is the very beating of his wings that causes the river Cocytus in the ninth circle to freeze.
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