Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 680

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"Fifty great works of science fiction"--Cover.

Author: Peter Nicholls
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780586053805
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 672

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Author: Brian M. Stableford
Publisher: A to Z Guide Series
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 500

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Science Fiction literature, also known as sci fi and sf, is one of the more recent genres, and also one of the more popular. 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, from Utopias to dystopias, with more than a smattering of horror, detective, war and feminist titles. Stableford covers all these aspects and more, taking a close look at what has become a booming industry, with its specialized writers, publishers, and fan magazines. The compendium includes not only sf from the United States and United Kingdom, but also France, Russia, and many others. While the chronology charts the genre's dazzling growth, and the dictionary section looks at writers, books, themes, and other specifics, the introduction provides exceptional insight into what Science Fiction Literature is all about.

Author: Booksource, The
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781436497466
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Raymond Z. Gallun
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781483701042
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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The Anthology of Sci-Fi V4 features the prolific Science Fiction pulp writer Raymond Z. Gallun. Included are five of his short stories spanning 1951-56. Asteroid of Fear, Big Pill, Stamped Caution, Comet's Burial, The Eternal Wall.

Author: Raymond Z. Gallun
Publisher: VM eBooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

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The space ship landed briefly, and John Endlich lifted the huge Asteroids Homesteaders Office box, which contained everything from a prefabricated house to toothbrushes for his family, down from the hold-port without help or visible effort. In the tiny gravity of the asteroid, Vesta, doing this was no trouble at all. But beyond this point the situation was—bitter. His two kids, Bubs, seven, and Evelyn, nine—clad in space-suits that were slightly oversize to allow for the growth of young bodies—were both bawling. He could hear them through his oxygen-helmet radiophones. Around him, under the airless sky of space, stretched desolation that he'd of course known about beforehand—but which now had assumed that special and terrible starkness of reality. At his elbow, his wife, Rose, her heart-shaped face and grey eyes framed by the wide face-window of her armor, was trying desperately to choke back tears, and be brave.

Author: Raymond Z. Gallun
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479407488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 577

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Raymond Zinke Gallun (1911 - 1994) was among the earliest pulp fiction writers who specialized in science fiction, and he sold many stories to magazines in the 1930s under his own name and several pseudonyms (such as Dow Elstar, E.V. Raymond and William Callahan). His first novel, "People Minus X" (included here) was published in 1957, followed by his second, "The Planet Strappers," in 1961 (also included here). He was honored with the I-CON Lifetime Achievement Award in 1985 at I-CON IV; the award was later renamed The Raymond Z. Gallun Award. THE REVOLT OF THE STAR MEN THE ETERNAL WALL ASTEROID OF FEAR BIG PILL RETURN OF A LEGEND COMET'S BURIAL STAMPED CAUTION PEOPLE MINUS X (novel) THE PLANET STRAPPERS (novel) The Collector If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 250+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Author: Damien Broderick
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 080950927X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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Damien Broderick has had a major impact as an Australian SF writer since 1964. He is undoubtedly the leading Australian theorist of the SF genre' (Russell Blackford, Van Ikin, Sean McMullen, Strange Constellations). Now, Broderick draws upon his skills as both critic and novelist to analyze science fiction of the last two decades, and its earlier roots. The book proposes sf as a distinctive form of writing, the extreme narrative of difference, then closely reads authors such as John Barnes, Jamil Nasir, Wil McCarthy, Robert Grossbach and Poul Anderson. While concentrating on exciting work published in the USA and Britain, Broderick does not neglect his own country's contributions, discussing sf by George Turner and other Australians. His critical voice is wry, entertaining and occasionally scathing.

Author: Raymond Z. Gallun
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781605436289
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310

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The sixth entry in John Pelan's Classics of SF and Fantasy series comes from Raymond Z. Gallun, a writer whose career spanned the 30s through the 50s. In his introduction, John Pelan places Gallun in the pantheon of authors who entertained the readers of the Depression with tales of otherworldly creatures and societies. In this volume you'll find: Old Faithful, Astounding Science Fiction, December 1934 Brother Worlds, Thrilling Wonder, February 1951 Iszt-Earthman, Astounding Science Fiction, April 1938 The Achilles Heel, Amazing Stories, 1940 Hotel Cosmos, Astounding Science Fiction, July 1938 Prodigal's Aura, Astounding Science Fiction, April 1951 Bluff Play, Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1950 Asteroid of Fear, 1951 Planet Stories March 1951 The Eternal Wall, 1942 Amazing Stories November 1942 Davey Jones' Ambassador, Astounding Science Fiction, Dec. 1935

Author: Brian Stableford
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863456
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 568

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Once upon a time all literature was fantasy, set in a mythical past when magic existed, animals talked, and the gods took an active hand in earthly affairs. As the mythical past was displaced in Western estimation by the historical past and novelists became increasingly preoccupied with the present, fantasy was temporarily marginalized until the late 20th century, when it enjoyed a spectacular resurgence in every stratum of the literary marketplace. Stableford provides an invaluable guide to this sequence of events and to the current state of the field. The chronology tracks the evolution of fantasy from the origins of literature to the 21st century. The introduction explains the nature of the impulses creating and shaping fantasy literature, the problems of its definition and the reasons for its changing historical fortunes. The dictionary includes cross-referenced entries on more than 700 authors, ranging across the entire historical spectrum, while more than 200 other entries describe the fantasy subgenres, key images in fantasy literature, technical terms used in fantasy criticism, and the intimately convoluted relationship between literary fantasies, scholarly fantasies, and lifestyle fantasies. The book concludes with an extensive bibliography that ranges from general textbooks and specialized accounts of the history and scholarship of fantasy literature, through bibliographies and accounts of the fantasy literature of different nations, to individual author studies and useful websites.