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From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

Minister Faust
From the Notebooks of Dr Brain Book PDF

Author : Minister Faust
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345497414

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“An outlandish, outrageous tour de force by the most innovative prose stylist in the field.” –Robert J. Sawyer, author of Hominids They’re Earth’s mightiest superteam–and dysfunctional as hell. OMNIPOTENT MAN–a body with the density of steel, and a brain to match THE FLYING SQUIRREL–aging playboy industrialist by day, avenging krypto-fascist by night IRON LASS–mythology’s greatest warrior–but the world might be safer if she had a husband X-MAN–formerly of the League of Angry Blackmen . . . but not formerly enough THE BROTHERFLY–radioactively fly POWER GRRRL–perpetually deciding between fighting crime or promoting her latest album, clothing line, or sex scandal Having finally defeated all archenemies, the members of the Fantastic Order of Justice are reduced to engaging in toxic office politics that could very well lead to a superpowered civil war. Only one woman can save them from themselves: Dr. Eva Brain-Silverman, aka Dr. Brain, the world’s leading therapist for the extraordinarily abled. “Faust has pretty much invented his own genre. He’s totally original, full of surprises.” –Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon “Samuel Delany, Harlan Ellison, and Ishmael Reed all rolled into one. Faust’s writing is biting, insightful, and hugely entertaining.” –Ernest Dickerson, director From the Trade Paperback edition.

From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain

Minister Faust
From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain Book PDF

Author : Minister Faust
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345466373

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From the Notebooks of Doctor Brain by Minister Faust Pdf

An outlandish, outrageous tour de force by the most innovative prose stylist in the field. -Robert J. Sawyer, author of Hominids They're Earth's mightiest superteam-and dysfunctional as hell. OMNIPOTENT MAN-a body with the density of steel, and a brain to match THE FLYING SQUIRREL-aging playboy industrialist by day, avenging krypto-fascist by night IRON LASS-mythology's greatest warrior-but the world might be safer if she had a husband X-MAN-formerly of the League of Angry Blackmen . . . but not formerly enough THE BROTHERFLY-radioactively fly POWER GRRRL-perpetually deciding between fighting crime or promoting her latest album, clothing line, or sex scandal Having finally defeated all archenemies, the members of the Fantastic Order of Justice are reduced to engaging in toxic office politics that could very well lead to a superpowered civil war. Only one woman can save them from themselves: Dr. Eva Brain-Silverman, aka Dr. Brain, the world's leading therapist for the extraordinarily abled. Faust has pretty much invented his own genre. He's totally original, full of surprises. -Richard K. Morgan, author of Altered Carbon Samuel Delany, Harlan Ellison, and Ishmael Reed all rolled into one. Faust's writing is biting, insightful, and hugely entertaining. -Ernest Dickerson, director

Strange Divisions and Alien Territories

Keith Brooke
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Author : Keith Brooke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780230360273

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Strange Divisions and Alien Territories by Keith Brooke Pdf

Strange Divisions and Alien Territories explores the sub-genres of science fiction from the perspectives of a range of top SF authors. Combining a critical viewpoint with the exploration of the challenges and opportunities facing authors working in the field, contributors include Michael Swanwick, Catherine Asaro and Paul di Filippo.

Biology Run Amok!

Mark C. Glassy
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Author : Mark C. Glassy
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476625928

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Biology Run Amok! by Mark C. Glassy Pdf

Science fiction movie audiences may sometimes wonder how fictitious the science in a film really is. Yet for many--call them the "Jurassic Park generation"--film and popular media can present a seemingly plausible melding of science and fiction that forms a distorted understanding of scientific facts and concepts. Recognizing that film is both the dominant entertainment medium and an effective tool for teaching, this book--featuring articles originally published in the magazine Scary Monsters--separates biological reality from fantasy in dozens of science fiction films, including The Island of Lost Souls (1933), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), War of the Worlds (1953), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Scanners (1980), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1987) and Outbreak (1995).

Mothership

Bill Campbell,Edward Austin Hall
Mothership Book PDF

Author : Bill Campbell,Edward Austin Hall
Publisher : Rosarium Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781495617898

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Mothership by Bill Campbell,Edward Austin Hall Pdf

Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond is a groundbreaking speculative fiction anthology that showcases the work from some of the most talented writers inside and outside speculative fiction across the globe—including Junot Diaz, Victor LaValle, Lauren Beukes, N. K. Jemisin, Rabih Alameddine, S. P. Somtow, and more. These authors have earned such literary honors as the Pulitzer Prize, the American Book Award, the World Fantasy Award, and the Bram Stoker, among others.

The Black Atlantic Reconsidered

Winfried Siemerling
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Author : Winfried Siemerling
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-05-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780773582132

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The Black Atlantic Reconsidered by Winfried Siemerling Pdf

Readers are often surprised to learn that black writing in Canada is over two centuries old. Ranging from letters, editorials, sermons, and slave narratives to contemporary novels, plays, poetry, and non-fiction, black Canadian writing represents a rich body of literary and cultural achievement. The Black Atlantic Reconsidered is the first comprehensive work to explore black Canadian literature from its beginnings to the present in the broader context of the black Atlantic world. Winfried Siemerling traces the evolution of black Canadian witnessing and writing from slave testimony in New France and the 1783 "Book of Negroes" through the work of contemporary black Canadian writers including George Elliott Clarke, Austin Clarke, Dionne Brand, David Chariandy, Wayde Compton, Esi Edugyan, Marlene NourbeSe Philip, and Lawrence Hill. Arguing that black writing in Canada is deeply imbricated in a historic transnational network, Siemerling explores the powerful presence of black Canadian history, slavery, and the Underground Railroad, and the black diaspora in the work of these authors. Individual chapters examine the literature that has emerged from Quebec, Nova Scotia, the Prairies, and British Columbia, with attention to writing in both English and French. A major survey of black writing and cultural production, The Black Atlantic Reconsidered brings into focus important works that shed light not only on Canada's literature and history, but on the transatlantic black diaspora and modernity.

Of One Blood

Pauline Hopkins
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Author : Pauline Hopkins
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780262371148

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A mixed-race Harvard medical student stumbles upon a hidden Ethiopian city, the inhabitants of which possess both advanced technologies and mystical powers. Long before Marvel Comics gave us Wakanda, a high-tech African country that has never been colonized, this 1903 novel gave readers Reuel Briggs—a mixed-race Harvard medical student, passing as white, who stumbles upon Telassar. In this long-hidden Ethiopian city, the wise, peaceful inhabitants of which possess both advanced technologies and mystical powers, Reuel discovers the incredible secret of his own birth. Now, he must decide whether to return to the life he’s built, and the woman he loves, back in America—or play a role in helping Telassar take its rightful place on the world stage. Considered one of the earliest articulations of Black internationalism, Of One Blood takes as its theme the notion that race is a social construct perpetuated by racists. Minister Faust is best known as author of The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (2004) and 2007’s Kindred Award-winning From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (retitled Shrinking the Heroes, it also received the Philip K. Dick Award Special Citation). An award-winning journalist, community organizer, teacher, and workshop designer, Faust is also a former television host and producer, radio broadcaster, and podcaster. His 2011 TEDx talk, “The Cure For Death by Smalltalk,” has been viewed more than 840,000 times.

The Black Prairie Archives

Karina Vernon
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Author : Karina Vernon
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781771123754

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The Black Prairie Archives by Karina Vernon Pdf

The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology recovers a new regional archive of “black prairie” literature, and includes writing that ranges from work by nineteenth-century black fur traders and pioneers, all of it published here for the first time, to contemporary writing of the twenty-first century. This anthology establishes a new black prairie literary tradition and transforms inherited understandings of what prairie literature looks and sounds like. It collects varied and unique work by writers who were both conscious and unconscious of themselves as black writers or as “prairie” people. Their letters, recipes, oral literature, autobiographies, rap, and poetry- provide vivid glimpses into the reality of their lived experiences and give meaning to them. The book includes introductory notes for each writer in non-specialist language, and notes to assist readers in their engagement with the literature. This archive and its supporting text offer new scholarly and pedagogical possibilities by expanding the nation’s and the region’s archives. They enrich our understanding of black Canada by bringing to light the prairies' black histories, cultures, and presences.

Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature

M. Keith Booker
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Author : M. Keith Booker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780810878846

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Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature by M. Keith Booker Pdf

The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature is a useful reference to the broad and burgeoning field of science fiction literature. Science fiction literature has gained immensely in critical respect and attention, while maintaining a broad readership. However, despite the fact that it is a rapidly changing field, contemporary science fiction literature also maintains a strong sense of its connections to science fiction of the past, which makes a historical reference of this sort particularly valuable as a tool for understanding science fiction literature as it now exists and as it has evolved over the years. The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature covers the history of science fiction in literature through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries including significant people; themes; critical issues; and the most significant genres that have formed science fiction literature. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this subject.

Communities of the Air

Susan Merrill Squier
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Author : Susan Merrill Squier
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780822384816

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Communities of the Air by Susan Merrill Squier Pdf

A pioneering analysis of radio as both a cultural and material production, Communities of the Air explores radio’s powerful role in shaping Anglo-American culture and society since the early twentieth century. Scholars and radio writers, producers, and critics look at the many ways radio generates multiple communities over the air—from elite to popular, dominant to resistant, canonical to transgressive. The contributors approach radio not only in its own right, but also as a set of practices—both technological and social—illuminating broader issues such as race relations, gender politics, and the construction of regional and national identities. Drawing on the perspectives of literary and cultural studies, science studies and feminist theory, radio history, and the new field of radio studies, these essays consider the development of radio as technology: how it was modeled on the telephone, early conflicts between for-profit and public uses of radio, and amateur radio (HAMS), local programming, and low-power radio. Some pieces discuss how radio gives voice to different cultural groups, focusing on the BBC and poetry programming in the West Indies, black radio, the history of alternative radio since the 1970s, and science and contemporary arts programming. Others look at radio’s influence on gender (and gender’s influence on radio) through examinations of Queen Elizabeth’s broadcasts, Gracie Allen’s comedy, and programming geared toward women. Together the contributors demonstrate how attention to the variety of ways radio is used and understood reveals the dynamic emergence and transformation of communities within the larger society. Contributors. Laurence A. Breiner, Bruce B. Campbell, Mary Desjardins, Lauren M. E. Goodlad, Nina Hunteman, Leah Lowe, Adrienne Munich, Kathleen Newman, Martin Spinelli, Susan Merrill Squier, Donald Ulin, Mark Williams, Steve Wurzler

The Notebook

Roland Allen
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Author : Roland Allen
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782839156

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The Notebook by Roland Allen Pdf

The first history of the notebook, a simple invention that changed the way the world thinks. 'For everyone who ever bought a Moleskine and then wondered how to fill it' Simon Garfield We see notebooks everywhere we go. But where did this simple invention come from? How did they revolutionise our lives, and why are they such powerful tools for creativity? And how can using a notebook help you change the way you think? In this wide-ranging story, Roland Allen reveals all the answers. Ranging from the bustling markets of medieval Florence to the quiet studies of our greatest thinkers, he follows a trail of dazzling ideas, revealing how the notebook became our most dependable and versatile tool for creative thinking. He tells the notebook stories of artists like Leonardo and Frida Kahlo, scientists from Isaac Newton to Marie Curie, and writers from Chaucer to Henry James. We watch Darwin developing his theory of evolution in tiny pocketbooks, see Agatha Christie plotting a hundred murders in scrappy exercise books, and learn how Bruce Chatwin unwittingly inspired the creation of the Moleskine. On the way we meet a host of cooks, kings, sailors, fishermen, musicians, engineers, politicians, adventurers and mathematicians, who all used their notebooks as a space for thinking and to shape the modern world. In an age of AI and digital overload, the humble notebook is more relevant than ever. Allen shows how bullet points can combat ADHD, journals can ease PTSD, and patient diaries soften the trauma of reawakening from coma. The everyday act of moving a pen across paper can have profound consequences, changing the way we think and feel: making us more creative, more productive - and happier.

Straight Talk on Writing

Scott Francis
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Author : Scott Francis
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781599636108

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This compelling book provides you with eighteen insightful interviews with bestselling authors, writing instructors, agents, award-winning writers and more. You'll learn how to create characters, plot more effectively, live the writer's life with purpose and abandon, and much more. Interviewees include Orson Scott Card, George Singleton, Donald Maass, Dinty Moore, Peter Selgin, James Alexander Thom, and many more. The interviews are casual, relaxed, revealing and instructive. Dig in!

Mark Twain, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the Head Readers

Stanley Finger
Mark Twain Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Head Readers Book PDF

Author : Stanley Finger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-04-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781009301299

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Mark Twain, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, and the Head Readers by Stanley Finger Pdf

A study of Mark Twain's and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes's interests in phrenology, as revealed, often humorously, in their writings.

Loving Dr. Johnson

Helen Deutsch
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Author : Helen Deutsch
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226143859

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The autopsy of Samuel Johnson (1709-84) initiated two centuries of Johnsonian anatomy-both in medical speculation about his famously unruly body and in literary devotion to his anecdotal remains. Even today, Johnson is an enduring symbol of individuality, authority, masculinity, and Englishness, ultimately lending a style and a name—the Age of Johnson—to the eighteenth-century English literary canon. Loving Dr. Johnson uses the enormous popularity of Johnson to understand a singular case of author love and to reflect upon what the love of authors has to do with the love of literature. Helen Deutsch's work is driven by several impulses, among them her affection for both Johnson's work and Boswell's biography of him, and her own distance from the largely male tradition of Johnsonian criticism—a tradition to which she remains indebted and to which Loving Dr. Johnson is ultimately an homage. Limning sharply Johnson's capacious oeuvre, Deutsch's study is also the first of its kind to examine the practices and rituals of Johnsonian societies around the world, wherein Johnson's literary work is now dwarfed by the figure of the writer himself. An absorbing look at one iconic author and his afterlives, Loving Dr. Johnson will be of enormous value to students of English literature and literary scholars keenly interested in canon formation.

Summary of R. Douglas Fields' Electric Brain

Everest Media,
Summary of R Douglas Fields Electric Brain Book PDF

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-22T22:59:00Z
Category : Science
ISBN : 9798822539877

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Summary of R. Douglas Fields' Electric Brain by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The boy was shot in the head, and the bullet could not be removed by surgery. It left him paralyzed on one side of his body and suffering from vertigo. He was sent to a mental hospital in Jena, Germany, by his doctor, Hans Berger. #2 In November 1902, Berger conducted the experiment with the young man. He shaved the man’s head, and then toweled it dry. He took extra care with the area around the head wound, where the missing skull bone had left an irregularly shaped hole covered only by a thin layer of skin and scar tissue. #3 Dr. Berger was the first to test his theory that mental states interact with physical processes inside the brain. He recorded the young man’s brain pulsations, which were affected by various drugs and changes in body position. #4 Berger was the first person to document waves of electrical energy radiating out from the human skull, and he was also the first to conduct a human electroencephalogram. But he remains a shadowy figure, as the ethically unpalatable practice of experimenting on patients hardly makes him unique among his contemporaries in psychiatry.