Book Description
Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.
Author : Richard Hantula
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 12,30 MB
Release : 2004-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780836839524
Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.
Author : Clifford D. Simak
Publisher : Del Rey Books
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,44 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345283870
An alien invasion which begins with the landing on Jerry Conklin's car of what looks like a huge black box changes life in Lone Pine, Minnesota, and threatens to destroy Earth's civilization
Author : John Wood Campbell
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 19,50 MB
Release : 1964
Category : Science fiction
ISBN :
Author : Harry Harrison
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 28,31 MB
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0575112514
Trapped in the confines of their fragile lifeship, a tiny band of aliens and humans faces the awesome challenge of survival after the mysterious explosion of a giant spaceship. Giles Steel, a member of Earth's master race, assumes responsibility for erupting tempers, the dwindling food supply...and the saboteur whose ugly work has already begun!
Author : Derek Künsken
Publisher : Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 42,81 MB
Release : 2018-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1786181134
Author : Cynthia Manson
Publisher : Smithmark Publishers
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 27,57 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780831704360
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 942 pages
File Size : 23,7 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Science fiction
ISBN :
Author : Isaac Asimov
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 39,97 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780440403524
Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 1176 pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 1991-05
Category : Science fiction
ISBN :
Author : David Seed
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 631 pages
File Size : 19,17 MB
Release : 2008-06-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0470797010
A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. This Companion conveys the scale and variety of science fiction. Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debating cultural issues. Essays by an international range of scholars discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. Addresses general topics, such as the history and origins of the genre, its engagement with science and gender, and national variations of science fiction around the English-speaking world. Maps out connections between science fiction, television, the cinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of the culture. Includes a section focusing on major figures, such as H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin. Offers close readings of particular novels, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.