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Approaching Oblivion

Author : Harlan Ellison
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497604923
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Approaching Oblivion written by Harlan Ellison and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Ellison’s stories punch where it hurts . . .and span from baroque far future speculations to near future warnings” (Science Fiction Ruminations). Over the course of his legendary career, Harlan Ellison has defied—and sometimes defined—modern fantasy literature, all while refusing to allow any genre to claim him. A Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association, as well as winner of countless awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar, and Bram Stoker, Ellison is as unpredictable as he is unique, irrepressible as he is infuriating. Over thirty titles in Ellison’s brilliant catalog are now available in an elegant new package featuring Ellison himself. Genius never felt so combustible. The New York Times called him “relentlessly honest” and then used him as the subject of its famous Sunday Acrostic. People said there was no one like him, then cursed him for preventing easy sleep. But in these stories, Harlan Ellison outdoes himself, rampaging like a mad thing through love (“Cold Friend,” “Kiss of Fire,” “Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman”), hate (“Knox,” “Silent in Gehenna”), sex (“Catman,” “Erotophobia”), lost childhood (“One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty”), and into such bizarre subjects as the problems of blue‐skinned, eleven‐armed Yiddish aliens, what it is like to witness the end of the world, and what happens on the day the planet Earth swallows Barbra Streisand. Oh yeah, this one is a doozy!

Approaching Oblivion

Author : Harlan Ellison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Approaching Oblivion written by Harlan Ellison and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of his legendary career, Harlan Ellison has defied-and sometimes defined-modern fantasy literature, all while refusing to allow any genre to claim him. A Grand Master of the Science Fiction Writers of America, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association, as well as winner of countless awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, Edgar Allan Poe, and Bram Stoker, Ellison is as unpredictable as he is unique, irrepressible as he is infuriating. Over thirty titles in Ellison's brilliant catalog are now available in an elegant new package featuring Ellison himself. Genius never felt so combustible. The New York Times called him "relentlessly honest" and then used him as the subject of its famous Sunday Acrostic. People said there was no one like him, then cursed him for preventing easy sleep. But in these stories, Harlan Ellison outdoes himself, rampaging like a mad thing through love ("Cold Friend," "Kiss of Fire," "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman"), hate ("Knox," "Silent in Gehenna"), sex ("Catman," "Erotophobia"), lost childhood ("One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty"), and into such bizarre subjects as the problems of blue skinned, eleven armed Yiddish aliens, what it is like to witness the end of the world, and what happens on the day the planet Earth swallows Barbra Streisand. Oh yeah, this one is a doozy Harlan Ellison has been called "one of the great living American short story writers" by the Washington Post. In a career spanning more than fifty years, he has won more awards than any other living fantasist. Ellison has written or edited seventy-four books; more than seventeen hundred stories, essays, articles, and newspaper columns; two dozen teleplays; and one dozen motion pictures. He has won the Hugo Award eight and a half times (shared once); the Nebula Award three times; the Bram Stoker Award, presented by the Horror Writers Association, five times (including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996); the Edgar Allan Poe Award of the Mystery Writers of America twice; the Georges Melies Fantasy Film Award twice; two Audie Awards (for the best in audio recordings); and he was awarded the Silver Pen for Journalism by PEN, the international writers' union. He was presented with the first Living Legend Award by the International Horror Critics at the 1995 World Horror Convention. Ellison is the only author in Hollywood ever to win the Writers Guild of America award for Outstanding Teleplay (solo work) four times, most recently for "Paladin of the Lost Hour," his Twilight Zone episode that was Danny Kaye's final role, in 1987. In 2006, Ellison was awarded the prestigious title of Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Dreams With Sharp Teeth, the documentary chronicling his life and works, was released on DVD in May 2009."

Approaching Oblivion

Author : Harlan Ellison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781946542205
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Approaching Oblivion written by Harlan Ellison and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five years in the making, the Edgeworks Abbey Archive represents Harlan Ellison's last word on his written legacy. Researched and edited by the author's long-time associate, Jason Davis, under the supervision of Harlan and Susan Ellison, this collection assembles the preferred texts of each story and essay along with previously uncollected and unpublished material to create the definitive edition.The New York Times called him "relentlessly honest" and then used him as the subject of its famous Sunday Acrostic. People magazine said there was no one like him, then cursed him for preventing easy sleep. But in these stories Harlan Ellison outdoes himself, rampaging like a mad thing through love ("Cold Friend," "Kiss of Fire," "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman"), hate ("Knox," "Silent in Gehenna"), sex ("Catman," "Erotophobia"), lost childhood ("One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty"), and into such bizarre subjects as the problems of blue-skinned, eleven-armed Yiddish aliens, what it's like to witness the end of the world and what happens on the day the planet Earth swallows Barbra Streisand. Oh yeah, this one's a doozy!

In the Arms of Oblivion

Author : Justus Roux
Publisher : Justus Roux
ISBN 13 : 145059946X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book In the Arms of Oblivion written by Justus Roux and published by Justus Roux. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oblivion made a name for himself as the most renowned mercenary in all of Nyasia. His newest assignment was to simply escort the princess of Sefton to her soon to be husband the king of Turenia. He believed this would be an easy assignment, but when Samara turned out to be a truly kind and gentle woman and not some spoiled princess this throws Oblivion for a loop. He finds himself falling in love with her. When he hears the rumors that Sodon, the king of Turenia, is insane, he needs to make sure that Samara will be alright. He soon learns that Samara's life is in danger and he must save her from Sodon. For the first time in his life he risks everything for someone else, but will he be able to save Samara from her cruel fate?

Harlan Ellison

Author : Ellen Weil
Publisher : Ohio State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814208922
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Harlan Ellison written by Ellen Weil and published by Ohio State University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Strokes

Author : John Clute
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 1473219833
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (732 download)

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Download or read book Strokes written by John Clute and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 50 years John Clute has been reviewing science fiction and fantasy. Strokes is a collection of reviews from a wide variety of sources - including Interzone, the New York Review of Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Weekly - about the most significant literatures of the twenty-first century: science fiction, fantasy and horror: the literatures Clute argues should be recognized as the central modes of fantastika in our times. It covers the period between 1966 and 1986.

Dreams of the Dead

Author : Karim Mokhtar
Publisher : Carthage ABC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dreams of the Dead written by Karim Mokhtar and published by Carthage ABC. This book was released on with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dreams of the Dead" is a profound exploration into the nebulous boundaries between reality and the metaphysical, challenging conventional perceptions of time and identity. Through its intricate narrative structure, the novel invites readers into a labyrinth where time is not linear, causality is disrupted, and the very concept of self is questioned. Characters seamlessly merge and diverge, creating a rich tapestry of interconnected stories that reflect the complexities of existence. This literary work not only captivates with its poetic prose and surreal storytelling but also stimulates deep philosophical inquiry into the nature of being and the infinite landscapes of human consciousness. Perfect for those who seek a thoughtful and immersive reading experience, this book promises to linger in the mind long after the last page has turned. Genres: Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Magical Realism, Philosophical Fiction, Mystery, Fantasy

Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007

Author : J. G. Ballard
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262375737
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007 written by J. G. Ballard and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: J. G. Ballard’s collected nonfiction from 1962 to 2007, mapping the cultural obsessions, experiences, and insights of one of the most original minds of his generation. J. G. Ballard was a colossal figure in English literature and an imaginative force of the twentieth century. Alongside seminal novels—from the notorious Crash (1973) to the semi-autobiographical Empire of the Sun (1984)—Ballard was a sought-after reviewer and commentator, publishing journalism, memoir, and cultural criticism in a variety of forms. The Selected Nonfiction of J. G. Ballard collects the most significant short nonfiction of Ballard’s fifty-year career, extending the range of the only previous collection of his nonfiction, A User’s Guide to the Millennium (1996), which selected essays and reviews published between 1962 and 1995. A decade on from Ballard’s death in 2009, a new generation of readers needs a new collection. In the period following A User’s Guide, Ballard’s writing addressed 9/11, British politics from New Labour onward, and what he termed “the rise of soft fascism”—a diagnosis that maintains its relevance amid a shift toward right populism in European and US politics. Beautifully edited by Ballard scholar and novelist Mark Blacklock, this volume includes Ballard’s editorials and manifestos; commentaries on his own work; commentaries on the work of others; reviews; and more. Above all, it makes the case for the currency of Ballard’s work at a contemporary juncture at which so many of his diagnoses concerning the media and politics have become apparent.

Downtime

Author : Joseph A. Domino
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477166815
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book Downtime written by Joseph A. Domino and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2003-11-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groucho Marx has said, I wouldnt belong to any club that would have me as a member, essentially the protagonists credo at the outset of Downtime. Downtime is a laymans vision of the approaching apocalypse. This dark comic tale is seen through the eyes of hapless Melford Blintze, a literate, sensitive, and timid man who is tormented by private insecurities and the excesses of a vulgar society going to hell. Blintze doesnt believe the end is near; he believes that its in progress. The setting of the novel is the very near future. Terrorists have taken over an ICBM missile base. During this crisis, oddly kept at an emotional distance by Mels urban society, Mel is unwittingly involved in a mad terrorist plot by his crazed economics professor. As the tension of approaching Doomsday mounts, Mary, an attractive Washington agent, rescues Mel not only from the terrorists, but also from his lack of self-respect.

Oblivion

Author : Josephine Hart
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Oblivion written by Josephine Hart and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1995 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura Bolton is dead, but she will not go away. Her mother keeps a shrine to her memory, and her husband, Andrew, is haunted by her presence even when he is making love to another woman. The dead in this story have powerful voices, crying out to be rescued from the second death - of oblivion.

Cuckoo Spit

Author : Paddy O'Toohey
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291759387
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Cuckoo Spit written by Paddy O'Toohey and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-03-09 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuckoo Spit follows the lives of four close friends and their daily struggle to keep themselves occupied in the dreary little town that time forgot. Abandoned by the modern world, in a place void of jobs women and opportunities, they drink and smoke their time away, outcasts in a town of nutters, dreaming of the day when their ship will come in and free them from their tedious fate. But just when it seems things can't get any worse a Community Employment Scheme threatens to turn their world upside down, forcing them to take drastic measures to avoid having to get a job, until a plan is finally hatched that will make them all rich, once and for all. Filled with amusing and borderline insane characters, scathing dialogue, and plenty of home truths, Cuckoo Spit is a hilarious observation on the absurdities of everyday life in a small rural Irish town.

Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage

Author : William H. Steffen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192871862
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage written by William H. Steffen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-03-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthropocene Theater and the Shakespearean Stage revises the anthropocentric narrative of early globalization from the perspective of the non-human world in order to demonstrate Nature's agency in determining ecological, economic, and colonial outcomes. It welcomes readers to reimagine theater history in broader terms, and to account for more non-human and atmospheric players in the otherwise anthropocentric history of Shakespearean performance. This book analyses plays, horticultural manuals, cosmetic recipes, Puritan polemics, and travel writing in order to demonstrate how the material practices of the stage both catalyze and resist early forms of globalization in an ecological arena. William Steffen addresses the role of an understudied ecological performance history in determining Shakespeare's iconic cultural status, and models how non-human players have undermined Shakespeare's authoritative role in colonial discourse. Finally, this book makes a celebratory argument for the humanities in the age of climate change, and invites interdisciplinary engagement a research community that is compelled to find strategies for cultivating a hopeful tomorrow amidst unprecedented anthropogenic environmental changes.

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 20

Author : Thomas Jefferson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691255210
Total Pages : 789 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 20 written by Thomas Jefferson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 789 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive new volume of the retirement papers of Thomas Jefferson During the period covered by the 575 documents in this volume, Jefferson advises President James Monroe on what later becomes known as the “Monroe Doctrine.” He also approves of the Greek independence movement in correspondence with the scholar and political leader Adamantios Coray. Jefferson says that the “most dangerous blot” on the U.S. Constitution is the provision under which a vote by the states in the House of Representatives decides elections not settled by the Electoral College. With his allies in Virginia’s General Assembly, he succeeds in converting the University of Virginia’s loans from the state Literary Fund into an outright grant and obtains an additional $50,000 for books and scientific instruments. He seeks advice on regulating and equipping the institution, helps to obtain its architectural capitals, and designs its gymnasia. Jefferson describes coffee as “the favorite beverage of the civilised world” and advises a namesake child to “Adore God. reverence and cherish your parents. love your neighbor as yourself; and your country more than life. be just. be true. murmur not at the ways of Providence, and the life into which you have entered will be the passage to one of eternal and ineffable bliss.”

Approaching Authority

Author : Anthony Flinn
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838753408
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Approaching Authority written by Anthony Flinn and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study, using the example of Yeats, Eliot, and Williams, examines the principal gestures of Modernist poetic speakers attempting to identify, mediate, and project cultural authority. To effect this mediation, the poetic speakers must engage in "transpersonality"; by association with the objects of presences in the poem, they must translate their finite egos into mediating voices detached from the concerns of unique selfhood. However, complete transpersonality brings silence: the fact of utterance presupposes a unique perspective, never the totality of perspectives that an atemporal authority possesses. So, rather than the speaker's elevation to a position of authority, the necessary result of the transpersonality is instead that the speaker approach authority in calculated acts of mystification.

Oblivion's Gate Trilogy

Author : Ryan Kirk
Publisher : Waterstone Media
ISBN 13 : 1953692303
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book Oblivion's Gate Trilogy written by Ryan Kirk and published by Waterstone Media. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic that shouldn't exist. A secret war. The courage to save an empire. As one of the empire's most skilled soldiers, Brandt is no stranger to combat. After he and his fellow wolfblades fight a merciless warrior armed with unbelievable powers, Brandt is left shattered. Searching for answers, Brandt stumbles upon a secret war, fought by a very few, that threatens the land he calls home. Alena is a gifted student studying for university exams. She moonlights as a thief and spy, searching for a purpose beyond the walls of her small town. When she steals a powerful artifact she becomes the most wanted thief in the empire, sending her fleeing across the continent for safety. Their quest for answers uncovers lies buried for generations. Lies at the heart of their empire. As a mysterious and powerful enemy prepares their assault, Brandt and Alena must race to find the truth and save their home. Before the Gate Beyond Oblivion summons them both. The Oblivion's Gate Trilogy collects for the first time the complete epic fantasy series!

Wild Mushrooms

Author : E. Piotrowicz
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725262118
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Wild Mushrooms written by E. Piotrowicz and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-25 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Do many young boys meet hermits in the forest, and trade mushrooms for wisdom?” Set amid the primeval forests of Eastern Poland, the avant-garde enclaves of Greenwich Village, and the long summer days of the San Juan Islands, Wild Mushrooms is the story of one man’s life, an artist called Eliasz, Ilyusha, and Elias at different points in his timeline. The narrative meanders fluidly between visions of the past—a small boy’s first memories of encountering the faith of his Russian grandmother—the obsessions and malignant thoughts which threaten to destroy a young man’s life, and the moment of personal theophany that brings an old man hope amid sorrow. Beauty, evil, worship, and hatred—monsters, dragons, and hermits in the woods—Wild Mushrooms is a journey of the mind and the soul, of decisive moments, and the insanity of true wisdom.

The Solitary Sphere in the Age of Virgil

Author : Aaron J. Kachuck
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019757906X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book The Solitary Sphere in the Age of Virgil written by Aaron J. Kachuck and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Solitary Sphere in the Age of Virgil uses an enriched tripartite model of Roman culture-touching not only the public and the private, but also the solitary-in order to present a radical re-interpretation of Latin literature and of the historical causes of this third sphere's relative invisibility in scholarship. By connecting Cosmos and Imperium to the Individual, the solitary sphere was not so much a way of avoiding politics, as a political education in itself. As re-imagined by literature in this age literature, this sphere was an essential space for the formation of the new Roman citizen of the Augustan revolution, and was behind many of the notable features of the literary revolution of Virgil's age: the expansion of the possibilities of the book of poetry, the birth of the literary cursus, new coordinations of cosmology and politics within strictly organized schemes, the attraction of first-person genres, and the subjective style. Through close readings of Cicero's late works and the oeuvres of Virgil, Horace, and Propertius and the works of other authors in the age of Virgil, The Solitary Sphere thus presents a revelatory reassessment of the classicism of classical Roman literature, and contributes to the study of pre-modern culture more generally, especially for traditions that have taken antiquity as too fixed a point in their own literary, religious, and cultural histories.