The Golden Age Of Science Fiction

Author : John C. Wright
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2003-04-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429915601

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The Golden Age by John C. Wright Pdf

The Golden Age is Grand Space Opera, a large-scale SF adventure novel in the tradition of A. E. Van vogt and Roger Zelazny, with perhaps a bit of Cordwainer Smith enriching the style. It is an astounding story of super science, a thrilling wonder story that recaptures the excitements of SF's golden age writers. The Golden Age takes place 10,000 years in the future in our solar system, an interplanetary utopian society filled with immortal humans. Within the frame of a traditional tale-the one rebel who is unhappy in utopia-Wright spins an elaborate plot web filled with suspense and passion. Phaethon, of Radamanthus House, is attending a glorious party at his family mansion to celebrate the thousand-year anniversary of the High Transcendence. There he meets first an old man who accuses him of being an impostor and then a being from Neptune who claims to be an old friend. The Neptunian tells him that essential parts of his memory were removed and stored by the very government that Phaethon believes to be wholly honorable. It shakes his faith. He is an exile from himself. And so Phaethon embarks upon a quest across the transformed solar system--Jupiter is now a second sun, Mars and Venus terraformed, humanity immortal--among humans, intelligent machines, and bizarre life forms that are partly both, to recover his memory, and to learn what crime he planned that warranted such preemptive punishment. His quest is to regain his true identity. The Golden Age is one of the major, ambitious SF novels of the year and the international launch of an important new writer in the genre. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : John Wade
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1526729253

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The Golden Age of Science Fiction by John Wade Pdf

John Wade grew up in the 1950s, a decade that has since been dubbed the 'golden age of science fiction'. It was a wonderful decade for science fiction, but not so great for young fans. With early television broadcasts being advertised for the first time as 'unsuitable for children' and the inescapable barrier of the 'X' certificate in the cinema barring anyone under the age of sixteen, the author had only the radio to fall back on - and that turned out to be more fertile for the budding SF fan than might otherwise have been thought. Which is probably why, as he grew older, rediscovering those old TV broadcasts and films that had been out of bounds when he was a kid took on a lure that soon became an obsession.For him, the super-accuracy and amazing technical quality of today's science fiction films pale into insignificance beside the radio, early TV and B-picture films about people who built rockets in their back gardens and flew them to lost planets, or tales of aliens who wanted to take over, if not our entire world, then at least our bodies. This book is a personal account of John Wade's fascination with the genre across all the entertainment media in which it appeared - the sort of stuff he revelled in as a young boy - and still enjoys today.

Author : Richard Hantula,Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0836839528

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Science Fiction: Vision of Tomorrow? by Richard Hantula,Isaac Asimov Pdf

Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BBS Publishing Corporation
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0883657724

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Great Tales of the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Anonim Pdf

The nine outstanding short novels in this collection of bestselling authors are as relevant today as when they first appeared during the l940's. These representative works by Theodore Sturgeon, Jack Williamson, Isaac Asimov, A.E. van Vogt, Ross Rocklynne, Lester del Rey, A. Bertam Chandler, T.L. Sherred and C.L. Moore are some of the best short science fiction novels of any time. $22.95 value.

Author : Isaac Asimov,Charles Waugh,Martin Harry Greenberg
Publisher : Carroll & Graf Pub
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0881844802

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The Mammoth Book of Golden Age Science Fiction by Isaac Asimov,Charles Waugh,Martin Harry Greenberg Pdf

Ten of the finest short science fiction novels of the 1940s are collected in this outsized volume.

Author : Isaac Asimov,Charles G. Waugh,Martin H. Greenberg
Publisher : Running Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0786719052

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The Mammoth Book of Golden Age SF by Isaac Asimov,Charles G. Waugh,Martin H. Greenberg Pdf

The Golden Age of Science Fiction, from the early 1940s through the 1950s, saw an explosion of talent in SF writing, including authors such as Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clarke. Their writing helped science fiction gain wide public attention, and left a lasting impression upon society. The same writers formed the mold for the next three decades of science fiction, and much of their writing remains as fresh today as it was then.

Author : Groff Conklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : OCLC:56962393

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The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Groff Conklin Pdf

Author : Alec Nevala-Lee
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 619 pages
File Size : 52,5 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 : Kingsley Amis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015026897044

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The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Kingsley Amis Pdf

Author : Jacques Sadoul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Design
ISBN : UOM:39015042556822

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2000 A.D. by Jacques Sadoul Pdf

Author : Groff Conklin
Publisher : Outlet
Page : 785 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : 0517334860

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The Golden Age of Science Fiction by Groff Conklin Pdf

Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : 0903895285

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Before the Golden Age by Isaac Asimov Pdf

Author : Various
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781598531572

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American Science Fiction by Various Pdf

Collects nine classic science fiction novels from 1953 to 1958.

Author : Gareth L. Powell
Publisher : Solaris
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-12-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849976527

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Hive Monkey by Gareth L. Powell Pdf

In order to hide from his unwanted fame as the spitfire-pilot-monkey who emerged from a computer game to defeat the nefarious corporation that engineered him, the charismatic and dangerous Ack-Ack Macaque is working as a pilot on a world-circling nuclear-powered Zeppelin.But when the cabin of one of his passengers is invaded by the passenger’s own dying doppelganger, our hirsute hero finds himself thrust into another race to save the world – this time from an aggressive hive mind, time-hopping saboteurs, and an army of homicidal Neanderthal assassins!

Author : Orson Scott Card
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0441011330

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Masterpieces by Orson Scott Card Pdf

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.