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The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction features over a 150
years' worth of the best science fiction ever collected in a single
volume. The fifty-two stories and critical introductions are
organized chronologically as well as thematically for classroom
use. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, and
startling futuristic speculations, these stories will appeal to all
readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of science
fiction as a modern literary genre. They also provide a fascinating
look at how our Western technoculture has imaginatively expressed
its hopes and fears from the Industrial Revolution of the
nineteenth century to the digital age of today. A free online
teacher's guide at http: //sfanthology.site.wesleyan.edu/
accompanies the anthology and offers access to a host of
pedagogical aids for using this book in an academic setting.
This brilliant study of Verne's three cycles (1850-62, 1862-86, 1886-1916) analyzes the works from a biographical, sociohistorical, ideological, and narratological point of view. With a deep focus on Verne's pedagogical slant, Evans demonstrates convincingly the parallels between the French author's aim to `de-alienate' science and his aim to valorize learning, knowledge, and reading (his heroes conquer more knowledge for themselves and for the world). Choice This first modern American study of Jules Verne offers a wide-ranging reappraisal of a very familiar but often misunderstood author and his works. In spite of his status as one of the most translated novelists of all time, Verne and his Voyages Extraordinaires have long been neglected in American literary scholarship. This book seeks to reaffirm Verne's significant contribution to the development of early science fiction through a detailed investigation of his romans scientifiques. Evans has focused his study on the didactic dimension of Verne's narratives, which were originally intended to teach the rudements of science and morality to French youth through the medium of popular fiction.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
When two European scientists unexpectedly inherit an Indian rajah's fortune, each builds an experimental city of his dreams in the wilds of the American Northwest. France-Ville is a harmonious urban community devoted to health and hygiene, the specialty of its French founder, Dr. Francois Sarrasin. Stahlstadt, or City of Steel, is a fortress-like factory town devoted to the manufacture of high-tech weapons of war. Its German creator, the fanatically pro-Aryan Herr Schultze, is Verne's first truly evil scientist. In his quest for world domination and racial supremacy, Schultze decides to showcase his deadly wares by destroying France-Ville and all its inhabitants. Both prescient and cautionary, The Begum's Millions is a masterpiece of scientific and political speculation and constitutes one of the earliest technological utopia/dystopias in Western literature. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices, and a critical introduction as well as all the illustrations from the original French edition.
At the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, a mob of zealous balloon enthusiasts plans to conquer the sky in a state-of-the-art dirigible. When a stranger, the mysterious Robur, declares that the future belongs not to balloons but to heavier-than-air flying machines, the Institute scornfully dismisses the idea. But Robur demands vengeance-and has a unique flying machine that will allow him to take it. By turns an impassioned argument for aviation, a wild proto-steampunk adventure, and a jubilant celebration of the dream of flight, Robur the Conqueror ranks among Jules Verne's most iconic and influential works. Its technological speculations, including the unforgettable aircraft Albatross, are a vibrant snapshot of nineteenth-century scientific innovation. This, the first complete English translation of Verne's 1886 novel, includes an insightful introduction, explanatory chapter notes, never-before-published glimpses of Verne's original manuscript, all the first-edition illustrations by Leon Benett, and an up-to-date Verne biography and primary and secondary bibliography. It is an essential new edition of a seminal science fiction classic.
Vintage Visions is a seminal collection of scholarly essays on
early works of science fiction and its antecedents. From Cyrano de
Bergerac in 1657 to Olaf Stapledon in 1937, this anthology focuses
on an unusually broad range of authors and works in the genre as it
emerged across the globe, including the United States, Russia,
Europe, and Latin America. The book includes material that will be
of interest to both scholars and fans, including an extensive
bibliography of criticism on early science fiction--the first of
its kind--and a chronological listing of 150 key early works.
Before Dr. Strangelove, future-war fiction was hugely popular in
nineteenth-century Great Britain. Before Terminator, a French
author depicted Thomas Edison as the creator of the perfect female
android. These works and others are featured in this critical
anthology.
Vintage Visions is a seminal collection of scholarly essays on
early works of science fiction and its antecedents. From Cyrano de
Bergerac in 1657 to Olaf Stapledon in 1937, this anthology focuses
on an unusually broad range of authors and works in the genre as it
emerged across the globe, including the United States, Russia,
Europe, and Latin America. The book includes material that will be
of interest to both scholars and fans, including an extensive
bibliography of criticism on early science fiction--the first of
its kind--and a chronological listing of 150 key early works.
Before Dr. Strangelove, future-war fiction was hugely popular in
nineteenth-century Great Britain. Before Terminator, a French
author depicted Thomas Edison as the creator of the perfect female
android. These works and others are featured in this critical
anthology.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the
literary genre of science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the
author's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco
tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the
then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all
the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale:
exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and
intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with
crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws -- all set in a
wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a
unique twist that will appeal to feminists -- readers will need to
discover it for themselves. This Wesleyan edition features notes,
and a critical introduction by renowned Verne scholar Walter James
Miller, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the
original French edition.
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