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Author : Arthur Charles Clarke
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UVA:X001184540
Photos and text provide a speculative tour of life in the future.
Author : Gary Westfahl
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780252050633
Already renowned for his science fiction and scientific nonfiction, Arthur C. Clarke became the world's most famous science fiction writer after the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He then produced novels like Rendezvous with Rama and The Fountains of Paradise that many regard as his finest works. Gary Westfahl closely examines Clarke's remarkable career, ranging from his forgotten juvenilia to the passages he completed for a final novel, The Last Theorem. As Westfahl explains, Clarke's science fiction offered original perspectives on subjects like new inventions, space travel, humanity's destiny, alien encounters, the undersea world, and religion. While not inclined to mysticism, Clarke necessarily employed mystical language to describe the fantastic achievements of advanced aliens and future humans. Westfahl also contradicts the common perception that Clarke's characters were bland and underdeveloped, arguing that these reticent, solitary individuals, who avoid conventional relationships, represent his most significant prediction of the future, as they embody the increasingly common lifestyle of people in the twenty-first century.
Author : Gary Westfahl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781440866173
This book provides students and other interested readers with a comprehensive survey of science fiction history and numerous essays addressing major science fiction topics, authors, works, and subgenres written by a distinguished scholar. This encyclopedia deals with written science fiction in all of its forms, not only novels and short stories but also mediums often ignored in other reference books, such as plays, poems, comic books, and graphic novels. Some science fiction films, television programs, and video games are also mentioned, particularly when they are relevant to written texts. Its focus is on science fiction in the English language, though due attention is given to international authors whose works have been frequently translated into English. Since science fiction became a recognized genre and greatly expanded in the 20th century, works published in the 20th and 21st centuries are most frequently discussed, though important earlier works are not neglected. The texts are designed to be helpful to numerous readers, ranging from students first encountering science fiction to experienced scholars in the field.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : William Carey Library
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Christian sects
ISBN : 9780878086085
Author : Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 1575 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795349737
Six decades of fascinating stories from the legendary “colossus of science fiction” and creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey gathered in one compendium (The New Yorker). Arthur C. Clarke, along with H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, and Robert A. Heinlein, was a definitive voice in twentieth century science fiction. A prophetic thinker, undersea explorer, and “one of the true geniuses of our time,” Clarke not only won the highest science fiction honors, the Nebula and Hugo Awards, but also received nominations for an Academy Award and the Nobel Peace Prize, and was knighted for his services to literature (Ray Bradbury). Now, more than one hundred works of the sci-fi master’s short fiction are available in the “single-author collection of the decade” (Booklist, starred review). This definitive edition includes early work such as “Rescue Party” and “The Lion of Comarre,” classics like “The Nine Billion Names of God” and “The Sentinel” (which was the kernel of the later novel and movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey), and later works including “A Meeting with Medusa” and “The Hammer of God.” Encapsulating one of the great science fiction careers of all time, this immense volume “displays the author’s fertile imagination and irrepressible enthusiasm for both good storytelling and impeccable science” (Library Journal). “One of the most astounding imaginations ever encountered in print.” —The New York Times “As his Collected Stories helps to demonstrate, there has been no popular writer since the days of C S Lewis and Charles Williams whose disposition is more nakedly apocalyptic, who takes greater pleasure in cradling eternity in the palm of his hand.” —The Guardian
Author : Hilary Bourdillon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351440509
First published in 1992. This volume includes reports, papers and discussion from a September 1990 educational research workshop on textbook analysis in history and social studies. Some 20 European countries are represented.
Author : Jay P. Pederson
Publisher : Detroit, MI : St. James Press
Page : 1212 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : American fiction
ISBN : UCSC:32106014434788
Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of prominent science-fiction authors, written by subject experts.
Author : Richard Bleiler
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literature and science
ISBN : UOM:49015003023851
On science fiction authors
Author : Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795325151
This “marvelous lunar espionage thriller” by the science fiction grandmaster and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey “packs plenty of punch” (SFReviews.net). Two hundred years after landing on the Moon, mankind has moved further out into the solar system. With permanent settlements now established on the Moon, Venus, and Mars, the inhabitants of these colonies have formed a political alliance called the Federation. On the Moon, a government agent from Earth is tracking a suspected spy at a prominent observatory. His mission is complicated by the rise in tensions between Earth’s government and the Federation over access to rare heavy metals. As the agent finds himself locked in a battle for life and death on the eerie, lunar landscape, the larger conflict explodes across space, leaving mankind’s future in doubt. First published in 1955, this suspense-filled space opera by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame inductee was a significant forerunner of television hits like Star Trek and The Expanse.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1202 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
ISBN : MINN:31951000568997X
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1248 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : American literature
ISBN : UCD:31175014728078
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2122 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105117840798
Author : Marquis Who's Who
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1590 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1995-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0837911133
This single volume affords instant access to more than 35,000 individual biographies of the people whose activities are shaping today's world. Among those profiled are prominent government figures, high-ranking military officers, leaders of the largest corporations in each country, heads of religious organizations, pioneers in science & the arts & many more.
Author : Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Talking books
ISBN : PURD:32754075479786
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN : UCSC:32106020263197