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The body is a physical entity and a symbolic artifact. It is both
created in the world of nature and also physically reconstructed by
a culture. The body is both an internal, subjective environment and
simultaneously an object for others to observe and evaluate. Bodily
practices, woven within a dense web of social relationships, are
then both individual and collective- the individual body expresses
cultural values, rules, and regulations in the daily routine of
living. The American Body in Context: An Anthology is an
interdisciplinary investigation of these body relationships,
examining the American historical and contemporary constructions of
the body. Through readings and exercises, this new book allows
readers to explore interrelationships between the individualized
and the constructed nature of embodied experiences. This
comprehensive text draws together a wide variety of analyses and
demonstrates the interdependence between the individual and the
structural (re)productions of embodied experiences in the U.S. This
is an excellent text for courses in American studies, American
society, cultural and social anthropology, and gender studies.
The final work from the brightest star in science fiction's galaxy.
Arthur C Clarke, who predicted the advent of communication
satellites and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey completes a lifetime
career in science fiction with a masterwork. 30 light years away, a
race known simply as the One Point Fives are plotting a dangerous
invasion plan, one that will wipe humankind off the face of the
Earth... Meanwhile, in Sri Lanka, a young astronomy student, Ranjit
Subramanian, becomes obsessed with a three-hundred-year-old theorem
that promises to unlock the secrets of the universe. While Ranjit
studies the problem, tensions grow between the nations of the world
and a UN taskforce headed up by China, America and Russia
code-named Silent Thunder begins bombing volatile regimes into
submission. On the eve of the invasion of Earth a space elevator is
completed, helped in part by Ranjit, which will herald a new type
of Olympics to be held on the Moon. But when alien forces arrive
Ranjit is forced to question his own actions, in a bid to save the
lives of not just his own family but of all of humankind.
Co-written with fellow grand master Frederik Pohl, The Last Theorem
not only provides a fitting end to the career one of the most
famous names in science fiction but also sets a new benchmark in
contemporary prescient science fiction. It tackles with ease epic
themes as diverse as third world poverty, the atrocities of modern
warfare in a post-nuclear age, space elevators, pure mathematics
and mankind's first contact with extra-terrestrials.
Wealth ... or death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans
had discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working
interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee.
Their destinations are preprogrammed. They are easy to operate, but
impossible to control. Some came back with discoveries which made
their intrepid pilots rich; others returned with their remains
barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette,
but in this resource-starved future there was no shortage of
desperate volunteers. Winner of the Hugo, Locus, Nebula and John W.
Campbell awards, Gateway begins Pohl's space operatic Heechee saga.
He was hugely influential in SF as an author but also an agent and
editor, and his career spanned decades. 'A masterpiece of the
genre' - Tordotcom 'Gateway deserves its reputation as a classic' -
Gareth L. Powell 'One of the best Hugo winners I have read' -
Guardian Welcome to The Best Of The Masterworks: a selection of the
finest in science fiction
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Gateway (Paperback)
Frederik Pohl
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One of the very best must-read SF novels of all time Wealth ... or
death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans had
discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar
ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee. Their
destinations are preprogrammed. They are easy to operate, but
impossible to control. Some came back with discoveries which made
their intrepid pilots rich; others returned with their remains
barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette,
but in this resource-starved future there was no shortage of
desperate volunteers.
Armchair Fiction presents extra large editions of classic science
fiction double novels. The first novel "Danger Moon" is another
engaging and highly entertaining tale from a master of science
fiction, the late, great Frederik Pohl. Steve Templin had worked as
a professional trouble-shooter for years, but now he wanted
something different in his life. It wasn't going to be easy,
though, and it certainly wasn't going to be cheap. And when Ellen
Bishop, owner of Terralune Projects, asked for his help, he
agreed... for a price. Something strange was happening to her
father's Lunar mining firm and she needed someone like Templin to
get to the bottom of it. As he weighed into the situation, he
discovered a web of sabotage, greed, and murder-and soon after, the
remains of an ancient alien race. The second novel is "The Hidden
Universe" by the man who gave us "The Radio Planet," Ralph Milne
Farley. Bob Cathcart was happy when his brother, Johnny, had landed
a job with the gigantic Frain Corporation. Johnny had signed on and
was shipped off to one of Malcolm Frain's secret industrial
colonies. But that had been six months earlier, and that was the
last time Bob Cathcart had seen or heard from his brother. So with
his career as a chemical researcher going nowhere, Bob decided to
take a job as a truck driver for the Frain Corporation, partially
in hope of finding out what had happened to his missing brother.
Like his brother before him, he was also shipped out to one of
Malcolm Frain's secret colonies. But after his arrival, it didn't
take Bob Cathcart long to discover that the colony he had come to
was like no place he had ever seen. In fact, he soon came to the
grim realization that this colony might not even be located on
Earth
Two of science fiction's most renowned writers join forces for a
storytelling sensation. The historic collaboration between Frederik
Pohl and his fellow founding father of the genre, Arthur C. Clarke,
is both a momentous literary event and a fittingly grand farewell
from the late, great visionary author of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
The Last Theorem" "is a story of one man's mathematical obsession,
and a celebration of the human spirit and the scientific method. It
is also a gripping intellectual thriller in which humanity, facing
extermination from all-but-omnipotent aliens, the Grand Galactics,
must overcome differences of politics and religion and come
together . . . or perish.
In 1637, the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat scrawled a note
in the margin of a book about an enigmatic theorem: "I have
discovered a truly marvelous proof of this proposition which this
margin is too narrow to contain." He also neglected to record his
proof elsewhere. Thus began a search for the Holy Grail of
mathematics-a search that didn't end until 1994, when Andrew Wiles
published a 150-page proof. But the proof was burdensome, overlong,
and utilized mathematical techniques undreamed of in Fermat's time,
and so it left many critics unsatisfied-including young Ranjit
Subramanian, a Sri Lankan with a special gift for mathematics and a
passion for the famous "Last Theorem."
When Ranjit writes a three-page proof of the theorem that relies
exclusively on knowledge available to Fermat, his achievement is
hailed as a work of genius, bringing him fame and fortune. But it
also brings him to the attention of the National Security Agency
and a shadowy United Nations outfit called Pax per Fidem, or Peace
Through Transparency, whose secretive workings belie its name.
Suddenly Ranjit-together with his wife, Myra de Soyza, an expert in
artificial intelligence, and their burgeoning family-finds himself
swept up in world-shaking events, his genius for abstract
mathematical thought put to uses that are both concrete and
potentially deadly.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to anyone on Earth, an alien fleet is
approaching the planet at a significant percentage of the speed of
light. Their mission: to exterminate the dangerous species of
primates known as homo sapiens.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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Jem (Paperback)
Frederik Pohl
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A cynical and compelling tale of politics, exploitation and
colonisation on another planet The discovery of another habitable
world might spell salvation to the three bitterly competing power
blocs of the resource-starved 21st century; but when their
representatives arrive on Jem, with its multiple intelligent
species, they discover instead the perfect situation into which to
export their rivalries. Subtitled, with savage irony, 'The Making
of a Utopia', JEM is one of Frederik Pohl's most powerful novels.
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Time Voyage - Boxed Set - The Time Machine, Flight from Tomorrow, Anthem, Key Out of Time, the Time Traders, Pursuit... (Paperback)
Mark Twain, Ayn Rand, Andre Norton, H.Beam Piper, Lester Del Rey, …
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