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"F". The line of the FILIPUS Princes of TAXANDRIA has for an emblem a double "F" arranged in the form of a "T" (SEP). Inexplicably, this symbol, which must have been created after the GREAT CATACLYSM, can be found on the hats of the soldiers guarding the CELESTIAL BULLET, near MOUNT MICHELSON (EP).

Fabritius, Carel. An Obscure painter, of whom some work can be found in the FREDDY DE VROUW FOUNDATION. Author, among others, of a painting titled Le MIROIR SANS FIN. The name may possibly be a pseudonym used by Augustin DESOMBRES during his stay in the World of the Cities (GC).

Facadism. The architectural practice of including an older front building in a new construction. Extensively used in both BRÜSEL and BRUSSELS (GC), as well as in MONTREAL. See also POSTERISM and DISPLAYISM.

Faille (La) [The Fault]. A fresco by Augustin DESOMBRES. 280 x 380 cm, 1905 AD (MAD).

Faliu (Mister). See CAUDRON-PHALÈNE.

Faliu, Odile.  Commisionner at the Bibliothèque nationale, with an interest in all the manifestations of the imaginary.   She has published, in 1985 AD at Albin Michel, Machines à rêver, receuil d'inventions  XVIe-XIXe siècle [Dream Machines, a Compilation of Inventions 16th-19th Century], and is the co-author of a Science Fiction retrospective album titled Le Futur Antérieur, Flammarion, 1993 AD.

Fälztafff.   According to the participants to the Second OBSCURE CONVENTION, it is a very popular café located in BRÜSEL.  Its interior decoration is virtually the same as that of the FALSTAFF in BRUSSELS, so much so that one can make the PASSAGE without noticing it.  The factors that must be brought together for this transfer to take place are apparently numerous and submitted to intricate rules.  The staff of both establishments is used to see visitors from the OTHER WORLD and knows the procedure to send back those who have crossed by accident (CC, PB).

Fanelles. Winged humanoids similar to FANNAUX, but apparently of a more subtle nature. They are all female-looking and can move between various dimensional planes, and possibly even in TIME. Like QUARXS, they cannot be seen with the naked eye; only photography allows to register their presence. We know that they copulate in flight during great meetings (C). See CHARDONNAY.

Fanette. A GAMME (TC, Z). See GINA.

Fannaux. Creatures of human appearance, with bird wings instead of arms. They can move freely between the HOLLOW EARTHS, and some of their inhabitants use their services to move from one world to another. All those that we have seen so far are apparently male; they are obviously related to FANELLES, but it is hard to be sure that they are of the same species.  The term has benn rendered as "insects" in some translations (Z, N).

Fantoscope. Attraction in COSMOPOLIS (EP).

Farantino. See GOLFO FARANTINO.

Fathom.  See MEGAFATHOM.

Fauna.  Taken as a whole the faune of the Obscure World appears to be less diverse than that of the LIGHTED WORLD.  This is due in part to the fact that animal husbandry is almost unknown on the CONTINENT, where vegetarians dominate.  It should be noted that vast areas outside the cities remain unexplored, and the existence of several of the species listed below may be rather dubious (PGC, GC).

Fedor. A student in the painting class of the Art Academy of SODROVNI on the day Mary VON RATHEN wandered by (EP).

Ferdinand. See ROBUR HATTERAS (RA).

Ferriss Hotel. An establishment in BLOSSFELDTSTAD. Michel ARDAN stayed for a while in room 1524 (ODH).

Ferriss, Hugh. American architect whose style favoured the monumental approach. ROBICK thought of him as a great master (FU).

FEVER IN URBICAND.  See La FIÈVRE D'URBICANDE.

FIÈVRE D'URBICANDE (La).   [Fever in Urbicand]  Second volume of the CHRONICLES of Obscures Cities, published in 1984 AD (FU). The hard-bound reprint of 1992 includes a report by Isidore LOUIS (FU2).   Original (A Suivre) issues:  68 to 73.

File 379A. Registration number of Constant ABEELS' complaint to the government of BRÜSEL in 748 AT (B). See also AMELIN.

File 384001. Identification number of the file compiled by Isidore LOUIS on the Obscure Cities rumours (A).

Filinor. See VON KATSEFF.

Filipus. A line of two-headed princes descended from Irina BRENTANO or her duplicate. They lived in reclusion, unseen in their PALACE in TAXANDRIA. They were always counted two at a time (One Dash Two, Three Dash Four, and so on...). See also "F" (SEP).

Filipus Seven Dash Eight. Princes of TAXANDRIA in the days of AIMÉ. Immobile and silent, only their shadow was to be seen (SEP). See also PIERRE and DANY.

Fixorama. A form of entertainment developed in ALAXIS, based on the projection of static images. The viewing room is by itself very popular with spectators because of its floor, made of soft cobblestones (GC). It gives a general feeling not unlike that of the streets of TAXANDRIA after the GREAT CATACLYSM, which would tend to indicate that this country may have kept some contacts with the rest of the Obscure World, possibly through MARIEVILLE. An exact copy of the Fixorama, conceived by François SCHUITEN, was built in our world and lasted a few months in 1988 AD, during the Cités-Cinés exhibit of MONTREAL (ACO). See CITÉ DES OMBRES and EXPO '67.

Flora.   Obscure vegetation has several characteristics distinguishing it from that of the LIGHTED WORLD, but it is difficult to separate the natural features from those introduced by centuries of tampering.  The inhabitants of the CONTINENT, who are skilled botanists, have managed to obtain extraordinary results, especially regarding size and speed of growth (GC, MAD, PGC, RA).  See also FORESTS, GARDENS, GREENHOUSE, JUNGLES, VEGETALISTIC STYLE and URFORMEN DER KUNST.   Balik, habitrees and vinois are to be found in the HOLLOW EARTHS.

Florence (Miss). Secretary of Freddy DE VROUW. In charge of his PETITE BOUTIQUE, she is more worthy of trust than her boss (LSLC).  See Florence MAINGUET.

Fog Cutters. In the HOLLOW EARTHS, fog can solidify under certain conditions. There are cutters, often also artists, who use special instruments to carve it (C). See ARTRACER, TOUSSAIN, VILLAGE OF MYSTS and URSULINE.

Forest, Louis. Representative of the Compagnie Interurbaine du Progrès [Inter-City Progress Company] on board the "SUPER-VEHICLE" (RA).

Forest of Mégara. A vast wooden area in the north-eastern part of the CONTINENT, (RA, GC). Located on a line between the MARAHUACA PIT and GALATOGRAD, a cluster of SPHERES was discovered there (EC).

Forest of Zogecâr. Found East of the SEPTENTRIONAL JUNGLE, it is subject to severe Spring flooding (GC). A portion of the NETWORK passed through it, and this is also where the last HILDEGARDIA MILLENARI can be found (MU).

Fougivorus Aquaticus.  A member of the Obscure FAUNA that can be found, it is said, in the vicinity of the CHULA VISTA ISLANDS (INT).

Franco, Laurent. A resident of La Minerie, in Belgium, who described on the INTERNET an experience that seems to be a transitory form of PASSAGE in July 1997 AD (INT).

Franz. See Franz BAUER.

Frazer (Dr). A dentist in MYLOS. His equipment is state of the art in the Obscure World, but he is rumoured to have lost his touch somewhat (EC, GC).

Freddy De Vrouw Foundation. A collection of painting seized from DE VROUW after the developer fled BRÜSEL (GC). See also FABRITIUS.

Friedrich. [1] A young boy working in a MYLOS factory. A prisoner of his machine, he escaped through imagination with the help of his BOOKS, and perhaps did really contribute to repair ARMILIA and extend the reality of the Obscure World (RA). See also ANTON, DINESEN, Hella JACOBSEN, the KØBENHAVN and ROBUR.

Friedrich. [2] A supervisor on the VON HARDENBERG construction site. He brought, with KLAUS, the CUBE to ROBICK's office (FU).

 

Frobélius, Oscar. An organologist of the Obscure World. He had a pet project of building a Musical City on the shores of the GREEN LAKE, but his organ concert there seems to have ended in catastrophe (EC). If we are to beleive the caption of a poster by SCHUITEN, he later became a WINDOW WASHER in CALVANI.  See also CASAVANT. Fromental. An engineer who designed, with NITA, the giant tents of STELLA MATUTINA (GC). Fromental, Jean-Luc. Author of the introduction for the album Les MACHINISTES (CBD).

FRONTIERE INVISIBLE (LA).   [The Invisible Border]  Twelfth volume of the CHRONICLES.  Published on April 19, 2002.   First of two parts (FI).

Fugitive (The).   A character who, for unexplained reasons, hides in the endless technical section of the MUNICIPAL MUSEUM OF PÂHRY, and whose flight is a source of inspiration for the artists working there (F, P).  See also GENERAL MORGAN. FUS. A cartoonist from the very beginning of L'ÉCHO DES CITÉS (EC). See GO.

 

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