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Diary, 1901-1969

Author : Kornei Chukovsky
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300137974
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Diary, 1901-1969 written by Kornei Chukovsky and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perceptive literary critic, a world-famous writer of witty and playful verses for children, a leading authority on children’s linguistic creativity, and a highly skilled translator, Kornei Chukovsky was a complete man of letters. As benefactor to many writers including Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Joseph Brodsky, he stood for several decades at the center of the Russian literary milieu. It is no exaggeration to claim that Chukovsky knew everyone involved in shaping the course of twentieth-century Russian literature. His voluminous diary, here translated into English for the first time, begins in prerevolutionary Russia and spans nearly the entire Soviet era. It is the candid commentary of a brilliant observer who documents fifty years of Soviet literary activity and the personal predicament of the writer under a totalitarian regime. From descriptions of friendship with such major literary figures as Anna Akhmatova and Isaac Babel to accounts of the struggle with obtuse and hostile censorship, from the heartbreaking story of the death of the daughter who had inspired so many stories to candid political statements, the extraordinary diary of Kornei Chukovsky is a unique account of the twentieth-century Russian experience.

Munsey's Magazine

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Munsey's Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scientific Romance

Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
ISBN 13 : 0486818802
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (868 download)

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Download or read book Scientific Romance written by Brian Stableford and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-12-26 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 30 early tales of futuristic societies, rogue stars, rebellious machines, and other now-familiar subjects of speculative fiction, originally published between 1835 and 1924, include works by Poe, Hawthorne, Wells, and lesser-known authors.

Sublime Dreams of Living Machines

Author : Minsoo Kang
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674059417
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Sublime Dreams of Living Machines written by Minsoo Kang and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the dawn of European civilization to the twentieth century, the automaton—better known today as the robot—has captured the Western imagination and provided a vital lens into the nature of humanity. Historian Minsoo Kang argues that to properly understand the human-as-machine and the human-as-fundamentally-different-from-machine, we must trace the origins of these ideas and examine how they were transformed by intellectual, cultural, and artistic appearances of the automaton throughout the history of the West. Kang tracks the first appearance of the automaton in ancient myths through the medieval and Renaissance periods, marks the proliferation of the automaton as a central intellectual concept in the Scientific Revolution and the subsequent backlash during the Enlightenment, and details appearances in Romantic literature and the introduction of the living machine in the Industrial Age. He concludes with a reflection on the destructive confrontation between humanity and machinery in the modern era and the reverberations of the humanity-machinery theme today. Sublime Dreams of Living Machines is an ambitious historical exploration and, at heart, an attempt to fully elucidate the rich and varied ways we have utilized our most uncanny creations to explore essential questions about ourselves.

The Nature of Tomorrow

Author : Michael Rawson
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300262779
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Tomorrow written by Michael Rawson and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of how Western visions of endless future growth have contributed to the global environmental crisis For centuries, the West has produced stories about the future in which humans use advanced science and technology to transform the earth. Michael Rawson uses a wide range of works that include Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis, the science fiction novels of Jules Verne, and even the speculations of think tanks like the RAND Corporation to reveal the environmental paradox at the heart of these narratives: the single-minded expectation of unlimited growth on a finite planet. Rawson shows how these stories, which have long pervaded Western dreams about the future, have helped to enable an unprecedentedly abundant and technology-driven lifestyle for some while bringing the threat of environmental disaster to all. Adapting to ecological realities, he argues, hinges on the ability to create new visions of tomorrow that decouple growth from the idea of progress.

War Machine

Author : Daniel Pick
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300067194
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book War Machine written by Daniel Pick and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This intriguing study examines Western perceptions of war in and beyond the nineteenth century, surveying the writings of novelists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, philosophers, poets, natural scientists, and journalists to trace the terms of modern thought on the nature of military conflict. Daniel Pick brings together philosophical and historical models of war with fictions of invasion, propaganda from the Great War, interpretations of shellshock and speculations about the biological value of conquest. He discusses the work of such familiar commentators as Clausewitz, Engels, and Treitschke, and examines little-known writings by Proudhon, De Quincey, Ruskin, Valery, and many others, culminating in the extraordinary dialogue between Freud and Einstein, Why War? He analyses Victorian fears of French contamination through the Channel Tunnel as well as the widespread continuing dread of German domination. And he charts the history of the pervasive European belief that war is beneficial or at least functionally necessary. A central theme of the book is the disturbing relationship between machinery and destruction. Visions of relentless technological 'progress' and the inexorable advance of the military-industrial complex often seem to distort our understanding of war, even to reduce it to a sophisticated game played out by high-precision automata. Pick explores both the reassuring and troubling aspects of such representations. Shorn of human agency or responsibility, war apparently threatens to become technologically unstoppable, the remorseless 'perfect abattoir' of the industrial age. War Machine explores the enduring historical fascination with - and recoil from -brutal mechanical slaughter, and the modern aquiescence in, and enthusiasm for (in Rilke's phrase), 'these days of monstrously accelerated dying'.

The Revolt from the Village, 1915-1930

Author : Anthony Channell Hilfer
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807836079
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book The Revolt from the Village, 1915-1930 written by Anthony Channell Hilfer and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-08-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This incisive book traces the attack on American provincialism that ended the myth of the Happy Village. Replacing the idyllic life as a theme, American writers in revolt turned to a more realistic interpretation of the town, stressing its repressiveness, dullness, and conformity. This book analyzes the literary technique employed by these writers and explores their sensibilities to evaluate both their artistic accomplishments and their contributions to American thought and feeling. Originally published 1969. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

The Arthur Leo Zagat Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®

Author : Arthur Leo Zagat
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1434408973
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book The Arthur Leo Zagat Science Fiction MEGAPACK ® written by Arthur Leo Zagat and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arthur Leo Zagat was one of the most versatile pulp writers in the 1930s-1950s, the author of more than 500 short stories in many different genres. His work appeared in most of the top science fiction, mystery, and adventures magazines, including Astounding Stories, Planet Stories, Weird Tales, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Argosy, and many, many more. Wildside Press is preparing multiple volumes assembling his classic fiction, and we are pleased to kick off the line with a collection of his science fiction from Astounding Stories and Thrilling Wonder Stories. Included are: THE TOWER OF EVIL THE MENACE FROM ANDROMEDA THE DEATH-CLOUD THE REVOLT OF THE MACHINES VENUS MINES, INCORPORATED THE GREAT DOME ON MERCURY WHEN THE SLEEPERS WOKE THE LANSON SCREEN LOST IN TIME FLIGHT OF THE SILVER EAGLE THE CAVERN OF THE SHINING POOL THE GREEN RAY THE TWO MOONS OF TRANQUILLIA GRIM RENDEZVOUS NO ESCAPE FROM DESTINY If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more!

The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium

Author : Martin Gurri
Publisher : Stripe Press
ISBN 13 : 1953953344
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium written by Martin Gurri and published by Stripe Press. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How insurgencies—enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere—have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. In the words of economist and scholar Arnold Kling, Martin Gurri saw it coming. Technology has categorically reversed the information balance of power between the public and the elites who manage the great hierarchical institutions of the industrial age: government, political parties, the media. The Revolt of the Public tells the story of how insurgencies, enabled by digital devices and a vast information sphere, have mobilized millions of ordinary people around the world. Originally published in 2014, The Revolt of the Public is now available in an updated edition, which includes an extensive analysis of Donald Trump’s improbable rise to the presidency and the electoral triumphs of Brexit. The book concludes with a speculative look forward, pondering whether the current elite class can bring about a reformation of the democratic process and whether new organizing principles, adapted to a digital world, can arise out of the present political turbulence.

Adapting Stephen King

Author : Joseph Maddrey
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476648212
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Adapting Stephen King written by Joseph Maddrey and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen King's fiction has formed the basis of more motion picture adaptations than any other living author. His earliest short stories, collected in the Night Shift anthology, have been adapted into hit features including Creepshow, Children of the Corn, Cat's Eye, Maximum Overdrive, Graveyard Shift, Sometimes They Come Back, and The Mangler. Through his "Dollar Baby" program, King licensed several Night Shift stories to aspiring filmmakers for just one dollar each, resulting in numerous student film adaptations. This book critically examines and contextualizes adaptations of the Night Shift short stories, from big box office features to relatively unknown student films. It illuminates how each film is a uniquely and intricately collaborative endeavor, and charts the development of each adaptation from first option to final cut. Through old and new interviews with the creators, the work explores how filmmakers continue to reinvent, reimagine, remake and reboot King's stories.

Vanity Fair

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 806 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Vanity Fair written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux

Author : Francis C. Moon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402055986
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux written by Francis C. Moon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-30 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book will be of as much interest to engineers as to art historians, examining as it does the evolution of machine design methodology from the Renaissance to the Age of Machines in the 19th century. It provides detailed analysis, comparing design concepts of engineers of the 15th century Renaissance and the 19th century age of machines from a workshop tradition to the rational scientific discipline used today.

No Respect

Author : Andrew Ross
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135200491
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book No Respect written by Andrew Ross and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The intellectual and the popular: Irving Howe and John Waters, Susan Sontag and Ethel Rosenberg, Dwight MacDonald and Bill Cosby, Amiri Baraka and Mick Jagger, Andrea Dworkin and Grace Jones, Andy Warhol and Lenny Bruce. All feature in Andrew Ross's lively history and critique of modern American culture. Andrew Ross examines how and why the cultural authority of modern intellectuals is bound up with the changing face of popular taste in America. He argues that the making of "taste" is hardly an aesthetic activity, but rather an exercise in cultural power, policing and carefully redefining social relations between classes.

Dress & Vanity Fair

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dress & Vanity Fair written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Summary of Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine

Author : Milkyway Media
Publisher : Milkyway Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine written by Milkyway Media and published by Milkyway Media. This book was released on 2024-01-22 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the Summary of Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Blood in the Machine" delves into the socio-economic turmoil of early 19th-century England, where the Industrial Revolution's rise of automated machinery threatened traditional livelihoods. George Mellor, a skilled cropper, and Gravener Henson, a framework knitter and activist, become central figures in the narrative, representing the struggle of workers against the degradation of their trades. The book portrays the Luddite movement's fight against the mechanization that displaced skilled labor, leading to protests and machine-breaking incidents...

Papers

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blood in the Machine

Author : Brian Merchant
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316487732
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Blood in the Machine written by Brian Merchant and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most important book to read about the AI boom" (Wired): The "gripping" (New Yorker) true story of the first time machines came for human jobs—and how the Luddite uprising explains the power, threat, and toll of big tech and AI today Named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, Wired, and the Financial Times • A Next Big Idea Book Club "Must-Read" The most urgent story in modern tech begins not in Silicon Valley but two hundred years ago in rural England, when workers known as the Luddites rose up rather than starve at the hands of factory owners who were using automated machines to erase their livelihoods. The Luddites organized guerrilla raids to smash those machines—on punishment of death—and won the support of Lord Byron, enraged the Prince Regent, and inspired the birth of science fiction. This all-but-forgotten class struggle brought nineteenth-century England to its knees. Today, technology imperils millions of jobs, robots are crowding factory floors, and artificial intelligence will soon pervade every aspect of our economy. How will this change the way we live? And what can we do about it? The answers lie in Blood in the Machine. Brian Merchant intertwines a lucid examination of our current age with the story of the Luddites, showing how automation changed our world—and is shaping our future.