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Author : Frederik Pohl
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 9780575004023
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Age of the Pussyfoot written by Frederik Pohl and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 1970 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stephen R L Clark
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113480007X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)
Download or read book How to Live Forever written by Stephen R L Clark and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-01-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immortality is a subject which has long been explored and imagined by science fiction writers. In his intriguing new study, Stephen R.L.Clark argues that the genre of science fiction writing allows investigation of philosophical questions about immortality without the constraints of academic philosophy. He reveals how fantasy accounts of issues such as resurrection, disembodied survival, reincarnation and devices or drugs for preserving life can be used as an important resource for philosophical inquiry and examines how a society of immortals might function through a reading of the vampire myth. How to Live Forever is a compelling study which introduces students and professional philosophers to the possibilities of using science fiction in their work. It includes extensive suggestions for further reading, both fictional and philosophical, and examines the work of such major science fiction authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Frank Herbert, Larry Niven, William Gibson, and Colin Wilson.
Author : Frederik Pohl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Age of the Pussyfoot written by Frederik Pohl and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Joanna Russ
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0853238693
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (532 download)
Download or read book The Country You Have Never Seen written by Joanna Russ and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1959, at the age of 22, Joanna Russ published her first science fiction story, "Nor Custom Stale," in The Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy. In the forty-five years since, Russ has continued to write some of the most popular, creative, and important novels and stories in science fiction. She was a central figure, along with contemporaries Ursula K. Le Guin and James Tiptree, in revolutionizing science fiction in the 1960s and 1970s, and her 1970 novel, The Female Man, is widely regarded as one of the most successful and influential depictions of a feminist utopia in the entire genre. The Country You Have Never Seen gathers Joanna Russ's most important essays and reviews, revealing the vital part she played over the years in the never-ending conversation among writers and fans about the roles, boundaries, and potential of science fiction. Spanning her entire career, the collection shines a light on Russ's role in the development of new wave science fiction and feminist science fiction, while at the same time providing fascinating insight into her own development as a writer.
Author : Jo Walton
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 0765379082
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (653 download)
Download or read book An Informal History of the Hugos written by Jo Walton and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaged, passionate, and consistently entertaining, this is a book for those who enjoyed Walton's previous collection of essays from Tor.com, the Locus Award-winning What Makes This Book So Great.The Hugo Awards, named after pioneer science fiction publisher Hugo Gernsback, and voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Society, have been given out since 1953. They are widely considered the most prestigious award in science fiction.Between 2010 and 2013, Jo Walton wrote a series of posts for Tor.com, surveying the Hugo finalists and winners from the award's inception up to the year 2000. Her contention was that each year's full set of finalists generally tells a meaningful story about the state of science fiction at that time.Walton's cheerfully opinionated and vastly well-informed posts provoked valuable conversation among the field's historians. Now these posts, lightly revised, have been gathered into this book, along with a small selection of the comments posted by SF luminaries such as Rich Horton, Gardner Dozois, and the late David G. Hartwell.
Author : George Mann
Publisher : Robinson
ISBN 13 : 1780337043
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction written by George Mann and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia is the most up-to-date, concise, clear and affordable guide to all aspects of science fiction, from its background to generic themes and devices, from authors (established and new) to films. Science fiction has evolved into one of the most popular, cutting-edge and exciting fiction geners, with a proliferation of modern and classic authors, themes and ideas, movies, TV series and awards. Arranged in an A-Z format, and featuring a comprehensive index and cross-referencing system, The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is also the most accessible and easy to use encyclopedia of its kind currently available.
Author : Rob Latham
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1474248632
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction Criticism written by Rob Latham and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Including more than 30 essential works of science fiction criticism in a single volume, this is a comprehensive introduction to the study of this enduringly popular genre. Science Fiction Criticism: An Anthology of Essential Writings covers such topics as: ·Definitions and boundaries of the genre ·The many forms of science fiction, from time travel to 'inner space' ·Ideology and identity: from utopian fantasy to feminist, queer and environmental readings ·The non-human: androids, aliens, cyborgs and animals ·Race and the legacy of colonialism The volume also features annotated guides to further reading on these topics. Includes writings by: Marc Angenot, J.G. Ballard, Damien Broderick, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Samuel R. Delany, Philip K. Dick, Grace Dillon, Kodwo Eshun, Carl Freedman, Allison de Fren, Hugo Gernsback, Donna Haraway, N. Katherine Hayles, Robert A. Heinlein, Nalo Hopkinson, Veronica Hollinger, Fredric Jameson, Gwyneth Jones, Rob Latham, Roger Luckhurst, Judith Merril, John B. Michel, Wendy Pearson, John Rieder, Lysa Rivera, Joanna Russ, Mary Shelley, Stephen Hong Sohn, Susan Sontag, Bruce Sterling, Darko Suvin, Vernor Vinge, Sherryl Vint, H.G. Wells, David Wittenberg and Lisa Yaszek
Author : Frederik Pohl
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466826444
Total Pages : 881 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book Platinum Pohl written by Frederik Pohl and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2007-01-23 with total page 881 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederik Pohl, the bestselling author of The Boy Who Would Live Forever, is famous for his novels, but first and foremost, he is a master of the science fiction short story. For more than fifty years he has been writing incisive, entertaining SF stories, several hundred in all. Even while writing his bestselling triple-crown (Hugo, Nebula, Campbell Award) novel Gateway and the other Heechee Saga novels, he has always written short fiction. Now, for the first time, he has gathered together the best of his many stories in Platinum Pohl. Spanning the decades, these tales are in their way a living history of science fiction. Because Frederik Pohl has been on the frontlines of the field since the halcyon days of the late 1930s, and has written short stories in every decade since. And because he has always been a keen observer of the human condition and the world that is shaped by it, his stories reflect the currents of political movements, social trends, major events that have shaken the world . . . Yet at their core, all his stories are most acutely concerned with people. All sorts of people. Some are people you'll love, some you'll hate. But you will need to find out what happens to the people who inhabit these stories. Because Frederik Pohl imbues his characters with a depth and individuality that makes them as real as people you see every day. Of course, he also employs a mind-boggling variety of scientific ideas and science fictional tropes with which his characters must interact. And he does it all with seemingly no effort at all. That's some trick. Not everyone can do that . . . but that's why he was named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by his peers in the Science Fiction Writers of America. Here are his two Hugo Award winning stories, "Fermi and Frost" and "The Meeting" (with C. M. Kornbluth), along with such classic novellas as the powerful "The Gold at the Starbow's End" and "The Greening of Bed-Stuy," and stories such as "Servant of the People," "Shaffery Among the Immortals," and "Growing Up in Edge City," all finalists for major awards. And dozens of other wonderful tales, like "The Mayor of Mare Tranq" and the provocative "The Day the Martians Landed" and many others. Altogether, a grand collection of thought-provoking, entertaining science fiction by one of the all-time greats! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Richard Ned Lebow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139561200
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (395 download)
Download or read book The Politics and Ethics of Identity written by Richard Ned Lebow and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are multiple, fragmented, and changing selves who, nevertheless, believe we have unique and consistent identities. What accounts for this illusion? Why has the problem of identity become so central in post-war scholarship, fiction, and the media? Following Hegel, Richard Ned Lebow contends that the defining psychological feature of modernity is the tension between our reflexive and social selves. To address this problem Westerners have developed four generic strategies of identity construction that are associated with four distinct political orientations. Lebow develops his arguments through comparative analysis of ancient and modern literary, philosophical, religious, and musical texts. He asks how we might come to terms with the fragmented and illusionary nature of our identities and explores some political and ethical implications of doing so.
Author : Frederik Pohl
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780812545449
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (454 download)
Download or read book O Pioneer! written by Frederik Pohl and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1999-04-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evesham Giyt and his new wife are immigrants to the colony world of Tupelo, a strange planet inhabited by colonists from five different species. Giyt soon becomes mayor--a dubious honor--and uncovers a plot by the most dangerous creatures on the planet that threatens to tear the colony apart.
Author : Ace G. Pilkington
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476629552
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Science Fiction and Futurism written by Ace G. Pilkington and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-03-05 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science and science fiction have become inseparable--with common stories, interconnected thought experiments, and shared language. This reference book lays out that relationship and its all-but-magical terms and ideas. Those who think seriously about the future are changing the world, reshaping how we speak and how we think. This book fully covers the terms that collected, clarified and crystallized the futurists' ideas, sometimes showing them off, sometimes slowing them down, and sometimes propelling them to fame and making them the common currency of our culture. The many entries in this encyclopedic work offer a guided tour of the vast territories occupied by science fiction and futurism. In his Foreword, David Brin says, "Provocative and enticing? Filled with 'huh!' moments and leads to great stories? That describes this volume."
Author : Don D'Ammassa
Publisher : Infobase Learning
ISBN 13 : 1438140622
Total Pages : 2098 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Science Fiction written by Don D'Ammassa and published by Infobase Learning. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 2098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents articles on the science fiction genre of literature, including authors, themes, significant works, and awards.
Author : Frederik Pohl
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 142995664X
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book All the Lives He Led written by Frederik Pohl and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two thousand years after Pompeii's destruction, a thriller of upheaval—volcanic and political—as only SF Grandmaster Frederik Pohl can write it! With a keen eye for the humanity in any situation, science fiction icon Frederik Pohl has crafted a compelling new novel of a not-too-distant future we can only hope is merely science fiction. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. it gave so little warning that Pompeiians were caught unawares, and many bodies were preserved in volcanic ash. Two thousand years later, in 2079, Pompeii is a popular theme park eagerly anticipating Il Giubeleo, the Jubilee celebration of the great anniversary. But Vesuvius is still capable of erupting, and even more threatening are terrorists who want to use the occasion to draw attention to their cause by creating a huge disaster. As the fateful day draws near, people from all over the world—workers, tourists, terrorists—caught in the shadow of the volcano will grapple with upheaval both natural and political. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Judie L. H. Strouf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0735201218
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)
Download or read book The Literature Lover's Book of Lists written by Judie L. H. Strouf and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-09-15 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonderful for browsing, and invaluable for finding specific information, Literature Lovers Book of Lists is a compendium of useful and sometimes whimsical information for anyone who loves books and loves to read, at any age or reading level. It is organized into nine sections and provides nearly 200 lists relating to genres, authors, characters and settings, awards, literary terms with their definitions and much more. There are even lists of books of prose and poetry available on audiocassettes. If it has to do with literature, this book has the answers. What book has had the longest run on The New York Times best-seller list? Who is the only four-time winner of the Pulitizer Prize for drama? What is the complete list of Shakespeare's plays and poems? Who are some of the most notable African American authors? What are the three main variations of the sonnet? What famous writers belonged to The Bloomsbury Group? Literature Lovers Book of Lists is both exciting and informative at the same time.
Author : Gregory Benford
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780765310828
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Beyond Human written by Gregory Benford and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines recent developments in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, and explores the moral and ethical questions that are arising as a result of those developments and their potential applications.
Download or read book Nature & Science on the Pacific Coast written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135923736
Total Pages : 758 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Science Fact and Science Fiction written by Brian Stableford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-06 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction is a literary genre based on scientific speculation. Works of science fiction use the ideas and the vocabulary of all sciences to create valid narratives that explore the future effects of science on events and human beings. Science Fact and Science Fiction examines in one volume how science has propelled science-fiction and, to a lesser extent, how science fiction has influenced the sciences. Although coverage will discuss the science behind the fiction from the Classical Age to the present, focus is naturally on the 19th century to the present, when the Industrial Revolution and spectacular progress in science and technology triggered an influx of science-fiction works speculating on the future. As scientific developments alter expectations for the future, the literature absorbs, uses, and adapts such contextual visions. The goal of the Encyclopedia is not to present a catalog of sciences and their application in literary fiction, but rather to study the ongoing flow and counterflow of influences, including how fictional representations of science affect how we view its practice and disciplines. Although the main focus is on literature, other forms of science fiction, including film and video games, are explored and, because science is an international matter, works from non-English speaking countries are discussed as needed.
