Astounding Science Fact Fiction

Author : John Wood Campbell (Jr.),Martin Harry Greenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015008806039

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Astounding Science Fiction, July 1939 by John Wood Campbell (Jr.),Martin Harry Greenberg Pdf

A reprint of the issue of "Astounding Science Fiction "that is widely considered to be the first great issue under the editorship of John W. Campbell, Jr."""Astounding Science Fiction "as edited by Campbell was the premier magazine of the golden age of American science fiction. This special reprint edition ably demonstrates why the science fiction magazines of that era were so important to the development of modern science fiction into the popular and important literary form it is today.Unquestionably a classic issue, it begins with the cover story, Black Destroyer, the first published work of A. E. van Vogt and also features Trends by Isaac Asimov, his first sale to "Astounding. "Significant as these debuts are, it is the overall strength of the issue that finally impresses. These are stories by some of the best-known writers in the field: Nat Schachner, City of the Cosmic Rays; Nelson S. Bond, Lightship Ho ; Ross Rocklynne, The Moth; C. L. Moore (one of the first women to achieve prominence in writing science fiction), Greater than Gods; as well as thought-provoking articles on nuclear energy, computers, and hemispheric migration.But this new edition is far more than just a fine reprint of an important issue. There is a commentary on "Astounding "by Stanley Schmidt (the current editor of "Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, "the successor to "Astounding")" "and memoirs of the stories and the magazine by Isaac Asimov, A. E. van Vogt, and Ross Rocklynne."

Author : John Wood Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015082495287

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Analog Science Fact/science Fiction by John Wood Campbell Pdf

Author : Alec Nevala-Lee
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062571960

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Astounding by Alec Nevala-Lee Pdf

Hugo and Locus Award Finalist An Economist Best Book of the Year A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2018 “An amazing and engrossing history...Insightful, entertaining, and compulsively readable.” — George R. R. Martin Astounding is the landmark account of the extraordinary partnership between four controversial writers—John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard—who set off a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world. This remarkable cultural narrative centers on the figure of John W. Campbell, Jr., whom Asimov called “the most powerful force in science fiction ever.” Campbell, who has never been the subject of a biography until now, was both a visionary author—he wrote the story that was later filmed as The Thing—and the editor of the groundbreaking magazine best known as Astounding Science Fiction, in which he discovered countless legendary writers and published classic works ranging from the I, Robot series to Dune. Over a period of more than thirty years, from the rise of the pulps to the debut of Star Trek, he dominated the genre, and his three closest collaborators reached unimaginable heights. Asimov became the most prolific author in American history; Heinlein emerged as the leading science fiction writer of his generation with the novels Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land; and Hubbard achieved lasting fame—and infamy—as the founder of the Church of Scientology. Drawing on unexplored archives, thousands of unpublished letters, and dozens of interviews, Alec Nevala-Lee offers a riveting portrait of this circle of authors, their work, and their tumultuous private lives. With unprecedented scope, drama, and detail, Astounding describes how fan culture was born in the depths of the Great Depression; follows these four friends and rivals through World War II and the dawn of the atomic era; and honors such exceptional women as Doña Campbell and Leslyn Heinlein, whose pivotal roles in the history of the genre have gone largely unacknowledged. For the first time, it reveals the startling extent of Campbell’s influence on the ideas that evolved into Scientology, which prompted Asimov to observe: “I knew Campbell and I knew Hubbard, and no movement can have two Messiahs.” It looks unsparingly at the tragic final act that estranged the others from Campbell, bringing the golden age of science fiction to a close, and it illuminates how their complicated legacy continues to shape the imaginations of millions and our vision of the future itself. "Enthralling…A clarion call to enlarge American literary history.” — Washington Post “Engrossing, well-researched… This sure-footed history addresses important issues, such as the lack of racial diversity and gender parity for much of the genre’s history.” — Wall Street Journal “A gift to science fiction fans everywhere.” — Sylvia Nasar, New York Times bestselling author of A Beautiful Mind

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1096 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105126654081

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Astounding Science Fact & Fiction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1960-02
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : UCAL:B3231195

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Astounding Science Fact & Fiction by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1330 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984-07
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : PSU:000030377653

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Analog Science Fiction/science Fact by Anonim Pdf

Author : Will Smith,Sewell Peaslee Wright,A. T. Locke,W. M. Clayton,H. W. Wessolowski
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1496073606

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Astounding Stories of Super-Science by Will Smith,Sewell Peaslee Wright,A. T. Locke,W. M. Clayton,H. W. Wessolowski Pdf

Astounding Stories of Super-Science (Vol. I No. 2 February, 1930); pulp science fiction and horror. In this issue: "Cold Light" by Captain S.P. Meek “Brigands of the Moon” by Ray Cummings “The Soul Master” by Will Smith and R. J. Robbins “From the Ocean's Depths” by Sewell Peaslee Wright “Vandals of the Stars” by A. T. Locke

Author : Colin Barras
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 1780979428

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Unbelievable Science by Colin Barras Pdf

How did the atom bomb help save the elephant? Have we found the secret to eternal youth? Could a parasite be manipulating you right now? This dazzling collection of stories reveals the key recent breakthroughs in science, across all fields. Inside you will meet the killers lurking in Earth's ice, the super-coral that could save our seas and the neuroscientists hunting ghosts. You will travel beyond our galaxy to worlds where the sun sets twice, and beyond our time to a future where the Internet is unhackable and chickenosaurs roam the land. Divided into sections covering physics, space, humanity, the brain, plants and animals, and linking stories from different fields, Unbelievable Science offers a boundless journey of discovery for anyone with a passion for the world around them. Prepare to be shocked and amazed on every page.

Author : Brian Aldiss
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-11-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141913438

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A Science Fiction Omnibus by Brian Aldiss Pdf

This new edition of Brian Aldiss’s classic anthology brings together a diverse selection of science fiction spanning over sixty years, from Isaac Asimov’s ‘Nightfall’, first published in 1941, to the 2006 story ‘Friends in Need’ by Eliza Blair. Including authors such as Clifford Simak, Harry Harrison, Bruce Sterling, A. E. Van Vogt and Brian Aldiss himself, these stories portray struggles against machines, epic journeys, genetic experiments, time travellers and alien races. From stories set on Earth, to uncanny far distant worlds and ancient burnt-out suns, the one constant is humanity itself, compelled by an often fatal curiosity to explore the boundless frontiers of time, space and probability.

Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781135923730

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Science Fact and Science Fiction by Brian Stableford Pdf

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.

Author : John Wood Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015082495014

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Analog Science Fact/science Fiction by John Wood Campbell Pdf

Author : Gary Westfahl,,Wong Kin Yuen
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786484768

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Science Fiction and the Prediction of the Future by Gary Westfahl,,Wong Kin Yuen Pdf

Science fiction has always challenged readers with depictions of the future. Can the genre actually provide glimpses of 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 SF 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.

Author : Gary Westfahl
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0853235635

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The Mechanics of Wonder by Gary Westfahl Pdf

This is a sustained argument about the idea of science fiction by a renowned critic. Overturning many received opinions, it is both controversial and stimulating Much of the controversy arises from Westfahl's resurrection of Hugo Gernsback - for decades a largely derided figure - as the true creator of science fiction. Following an initial demolition of earlier critics, Westfahl argues for Gernsback's importance. His argument is fully documented, showing a much greater familiarity with early American science fiction, particularly magazine fiction, than previous academic critics or historians. After his initial chapters on Gernsback, he examines the way in which the Gernsback tradition was adopted and modified by later magazine editors and early critics. This involves a re-evaluation of the importance of John W. Campbell to the history of science fiction as well as a very interesting critique of Robert Heinlein's Beyond the Horizon, one the seminal texts of American science fiction. In conclusion, Westfahl uses the theories of Gernsback and Campbell to develop a descriptive definition of science fiction and he explores the ramifications of that definition. The Mechanics of Wonder will arouse debate and force the questioning of presuppositions. No other book so closely examines the origins and development of the idea of science fiction, and it will stand among a small number of crucial texts with which every science fiction scholar or prospective science fiction scholar will have to read.

Author : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1985311119

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Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pdf

Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine. As of 2013, it is the longest running continuously published magazine of that genre. Initially published in 1930 in the United States as Astounding Stories as a pulp magazine, it has undergone several name changes, primarily to Astounding Science-Fiction in 1938, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction in 1960. In November 1992, its logo changed to use the term "Fiction and Fact" rather than "Fact & Fiction". It is in the library of the International Space Station. Spanning three incarnations since 1930, this is perhaps the most influential magazine in the history of the genre. It remains a fixture of the genre today. As Astounding Science-Fiction, a new direction for both the magazine and the genre under editor John W. Campbell was established. His editorship influenced the careers of Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein, and also introduced the Dianetics theories of L. Ron Hubbard in May 1950.

Author : Andrew May
Publisher : Springer
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-04-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030133146

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Fake Physics: Spoofs, Hoaxes and Fictitious Science by Andrew May Pdf

People are used to seeing “fake physics” in science fiction – concepts like faster-than-light travel, antigravity and time travel to name a few. The fiction label ought to be a giveaway, but some SF writers – especially those with a background in professional science – are so adept at “technobabble” that it can be difficult to work out what is fake and what is real. To confuse matters further, Isaac Asimov’s 1948 piece about the fictitious time-travelling substance thiotimoline was written, not as a short story, but in the form of a spoof research paper. The boundaries between fact and fiction can also be blurred by physicists themselves - sometimes unintentionally, sometimes with tongue-in-cheek, sometimes to satirize perceived weaknesses in research practices. Examples range from hoaxes aimed at exposing poor editorial standards in academic publications, through “thought experiments” that sound like the plot of a sci-fi movie to April Fools’ jokes. Even the latter may carry a serious message, whether about the sociology of science or poking fun at legitimate but far-out scientific hypotheses. This entertaining book is a joyous romp exploring the whole spectrum of fake physics – from science to fiction and back again.