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Seven lucid and entertaining essays on masters of science fiction
and fantasy literature, including Bob Shaw, M.P. Shiel, Douglas
Adams, Stephen R. Donaldson, and more.
Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the
University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable
attempt to grapple with the questions of why SF authors write what
they write, and why SF readers like what they like"-Interzone.
Contents: Introduction; Approaches to the Sociology of Literature;
The Analysis of Communicative Functions; The Evolution of Science
Fiction as a Publishing Category; The Expectations of the Science
Fiction Reader; Themes and Trends in Science Fiction; and
Conclusion: The Communicative Functions of Science Fiction.
Complete with Notes and References, Bibliography, and Index.
THE EARTH IS DYING!
In the far future Earth is dying. Society has reverted to a more
primitive life, much like the Middle Ages. Two men, Matthew and his
brother John, who calls himself "Firefly," set out to find the time
traveller, the one person who can give purpose to their existence,
the one individual who can still access past technology. The
Firefly, he who lights his own way, seeks the age of Man's
greatness, the time when the human race once owned the stars, when
great cities stood in places that have now become rust-bowls.
A poignant, thoughtful, provocative, and ultimately
unforgettable vision of "The Dying Earth" from a master
storyteller.
BRIAN STABLEFORD has written and edited over fifty books of
science fiction, horror, fantasy, literary criticism, and
reference, among others, many of them being published by Wildside
Press. He lives and works in Reading, England.
This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and
fantasy literature features the following pieces: "Setting Ideas in
Space, Time, and Infinity," "The Necessity of Science Fiction,"
"The British and American Traditions of Speculative Fiction," "The
Biology and Sociology of Alien Worlds," "Cosmic Perspectives in
Nineteenth-Century Literature," "An Introduction to Alternate
Worlds," "Adolf Hilter: His Part in Our Struggle: (A Brief Economic
History of British SF Magazines)," "The Battle of Dorking and Its
Aftermath," "The Science in Science Fiction," "The Siren Song of
Sexuality: The Mythology of Femmes Fatales," "What We Know About
Vampires," "A Brief History of Vampires," and "A Brief History of
Werewolves." Brian Stableford is the bestselling writer of 50 books
and hundreds of essays, including science fiction, fantasy,
literary criticism, and popular nonfiction. He lives and works in
Reading, England.
This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and
fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: "Slaves
of the Death Spiders: Colin Wilson and Existential Science
Fiction," "Is There No Balm in Gilead? The Woeful Prophecies of
Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale," "A Few More Crocodile
Tears?" "The Adventures of Lord Horror Across the Media Landscape,"
"Filling in the Middle: Robert Silverberg's The Queen of
Springtime," "Rice's Relapse: Memnoch the Devil," "Field of Broken
Dreams: Michael Bishop's Brittle Innings," "The Magic of the
Movies," "H. G. Wells and the Discovery of the Future," "The Many
Returns of Dracula," "Tarzan's Divided Self," "Sympathy for the
Devil: Jacques Cazotte's The Devil in Love," "The Two Thousand Year
Odyssey: George Viereck's Erotic Odyssey," and "The Profession of
Science Fiction" (an autobiography).
Brian Stableford is the bestselling writer of 50 books and
hundreds of essays, including science fiction, fantasy, literary
criticism, and popular nonfiction. He lives and works in Reading,
England.
ISBN 0-8095-0910-5 (cloth) ISBN 0-8095-1910-0 (paper)
A study of the decadent literary movements in England and France,
focusing upon such poets and authors as Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde.
This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and
fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: "The
Last Chocolate Bar and the Majesty of Truth: Reflections on the
Concept of 'Hardness' in Science Fiction," "How Should a Science
Fiction Story End?," "The Third Generation of Genre Science
Fiction," "Deus ex Machina; or, How to Achieve a Perfect
Science-Fictional Climax," "Biotechnology and Utopia," "Far
Futures," "How Should a Science Fiction Story Begin?," and "The
Discovery of Secondary Worlds: Notes on the Aesthetics and
Methodology of Heterocosmic Creativity." Brian Stableford is the
bestselling writer of 50 books and hundreds of essays, including
science fiction, fantasy, literary criticism, and popular
nonfiction. He lives and works in Reading, England.
A study of the popluar fiction of the past.
This collection of critical essays explores the philosophy, theory,
and history of science fiction and fantasy, from its earliest
beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century through more recent times.
Science Fiction literature, also known as sci fi and sf, is one of
the more recent genres, and also one of the more popular. It only
truly emerged during the 20th century, and has not stopped growing
in terms of authors, titles and readers. It has also evolved into a
variety of subgenres, ranging from hard sf to soft sf, from Utopias
to dystopias, with more than a smattering of horror, detective, war
and feminist titles. Stableford covers all these aspects and more,
taking a close look at what has become a booming industry, with its
specialized writers, publishers, and fan magazines. The compendium
includes not only sf from the United States and United Kingdom, but
also France, Russia, and many others. While the chronology charts
the genre's dazzling growth, and the dictionary section looks at
writers, books, themes, and other specifics, the introduction
provides exceptional insight into what Science Fiction Literature
is all about.
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.
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
andcounterflow 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.
Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous
literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his
adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of
human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and
punish every crime.
For nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. P. Lovecraft have
haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of
cosmic chaos and undying evil. But what would happen if Conan
Doyle's peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves
faced with mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp
of logic, but of sanity itself.
In this collection of all-new, all-original tales, twenty of
today's most cutting edge writers provide their answers to that
burning question.
"A Study in Emerald" by Neil Gaiman: A gruesome murder exposes a
plot against the Crown, a seditious conspiracy so cunningly wrought
that only one man in all London could have planned it-and only one
man can hope to stop it.
"A Case of Royal Blood" by Steven-Elliot Altman: Sherlock Holmes
and H. G. Wells join forces to protect a princess stalked by a
ghost-or perhaps something far worse than a ghost.
"Art in the Blood" by Brian Stableford: One man's horrific
affliction leads Sherlock Holmes to an ancient curse that threatens
to awaken the crawling chaos slumbering in the blood of all
humankind.
"The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone" by Poppy Z. Brite and David
Ferguson: A girl who has not eaten in more than three years teaches
Holmes and Watson that sometimes the impossible "cannot" be
eliminated.
"The Horror of the Many Faces" by Tim Lebbon: Dr. Watson witnesses
a maniacal murder in London-and recognizes the villain as none
other than his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
"With these and fourteen other dark tales of madness, horror, and
deduction, a new and terrible game is afoot.
"
The terrifyingly surreal universe of horror master H. P. Lovecraft
bleeds into the logical world of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle's champion of rational deduction-in these brand-new stories
by twenty of today's top horror, mystery, fantasy, and science
fiction writers, including:
- Steven-Elliot Altman
- Elizabeth Bear
- Poppy Z. Brite
- Simon Clark
- David Ferguson
- Paul Finch
- Neil Gaiman
- Barbara Hambly
- Caitlin R. Kiernan
- Tim Lebbon
- James Lowder
- Richard A. Lupoff
- F. Gwynplaine McIntyre
- John Pelan
- Steve Perry
- Michael Reaves
- Brian Stableford
- John P. Vourlis
- David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber
"From the Hardcover edition."
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Hauntings (Paperback)
Edouard Dujardin; Translated by Brian Stableford
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