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When HARLIE Was One

Author : David Gerrold
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1939529468
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book When HARLIE Was One written by David Gerrold and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H.A.R.L.I.E. (Human Analog Replication, Lethetic Intelligence Engine) is an artificially intelligent machine. David Auberson, the psychologist responsible for guiding HARLIE from childhood into adulthood, struggles to understand his erratic behavior. When humans begin vocalizing their wishes that HARILIE be shut down, he has to prove his existence and value to his warm-blooded counterparts. Throughout HARILIE's fight to stay alive, Auberson discovers the machine has vast knowledge and understanding of life, love, and logic, posing the philosophical question whether or not HARLIE is human, and for that matter, what it means to be human. Nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novel of the Year, the themes of love and discovery in When HARLIE was One are even more important today than when first published.

When Harlie was One (release 2.0)

Author : David Gerrold
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 9780553264654
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book When Harlie was One (release 2.0) written by David Gerrold and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1988 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a sophisticated computer endowed with artificial intelligence begins to create poetry and exhibits human behavior, his creators attempt to shut him down

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature

Author : Brian M. Stableford
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810849389
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature written by Brian M. Stableford and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference tracks the development of speculative fiction influenced by the advancement of science and the idea of progress from the eighteenth century to the present day. The major authors and publications of the genre and significant subgenres are covered. Additionally there are entries on fields of science and technology which have been particularly prolific in provoking such speculation. The list of acronyms and abbreviations, the chronology covering the literature from the 1700s through the present, the introductory essay, and the dictionary entries provide science fiction novices and enthusiasts as well as serious writers and critics with a wonderful foundation for understanding the realm of science fiction literature. The extensive bibliography that includes books, journals, fanzines, and websites demonstrates that science fiction literature commands a massive following.

Reading by Starlight

Author : Damien Broderick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134860056
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Reading by Starlight written by Damien Broderick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-29 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading by Starlight explores the characteristics in the writing, marketing and reception of science fiction which distinguish it as a genre. Damien Broderick explores the postmodern self-referentiality of the sci-fi narrative, its intricate coded language and discursive `encyclopaedia'. He shows how, for perfect understanding, sci-fi readers must learn the codes of these imaginary worlds and vocabularies, all the time picking up references to texts by other writers. Reading by Starlight includes close readings of paradigmatic cyberpunk texts and writings by SF novelists and theorists including Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Brian Aldiss, Patrick Parrinder, Kim Stanley Robinson, John Varley, Roger Zelazny, William Gibson, Fredric Jameson and Samuel R. Delaney.

This Is Not a Science Fiction Textbook

Author : Mark Bould
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 191598310X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book This Is Not a Science Fiction Textbook written by Mark Bould and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction as a vital bridge between technoscience and culture, an early warning system, a method for imagining differently. In the new millennium, science fiction has moved from the margins to the mainstream. At the same time, it has undergone massive transformations. No longer can it be derided as indigestible technobabble or escapist trash or a white man’s playground—not that it ever really was. Sf is rich and diverse, serious, and fun. A vital bridge between technoscience and culture, it is an early warning system, a method for imagining differently, and a way of experiencing our increasingly science-fictional world. It is the vernacular of the 21st century. This Is Not A Science Fiction Textbook brings together leading sf scholars, including some of the most exciting new critical voices, to introduce the genre for the general reader. Its first part outlines some key ideas used to think about sf, such as Estrangement, Extrapolation, and Alterity. Its second part maps some of the genre’s global history, from the Enlightenment and European colonialism to Indigenous and African Futurisms. Its third part surveys sf at the turn of the 2020s, organised by concepts, movements and new academic disciplines, from Afrofuturism and Animal Studies to Queer Theory and the Weird—and each chapter, whether it is on Climate Fiction or Neurodiversity, is accompanied by an introduction to a major contemporary novel and film.

Earth Abides

Author : George R. Stewart
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0899683703
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Earth Abides written by George R. Stewart and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Explorations of Consciousness in Contemporary Fiction

Author : Grzegorz Maziarczyk
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004347852
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Explorations of Consciousness in Contemporary Fiction by : Grzegorz Maziarczyk

Download or read book Explorations of Consciousness in Contemporary Fiction written by Grzegorz Maziarczyk and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explorations of Consciousness in Contemporary Fiction is a collection of essays examining the potential of the contemporary English-language novel to represent and inquire into various aspects of the human mind. Grounded in contemporary literary theory as well as consciousness studies, the essays consider both narrative techniques by means of which writers attempt to render various states of consciousness (such as multimodality in digital fiction or experimental typography in post-traumatic narratives), and novelistic interpretations of issues currently being investigated by neurobiologists, cognitive scientists and philosophers of the mind (such as the adaptive value of consciousness or the process of self-integration by means of self-narration). The volume thus offers critical reflection upon the novel’s cognitive accomplishment in this challenging area. Contributors are: Nathan D. Frank, Judit Friedrich, Justyna Galant, Marta Komsta, Péter Kristóf Makai, Ajitpaul Mangat, Grzegorz Maziarczyk, James McAdams, Daniel Panka, Barbara Puschmann-Nalenz, Joanna Klara Teske, Lloyd Issac Vayo, Dóra Vecsernyés, Sylwia Wilczewska

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature

Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0810878844
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature written by M. Keith Booker and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature is a useful reference to the broad and burgeoning field of science fiction literature. Science fiction literature has gained immensely in critical respect and attention, while maintaining a broad readership. However, despite the fact that it is a rapidly changing field, contemporary science fiction literature also maintains a strong sense of its connections to science fiction of the past, which makes a historical reference of this sort particularly valuable as a tool for understanding science fiction literature as it now exists and as it has evolved over the years. The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature covers the history of science fiction in literature through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries including significant people; themes; critical issues; and the most significant genres that have formed science fiction literature. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this subject.

Luna Monthly

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Luna Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paratexts

Author : James Gunn
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810891239
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Paratexts written by James Gunn and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-04-18 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1980s, Easton Press began publishing a series of leather-bound collector editions called “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” and “Masterpieces of Fantasy,” which featured some of the most important works in these genres. James Gunn was commissioned to write introductions to these works, which allowed him to pay tribute to many authors who inspired and influenced his own work. In Paratexts: Introductions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, Gunn has collected the most significant essays produced for the Easton series, along with prefaces he wrote for reprints of his own novels. Cited here are some of the most significant works of 19th and 20th century science fiction and fantasy, such as The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1984, Stranger in a Strange Land, A Clockwork Orange, Speaker for the Dead, The Postman, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe, The Dead Zone, The Mists of Avalon, Dragon’s Eye, Nine Princes in Amber, Blue Mars, The Last Unicorn, and The Lord of the Rings. Drawing upon Gunn’s lifetime of work in the field, these introductions include analyses of the individual works and the fields in which they were written. Gunn also briefly discusses each novel’s significance in the science fiction canon. Collected here for the first time, these prefaces and introductions provide readers with insight into more than seventy novels, making Paratexts a must-read for science fiction and fantasy aficionados.

The Man Who Folded Himself

Author : David Gerrold
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1932100040
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Folded Himself written by David Gerrold and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2003-06-10 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic work of science fiction is widely considered to be the ultimate time-travel novel. When Daniel Eakins inherits a time machine, he soon realizes that he has enormous power to shape the course of history. He can foil terrorists, prevent assassinations, or just make some fast money at the racetrack. And if he doesn't like the results of the change, he can simply go back in time and talk himself out of making it! But Dan soon finds that there are limits to his powers and forces beyond his control.

American Mythologies

Author : William Blazek
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780853237365
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (373 download)

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Download or read book American Mythologies written by William Blazek and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its more than three decades of existence, the discipline of American studies has been reliably unreliable, its boundaries and assumptions forever shifting as it continuously repositions itself to better address the changing character of American life, literature, and culture. American Mythologies is a challenging new look at the current reinvention of American studies, a reinvention that has questioned the whole notion of what "American"—let alone "American studies"—means. Essays in the collection range widely in considering these questions, from the effect of Muhammad Ali on Norman Mailer's writings about boxing to the interactions of myth and memory in the fictions of Jayne Anne Phillips to the conflicted portrayal of the American West in Cormac McCarthy's novels. Four essays in the collection focus on Native American authors, including Leslie Marmon Silko and Gerald Vizenor, while another considers Louise Erdrich's novels in the context of Ojibwa myth. By bringing together perspectives on American studies from both Europe and America, American Mythologies provides a clear picture of the current state of the discipline while pointing out fruitful directions for its future.

St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers

Author : Jay P. Pederson
Publisher : Detroit, MI : St. James Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1212 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers written by Jay P. Pederson and published by Detroit, MI : St. James Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of prominent science-fiction authors, written by subject experts.

Imagining AI

Author : Oxford
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192865366
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book Imagining AI written by Oxford and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AI is now a global phenomenon. Yet Hollywood narratives dominate perceptions of AI in the English-speaking West and beyond, and much of the technology itself is shaped by a disproportionately white, male, US-based elite. However, different cultures have been imagining intelligent machines since long before we could build them, in visions that vary greatly across religious, philosophical, literary and cinematic traditions. This book aims to spotlight these alternative visions. Imagining AI draws attention to the range and variety of visions of a future with intelligent machines and their potential significance for the research, regulation, and implementation of AI. The book is structured geographically, with each chapter presenting insights into how a specific region or culture imagines intelligent machines. The contributors, leading experts from academia and the arts, explore how the encounters between local narratives, digital technologies, and mainstream Western narratives create new imaginaries and insights in different contexts across the globe. The narratives they analyse range from ancient philosophy to contemporary science fiction, and visual art to policy discourse. The book sheds new light on some of the most important themes in AI ethics, from the differences between Chinese and American visions of AI, to digital neo-colonialism. It is an essential work for anyone wishing to understand how different cultural contexts interplay with the most significant technology of our time.

FutureSpeak

Author : Roberta Rogow
Publisher : Paragon House Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book FutureSpeak written by Roberta Rogow and published by Paragon House Publishers. This book was released on 1991 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This first-ever dictionary, with over one thousand entries, is a treasury of science fiction's most popular words, names, characters, terms, expressions, and phrases. Roberta Rogow demystifies the argot of SF convention goers and fanzines, explains terms from literature, physics, astronomy, and aerospace, and defines these terms within the realm of science fiction. She also profiles writers, filmmakers, television shows, movies, and publishers and explores the lingo behind today's popular fantasy games. FutureSpeak is for all those fans who SMOF (gossip) at cons (SF conventions), filk (sing SF folksongs), and dress up as BEMs (Bug-Eyed Monsters) - or for mundanes (anyone not yet a fan) intrigued by the freewheeling and inventive wordplay that has become integral to the world of science fiction. Whether you just want to brush up on the most current language or write or read SF with more insight, FutureSpeak belongs on your bookshelf. Handy appendixes round out this information-packed volume and include everything from addresses of SF publications, organizations, and conventions, to entry rules for the Hugo and Nebula awards"--Inside front flap.

The History of the Science-fiction Magazine

Author : Michael Ashley
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1846310032
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Science-fiction Magazine written by Michael Ashley and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third volume in Mike Ashley's four-volume study of the science-fiction magazines focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. It saw the end of the Apollo moon programme and the start of the ecology movement. This proved to be one of the most complicated periods for the science-fiction magazines. Not only were they struggling to survive within the economic climate, they also had to cope with the death of the father of modern science fiction, John W. Campbell, Jr., while facing new and potentially threatening opposition. The market for science fiction diversified as never before, with the growth in new anthologies, the emergence of semi-professional magazines, the explosion of science fiction in college, the start of role-playing gaming magazines, underground and adult comics and, with the success of Star Wars, media magazines. This volume explores how the traditional science-fiction magazines coped with this, from the

The Voyage of the Star Wolf

Author : David Gerrold
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1935251511
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Voyage of the Star Wolf written by David Gerrold and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-06-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first work in David Gerrold's Star Wolf trilogy, this tale pits the human members of the Star Wolf space vessel against the superhuman Morthan crew. Captain Jonathan Korie, hampered by the loss of most of the human fleet to the Morthans and a nearly disabled ship of his own, faces the Morthan threat driven by the need for survival and the desire for revenge. A classic of military science fiction, the Star Wolf trilogy combines rapid action with powerful studies of military character.