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Author : Diana Tixier Herald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781563088933
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (889 download)
Download or read book Strictly Science Fiction written by Diana Tixier Herald and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes it easy to explore the genre and find the SF books you are looking for.
Author : Gregory Benford
Publisher : Tor Science Fiction
ISBN 13 : 1250756464
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Bowl of Heaven and Shipstar written by Gregory Benford and published by Tor Science Fiction. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bowl of Heaven and Shipstar collects two novels from science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Timescape) that weave a thrilling intersteller odyssey in the not-too-distant future. “If you like hard SF with mind-stretching ideas—both physical and psychological—then you definitely want to read this book.” —Analog on the New York Times bestseller Bowl of Heaven A human expedition to colonize another star system is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star, with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which, tantalizingly, is on a direct path heading toward the same system. Investigating the Bowl, or Shipstar, the human explorers are separated—one group captured by the gigantic structure’s alien inhabitants, the other pursued across its strange and dangerous landscape—while the mystery of the Shipstar’s origins and purpose propel the human voyagers toward discoveries that transform their understanding of their place in the universe. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : James L. Cambias
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466827564
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book A Darkling Sea written by James L. Cambias and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the planet Ilmatar, under a roof of ice a kilometer thick, a team of deep-sea diving scientists investigates the blind alien race that lives below. The Terran explorers have made an uneasy truce with the Sholen, their first extraterrestrial contact: so long as they don't disturb the Ilmataran habitat, they're free to conduct their missions in peace. But when Henri Kerlerec, media personality and reckless adventurer, ends up sliced open by curious Ilmatarans, tensions between Terran and Sholen erupt, leading to a diplomatic disaster that threatens to escalate to war. Against the backdrop of deep-sea guerrilla conflict, a new age of human exploration begins as alien cultures collide. Both sides seek the aid of the newly enlightened Ilmatarans. But what this struggle means for the natives—and the future of human exploration—is anything but certain, in A Darkling Sea by James Cambias. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : A. Roberts
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230554652
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)
Download or read book The History of Science Fiction written by A. Roberts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.
Author : Jack McDevitt
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101532742
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book The Engines Of God written by Jack McDevitt and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1995-12-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Priscilla Hutchins novel from Jack McDevitt, hailed by Stephen King as “the logical heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.” Humans call them the Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning alien statues on distant planets in the galaxy. Each relic is different. Each inscription defies translation. Yet all are heartbreakingly beautiful. And for planet Earth, on the brink of disaster, they may hold the only key to survival for the entire human race.
Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Doubleday Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Asimov on Science Fiction written by Isaac Asimov and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1981 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 55 essays on science fiction.
Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134652291
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction written by Adam Roberts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Science Fiction Adam Roberts offers a clear and critically engaging account of the phenomenon illustrating the critical terminology and following the contours of its continuing history.
Author : Maura Heaphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598845063
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction Authors written by Maura Heaphy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-11-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For students, scholars, readers' advisors, and curious SF readers and fans, this guide provides an easy-to-use launch pad for researching and learning more about science fiction writers and their work. Emphasizing the best popular and contemporary authors, this book covers 100 SF writers, providing for each: • a brief biographical sketch, including a quote from theauthor, awards, etc. • a list of the author's major works (including editions and other writings) • research sources-biographies, criticism, research guides, and web sites • In addition, you'll find read-alike lists for selected authors. For anyone wanting to find information on popular SF authors, this should be the first stop.
Author : S. MacArthur
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137389273
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Gothic Science Fiction written by S. MacArthur and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-25 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gothic Science Fiction explores the fascinating world of gothic influenced science fiction. From Frankenstein to Doctor Who and from H. G Wells to Stephen King, the book charts the rise of a genre and follows the descent into darkness that consumes it.
Author : Robert Charles Wilson
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765341600
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (416 download)
Download or read book Blind Lake written by Robert Charles Wilson and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-07-11 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Charles Wilson, says The New York Times, "writes superior science fiction thrillers." His Darwinia won Canada's Aurora Award; his most recent novel, The Chronoliths, won the prestigious John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Now he tells a gripping tale of alien contact and human love in a mysterious but hopeful universe. At Blind Lake, a large federal research installation in northern Minnesota, scientists are using a technology they barely understand to watch everyday life in a city of lobster like aliens upon a distant planet. They can't contact the aliens in any way or understand their language. All they can do is watch. Then, without warning, a military cordon is imposed on the Blind Lake site. All communication with the outside world is cut off. Food and other vital supplies are delivered by remote control. No one knows why. The scientists, nevertheless, go on with their research. Among them are Nerissa Iverson and the man she recently divorced, Raymond Scutter. They continue to work together despite the difficult conditions and the bitterness between them. Ray believes their efforts are doomed; that culture is arbitrary, and the aliens will forever be an enigma. Nerissa believes there is a commonality of sentient thought, and that our failure to understand is our own ignorance, not a fact of nature. The behavior of the alien she has been tracking seems to be developing an elusive narrative logic--and she comes to feel that the alien is somehow, impossibly, aware of the project's observers. But her time is running out. Ray is turning hostile, stalking her. The military cordon is tightening. Understanding had better come soon.... Blind Lake is a 2004 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel.
Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1538130106
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema written by M. Keith Booker and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years since Georges Méliès’s Le voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon) was released in 1902, more than 1000 science fiction films have been made by filmmakers around the world. The versatility of science fiction cinema has allowed it to expand into a variety of different markets, appealing to age groups from small children to adults. The technical advances in filmmaking technology have enabled a new sophistication in visual effects. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Cinema contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, films, companies, techniques, themes, and subgenres. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about science fiction cinema.
Author : Jonathan Strahan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534449612
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)
Download or read book The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1 written by Jonathan Strahan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide and a must-have collection of the best short science fiction and speculative fiction of 2019, showcasing brilliant talent and examining the cultural moment we live in, compiled by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan. With short works from some of the most lauded science fiction authors, as well as rising stars, this collection displays the top talent and the cutting-edge cultural moments that affect our lives, dreams, and stories. The list of authors is truly star-studded, including New York Times bestseller Ted Chiang (author of the short story that inspired the movie Arrival), N. K. Jemisin, Charlie Jane Anders, and many more incredible talents. An assemblage of future classics, this anthology is a must-read for anyone who enjoys the vast and exciting world of science fiction.
Author : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137569573
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)
Download or read book The History of Science Fiction written by Adam Roberts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction. The 2006 first edition of this work traced the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century. This new 2nd edition has been revised thoroughly and very significantly expanded. An all-new final chapter discusses 21st-century science fiction, and there is new material in every chapter: a wealth of new readings and original research. The author’s groundbreaking thesis that science fiction is born out of the 17th-century Reformation is here bolstered with a wide range of new supporting material and many hundreds of 17th- and 18th-century science fiction texts, some of which have never been discussed before. The account of 19th-century science fiction has been expanded, and the various chapters tracing the twentieth-century bring in more writing by women, and science fiction in other media including cinema, TV, comics, fan-culture and other modes.
Author : Charles L. Adler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691147159
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Wizards, Aliens, and Starships written by Charles L. Adler and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explaining the science behind science fiction and fantasy—from the probable to the impossible From teleportation and space elevators to alien contact and interstellar travel, science fiction and fantasy writers have come up with some brilliant and innovative ideas. Yet how plausible are these ideas--for instance, could Mr. Weasley's flying car in the Harry Potter books really exist? Which concepts might actually happen, and which ones wouldn’t work at all? Wizards, Aliens, and Starships delves into the most extraordinary details in science fiction and fantasy--such as time warps, shape changing, rocket launches, and illumination by floating candle--and shows readers the physics and math behind the phenomena. With simple mathematical models, and in most cases using no more than high school algebra, Charles Adler ranges across a plethora of remarkable imaginings, from the works of Ursula K. Le Guin to Star Trek and Avatar, to explore what might become reality. Adler explains why fantasy in the Harry Potter and Dresden Files novels cannot adhere strictly to scientific laws, and when magic might make scientific sense in the muggle world. He examines space travel and wonders why it isn’t cheaper and more common today. Adler also discusses exoplanets and how the search for alien life has shifted from radio communications to space-based telescopes. He concludes by investigating the future survival of humanity and other intelligent races. Throughout, he cites an abundance of science fiction and fantasy authors, and includes concise descriptions of stories as well as an appendix on Newton's laws of motion. Wizards, Aliens, and Starships will speak to anyone wanting to know about the correct--and incorrect--science of science fiction and fantasy.
Author : Colin N. Manlove
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349072591
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction: Ten Explorations written by Colin N. Manlove and published by Springer. This book was released on 1986-06-18 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Yael Maurer
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786474963
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)
Download or read book The Science Fiction Dimensions of Salman Rushdie written by Yael Maurer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-16 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the science fictional dimensions of Rushdie's later novels, Fury, The Ground Beneath Her Feet, Shalimar the Clown and Luka and the Fire of Life, and Rushdie's first unpublished novel, The Antagonist, to show how the author's oeuvre moves towards a more consistent engagement with science fiction as a generic form and an ideological investment. The author demonstrates how Rushdie recreates personal and national histories in a science fictional setting and mode, and contends that the failure of his first novel Grimus may have led Rushdie away from SF for some time, although he returns to it with a much firmer conviction and a much stronger voice in his later novels, showing his commitment to this imaginative form which he describes in Fury as providing "the best popular vehicle ever devised for the novel of ideas and metaphysics."The science fictional mode is the most appropriate vehicle for expressing these thematic and ideological concerns and the organizing feature of Rushdie's oeuvre. The author rereads the later novels in light of recent critical engagement with SF as a vehicle for reimagining national histories and as a potentially subversive tool for social and political engagement in a fictional realm.
Author : Adam Charles Roberts
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415366687
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (666 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction written by Adam Charles Roberts and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2006 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Science Fiction' offers a critical account of the phenomenon of science fiction, illustrating the critical terminology and following the contours of its continuing history. The impact of technological advances on the genre is discussed.
