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Strange exiles were landing throughout the night . . . exiles from the unknown depths of outer space -- seeking human beings for food!
Author : Murray Leinster
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 29,78 MB
Release : 2007-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 143449120X
Strange exiles were landing throughout the night . . . exiles from the unknown depths of outer space -- seeking human beings for food!
Author : Rodman Philbrick
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 27,85 MB
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1497685435
When their classmates are kidnapped, Nick, Jessie, and Frasier must defeat the aliens once and for all Nick, Jessie, and Frasier have managed to escape the clutches of slimy alien invaders—only to be taken prisoner by their own parents. The extraterrestrials are controlling the minds of all the adults in town, and the trio is now under house arrest. With locks on their doors and windows, and aliens watching their every move, Nick, Jessie, and Frasier don’t think it could get any worse . . . until they realize they’ll be forced to go to summer school! The three kids know they have to get away before the aliens take over their minds too. But why have their parents been targeted? And why are all the adults doing so much digging? Nick, Jessie, and Frasier must rush to discover the truth about the invasion before the aliens can complete their evil plans. It’s not just their lives on the line—it’s the life of the entire town.
Author : Samuel Chavkin
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 38,53 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :
Author : Alan C. Elms
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,42 MB
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0195354338
Psychobiography is often attacked by critics who feel that it trivializes complex adult personalities, "explaining the large deeds of great individuals," as George Will wrote, "by some slight the individual suffered at a tender age--say, 7, when his mother took away a lollipop." Worse yet, some writers have clearly abused psychobiography--for instance, to grind axes from the right (Nancy Clinch on the Kennedy family) or from the left (Fawn Brodie on Richard Nixon)--and others have offered woefully inept diagnoses (such as Albert Goldman's portrait of Elvis Presley as a "split personality" and a "delusional paranoid"). And yet, as Alan Elms argues in Uncovering Lives, in the hands of a skilled practitioner, psychobiography can rival the very best traditional biography in the insights it offers. Elms makes a strong case for the value of psychobiography, arguing in large part from example. Indeed, most of the book features Elms's own fascinating case studies of over a dozen prominent figures, among them Sigmund Freud (the father of psychobiography), B.F. Skinner, Isaac Asimov, L. Frank Baum, Vladimir Nabokov, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Saddam Hussein, and Henry Kissinger. These profiles make intriguing reading. For example, Elms discusses the fiction of Isaac Asimov in light of the latter's acrophobia (fear of heights) and mild agoraphobia (fear of open spaces)--and Elms includes excerpts from a series of letters between himself and Asimov. He reveals an unintended subtext of The Wizard of Oz--that males are weak, females are strong (think of Scarecrow, Tin Man, the Lion, and the Wizard, versus the good and bad witches and Dorothy herself)--and traces this in part to Baum's childhood heart disease, which kept him from strenuous activity, and to his relationship with his mother-in-law, Matilda Joslyn Gage, a distinguished advocate of women's rights. And in a fascinating chapter, he examines the abused childhood of Saddam Hussein, the privileged childhood of George Bush, and the radically different psychological paths that led these two men into the Persian Gulf War. Elms supports each study with extensive research, much of it never presented before--for instance, on how some of the most revealing portions of C.G. Jung's autobiography were deleted in spite of his protests before publication. Along the way, Elms provides much insight into how psychobiography is written. Finally, he proposes clear guidelines for judging high quality work, and offers practical tips for anyone interested in writing in this genre. Written with great clarity and wit, Uncovering Lives illuminates the contributions that psychology can make to biography. Elms's enthusiasm for his subject is contagious and will inspire would-be psychobiographers as well as win over the most hardened skeptics.
Author : D. Linden
Publisher : Springer
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 17,12 MB
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1137335335
Interest in techniques to control the brain and thereby improve its function has surged, yet how realistic are these expectations and what are the ethical implications? This book reviews the main techniques of controlling brain processes for medical purposes, situating them within ethical and legal debates on autonomy and fairness.
Author : Fatma Durmush
Publisher : Chipmunkapublishing ltd
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 22,24 MB
Release : 2011-06-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1849911800
DescriptionCalestro is near Mars and is the central place with igloos and of course mad people. Igloos and everyone's IQ tremendously high. A narrative poem. The central character is Grace? Who is Grace? What is she? Who are all those people? Who is the Professor?Dreams of places, fantasy and youth that is the central themes. Themes go at furious rate when the adopted father wants to have sex with his adopted daughter what should she do? No one to turn to, turn to crime or murder? Of course the talking scientists busy with banality creating more gadgets for the work shy. Every day they sit on their seats and dreams are made. This is the bases of Calestro. About the AuthorDurmush was born in Cyprus in 1959 and most of her life has been covered by ill health. Which she manages to control through art/writing. Calestro the book took Durmush through her teens to middle age to write. She started to write Calestro when 17 years old. Thought writing in it perfect she gave it to an ex-boy friend to publish in Turkey he did not do anything with it. Durmush went to a solicitor and got it back. Then came the manuscript and it was terrible- yet there was something in it. Durmush persevered. When she was 28 Morley magazine wanted to do a print serialisation. Durmush rushed home to get the Manuscript and fainted at the front door of her house. When she finally got it the editor said he was interested. The editor was sacked because he had been dishonest and it was forgotten. This year she has finished writing it. She did not give birth but it seemed like a mammoth task which has taken her to many websites but mostly into her own imagination.
Author : Peter Stockwell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,98 MB
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1317878175
The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the literary context. The discussion ranges from a detailed investigation of new words and metaphors, to the exploration of new worlds, from pulp science fiction to the genre's literary masterpieces, its special effects and poetic expression. Speculations and extrapolations throughout the book engage the reader in thought-experiments and discussion points, with selected further reading making it a useful source book for classroom and seminar.
Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 802 pages
File Size : 17,76 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0941028755
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.
Author : Charles R. Acland
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 21,52 MB
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0822349191
Acland looks back at the strange history of subliminal seduction: a theory first propagated in the late 1950s by marketing researcher James Vicary, who claimed that movie audiences bought more refreshments if advertising messages too quick to be noticed were inserted into movies. The study was soon proven false, but that hasnt kept the concept from having a long afterlife in the popular imagination.
Author : Brian Stableford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 18,65 MB
Release : 2006-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1135923736
Science fiction is a literary genre based on scientific speculation. Works of science fiction use the ideas and the vocabulary of all sciences to create valid narratives that explore the future effects of science on events and human beings. Science Fact and Science Fiction examines in one volume how science has propelled science-fiction and, to a lesser extent, how science fiction has influenced the sciences. Although coverage will discuss the science behind the fiction from the Classical Age to the present, focus is naturally on the 19th century to the present, when the Industrial Revolution and spectacular progress in science and technology triggered an influx of science-fiction works speculating on the future. As scientific developments alter expectations for the future, the literature absorbs, uses, and adapts such contextual visions. The goal of the Encyclopedia is not to present a catalog of sciences and their application in literary fiction, but rather to study the ongoing flow and counterflow of influences, including how fictional representations of science affect how we view its practice and disciplines. Although the main focus is on literature, other forms of science fiction, including film and video games, are explored and, because science is an international matter, works from non-English speaking countries are discussed as needed.