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Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction

Author : Peter Hunt
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0826477607
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction written by Peter Hunt and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2005-08-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Morag Styles and written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free, critical discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of children's literature, covering the key authors, major works and contexts in which those texts are published, read and studied. This book provides an illuminating guide to literature that creates alternative worlds for young readers. Focusing on the work of Ursula Le Guin, Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, the book considers both the genre of ?alternative worlds? and the distinctiveness of these authors? texts, including Philip Pullman's The Amber Spyglass.

Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction

Author : Peter Hunt
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 082642077X
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction written by Peter Hunt and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-11-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an illuminating guide to literature that creates alternative worlds for young readers. Focusing on the work of Ursula Le Guin, Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, the book considers both the genre of 'alternative worlds' and the distinctiveness of these authors' texts, including Philip Pullman's The Amber Sypglass.

Wyvernhail

Author : Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0375890858
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book Wyvernhail written by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2007-09-11 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HAI HAS ALWAYS been an outsider. With a falcon mother and a deceased cobra father, she is considered a mongrel by most, an ally by some, and a friend by few. Hai's broken falcon wings are a painful reminder of the life she once led on the island of Ahnmik. And here in Wyvern's Court, the avian and serpiente royal family keep their distance, refusing to acknowledge her cobra bloodline. They know that Hai's magic is so volatile, she can barely control it, and images of the past and future threaten to overwhelm her.When Hai's cousin, Oliza Shardae Cobriana, abdicates the throne of Wyvern's Court, Hai has visions only of destruction: the serpiente king Salem, dying in her arms; the dutiful guard, Nicias, unable to save a generation of children; and Wyvern's Court engulfed in flames.Now Hai will do anything to protect her new home - even if it means betraying the very people who need her most.

Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction

Author : Michael Lee
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781548238629
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Alternative Worlds in Fantasy Fiction written by Michael Lee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an illuminating guide to literature that creates alternative worlds for young readers. Focusing on the work of Ursula Le Guin, Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman, the book considers both the genre of 'alternative worlds' and the distinctiveness of these authors' texts, including Philip Pullman's The Amber Sypglass. Peter Hunt is Pofessor of English at Cardiff University. Millicent Lenz is Associate Professor at the State University of New York at Albany

Jackaroo

Author : Cynthia Voigt
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689311230
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (893 download)

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Download or read book Jackaroo written by Cynthia Voigt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1985 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When hard times among the People revive the old stories of the hero Jackaroo, an innkeeper's daughter follows her own quest to unlock the secret reality behind the legend.

Uranian Worlds

Author : Eric Garber
Publisher : Hall Reference Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Uranian Worlds written by Eric Garber and published by Hall Reference Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference has been updated and expanded to include some 100 new listings, and the addition of films and videos. It gives detailed annotations that document the representation of alternative sexuality in novels and stories as well as films; evaluates the writers' overall representation of gay and lesbian issues; and reveals changing popular attitudes toward sexual variance over several centuries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Myriad

Author : R. M. Meluch
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 1101099348
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Myriad written by R. M. Meluch and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2006-01-03 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S.S. Merrimack was the finest battleship class spaceship in Earth's fleet, able to stand up against the best the Palatine Empire could throw at them, even able to attack and kill swarms of the seemingly unstoppable Hive. But nothing could have prepared the captain and crew of the Merrimack to face the Myriad-three colonized worlds in the midst of a globular cluster that the Hive had somehow overlooked.

Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Tin House Books
ISBN 13 : 1947793004
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (477 download)

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Download or read book Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ursula K. Le Guin discusses her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry?both her process and her philosophy?with all the wisdom, profundity, and rigor we expect from one of the great writers of the last century. When the New York Times referred to Ursula K. Le Guin as America’s greatest writer of science fiction, they just might have undersold her legacy. It’s hard to look at her vast body of work?novels and stories across multiple genres, poems, translations, essays, speeches, and criticism?and see anything but one of our greatest writers, period. In a series of interviews with David Naimon (Between the Covers), Le Guin discusses craft, aesthetics, and philosophy in her fiction, poetry, and nonfiction respectively. The discussions provide ample advice and guidance for writers of every level, but also give Le Guin a chance to to sound off on some of her favorite subjects: the genre wars, the patriarchy, the natural world, and what, in her opinion, makes for great writing. With excerpts from her own books and those that she looked to for inspiration, this volume is a treat for Le Guin’s longtime readers, a perfect introduction for those first approaching her writing, and a tribute to her incredible life and work.

Counternarratives

Author : John Keene
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 081122435X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book Counternarratives written by John Keene and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, a bewitching collection of stories and novellas that are “suspenseful, thought-provoking, mystical, and haunting” (Publishers Weekly) Ranging from the seventeenth century to the present, and crossing multiple continents, Counternarratives draws upon memoirs, newspaper accounts, detective stories, and interrogation transcripts to create new and strange perspectives on our past and present. “An Outtake” chronicles an escaped slave’s take on liberty and the American Revolution; “The Strange History of Our Lady of the Sorrows” presents a bizarre series of events that unfold in Haiti and a nineteenth-century Kentucky convent; “The Aeronauts” soars between bustling Philadelphia, still-rustic Washington, and the theater of the U. S. Civil War; “Rivers” portrays a free Jim meeting up decades later with his former raftmate Huckleberry Finn; and in “Acrobatique,” the subject of a famous Edgar Degas painting talks back.

Magic Casement

Author : Dave Duncan
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497606454
Total Pages : 590 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Magic Casement written by Dave Duncan and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Man of His Word series debut—a novel “with enough fresh ideas to allow it to sit unashamedly alongside the great fantasy books of recent times” (Fantasy Book Review). “Duncan’s unique concept of goblins, fauns, and imps adds a new twist to this imaginative fantasy adventure” as Princess Inosolan is forced to leave behind her carefree childhood—as well as her dear friend, the stableboy Rap (Library Journal). Now of marriageable age, she is sent to a finishing school to hone the skills that all noble ladies should possess. Mystery, menace, and the gods appear in short order, as Inos and Rap begin to discover their magical powers, even as Inos is courted by a charming man with motives far more dangerous than the eye—and heart—can see . . . “Magic Casement has a charm and vibrant sense of humor. . . . If it’s traditional fantasy adventure with a bit of nudge-nudge wink-wink you’re after, Dave Duncan is your go-to guy.” —SFReviews.net

Alternate Worlds

Author : James Gunn
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476633320
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Alternate Worlds written by James Gunn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-08-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternate Worlds was first published in 1975 and became an instant classic, winning a Hugo award. This third edition brings the history of science fiction up to date, covering developments over the past forty years--a period that has seen the advent of technologies only imagined in the genre's Golden Age. As a literature of change, science fiction has become ever more meaningful, presaging dangers to humanity and, as Alvin Toffler wrote, guarding against "the premature arrival of the future." The world has begun to recognize science fiction in many different ways, incorporating its elements in products, visual media and huge conventions.

The Space Between Worlds

Author : Micaiah Johnson
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0593135067
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book The Space Between Worlds written by Micaiah Johnson and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS’ CHOICE • An outsider who can travel between worlds discovers a secret that threatens the very fabric of the multiverse in this stunning debut, a powerful examination of identity, privilege, and belonging. WINNER OF THE COMPTON CROOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD • “Gorgeous writing, mind-bending world-building, razor-sharp social commentary, and a main character who demands your attention—and your allegiance.”—Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—NPR, Library Journal, Book Riot Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying—from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn’t outrun. Cara’s life has been cut short on 372 worlds in total. On this dystopian Earth, however, Cara has survived. Identified as an outlier and therefore a perfect candidate for multiverse travel, Cara is plucked from the dirt of the wastelands. Now what once made her marginalized has finally become an unexpected source of power. She has a nice apartment on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. She works—and shamelessly flirts—with her enticing yet aloof handler, Dell, as the two women collect off-world data for the Eldridge Institute. She even occasionally leaves the city to visit her family in the wastes, though she struggles to feel at home in either place. So long as she can keep her head down and avoid trouble, Cara is on a sure path to citizenship and security. But trouble finds Cara when one of her eight remaining doppelgängers dies under mysterious circumstances, plunging her into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers will connect her past and her future in ways she could have never imagined—and reveal her own role in a plot that endangers not just her world but the entire multiverse. “Clever characters, surprise twists, plenty of action, and a plot that highlights social and racial inequities in astute prose.”—Library Journal (starred review)

The Fallen Odyssey

Author : Corey McCullough
Publisher : Corey McCullough
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book The Fallen Odyssey written by Corey McCullough and published by Corey McCullough. This book was released on with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost in a parallel universe of swords, shields, magic, and monsters, a young man searches for a way home. When seventeen-year-old Justin Holmes wakes up in a strange, fantastic world, all he wants is to find a way back to his ordinary life in small-town America. But his search for answers takes an unexpected turn when he and a band of unlikely allies are attacked by dark forces wielding otherworldly power. Forced to flee into the wilderness, Justin feels farther than ever from discovering how he accidentally arrived in this strange realm. Can he help his new friends in their desperate quest? Will he ever see home again? And was his transportation from Earth an accident at all? Ancient secrets are revealed that could shake the foundations of this alternate world... and might unlock Justin's portal home. The start of a four-book epic fantasy series that readers call FUN, ENGROSSING, and JAW-DROPPING.

The Story Grid

Author : Shawn Coyne
Publisher : Black Irish Entertainment LLC
ISBN 13 : 1936891360
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book The Story Grid written by Shawn Coyne and published by Black Irish Entertainment LLC. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WHAT IS THE STORY GRID? The Story Grid is a tool developed by editor Shawn Coyne to analyze stories and provide helpful editorial comments. It's like a CT Scan that takes a photo of the global story and tells the editor or writer what is working, what is not, and what must be done to make what works better and fix what's not. The Story Grid breaks down the component parts of stories to identify the problems. And finding the problems in a story is almost as difficult as the writing of the story itself (maybe even more difficult). The Story Grid is a tool with many applications: 1. It will tell a writer if a Story ?works? or ?doesn't work. 2. It pinpoints story problems but does not emotionally abuse the writer, revealing exactly where a Story (not the person creating the Story'the Story) has failed. 3. It will tell the writer the specific work necessary to fix that Story's problems. 4. It is a tool to re-envision and resuscitate a seemingly irredeemable pile of paper stuck in an attic drawer. 5. It is a tool that can inspire an original creation.

Mad Tinker's Daughter

Author : J.S. Morin
Publisher : Magical Scrivener Press
ISBN 13 : 1939233151
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Mad Tinker's Daughter written by J.S. Morin and published by Magical Scrivener Press. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It isn't the Human Rebellion yet. Someone needs to invent it. Rynn scrubs floors at the university to eavesdrop on lectures. In a just world, she would be free to attend those classes. But in Korr, humans are the working class: the serfs, the slaves, and the underpaid freemen who keep the gears turning for their kuduk overlords. Not every human is content letting their lives be spent for the kuduks’ ease, and some have started fighting back. Rynn will have to use her stolen technical knowledge, her wits, and all the bravery she and her friends can muster to win the freedom that mankind deserves. She’s seen what mankind is capable of… In her dreams, she lives another life, in another world where humans control their own destiny. She’s willing to die if that’s what it takes to bring that same freedom to Korr. Cadmus Errol, the Mad Tinker, is the greatest inventor Tellurak has ever known. Ever since learning of the link between Tellurak and Korr, he has worked to bring about the downfall of the kuduks. Finding and recruiting others who can see both worlds, he has built the foundation of a world-spanning empire. In secret, he has been working under the noses of the kuduk people, slowly laying a trap that will end the war before it begins. He sold his freedom to gain access to the mechanical wonders of his master’s workshop, and he’ll do whatever it takes to protect his daughter. But the Mad Tinker has a problem. He trained perhaps a greater inventor than himself. He showed her a world where humans can accomplish anything, and taught her that she can do anything she put her mind to. And now Rynn is looking for payback, and she isn’t waiting to find out what her father’s secret plan might be. Mad Tinker’s Daughter is the fourth book in the Twinborn Chronicles, first of the War of 3 Worldsstory, an epic fantasy series with multiple point of view characters. If you love steampunk gadgetry, heroes who get their hands dirty, and a DIY heroine, Mad Tinker’s Daughter is for you! Pick up your copy of Mad Tinker’s Daughter, and join the rebellion!

Child of a Hidden Sea

Author : A. M. Dellamonica
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466812354
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Child of a Hidden Sea written by A. M. Dellamonica and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-06-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One minute, twenty-four-year-old Sophie Hansa is in a San Francisco alley trying to save the life of the aunt she has never known. The next, she finds herself flung into the warm and salty waters of an unfamiliar world. Glowing moths fall to the waves around her, and the sleek bodies of unseen fish glide against her submerged ankles. The world is Stormwrack, a series of island nations with a variety of cultures and economies—and a language different from any Sophie has heard. Sophie doesn't know it yet, but she has just stepped into the middle of a political firestorm, and a conspiracy that could destroy a world she has just discovered...her world, where everyone seems to know who she is, and where she is forbidden to stay. But Sophie is stubborn, and smart, and refuses to be cast adrift by people who don't know her and yet wish her gone. With the help of a sister she has never known, and a ship captain who would rather she had never arrived, she must navigate the shoals of the highly charged politics of Stormwrack, and win the right to decide for herself whether she stays in this wondrous world...or is doomed to exile, in Child of a Hidden Sea by A.M. Dellamonica. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Language of the Night

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1668034905
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Language of the Night written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a new introduction by Ken Liu, this revised edition of Ursula K. Le Guin’s first full-length collection of essays covers her background as a writer and educator, on fantasy and science fiction, on writing, and on the future of literary science fiction. “We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark; and fantasy, like poetry, speaks to the language of the night.” —Ursula K. Le Guin Le Guin’s sharp and witty voice is on full display in this collection of twenty-four essays, revised by the author a decade after its initial publication in 1979. The collection covers a wide range of topics and Le Guin’s origins as a writer, her advocacy for science fiction and fantasy as mediums for true literary exploration, the writing of her own major works such as A Wizard of Earthsea and The Left Hand of Darkness, and her role as a public intellectual and educator. The book and each thematic section are brilliantly introduced and contextualized by Susan Wood, a professor at the University of British Columbia and a literary editor and feminist activist during the 1960s and ’70s. A fascinating, intimate look into the exceptional mind of Le Guin whose insights remain as relevant and resonant today as when they were first published.