Conversations With the Founders of Science Fiction
Through exclusive interviews, this work takes readers back to the late 1920s, when Gernsback, "the father of science fiction", founded the world's first science fiction magazine, "Amazing Stories".
Speculative Fiction in Translation from the Cold War to the New Millenni
The twenty-first century has witnessed an explosion of speculative fiction in translation (SFT). Rachel Cordasco examines speculative fiction published in English translation since 1960, ranging from Soviet-era fiction to the Arabic-language dystopias that emerged following the Iraq War. Individual chapters on SFT from Korean, Czech, Finnish, and ......
When twins Afya and Aftab, along with their adopted brother Khaled, leave the shelter of a hidden valley, they are astonished by the bustle and noise of the outside world. But beneath this chaos is an order more threatening than bedlam. An army of shadows gathers, looking to break free from the navel of the world, where they have been subdued for ......
Once every generation comes a story of the world on the brink that has such scope, such imagination, such humanity that readers can only gasp at the vision. Only Some Can Hear My Voice is this generation's. Set just a few years in the future, it imagines a world where tensions have risen to the point where any number of events could lead to ......
Once every generation comes a story of the world on the brink that has such scope, such imagination, such humanity that readers can only gasp at the vision. ONLY SOME CAN HEAR MY VOICE is this generation's. Set just a few years in the future, it imagines a world where tensions have risen to the point where any number of events could lead to ......
Presents a series of thought-provoking musings, mainly about the imagination, the sense of identity, the compulsion to write, and Isaac Asimov - who, as Janet Asimov says, was good at all of them.
With 50% new material reflecting current research and pedagogical perspectives, this indispensable course text and teacher resource is now in a thoroughly revised third edition. Leading educators provide a comprehensive picture of reading, writing, and oral language instruction in grades 5-12. Chapters present effective practices for motivating ......
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Publisher: THE LIGHT INC Imprint: AGUACENE PUBLISHING
This speculative fiction collection contains twelve stories centred around the theme of being altered by a situation. Stories include the acclaimed How to Win a War, which suggests a strategy for ending wars that might just work. The Patriotic Amnesiac explores why someone would voluntarily give up their ability to form new memories. ......
Material Ecocriticism and Sylvan Agency in Speculative Fiction: The Forests of the World links the examination of fictional forests and arboreal characters of speculative fiction with the literary approach of material ecocriticism and a conceptualization of a sylvan agency. Aiming to establish and situate the investigation of sylvan agency firmly ......
Renowned chess theoretician and Grandmaster Bogdan Lalic reveals the secrets of the Marshall Attack, one of the most popular and controversial openings in the history of chess.
Readers have awarded Lois McMaster Bujold four Hugo Awards for Best Novel, a number matched only by Robert Heinlein. Her Vorkosigan series redefined space opera with its emotional depth and explorations of themes such as bias against the disabled, economic exploitation, and the role of women in society. Acclaimed science fiction scholar Edward ......
When the twin moons rise, the night will overtake the day. In a world of shadows, apex predators have evolved to hunt down humanity. Will a knight be able to hold back the monsters that have emerged from the darkness?
This edited collection examines the central role that webs of kinship and families play in the fiction of N.K. Jemisin, arguing that they ca function as centers of resistance, means of oppression, or both. In doing so, Jemisin's work challenges readers to re-imagine the intimate relations of their present.
Explores Black representation in fantasy genres and comic books Characters like Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Miles Morales, and Black Lightning are part of a growing cohort of black superheroes on TV and in film. Though comic books are often derided as naive and childish, these larger-than-life superheroes demonstrate how this genre can ......
Explores Black representation in fantasy genres and comic books Characters like Black Panther, Storm, Luke Cage, Miles Morales, and Black Lightning are part of a growing cohort of black superheroes on TV and in film. Though comic books are often derided as naive and childish, these larger-than-life superheroes demonstrate how this genre can ......
As one of the most gifted and prolific writers of the twentieth century, Isaac Asimov became legendary for his talent for explaining complex subjects in clear, concise prose. This book is a condensation of his three-volume autobiography, which spans Asimovs life.
Regaining consciousness after an accident, Robert Harper is devastated to find his mind has been copied into a robot named Rob. As an intelligent machine, Rob feels that nobody believes he has the right to determine his own future. Worse, an arms manufacturer wants his technology for use in their weapons systems. What will Rob do?
The future for Anastasia and Robert is balanced on a knife-edge. Their employer, Augustin, plans to kill them if they try to leave, but also when they outlive their usefulness. They also come under threat from an organisation intent on the elimination of all robots. Meanwhile, two intelligent robots have been sent to Mars to help Augustin achieve ......
What may we become? How will we endure? The future is a daunting realm, filled with real and imagined perils. So enter it prepared! This book features vivid tales about possible tomorrow.
"It wasn't a pill or drug like in the movies - he was a philosopher not a pharmacist. It was an actual course of work that would help make a person more intelligent." Incite Insight is a speculative crime thriller. Newly promoted 'Country Boy' Detective Brad Thomas is put on the case after a number of mysterious deaths - the victims' brains ......
Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction examines how the Anthropocene and its challenges are addressed by contemporary writers in a variety of genres broadly defined as speculative fiction. The book demonstrates that speculative fiction, can alter the readers' perception of their duties and responsibilities towards their communities.
Images of the Anthropocene in Speculative Fiction examines how the Anthropocene and its challenges are addressed by contemporary writers in a variety of genres broadly defined as speculative fiction. The book demonstrates that speculative fiction, can alter the readers' perception of their duties and responsibilities towards their communities.
Fantasy is a genre in motion, gradually expanding its reach and historical sources to embrace a global identity Historical Dictionary of Fantasy Literature, Second Edition is a snapshot of the genre in this moment, identifying new themes and sources that are emerging to inspire, enhance and invigorate the published works of fantasy writers.
Gregory Benford is perhaps best known as the author of Benford's law of controversy: Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available.' That maxim is a quotation from Timescape, Benford's Nebula and Campbell Award-winning 1980 novel, which established his work as an exemplar of hard science fiction,' dedicated to ......
Greg Egan (1961- ) publishes works that challenge readers with rigorous, deeply-informed scientific speculation. He unapologetically delves into mathematics, physics, and other disciplines in his prose, putting him in the vanguard of the hard science fiction renaissance of the 1990s. A working physicist and engineer, Karen Burnham is uniquely ......
Greg Egan (1961- ) publishes works that challenge readers with rigorous, deeply-informed scientific speculation. He unapologetically delves into mathematics, physics, and other disciplines in his prose, putting him in the vanguard of the hard science fiction renaissance of the 1990s.A working physicist and engineer, Karen Burnham is uniquely ......
The catastrophic Purge War at the end of the twenty-first century destroys planet Earth, jeopardizing the future for the remnants of humanity. Horrific repercussions roll across the ages until, generations later, a scientific group called the Time Forward Project harnesses a deep-space wormhole in which they can travel through time. They find the ......
Generations from now, the future of humanity is grim. To save their fate, the Time Forward Project pins their hopes on their force-of-nature time agent, Kristen Winters. She's sent on missions into the past through an unstable wormhole in deep space, attempting to change historical events. The group determines that the bombing of the Masjid ......
Awakening in America: A Spiritual Fantasia on World Themes
Glen Williamson delves deeply into Rudolf Steiner's mystery dramas, looking specifically at the main characters and the implications of their various spiritual destinies. "A masterly and original artistic metamorphosis, daring throughout, yet contained and congruent with respect to its spiritual context." --Dr. James Dyson, ......
In a dystopian future, the world is separated into the glittering paradise of the LIGHTS and the slums of the DISTRICT. Detective Sebastian Vetro works on the most horrific of cases between both worlds as an enforcement officer. When a horrific crime occurs, sometimes that moment can fracture opening up glimpses into the event. Follow troubled ......
In a dystopian future, the world is separated into the glittering paradise of the LIGHTS and the slums of the DISTRICT. Detective Sebastian Vetro works on the most horrific of cases between both worlds as an enforcement officer. When a horrific crime occurs,
sometimes that moment can fracture opening up glimpses into the event. Follow troubled ......
By imagining future worlds that defy our most basic assumptions about sex and gender, freedom and equality, and ethical values, this anthology not only challenges traditional standards of morality and justice, but create bold experiments for testing feminist hypotheses.
Science fiction has hosted some of the greatest minds and most innovative thinkers in human history. From Orson Wells to Octavia Butler, Star Trek to Star Wars, in books, on television, and at the movies, science fiction has shaped our future, pushed the limits of human imagination, and guided us within ourselves to examine the universal truths of ......
