Author : Xavier Dollo
Publisher : Humanoids, Inc.
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 20,3 MB
Release : 2021-11-23
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 164337947X
Journey through time and space with this graphic novel history of the science fiction genre.
Author : A. Roberts
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 21,8 MB
Release : 2005-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0230554652
The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.
Author : Gerry Canavan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : pages
File Size : 18,2 MB
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1316733017
The first science fiction course in the American academy was held in the early 1950s. In the sixty years since, science fiction has become a recognized and established literary genre with a significant and growing body of scholarship. The Cambridge History of Science Fiction is a landmark volume as the first authoritative history of the genre. Over forty contributors with diverse and complementary specialties present a history of science fiction across national and genre boundaries, and trace its intellectual and creative roots in the philosophical and fantastic narratives of the ancient past. Science fiction as a literary genre is the central focus of the volume, but fundamental to its story is its non-literary cultural manifestations and influence. Coverage thus includes transmedia manifestations as an integral part of the genre's history, including not only short stories and novels, but also film, art, architecture, music, comics, and interactive media.
Author : Eric S. Rabkin
Publisher : Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 48,11 MB
Release : 1983-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780195032727
Presents a chronological survey of this genre from the beginnings of modern science and technology to the present.
Author : L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher : Galaxy Press LLC
Page : 1578 pages
File Size : 24,17 MB
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1592123422
Sadistic Aliens... ...Man is an endangered species. Is it the end of the world or the rebirth of a new one? In the year A.D. 3000, Earth is a dystopian wasteland. The great cities stand crumbling as a brutal reminder of what we once were. When the Psychlos invaded, all the world’s armies mustered little resistance against the advanced alien weapons. Now, the man animals serve one purpose. Do the Psychlos’ bidding or face extinction. One man, Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, has a plan. They must learn about the Psychlos and their weapons. He needs the other humans to follow him. And that may not be enough. Can he outwit his Psychlo captor, Terl? The fate of the Galaxy lies on the Battlefield of Earth. Get it now. “Pulse-pounding mile-a-minute sci-fi action-adventure that does not stop. It is a masterpiece of popular adventure science fiction.” —Brandon Sanderson “Battlefield Earth is like a 12-hour ‘Indiana Jones’ marathon. Non-stop and fast-paced. Every chapter has a big bang-up adventure.” —Kevin J. Anderson (co-author of the Dune Sagas) “Over 1,000 pages of thrills, spills, vicious aliens and noble humans. I found Battlefield Earth un-put-downable.” —Neil Gaiman
Author : James Gunn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1476633320
Alternate Worlds was first published in 1975 and became an instant classic, winning a Hugo award. This third edition brings the history of science fiction up to date, covering developments over the past forty years--a period that has seen the advent of technologies only imagined in the genre's Golden Age. As a literature of change, science fiction has become ever more meaningful, presaging dangers to humanity and, as Alvin Toffler wrote, guarding against "the premature arrival of the future." The world has begun to recognize science fiction in many different ways, incorporating its elements in products, visual media and huge conventions.
Author : Mark Bould
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 30,10 MB
Release : 2011-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1136820418
The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction provides students with an accessible overview of the genre that explores how it emerged through competing, multifarious versions and the struggle to define its limits. Discussing the place of key works and looking forward to the future of the genre, this book is the ideal starting point for students and all those seeking a better understanding of science fiction.
Author : Brian Wilson Aldiss
Publisher :
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 10,17 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : 9780552098052
Discusses the works of Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Lucian, H.G. Wells, John W. Campbell, and others from Victorian times to the present.
Author : Lester del Rey
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 37,61 MB
Release : 2021-05-18
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1000378764
This book, first published in 1980, is a guide to the major forces in the subculture of science fiction. It analyses the history of the field and the related developments, for instance the Bomb, that have shaped the literature. It examines the complex of activity and background tradition, the body of accepted beliefs and conventions, and the ethics and values of the world of science fiction.
Author : Robert Scholes
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 30,70 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195021745
This is both an introduction to an overwhelming popular literary genre and a stimulating analysis of its literary, socal, and scientific elements. Contains detailed discussions of the most significant writers,a nd of ten representative novels from 1818 to 1976.
