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Discovering Dune - Essays on Frank Herbert's Epic Saga (Paperback): Dominic J. Nardi, N. Trevor Brierly Discovering Dune - Essays on Frank Herbert's Epic Saga (Paperback)
Dominic J. Nardi, N. Trevor Brierly; Donald E. Palumbo
R1,483 R1,095 Discovery Miles 10 950 Save R388 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Frank Herbert's Dune is one of the most well-known science fiction novels of all time, and it is often revered alongside time-honored classics like The Lord of the Rings. Unlike Tolkien's work, the Dune series has received remarkably little academic attention. This collection includes fourteen new essays from various academic disciplines-including philosophy, political science, disability studies, Islamic theology, environmental studies, and Byzantine history-that examine all six of Herbert's Dune books. As a compendium, it asserts that a multidisciplinary approach to the texts can lead to fresh discoveries. Also included in this collection are an introduction by Tim O'Reilly, who authored one of the first critical appraisals of Herbert's writings in 1981, and a comprehensive bibliography of essential primary and secondary sources.

Magic Words, Magic Worlds - Form and Style in Epic Fantasy (Paperback): Matthew Oliver, Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan Magic Words, Magic Worlds - Form and Style in Epic Fantasy (Paperback)
Matthew Oliver, Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan
R1,192 R887 Discovery Miles 8 870 Save R305 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

While all fiction uses words to construct models of the world for readers, nowhere is this more obvious than in fantasy fiction. Epic fantasy novels create elaborate secondary worlds entirely out of language, yet the writing style used to construct those worlds has rarely been studied in depth. This book builds the foundations for a study of style in epic fantasy. Close readings of selected novels by such writers as Steven Erikson, Ursula Le Guin, N. K. Jemisin and Brandon Sanderson offer insights into the significant implications of fantasy's use of syntax, perspective, paratexts, frame narratives and more. Re-examining critical assumptions about the reading experience of epic fantasy, this work explores the genre's reputation for flowery, archaic language and its ability to create a sense of wonder. Ultimately, it argues that epic fantasy shapes the way people think, examining how literary representation and style influence perception.

English Magic and Imperial Madness - The Anti-Colonial Politics of Susanna Clarke's  Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell... English Magic and Imperial Madness - The Anti-Colonial Politics of Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Paperback)
Peter D. Mathews; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo
R1,190 R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Save R305 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Regency England was a pivotal time, remembered for its political uncertainty with a changing monarchy, the Napoleonic Wars, and a population explosion in London. In Susanna Clarke's fantasy novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, the era is also witness to the unexpected return of magic. Locating the consequences of this eruption of magical unreason within the context of England's imperial history, this study examines Merlin and his legacy, the roles of magicians throughout history, the mythology of disenchantment, the racism at work in the character of Stephen Black, the meaning behind the fantasy of magic's return, and the Englishness of English magic itself. Looking at the larger historical context of magic and its links to colonialism, this inaugural treatment offers both a fuller understanding of the ethical visions underlying Clarke's groundbreaking novel of madness intertwined with magic, while challenging readers to rethink connections among national identity, rationality, and power.

In Frankenstein's Wake - Mary Shelley, Morality and Science Fiction (Paperback): Alison Bedford In Frankenstein's Wake - Mary Shelley, Morality and Science Fiction (Paperback)
Alison Bedford; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R1,610 R1,194 Discovery Miles 11 940 Save R416 (26%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Just over two hundred years ago on a stormy night, a young woman conceived of what would become one of the most iconic images of science gone wrong, the story of Victor Frankenstein and his Creature. For a long period, Mary Shelley languished in the shadow of her luminary husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley, but was rescued from obscurity by the feminist scholars of the 1970s and 1980s. This book offers a new perspective on Shelley and on science fiction, arguing that Shelley both established a new discursive space for moral thinking and laid the groundwork for the genre of science fiction. Adopting a contextual biographical approach to understand the factors that enabled Shelley to create Frankenstein, and undertaking a close reading of the 1818 and 1831 editions of the text, gives readers insight into how this famous story synthesizes many of the concerns about new science that were prevalent in Shelley's time. Using Michel Foucault's concept of discourse, this work argues that Shelley should be credited with not only the foundation of a genre but recognized as a figure who created a new cultural space for readers to explore their fears and negotiate the moral landscape of new science.

The Fortean Influence on Science Fiction - Charles Fort and the Evolution of the Genre (Paperback): Tanner F. Boyle The Fortean Influence on Science Fiction - Charles Fort and the Evolution of the Genre (Paperback)
Tanner F. Boyle; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R1,329 R970 Discovery Miles 9 700 Save R359 (27%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Charles Fort was an American researcher from the early twentieth century who cataloged reports of unexplained phenomena he found in newspapers and science journals. A minor bestseller with a cult appeal, Fort's work was posthumously republished in the pulp science fiction magazine Astounding Stories in 1934. His idiosyncratic books fascinated, scared, and entertained readers, many of them authors and editors of science fiction. Fort's work prophesied the paranormal mainstays of SF literature to come: UFOs, poltergeists, strange disappearances, cryptids, ancient mysteries, unexplained natural phenomena, and everything in between. Science fiction authors latched on to Fort's topics and hypotheses as perfect fodder for SF stories. Writers like Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft, and others are examined in this exploration of Fortean science fiction-a genre that borrows from the reports and ideas of Fort and others who saw the possible science-fictional nature of our reality.

Caitlin R. Kiernan - A Critical Study of Her Dark Fiction (Paperback): James Goho Caitlin R. Kiernan - A Critical Study of Her Dark Fiction (Paperback)
James Goho; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R915 R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Save R221 (24%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Caitlin R. Kiernan is at the forefront of contemporary gothic, weird and science fiction literature. She has written more than a dozen novels, over 250 short stories, many chapbooks, along with a large number of graphic works. For these Kiernan has won numerous awards. This first full-length look at Kiernan's body of work explores her fictional universe through critical literary lenses to show the depth of her contributions to modern genre literature. A prolific and creative writer, Kiernan's fictions bring to life our fears about the other, the unknown, and the future through stories that range widely across time and space. A sense of dark terror pervades her novels and stories. Yet Kiernan's fictional universe is not disengaged from reality. That is because she works within the long tradition of gothic fiction speaking to the gravest ethical, social and cultural issues. In her dark fiction, Kiernan illustrates the terror of the tyranny of the normal, the oppression of marginalized people, and the pervasive violence of our time. Her dystopian sf propels today's dangerous economic, social, political and environmental tendencies into the future. Kiernan's fiction portrays troubling truths about the current human condition.

Saving the World Through Science Fiction - James Gunn, Writer, Teacher and Scholar (Paperback): Michael R. Page Saving the World Through Science Fiction - James Gunn, Writer, Teacher and Scholar (Paperback)
Michael R. Page; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R1,189 R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Save R487 (41%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

One of the major figures in science fiction for over sixty years, James Gunn has been instrumental in the development of science fiction teaching and in making science fiction one of the most vibrant and engaging areas of scholarly study. His genre history Alternate Worlds and his monumental The Road to Science Fiction anthologies introduced countless readers to the genre. While a professor of English at the University of Kansas, Gunn founded the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction in 1982. But Gunn has also been one of the genre's leading writers, whose classic novels Star Bridge (with Jack Williamson), The Joy Makers, The Immortals, and The Listeners, helped shape the field. Now in his nineties, Gunn remains a major voice in science fiction. His latest novel, Transformation (the conclusion of the Transcendental trilogy), will be published in 2017. Michael Page's study is the first to examine the life, career, and writing of this science fiction grandmaster. Drawing on materials from Gunn's archives and from personal interviews with Gunn and providing detailed analysis and commentary on Gunn's fiction, in The Science Fiction, Scholarship, and Teaching of James Gunn Page provides a much-needed exploration of one of science fiction's important figures.

The Last Midnight - Essays on Apocalyptic Narratives in Millennial Media (Paperback): Leisa A. Clark, Amanda Firestone, Mary F.... The Last Midnight - Essays on Apocalyptic Narratives in Millennial Media (Paperback)
Leisa A. Clark, Amanda Firestone, Mary F. Pharr, Donald E. Palumbo, Sullivan, Sullivan, Iii
R1,057 R896 Discovery Miles 8 960 Save R161 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Do you find yourself contemplating the imminent end of the world? Do you wonder how society might reorganize itself to cope with global cataclysm? Have you begun hoarding canned goods and ammunition against possible alien invasion? Visions of the apocalypse and its aftermath began to dominate mass media well before the turn of the millennium. Yet narratives since the year 2000 present decidedly different spins on cultural anxieties, founded in real-world experiences of terrorism, disease, environmental collapse, worldwide conflict and millennial technologies. Many of these concerns have been made metaphorical: zombie hordes embody fear of out-of-control appetites and encroaching disorder. Other fears, like the prospect of human technology turning on its creators, seem more based in reality. This collection of new essays explores apocalyptic themes and narratives in a variety of post-millennial media, including film, television, video games, webisodes and smartphone apps.

An Asimov Companion - Characters, Places and Terms in the Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries (Paperback): Donald E. Palumbo An Asimov Companion - Characters, Places and Terms in the Robot/Empire/Foundation Metaseries (Paperback)
Donald E. Palumbo; Edited by C.W. Sullivan III
R988 R693 Discovery Miles 6 930 Save R295 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A prolific author, Isaac Asimov is most admired for his science fiction, including his collection of short stories I, Robot and his Robot, Empire and Foundation series novels. While each of these narratives takes place in a different fictional universe, Asimov asserted at the end of his career that he had, with his last Robot and Foundation novels, unified them into one coherent metaseries. The Encyclopedia Galactica, a compendium of all human knowledge, is prominent in the Foundation series as a key plot element but is also widely cited in the text itself. Palumbo and Sullivan's major new reference work book contains 1,000 selected excerpts from the Encyclopedia, identifying and describing all of the characters, locales, artifacts, concepts and institutions in Asimov's metaseries. The authors argue that Asimov successfully integrates the three series through the retroactive use of chaos theory, the underlying principle behind both psychohistory and Three Laws of Robotics-respectively the crucial concepts in the Foundation and Robot stories.

Michael Moorcock - Fiction, Fantasy and the World's Pain (Paperback): Mark Scroggins Michael Moorcock - Fiction, Fantasy and the World's Pain (Paperback)
Mark Scroggins; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R990 R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Save R296 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Prolific, popular and critically acclaimed, Michael Moorcock is the most important British fantasy author of his generation. His Elric of Melnibone is an iconic figure for millions of fans but Moorcock has also been a pioneer in science fiction and historical fiction. He was hailed as the central figure of the ""New Wave"" in science fiction, and has won numerous awards for his fantasy and science fiction, as well as his ""mainstream"" writing. This first full-length critical look at Moorcock's career, from the early 1960s to the present, explores the author's fictional multiverse: his fantasy tales of the ""Eternal Champion""; his experimental Jerry Cornelius novels; his hilarious science-fiction satire of his ""End of Time"" books; and his complex meditations on 20th-century history of Mother London and the Colonel Pyat tetralogy.

Star Wars in the Public Square - The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue (Paperback): Derek R Sweet Star Wars in the Public Square - The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue (Paperback)
Derek R Sweet; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R990 R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Save R296 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Speculative science fiction, with its underlying socio-political dialogue, represents an important intersection of popular culture and public discourse. As a pop culture text, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars offers critical commentary on contemporary issues, marking a moment of interplay whereby author and audience come together in what Russian philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin called collaborative meaning making. This book critically examines the series as a voice in the political dialogs concerning human cloning, torture, just war theory, peace and drone warfare.

Environments in Science Fiction - Essays on Alternative Spaces (Paperback): Susan M. Bernardo, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan... Environments in Science Fiction - Essays on Alternative Spaces (Paperback)
Susan M. Bernardo, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R1,152 R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Save R458 (40%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The all-new essays in this book respond to the question, How do spaces in science fiction, both built and unbuilt, help shape the relationships among humans, other animals and their shared environments? Spaces, as well as a sense of place or belonging, play major roles in many science fiction works. This book focuses especially on science fiction that includes depictions of the future that include, but move beyond, dystopias and offer us ways to imagine reinventing ourselves and our perspectives; especially our links to and views of new environments. There are ecocritical texts that deal with space/place and science fiction criticism that deals with dystopias but there is no other collection that focuses on the intersection of the two. The essays in this volume treat Shelley's Frankenstein, Capek's War with the Newts, William Morris's News from Nowhere, Le Guin's The Word for World Is Forest, Delany's Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand, Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Marge Piercy's He, She, It, Neal Stephenson's Anathem, Amitav Ghosh's Calcutta Chromosome and Cormac McCarthy's The Road.

The Heritage of Heinlein - A Critical Reading of the Fiction (Paperback): Thomas D. Clareson, Joe Sanders The Heritage of Heinlein - A Critical Reading of the Fiction (Paperback)
Thomas D. Clareson, Joe Sanders; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R1,191 R786 Discovery Miles 7 860 Save R405 (34%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Many believe that Robert A. Heinlein was the most important American science fiction writer of the 20th century. This is the first detailed critical examination of his entire career. It is not a biography that is being done in a two-volume work by William Patterson. Instead, this book looks at each piece of fiction (and a few pieces of sf-related nonfiction) that Heinlein wrote, chronologically by publication, in order to consider what each contributes to his overall accomplishment. The aim is to be fair, to look clearly at the strengths and weaknesses of the writings that have inspired generations of readers and writers.

The Worlds of Farscape - Essays on the Groundbreaking Television Series (Paperback): Sherry Ginn, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W.... The Worlds of Farscape - Essays on the Groundbreaking Television Series (Paperback)
Sherry Ginn, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R992 R697 Discovery Miles 6 970 Save R295 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reversing a common science fiction cliche, Farscape follows the adventures of the human astronaut John Crichton after he is shot through a wormhole into another part of the universe. Here Crichton is the only human being, going from being a member of the most intelligent species on our planet to being frequently considered mentally deficient by the beings he encounters in his new environment. Crichton befriends a group of beings from various species attempting to escape from imprisonment aboard a living spaceship. The series, which broke many of the so-called ""rules"" of science fiction, follows Crichton's attempts to survive in worlds that are often hostile to him and his friends. Their adventures centre on each being's attempt to find a way home. The essays in this volume explore themes running throughout the series, such as good and evil, love and sex, and what it means to be a hero, as well as the various characters populating the series, including the villains and even the ship itself.

Lois McMaster Bujold - Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Paperback, New): Janet Brennan Croft Lois McMaster Bujold - Essays on a Modern Master of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Paperback, New)
Janet Brennan Croft; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R991 R695 Discovery Miles 6 950 Save R296 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Lois McMaster Bujold has won a shelf full of awards--Hugos, Nebulas, and others--for both her science fiction and fantasy writing. She is one of the most respected names in the field, always delivering polished, thoughtful, and well-crafted writing. She consistently addresses great issues and problems on a human level, where they are faced by quirky, prickly, and very real characters, and her exploration of the theory of reader-response is an important critical contribution. Yet there has been a surprising dearth of serious critical writing about her output--in part because she resists neat and easy classification by genre, politics, or subject matter. This collection of fresh essays aims to correct that situation by presenting a variety of critical perspectives addressing many aspects of her writing. Attention is given to both her Miles Vorkosigan science fiction series and her Chalion and Sharing Knife fantasy series, as well as the books that fall outside these series.

The Sex Is Out of This World - Essays on the Carnal Side of Science Fiction (Paperback): Sherry Ginn, Michael G. Cornelius,... The Sex Is Out of This World - Essays on the Carnal Side of Science Fiction (Paperback)
Sherry Ginn, Michael G. Cornelius, Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R996 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R296 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a collection of new essays, with the general objective of filling a gap in the literature about sex and science fiction. Although some work has been published, none of it is recent. The essays herein explore the myriad ways in which authors writing in the genre, regardless of format (e.g., print, film, television, etc.), envision very different beings expressing this most fundamental of human behaviors. ""Science fiction"" can be translated into ""real unreality."" More than a genre like fantasy, which creates entirely new realms of possibility, science fiction constructs its possibilities from what is real, from what is, indeed, possible, or conceivably so. This collection, then, looks to understand and explore the ""unreal reality,"" to note ways in which our culture's continually changing and evolving mores of sex and sexuality are reflected in, dissected by, and deconstructed through the genre of science fiction.

Cult Telefantasy Series - A Critical Analysis of The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, Heroes,... Cult Telefantasy Series - A Critical Analysis of The Prisoner, Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Lost, Heroes, Doctor Who and Star Trek (Paperback, New)
Sue Short; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C.W. Sullivan III
R995 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R295 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From Doctor Who in the 1960s, to the more recent Heroes and Lost a select group of television series with strong elements of fantasy has achieved cult status. Focusing on eight such series, this work analyzes what makes these programs unique, and what they have in common. Examination of the interaction between the series' creators, studios and fans provides further insight into the series' lasting impact. Included are assessments of the strategies used to promote the series' appeal; an explanation of "transmedia" storytelling and its influence on the television fantasy genre; evaluations of how viewers have shaped cult texts and how greater audience acceptance encouraged creators to develop challengingly complex long-form dramas; and descriptions of changes within broadcasting that have enabled "telefantasy" to transcend niche status and enjoy prominence and popularity.

Heinlein's Juvenile Novels - A Cultural Dictionary (Paperback): C. W., III Sullivan Heinlein's Juvenile Novels - A Cultural Dictionary (Paperback)
C. W., III Sullivan; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo
R988 R693 Discovery Miles 6 930 Save R295 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Robert A. Heinlein was one of the most revered science fiction writers in America during the twentieth century. He published his early, juvenile science fiction novels between 1947 and 1958, just as America was emerging from World War II and entering the space age. This comprehensive work explores Heinlein's juvenile novels, providing pertinent definitions and explanations to aid the reader. Of particular interest is the way in which Heinlein used science fiction to parallel the exploration of outer space with the settlement of the North American continent. Both Rocket Ship Galileo and Have Spacesuit--Will Travel are discussed. Appendices provide a precis of the plot of each book, and speculate on some of the names and terms for which no specific reference could be found.

Kim Stanley Robinson Maps the Unimaginable - Critical Essays (Paperback): William J. Burling Kim Stanley Robinson Maps the Unimaginable - Critical Essays (Paperback)
William J. Burling; Series edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan
R1,011 R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Save R295 (29%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

While Kim Stanley Robinson is perhaps best known for his hard science fiction works ""Red Mars"", ""Green Mars"" and ""Blue Mars"", the epic trilogy exploring ecological and sociological themes involved in human settlement of the Red Planet, his contributions to utopian and science fiction are diverse and numerous. Along with aspects of sociology and ecology in the Mars trilogy and other topics, these essays examine Robinson's use of alternate history and politics, both in his many novels and in his short stories. While Robinson has long been a subject of literary criticism, this collection, which includes five new essays and is drawn from writers on four continents, broadens the interpretive debate surrounding Robinson's science fiction and argues for consideration of the author as an intellectual figure of the first rank.

The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science - Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination (Paperback,... The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science - Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination (Paperback, New)
Frank McConnell, Gary Westfahl; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan
R1,052 R696 Discovery Miles 6 960 Save R356 (34%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As a member of the Pulitzer Prize jury, the late Frank McConnell helped science fiction gain standing as serious literature, evolving his presentation of the field over the course of his career. The 16 essays reveal that evolution as presented in papers at the prestigious Eaton Conferences. At first emphasizing that science fiction is primarily one of many forms of storytelling, McConnell gradually recognized science fiction as a modern expression of Gnosticism, rejecting bodily concerns for an exclusive emphasis on spirituality. McConnell's essays cover such topics as H.G. Wells, science fiction in academia, and the role of genre in storytelling. A foreword by award-winning fantasy author Neil Gaiman and tributes by noted writers such as Gregory Benford, Harold Bloom, Howard V. Hendrix, and George Slusser are also included.

One Earth, One People - The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle and Orson... One Earth, One People - The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle and Orson Scott Card (Paperback)
Marek Oziewicz; Series edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan
R908 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R208 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work presents the genre of mythopoeic fantasy from a holistic perspective, arguing that this subgenre of fantasy literature is largely misunderstood as a result of decades of incomplete and reductionist literary studies. The author asserts that mythopoeic fantasy is not only the most complete literary expression of a worldview based on the existence of supernatural or spiritual powers but that the genre is in a unique position to transform social consciousness with a renewed emphasis on anticipating the future. The author lays out theoretical foundations for his argument in the first four chapters and then demonstrates how the works of fantasy authors Ursula K. LeGuin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L'Engle, and Orson Scott Card exemplify his argument in the remaining four chapters.

The Influence of ""Star Trek"" on Television, Film and Culture (Paperback): Lincoln Geraghty The Influence of ""Star Trek"" on Television, Film and Culture (Paperback)
Lincoln Geraghty; Series edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan
R995 R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Save R296 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When the first season of ""Star Trek"" opened to American television viewers in 1966, the thematically insightful sci-fi story line presented audiences with the exciting vision of a bold voyage into the final frontiers of space and strange, new galactic worlds. Perpetuating this enchanting vision, the story has become one of the longest running and most multifaceted franchises in television history. Moreover, it has presented an inspiring message for the future, addressing everything from social, political, philosophical, and ethical issues to progressive and humanist representations of race, gender, and class. This book contends that ""Star Trek"" is not just a set of television series, but has become a pervasive part of the identity of the millions of people who watch, read and consume the films, television episodes, network specials, novelizations, and fan stories. Examining ""Star Trek"" from various critical angles, the essays in this collection provide vital new insights into the myriad ways that the franchise has affected the culture it represents, the people who watch the series, and the industry that created it.

Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction (Paperback): Gary Westfahl Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction (Paperback)
Gary Westfahl; Edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan
R998 R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Save R296 (30%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An examination of science fiction editor and author Hugo Gernsback's career, this work explores the many ways in which his work influenced the genre. The book summarizes the science fiction theories of Gernsback and his successors, considers his efforts to define science fiction both verbally and visually, and for the first time offers detailed studies of his rarest periodicals, including ""Technocracy Review"", ""Superworld Comics"", and ""Science-Fiction Plus"". An analysis of his ground-breaking novel, ""Ralph 124C 41+: A Romance of the Year 2660"", and its influences on a variety of science fiction novels, films and television programs is also offered.

Tolkien and Shakespeare - Essays on Shared Themes and Language (Paperback): Janet Brennan Croft Tolkien and Shakespeare - Essays on Shared Themes and Language (Paperback)
Janet Brennan Croft; Series edited by Donald E. Palumbo, C. W. Sullivan
R1,003 R791 Discovery Miles 7 910 Save R212 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tolkien and Shakespeare: one a prolific popular dramatist and poet of the Elizabethan era, the other a twentieth-century scholar of Old English and author of a considerably smaller body of work. Though unquestionably very different writers, the two have more in common than one might expect. These essays focus on the broad themes and motifs, which concerned both authors. They seek to uncover Shakespeare's influence on Tolkien through echoes of the playwright's themes and even word choices, discovering how Tolkien used, revised, updated, ""corrected,"" and otherwise held an ongoing dialogue with Shakespeare's works. The depiction of Elves and the world of Faerie, and how humans interact with them, are some of the most obvious points of comparison and difference for the two writers. Both Tolkien and Shakespeare deeply explored the uses and abuses of power with princes, politics, war, and the lessons of history. Magic and prophecy were also of great concern to both authors, and the works of both are full of encounters with the other: masks and disguises, mirrors that hide and reveal, or seeing stones that show only part of the truth.

Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future - Essays on Foresight and Fallacy (Paperback): Gary Westfahl, Wong Kin Yuen,... Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future - Essays on Foresight and Fallacy (Paperback)
Gary Westfahl, Wong Kin Yuen, Amy Kit Sze Chan, Donald E. Palumbo
R1,024 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R324 (32%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Science fiction has always intrigued readers with depictions of an unforeseen future. Can the genre actually provide audiences with a glance into the world of tomorrow? This collection of fifteen international and interdisciplinary essays examines the genre's predictions and breaks new ground by considering the prophetic functions of science fiction films, as well as science fiction literature. Among the texts and topics examined are classic stories by Murray Leinster, C. L. Moore, and Cordwainer Smith; 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequels, Japanese anime and Hong Kong cinema; and electronic fiction.

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