This Star Shall Abide Aka Heritage Of The Star

Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1534947167

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This Star Shall Abide by Sylvia Engdahl Pdf

Noren knew that his world was not as it should be--it was wrong that only the Scholars, and their representatives the Technicians, could use metal tools and Machines. It was wrong that only they had access to the mysterious City, which he had always longed to enter. Above all, it was wrong for the Scholars to have sole power over the distribution of knowledge. The High Law imposed these restrictions and many others, though the Prophecy promised that someday knowledge and Machines would be available to everyone. Noren was a heretic. He defied the High Law and had no faith in the Prophecy's fulfillment. But was defiance enough, or could some way be found to make it come true? This classic science fiction novel is enjoyed by readers age 12 and up as well as by older teens and adults who go on to read the other two books in the Children of the Star trilogy. Originally published in hardcover by Atheneum in the US and by Gollancz in the UK under the title Heritage of the Star, it was the winner of a Christopher Award given for "affirmation of the highest values of the human spirit.".

Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher : Sylvia Engdahl
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9798985853230

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This Star Shall Abide aka Heritage of the Star by Sylvia Engdahl Pdf

(This book is known in the UK as Heritage of the Star) Noren can see that his world is not as it should be--it is wrong that only the Scholars, and their representatives the Technicians, can use metal tools and Machines. It's wrong that only those few have access to the impenetrable City, which he has always longed to enter. Above all, it is wrong for the Scholars to have sole power over the distribution of knowledge. Unable to believe in the Prophecy that promises these restrictions will someday end, he declares it to be a fraud and defies the High Lew under which they are enforced. His family and the girl to whom he is betrothed reject him. Yet he cannot turn back from the path that leads him to the mysterious fate awaiting heretics. This classic science fiction novel is enjoyed by readers age 12 and up as well as by teens and adults who go on to read the other two books in the Children of the Star trilogy. Originally published in hardcover by Atheneum in the US and by Gollancz in the UK under the title Heritage of the Star, it was the winner of a Christopher Award given for "affirmation of the highest values of the human spirit."

Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher : Sylvia Engdahl
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Doors of the Universe by Sylvia Engdahl Pdf

With genetic engineering promising salvation for the people on their hostile planet, the Scholar Noren finds he faces more problems than overcoming the taboo on genetic research.

Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher : Sylvia Engdahl
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains by Sylvia Engdahl Pdf

Children of the Star trilogy, Book Two. Once Noren gained admission to the City where technology was hidden, he thought he had discovered how to make metal and Machines available to everyone and end the rule of the Scholars. But he soon learned it was not as simple as he had believed. Was it right to let people go on believing in the promises of a Prophecy that might not come true after all?

Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher : Sylvia Engdahl
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780615314877

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Stewards of the Flame by Sylvia Engdahl Pdf

When starship captain Jesse Sanders is detained by a dictatorial medical regime on the colony planet Undine, he is plunged into a life involving ordeals and joys unlike anything he has ever imagined.

Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher : Sylvia Engdahl
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798985853261

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Journey Between Worlds by Sylvia Engdahl Pdf

Melinda Ashley has a plan for her life, and a trip to Mars isn't part of it. When she receives a spaceliner ticket as a high school graduation gift from her dad, she is dismayed, but reluctantly agrees to go with him--in part because she's infuriated by her fiance's high-handed declaration that she can't. Her outlook begins to change when she meets Alex Preston, a second-generation Martian colonist who is going home after college on Earth. Alex believes settling Mars is important. He's looking forward to the role he expects to play in the colony's future. Melinda finds this hard to understand, yet she is more and more drawn to him and, while on Mars, to his family. Torn between what she has always wanted and upsetting new feelings, she wonders if she can ever again be content. It takes tragedy and a terrifying experience on the Martian moon Phobos to make her aware of what really matters to her.

Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher : Sylvia Engdahl
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798985853254

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The Far Side of Evil by Sylvia Engdahl Pdf

On completion of her training as an agent of the interstellar federation's Anthropological Service, Elana is sent to a world whose people may soon destroy their civilization. Since not enough is understood about the situation to justify any interference with their evolution, the Service has no power to act; its agents must go as helpless observers, posing as natives, in the hope of gaining knowledge that may help to save other worlds. This passive role proves intolerable to the young, inexperienced agent assigned to the same city as Elana, a city under totalitarian rule. After falling in love with a local girl who has become Elana's closest friend, he identifies too completely with the natives and unwittingly endangers the entire world by a well-meant but ill-advised attempt to intervene. Forced to assume responsibility for undoing the damage, Elana finds that only she—at great cost—can prevent an immediate war of annihilation. Although this novel has the same heroine as the author's Newbery Honor book Enchantress from the Stars, it is not a sequel but a completely separate—and very different—story not intended for readers below high school age, which is also enjoyed by adults. The two books are in no way dependent on each other and can be read in either order.

Author : Brian M. Stableford
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0810849380

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Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature by Brian M. Stableford Pdf

This reference tracks the development of speculative fiction influenced by the advancement of science and the idea of progress from the eighteenth century to the present day. The major authors and publications of the genre and significant subgenres are covered. Additionally there are entries on fields of science and technology which have been particularly prolific in provoking such speculation. The list of acronyms and abbreviations, the chronology covering the literature from the 1700s through the present, the introductory essay, and the dictionary entries provide science fiction novices and enthusiasts as well as serious writers and critics with a wonderful foundation for understanding the realm of science fiction literature. The extensive bibliography that includes books, journals, fanzines, and websites demonstrates that science fiction literature commands a massive following.

Author : Sylvia Engdahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0615625231

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Children of the Star by Sylvia Engdahl Pdf

An omnibus edition containing the complete trilogy This Star Shall Abide (aka Heritage of the Star), Beyond the Tomorrow Mountains, and The Doors of the Universe. Noren knew that his world was not as it should be--it was wrong that only the Scholars, and their representatives the Technicians, could use metal tools and Machines. It was wrong that only they had access to the mysterious City, which he had always longed to enter. Above all, it was wrong for the Scholars to have sole power over the distribution of knowledge. The High Law imposed these restrictions and many others, though the Prophecy promised that someday knowledge and Machines would be available to everyone. Noren was a heretic. He defied the High Law and had no faith in the Prophecy's fulfillment. But the more he learned of the grim truth about his people's deprivations, the less possible it seemed that their world could ever be changed. It would take more drastic steps than anyone imagined to restore their rightful heritage. Although these three novels were originally published in hardcover as Young Adult books, the second and third are primarily of interest to older teens and adults; the omnibus edition was therefore issued as adult science fiction. The first novel, This Star Shall Abide (known in the UK as Heritage of the Star) is also available separately and as an audiobook. Please note: The cover of this 2013 edition was changed in June 2015. It is not a new edition, as the book itself has not changed.

Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 49,7 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 : Jo Walton
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781466865730

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An Informal History of the Hugos by Jo Walton Pdf

Engaged, passionate, and consistently entertaining, An Informal History of the Hugos is a book about the renowned science fiction award for the many who enjoyed Jo Walton's previous collection of writing from Tor.com, the Locus Award-winning What Makes This Book So Great. The Hugo Awards, named after pioneer science-fiction publisher Hugo Gernsback, and voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Society, have been presented since 1953. They are widely considered the most prestigious awards in science fiction. Between 2010 and 2013, Jo Walton wrote a series of posts for Tor.com, surveying the Hugo finalists and winners from the award's inception up to the year 2000. Her contention was that each year's full set of finalists generally tells a meaningful story about the state of science fiction at that time. Walton's cheerfully opinionated and vastly well-informed posts provoked valuable conversation among the field's historians. Now these posts, lightly revised, have been gathered into this book, along with a small selection of the comments posted by SF luminaries such as Rich Horton, Gardner Dozois, and David G. Hartwell. "A remarkable guided tour through the field—a kind of nonfiction companion to Among Others. It's very good. It's great."—New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing on What Makes This Book So Great At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Muriel Brown,Rita Schoch Foudray,James W. Roginski
Publisher : New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015032937933

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Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honor Book Winners by Muriel Brown,Rita Schoch Foudray,James W. Roginski Pdf

This is an enlarged version of the 1982 edition, updated to include the 1991 recipients. It offers the same inclusive listing of Newbery and Caldecott Medal and Honor Books, library collections with significant holdings and background readings on each of the 325 award-winning authors and illustrators. The volume is organised by author/illustrator and identifies the first appearance of each title. It also includes separate listings of Newbery Medal and Honor Books; Caldecott Medal and Honor Books; collections; a background reading bibliography; and an author/illustrator/title index. It has a companion volume, Newberry and Caldecott Medal and Honor Books in Other Media, and the two books are also available as a set at a price of u72.00."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Littleton, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015011345959

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Newbery and Caldecott Medalists and Honor Book Winners by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brian M. Stableford
Publisher : A to Z Guide Series
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114234789

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The A to Z of Science Fiction Literature by Brian M. Stableford Pdf

"Science fiction literature, also known as sci-fi and sf, is one of the more recent and popular genres. It only truly emerged during the 20th century and has not stopped growing in terms of authors, titles, and readers. It has also evolved into a variety of subgenres, ranging from hard sf to soft sf and utopias to dystopias, with more than a smattering of horror, detective, war, and feminist titles. Stableford covers all of this and more, taking a close look at what has become a booming industry, with specialized writers, publishers, and fan magazines and literature from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and many other countries. The chronology charts the genre's dazzling growth; the introduction provides exceptional insight into what science fiction literature is all about; and the dictionary section examines writers, books, themes, and other specifics."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Tim Cottrill,Martin Harry Greenberg,Charles Gordon Waugh
Publisher : Scholarly Title
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0824086716

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Series and Sequels: Books by Tim Cottrill,Martin Harry Greenberg,Charles Gordon Waugh Pdf