Ianuarius "Ianuarius" and "Februarius" were supposed to have been added by Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, originally at the end of the year. It is unclear when the Romans reset the course of the year so that January and February came first. "Ianuarius" is conventionally thought to have taken its name from Janus, the dual-faced god of beginnings, openings, passages, gates and doorways, but according to ancient Roman farmers' almanacs Juno was the tutelary deity of the month. Many Roman festivals and religious observances reflect the Romans' agrarian way of life in their early history. Agricultural calendars "(menologia rustica)"
Doorways in the Sand Amber series, Krulik identifies space opera, mystery and fairy tale elements in "Nine Princes in Amber"; tales of knighthood and allegory in "The Guns of Avalon"; drawing-room mystery in "Sign of the Unicorn"; and, as in "Doorways", "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in "The Courts of Chaos"." "Doorways" is a science fiction novel with mystery and comic elements that evokes and offers homage to Lewis Carroll’s "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland", "Through the Looking-Glass", and "The Hunting of the Snark"; and to notes by Martin Gardner in "The Annotated Alice". While it is difficult to define “science fiction,” some features often cited