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Author : Edward James
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015032298468
Explores this popular literary genre as a cultural phenomenon which has had a considerable impact upon the the way in which the modern world is viewed
Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0441011330
A collection of the best science fiction short stories of the 20th century as selected and evaluated by critically-acclaimed author Orson Scott Card. Featuring stories from the genre's greatest authors: Isaac Asimov • Arthur C. Clarke • Robert A. Heinlein • Ursula K. Le Guin • Ray Bradbury • Frederik Pohl • Harlan Ellison • George Alec Effinger • Brian W. Aldiss • William Gibson & Michael Swanwick • Theodore Sturgeon • Larry Niven • Robert Silverberg • Harry Turtledove • James Blish • George R. R. Martin • James Patrick Kelly • Karen Joy Fowler • Lloyd Biggle, Jr. • Terry Bisson • Poul Anderson • John Kessel • R.A. Lafferty • C.J. Cherryh • Lisa Goldstein • Edmond Hamilton In much of the science fiction of the past, the twenty-first century existed only in the writers’ imaginations. Now that it’s here, it’s time to take a look back at the last one hundred years in science fiction through the works of the most celebrated and acclaimed authors of the century—to see where we’ve been and just how far we’ve come. Along with a critical essay by Orson Scott Card reassessing science fiction in the twentieth century, Masterpieces includes short fiction by writers who have forged a permanent place for science fiction in the popular culture of today...and tomorrow. It offers a glimpse of the greatest works that mixed science with fiction in trying to figure out humanity’s place in the universe. Featuring bold, brave, and breathtaking stories, this definitive collection will stand the test of time in both this century and those to come.
Author : Albert Robida
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0819566802
Humorous, illustrated novel by the “father of science fiction illustration”.
Author : Frank M. Robinson
Publisher : Collectors Press, Inc.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1888054409
Newly reprinted and redesigned, this special edition is vividly illustrated with images of film posters, magazines, and books. From dime store novels to pulp magazines, science fiction has chronicled both our hopes for the future and our fear of it.. Learn the story-behind-the-story in this monumental volume documenting 100 years of science fiction. Deeply researched and meticulously documented.
Author : Justine Larbalestier
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006-05-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780819566768
Women's contributions to science fiction have been lasting and important. This is a collection of 11 key stories, alongside 11 essays that explore the stories' contexts, meanings, and theoretical implications. Organized chronologically, it aims to create a different canon of feminist science fiction and examines the theory that addresses it.
Author : Curtis C. Smith
Publisher : Saint James Press
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 0912289279
Author : Edward James
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016518370
Explores this popular literary genre as a cultural phenomenon which has had a considerable impact upon the the way in which the modern world is viewed
Author : George R. R. Martin,Philip K. Dick,Anne McCaffrey
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345494290
Explosive and provocative battles fought across the boundaries of time and space—and on the frontiers of the human mind. Science fiction’s finest have yielded this definitive collection featuring stories of warfare, victory, conquest, heroism, and overwhelming odds. These are scenarios few have ever dared to contemplate, and they include: “Superiority”: Arthur C. Clarke presents an intergalactic war in which one side’s own advanced weaponry may actually lead to its ultimate defeat. “Dragonrider”: A tale of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, in which magic tips the scales of survival. “Second Variety”: Philip K. Dick, author of the short story that became the movie Blade Runner, reaches new heights of terror with his post-apocalyptic vision of the future. “The Night of the Vampyres”: A chilling ultimatum of atomic proportions begins a countdown to disaster in George R. R. Martin’s gripping drama. “Hero”: Joe Haldeman’s short story that led to his classic of interstellar combat, The Forever War. “Ender’s Game”: The short story that gave birth to Orson Scott Card’s masterpiece of military science fiction. PLUS SEVEN MORE EPIC STORIES “Among Thieves” by Poul Anderson “Hangman” by David Drake “The Last Article” by Harry Turtledove “The Game of Rat and Dragon” by Cordwainer Smith “To the Storming Gulf” by Gregory Benford “Wolf Time” by Walter Jon Williams “The Scapegoat” by C. J. Cherryh Guaranteed to spark the imagination and thrill the soul, these thirteen science fiction gems cast a stark light on our dreams and our darkest fears—truly among the finest tales of the twentieth century.
Author : David Cowart,Thomas L. Wymer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Authors, American
ISBN : 0810309181
Profiles approximately one hundred American science fiction authors who began writing between 1900 and 1970, presenting primary and secondary bibliographies and illustrated biographical essays that chronicle each writer's career in detail; and includes eight essays on the genre and its fandom.
Author : Curtis C. Smith
Publisher : Saint James Press
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012074592
Author : A. Roberts
Publisher : Springer
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780230554658
The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.
Author : Jane Frank
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 078647727X
This biographical dictionary presents full information on 400 artists whose influence and illustrative contributions to the fields of science fiction and fantasy literature helped define the 20th century as the "Science Fiction Century" and helped established science fiction and fantasy as unique and identifiable genres. In addition to providing inclusive biographical data on venerable artists from Chris Achilleos to John Michael Zeleznik, each entry also includes a bibliographic listing of each artist's published work in the genre.
Author : David G. Hartwell
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429988742
Twenty-First Century Science Fiction is an enormous anthology of short stories—close to 250,000 words—edited by two of the most prestigious and award-winning editors in the SF field and featuring recent stories from some of science fiction's greatest up-and-coming authors. David Hartwell and Patrick Nielsen Hayden have long been recognized as two of the most skilled and trusted arbiters of the field, but Twenty-First Century Science Fiction presents fans' first opportunities to see what their considerable talents come up with together, and also to get a unique perspective on what's coming next in the science fiction field. The anthology includes authors ranging from bestselling and established favorites to incandescent new talents including Paolo Bacigalupi, Cory Doctorow, Catherynne M. Valente, John Scalzi, Jo Walton, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, and Peter Watts, and the stories selected include winners and nominees of all of the science fiction field's major awards. One of Publishers Weekly's Best Science Fiction Books of 2013 At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : William Gillard,James Reitter,Robert Stauffer
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476644950
Speculative modernists--that is, British and American writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror during the late 19th and early 20th centuries--successfully grappled with the same forces that would drive their better-known literary counterparts to existential despair. Building on the ideas of the 19th-century Gothic and utopian movements, these speculative writers anticipated literary Modernism and blazed alternative literary trails in science, religion, ecology and sociology. Such authors as H.G. Wells and H.P. Lovecraft gained widespread recognition--budding from them, other speculative authors published fascinating tales of individuals trapped in dystopias, of anti-society attitudes, post-apocalyptic worlds and the rapidly expanding knowledge of the limitless universe. This book documents the Gothic and utopian roots of speculative fiction and explores how these authors played a crucial role in shaping the culture of the new century with their darker, more evolved themes.
Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-07-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429903820
The twenty-first century has so far proven to be exciting and wondrous and filled with challenges we had never dreamed. New possibilities previously unimagined appear almost daily . . . and science fiction stories continue to explore those possibilities with delightful results: Collected in this anthology are such compelling stories as: "On K2 with Kanakaredes" by Dan Simmons. A relentlessly paced and absorbing tale set in the near future about three mountain climbers who must scale the face of K2 with some very odd company. "The Human Front" by Ken MacLeod. In this compassionate coming-of-age tale the details of life are just a bit off from things as we know them-and nothing is as it appears to be. "Glacial" by Alastair Reynolds. A fascinating discovery on a distant planet leads to mass death and a wrenching mystery as spellbinding as anything in recent short fiction. The twenty-six stories in this collection imaginatively takes us far across the universe, into the very core of our beings, to the realm of the gods, and the moment just after now. Included here are the works of masters of the form and of bright new talents, including: Eleanor Arnason Chris Beckett Michael Blumlein Michael Cassutt Brenda W. Clough Paul Di Filippo Andy Duncan Carolyn Ives Gilman Jim Grimsley Simon Ings James Patrick Kelly Leigh Kennedy Nancy Kress Ian R. MacLeod Ken MacLeod Paul J. McAuley Maureen F. McHugh Robert Reed Alastair Reynolds Geoff Ryman William Sanders Dan Simmons Allen M. Steele Charles Stross Michael Swanwick Howard Waldrop Supplementing the stories are the editor's insightful summation of the year's events and a lengthy list of honorable mentions, making this book a valuable resource in addition to serving as the single best place in the universe to find stories that stir the imagination and the heart.