Author : Everett Franklin Bleiler
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780873384162
In this volume the author describes more than 3000 short stories, novels, and plays with science fiction elements, from earliest times to 1930. He includes imaginary voyages, utopias, Victorian boys' books, dime novels, pulp magazine stories, British scientific romances and mainstream work with science fiction elements. Many of these publications are extremely rare, surviving in only a handful of copies, and most of them have never been described before.
Author : Everett Franklin Bleiler
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 14,8 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN :
Author : Brian M. Stableford
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 758 pages
File Size : 19,34 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0415974607
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Author : Paul Meehan
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,66 MB
Release : 2014-07-07
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786474874
Vampires have been a popular subject for writers since their inception in 19th century Gothic literature and, later, became popular with filmmakers. Now the classical vampire is extinct, and in its place are new vampires who embrace the hi-tech worlds of science fiction. This book is the first to examine the history of vampires in science fiction. The first part considers the role of science and pseudo-science, from late Victorian to modern times, in the creation of the vampire, as well as the "sensation fiction" of J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells. The second part focuses on the history of the science fiction vampire in the cinema, from the silent era to the present. More than sixty films are discussed, including films from such acclaimed directors as Roger Corman, David Cronenberg, Guillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg, among others.
Author : Ericka Hoagland
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 18,15 MB
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786457821
Though science fiction is often thought of as a Western phenomenon, the genre has long had a foothold in countries as diverse as India and Mexico. These fourteen critical essays examine both the role of science fiction in the third world and the role of the third world in science fiction. Topics covered include science fiction in Bengal, the genre's portrayal of Native Americans, Mexican cyberpunk fiction, and the undercurrents of colonialism and Empire in traditional science fiction. The intersections of science fiction theory and postcolonial theory are explored, as well as science fiction's contesting of imperialism and how the third world uses the genre to recreate itself. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author : Lee Ash
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 33,71 MB
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1134754620
Science/Fiction Collections offers different views and attitudes toward Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature and descriptions of a variety of collections. Written during a time when Science Fiction and Fantasy writings had just gained widespread popularity, it offers suggestions and considerations for approaching any special collection dealing with a relatively new field.
Author : Michael Burgess
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0893709271
Originally published in 1988, this Library of Congress cataloging guide includes: Subject Headings, Classification Numbers (with Index), Author Main Entries and Literature Numbers, LC Literature Numbers, Artist Main Entries and Artist Numbers, Motion Picture Main Entries and Numbers, Television and Radio Program Main Entries and Numbers, and Comic Strip Main Entries and Numbers. The work is definitive through the period covered.
Author : Norman Spinrad
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 17,3 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780809316717
Updates Lentz's previous work (which Library journal said was producers, screenwriters, cinematographers, special effects technicians, make-up artists, art directors. III: film index. IV: TV series index. V: alternate title index. Science fiction writer Spinrad presents 13 essays, some previously published, examining particular works in the genre, aspects of the industry, and how they influence each other. Topics include critical standards, the visual expression in comic books and movies, modes of content, politics, and profiles of individual authors. No bibliography. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Bugs2writes
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 25,43 MB
Release : 2018-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0244646600
Whatever your mood, you will find something within these pages to entice and enthral you. The science fiction narratives include adventures involving space travel, motherships, aliens and master races. Within these extra-terrestrial settings, human minds are pitted against superior intellects from other worlds and other galaxies. The supernatural stories are also other-worldly, but this time more contemplative, spiritual and mystical. The pace is slower, the atmosphere more eerie, more contemplative. The narratives are both thought-provoking and mysterious. They draw the reader into worlds slightly off-kilter, slightly less certain and definitely enigmatic. All the narratives are highly readable: some are adventurous, some enchanting, some cryptic, some inexplicable, but all are hugely thrilling and entertaining.
Author : Abraham Merritt
Publisher : Tacet Books
Page : 1364 pages
File Size : 42,62 MB
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3969445329
Welcome to the Essential Science Fiction Novels book series, where you will find a selection of endless tales about the incredible technologies of the future, time travel and its consequences, adventures in interstellar spaceships, strange post-apocalyptic worlds, dangerous alien invasions and everything else the authors dreamed of or feared for the future of humanity.For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the 5 novels by authors who created memorable stories that shaped the foundations of Science Fiction. The Metal Monster by Abraham Merritt.The World Peril of 1910 by George Griffith.A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells.A Journey in Other Worlds: A Romance of the Future by John Jacob Astor.The Port of Peril by Otis Adelbert Kline.If you appreciate good books, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!
