Annual World's Best Science Fiction, 1973
Author : Brenda Jackson
Publisher : D A W Books, Incorporated
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 31,74 MB
Release : 1973-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780879970536
The 1973 Annual World's Best SF
Author : Donald A. Wollheim
Publisher :
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 25,20 MB
Release : 1973
Category :
ISBN :
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection
Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 39,45 MB
Release : 1999-07-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0312264747
Book Description
The past through tomorrow are boldly imagined and reinvented in the twenty-five stories collected in this showcase anthology. Many of the field's finest practitioners are represented here, along with stories from promising newcomers, including: William Barton * Rob Chilson * Tony Daniel * Cory Doctorow * Jim Grimsley * Gwyneth Jones * Chris Lawson * Ian McDonald * Robert Reed * William Browning Spencer * Allen Steele * Michael Swanwick * Howard Waldrop * Cherry Wilder * Liz Williams A useful list of honorable mentions and Dozois's insightful summation of the year in sf round out this anthology, making it indispensable for anyone interested in SF today.
The 1972 Annual World's Best SF
Author : Donald A. Wollheim
Publisher : New York : Daw Books
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 36,7 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Science fiction
ISBN :
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1
Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 41,26 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0941028755
Book Description
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1975-1991
Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Detroit : Gale Research
Page : 1536 pages
File Size : 34,41 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Book Description
Science fiction constitutes one of the largest and most widely read genres in literature, and this reference provides bibliographical data on some 20,000 science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction books, as well as nonfiction monographs about the literature. A companion to Reginald's Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, 1700-1974 (Gale, 1979), the present volume is alphabetically arranged by approximately 10,000 author names. The entry for each individual work includes title, publisher, date and place published, number of pages, hardbound or paperback format, and type of book (novel, anthology, etc.). Where appropriate, entries also provide translation notes, series information, pseudonyms, and remarks on special features (such as celebrity introductions). Includes indexes of titles, series, awards, and "doubles" (for locating volumes containing two novels). Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Bridges to Science Fiction and Fantasy
Author : Gregory Benford
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 16,79 MB
Release : 2018-03-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1476669287
Book Description
The J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature--long held at the University of California, Riverside--have been a major influence in the study of science fiction and fantasy for thirty years. The conferences have attracted leading scholars whose papers are published in Eaton volumes found in university libraries throughout the world. This collection brings together 22 of the best papers--most with new afterwords by the authors--presented in chronological order to show how science fiction and fantasy criticism has evolved since 1979.
Future and Fantastic Worlds
Author : Sheldon Jaffery
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 23,63 MB
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1557420025
Book Description
Future and Fantastic Worlds embodies an unusual approach to the field of bibliographic research, including over 700 annotations of every DAW book published through mid-1987, with indexes by author, artist, and title, providing a massive guide to modern SF writers and their works, with much background data. Interspersed throughout the book are numerous wry, irreverent, and amusing observations offered by the late and highly respected researcher in this extremely valuable genre tool.
The Year's Best Science Fiction: First Annual Collection
Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 809 pages
File Size : 41,88 MB
Release : 1984-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 146680730X
Book Description
This collection launched the popular and long-running "The Year's Best Science Fiction" series: Fantastic Science Fiction! The Year's Best -- And Biggest Collection Here's the cream of the crop: short stories, novelettes, novellas by science fiction writers already famous and awarded for their high-quality work in science fiction. Writers like: Poul Anderson Joe Haldeman Tanith Lee George R.R. Martin Robert Silverberg James Tiptree, Jr. Vernor Vinge Gene Wolfe Plus writers who are newer to the field, but just as excellent! These are the stories that will vie for the Hugo and Nebula Awards this year. And we've got them all! Not ten. Not twenty. 25 GREAT SF TALES. Each one is chosen by renowned SF writer and editor Gardner R. Dozois. Among them are "Black Air" by Kim Stanley Robinson, "Blood Music" and "Hardfought" by Greg Bear, "Blind Shemmy" by Jack Dann, "Cicada Queen" by Bruce Sterling and "Slow Birds" by Ian Watson.
Time Machines
Author : Paul J. Nahin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 674 pages
File Size : 13,64 MB
Release : 2001-04-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780387985718
Book Description
This book explores the idea of time travel from the first account in English literature to the latest theories of physicists such as Kip Thorne and Igor Novikov. This very readable work covers a variety of topics including: the history of time travel in fiction; the fundamental scientific concepts of time, spacetime, and the fourth dimension; the speculations of Einstein, Richard Feynman, Kurt Goedel, and others; time travel paradoxes, and much more.
