Author: Darren Harris-Fain
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction discuss the changing attitudes towards this genre, including serious consideration by critics. Covers the publication of science fiction in comic books, limited productions of publications by fan presses, the difference between British and American science fiction, the birth of the New Wave, and the revival of horror fiction as a distinct genre.
British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers Since 1960
Author: Darren Harris-Fain
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction discuss the changing attitudes towards this genre, including serious consideration by critics. Covers the publication of science fiction in comic books, limited productions of publications by fan presses, the difference between British and American science fiction, the birth of the New Wave, and the revival of horror fiction as a distinct genre.
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction discuss the changing attitudes towards this genre, including serious consideration by critics. Covers the publication of science fiction in comic books, limited productions of publications by fan presses, the difference between British and American science fiction, the birth of the New Wave, and the revival of horror fiction as a distinct genre.
Science Fiction: Vision of Tomorrow?
Author: Richard Hantula
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 9780836839524
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 9780836839524
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.
British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers, 1918-1960
Author: Darren Harris-Fain
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction, including dark fantasy and supernatural horror. Includes lesser-known authors who made their own small but significant contributions to this field. Discusses the impact of pulp magazines and other new magazines that focused on subgenres such as romance fiction, adventure fiction, Western fiction, and eventually fantasy and science fiction, and utopian literature, a predecessor and close cousin of science fiction.
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction, including dark fantasy and supernatural horror. Includes lesser-known authors who made their own small but significant contributions to this field. Discusses the impact of pulp magazines and other new magazines that focused on subgenres such as romance fiction, adventure fiction, Western fiction, and eventually fantasy and science fiction, and utopian literature, a predecessor and close cousin of science fiction.
The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
Author: John Clute
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312198695
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312198695
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1110
Book Description
Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.
Twentieth-century Science-fiction Writers
Author: Curtis C. Smith
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN: 9780912289274
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Publisher: Saint James Press
ISBN: 9780912289274
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers Before World War I
Author: Darren Harris-Fain
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction during a time when science, technology and industrialization made increasingly impressive inroads from the Enlightenment to World War I.A gradual emphasis on social improvement, including literature, involved efforts to increase literacy through expanding material to read. During this period, publication of newspapers, penny dreadfuls and dime novels lead to pulp magazines and other popular periodicals.
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction during a time when science, technology and industrialization made increasingly impressive inroads from the Enlightenment to World War I.A gradual emphasis on social improvement, including literature, involved efforts to increase literacy through expanding material to read. During this period, publication of newspapers, penny dreadfuls and dime novels lead to pulp magazines and other popular periodicals.
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Author: John Clute
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312134860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1386
Book Description
Encompassing 4,360 entries that provide critical insight and biographical and bibliographical data, an updated edition of a popular science fiction reference features a carefully cross-referenced format. Original.
Publisher: St Martins Press
ISBN: 9780312134860
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1386
Book Description
Encompassing 4,360 entries that provide critical insight and biographical and bibliographical data, an updated edition of a popular science fiction reference features a carefully cross-referenced format. Original.
The Six Fingers of Time
Author: R. A. Lafferty
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1682999378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Time is money. Time heals all wounds. Given time, anything is possible. And now he had all the time in the world!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1682999378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Time is money. Time heals all wounds. Given time, anything is possible. And now he had all the time in the world!
Science Fiction Authors
Author: Maura Heaphy
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598845063
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
For students, scholars, readers' advisors, and curious SF readers and fans, this guide provides an easy-to-use launch pad for researching and learning more about science fiction writers and their work. Emphasizing the best popular and contemporary authors, this book covers 100 SF writers, providing for each: • a brief biographical sketch, including a quote from theauthor, awards, etc. • a list of the author's major works (including editions and other writings) • research sources-biographies, criticism, research guides, and web sites • In addition, you'll find read-alike lists for selected authors. For anyone wanting to find information on popular SF authors, this should be the first stop.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598845063
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
For students, scholars, readers' advisors, and curious SF readers and fans, this guide provides an easy-to-use launch pad for researching and learning more about science fiction writers and their work. Emphasizing the best popular and contemporary authors, this book covers 100 SF writers, providing for each: • a brief biographical sketch, including a quote from theauthor, awards, etc. • a list of the author's major works (including editions and other writings) • research sources-biographies, criticism, research guides, and web sites • In addition, you'll find read-alike lists for selected authors. For anyone wanting to find information on popular SF authors, this should be the first stop.
British Mystery and Thriller Writers Since 1960
Author: Gina Macdonald
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Spans much of the modern history of the mystery genre and, along with it, many of the political and social changes from the classical detective story, the World War II spy story, and the Cold War thriller to postmodern detective and spy adventures and the politics of terrorism and confrontation of the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Dictionary of Literary Biograp
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Spans much of the modern history of the mystery genre and, along with it, many of the political and social changes from the classical detective story, the World War II spy story, and the Cold War thriller to postmodern detective and spy adventures and the politics of terrorism and confrontation of the twenty-first century.