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Aspire is an exciting new three level upper secondary course packed
full of National Geographic content including images and video.
With Aspire students will:
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Aspire is an exciting new three level upper secondary course packed
full of National Geographic content including images and video.
With Aspire students will:
Aspire is an exciting new three level upper secondary course packed
full of National Geographic content including images and video.
With Aspire students will:
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Robert Crossley provides a comprehensive examination of Wells's
best-known SF and fantasy works-and their impact on later writers
and thinkers. Complete with Chronology, Primary and Secondary
Bibliographies, and Index.
Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950), philosopher, novelist, educator, and
social activist had an imagination unlike that of any other figure
in modernist literature. Along with H.G. Wells he is remembered as
one of the most original and influential pioneers of
twentieth-century science fiction. This first broadly inclusive
anthology of Stapledon’s work offers a generous sampling of his
fictional gems, including sections of his best known novels, Last
and First Men, Odd Men, and Star Maker, and the complete text of
two novellas, now back in print for the first time in fifty years,
The Flames and Old Man in New World, as well as a selection of
other writings, some previously unpublished, including essays,
poems, and letters. These writings reveal the prophetic vision and
utopian convictions that run through Stapledon’s work, and
provide the broad context readers need to grasp the scope of his
vision and to appreciate his great epic works, which are classics
of science fiction.
For centuries, the planet Mars has captivated astronomers and
inspired writers of all genres. Whether imagined as the symbol of
the bloody god of war, the cradle of an alien species, or a
possible new home for human civilization, our closest planetary
neighbor has played a central role in how we think about ourselves
in the universe. From Galileo to Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert
Crossley traces the history of our fascination with the red planet
as it has evolved in literature both fictional and scientific.
Crossley focuses specifically on the interplay between scientific
discovery and literary invention, exploring how writers throughout
the ages have tried to assimilate or resist new planetary
knowledge. Covering texts from the 1600s to the present, from the
obscure to the classic, Crossley shows how writing about Mars has
reflected the desires and social controversies of each era. This
astute and elegant study is perfect for science fiction fans and
readers of popular science.
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