Author: Stanely G. Weinbaum
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612108318
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The sequel to “A Martian Odyssey”, Dick Jarvis and Frenchy Lerory set out to retrieve the film Jarvis took before his rocket crashed the week before, along the way Lerory and Jarvis stop at to get a closer look at the local wild life and seek out their Martian friend Tweel…
Valley of Dreams
Author: Stanely G. Weinbaum
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612108318
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The sequel to “A Martian Odyssey”, Dick Jarvis and Frenchy Lerory set out to retrieve the film Jarvis took before his rocket crashed the week before, along the way Lerory and Jarvis stop at to get a closer look at the local wild life and seek out their Martian friend Tweel…
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612108318
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
The sequel to “A Martian Odyssey”, Dick Jarvis and Frenchy Lerory set out to retrieve the film Jarvis took before his rocket crashed the week before, along the way Lerory and Jarvis stop at to get a closer look at the local wild life and seek out their Martian friend Tweel…
A Martian Odyssey
Author: Stanley Grauman Weinbaum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Pygmalion's Spectacles
Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775562980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Sci-fi luminary Stanley G. Weinbaum first broke through with the hugely influential story "A Martian Odyssey," one of the first to depict an alien being in a somewhat sympathetic light. Written in 1935, the short tale "Pygmalion's Spectacles" is no less innovative: it centers around the implications of a technology that's surprisingly close to what we now call virtual reality.
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775562980
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Sci-fi luminary Stanley G. Weinbaum first broke through with the hugely influential story "A Martian Odyssey," one of the first to depict an alien being in a somewhat sympathetic light. Written in 1935, the short tale "Pygmalion's Spectacles" is no less innovative: it centers around the implications of a technology that's surprisingly close to what we now call virtual reality.
The Worlds of If
Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775459756
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
In "The Worlds of If," author Stanley Weinbaum plays with a concept that has been at the center of countless science fiction tales before and after: how the most minute shifts can alter the past, present and future. In this case, nutty professor Haskel van Manderpootz invents a contraption that allows users to view alternate life paths that might have transpired if they had made different choices along the way.
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1775459756
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
In "The Worlds of If," author Stanley Weinbaum plays with a concept that has been at the center of countless science fiction tales before and after: how the most minute shifts can alter the past, present and future. In this case, nutty professor Haskel van Manderpootz invents a contraption that allows users to view alternate life paths that might have transpired if they had made different choices along the way.
The Martian Odyssey and Other SF
Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum
Publisher: Aegypan Press
ISBN: 9781603124911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Stanley G. Weinbaum is a figure who looms large in the history of SF: years before John W. Campbell began editing "Astounding," he was writing stories that had much the same appeal. He came, in a real sense, out of nowhere -- not literally, but close to it. Most of the folks writing SF in the first years of the genre were folks who'd write "any" sort of "pulp" fiction for the pulps: westerns today, confessions tomorrow, mysteries on Thursdays, and oh, yes, scientificition on weekends. Weinbaum started out trying to be a writer of that stripe -- he managed to publish a women's serial called "The Lady Dances" through the King-Features newspaper syndicate in 1933, as "Marge Stanley." A serial that's never been reprinted, much to universal regret). But when the weekend came and he tried his hand at SF, something special happened. The book you hold in your hands is a bit of that specialness. It includes half a dozen of Weinbaum's scientifictional stories -- "A Martian Odyssey" (of course!), "Valley of Dreams," "The Worlds of If," "The Ideal," "The Point of View," and "Pygmalion's Spectacles." Enjoy!
Publisher: Aegypan Press
ISBN: 9781603124911
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Stanley G. Weinbaum is a figure who looms large in the history of SF: years before John W. Campbell began editing "Astounding," he was writing stories that had much the same appeal. He came, in a real sense, out of nowhere -- not literally, but close to it. Most of the folks writing SF in the first years of the genre were folks who'd write "any" sort of "pulp" fiction for the pulps: westerns today, confessions tomorrow, mysteries on Thursdays, and oh, yes, scientificition on weekends. Weinbaum started out trying to be a writer of that stripe -- he managed to publish a women's serial called "The Lady Dances" through the King-Features newspaper syndicate in 1933, as "Marge Stanley." A serial that's never been reprinted, much to universal regret). But when the weekend came and he tried his hand at SF, something special happened. The book you hold in your hands is a bit of that specialness. It includes half a dozen of Weinbaum's scientifictional stories -- "A Martian Odyssey" (of course!), "Valley of Dreams," "The Worlds of If," "The Ideal," "The Point of View," and "Pygmalion's Spectacles." Enjoy!
A Martian Odyssey
Author: Stanley G Weinbaum
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781096950714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum originally published in the July 1934 issue of Wonder Stories. It was Weinbaum's second published story (in 1933 he had sold a romantic novel, The Lady Dances, to King Features Syndicate under the pseudonym Marge Stanley[1]), and remains his best known. It was followed four months later by a sequel, "Valley of Dreams". These are the only stories by Weinbaum set on Mars. The story immediately established Weinbaum as a leading figure in the field. Isaac Asimov states that Weinbaum's "easy style and his realistic description of extraterrestrial scenes and life-forms were better than anything yet seen, and the science fiction reading public went mad over him." The story "had the effect on the field of an exploding grenade. With this single story, Weinbaum was instantly recognized as the world's best living science fiction writer, and at once almost every writer in the field tried to imitate him." Before, aliens had been nothing more than plot devices to help or hinder the hero. Weinbaum's creations, like the pyramid-builder and the cart creatures, have their own reasons for existing. Also, their logic is not human logic, and humans cannot always puzzle out their motivations. Tweel itself was one of the first characters (arguably the first) who satisfied John W. Campbell's famous challenge: "Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man."
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781096950714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A Martian Odyssey is a science fiction short story by Stanley G. Weinbaum originally published in the July 1934 issue of Wonder Stories. It was Weinbaum's second published story (in 1933 he had sold a romantic novel, The Lady Dances, to King Features Syndicate under the pseudonym Marge Stanley[1]), and remains his best known. It was followed four months later by a sequel, "Valley of Dreams". These are the only stories by Weinbaum set on Mars. The story immediately established Weinbaum as a leading figure in the field. Isaac Asimov states that Weinbaum's "easy style and his realistic description of extraterrestrial scenes and life-forms were better than anything yet seen, and the science fiction reading public went mad over him." The story "had the effect on the field of an exploding grenade. With this single story, Weinbaum was instantly recognized as the world's best living science fiction writer, and at once almost every writer in the field tried to imitate him." Before, aliens had been nothing more than plot devices to help or hinder the hero. Weinbaum's creations, like the pyramid-builder and the cart creatures, have their own reasons for existing. Also, their logic is not human logic, and humans cannot always puzzle out their motivations. Tweel itself was one of the first characters (arguably the first) who satisfied John W. Campbell's famous challenge: "Write me a creature who thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man."
A Martian Odyssey and Other Science Fiction Stories of Stanley Weinbaum
Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026895843
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Stories from the Solar System A Martian Odyssey (Mars) Valley of Dreams (Mars) Flight on Titan (Titan) Parasite Planet (Venus) The Lotus Eaters (Venus) The Planet of Doubt (Uranus) The Red Peri (Pluto) The Mad Moon (Io) Redemption Cairn (Europa) Haskel Van Manderpootz & Dixon Wells Stories The Worlds of If The Ideal The Point of View
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN: 8026895843
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Stories from the Solar System A Martian Odyssey (Mars) Valley of Dreams (Mars) Flight on Titan (Titan) Parasite Planet (Venus) The Lotus Eaters (Venus) The Planet of Doubt (Uranus) The Red Peri (Pluto) The Mad Moon (Io) Redemption Cairn (Europa) Haskel Van Manderpootz & Dixon Wells Stories The Worlds of If The Ideal The Point of View
The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories
Author: Tom Shippey
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192803818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
A collection of classic science fiction short stories features tales by H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clark, Frederik Pohl, Clifford Simak, Brian Aldiss, Ursala K. LeGuin, and many others. Edited by the author of The Road to Middle-Earth. 20,000 first printing.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192803818
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 587
Book Description
A collection of classic science fiction short stories features tales by H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clark, Frederik Pohl, Clifford Simak, Brian Aldiss, Ursala K. LeGuin, and many others. Edited by the author of The Road to Middle-Earth. 20,000 first printing.
Where Do We Go from Here?
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780722112519
Category : Short stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780722112519
Category : Short stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Cat Country
Author: Lao She
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780143208129
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
When a traveller from China crash-lands on Mars, he finds himself in a country inhabited entirely by Cat People. Befriended by a local cat-man, he becomes acquainted in all aspects of cat-life: he learns to speak Felinese, masters cat-poetry, and appreciates the narcotic effects of the reverie leaf - their food staple. But curiosity turns to despair when he ventures further into the heart of the country and the culture, and realizes that he is witnessing the bleak decline of a civilization. Cat Country, Lao She's only work of science fiction, is both a dark, dystopian tale of one man's close encounter with the feline kind and a scathing indictment of a country gone awry.
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 9780143208129
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
When a traveller from China crash-lands on Mars, he finds himself in a country inhabited entirely by Cat People. Befriended by a local cat-man, he becomes acquainted in all aspects of cat-life: he learns to speak Felinese, masters cat-poetry, and appreciates the narcotic effects of the reverie leaf - their food staple. But curiosity turns to despair when he ventures further into the heart of the country and the culture, and realizes that he is witnessing the bleak decline of a civilization. Cat Country, Lao She's only work of science fiction, is both a dark, dystopian tale of one man's close encounter with the feline kind and a scathing indictment of a country gone awry.