Author: Robert William Chambers
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A tale of piracy in Colonial America, notably Edward Teach ("Blackbeard").
The Rogue's Moon
Author: Robert William Chambers
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A tale of piracy in Colonial America, notably Edward Teach ("Blackbeard").
Publisher: New York : D. Appleton
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A tale of piracy in Colonial America, notably Edward Teach ("Blackbeard").
Rogue Moon
Author: Algis Budrys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A novel about a privately undertaken manned trip to the moon.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
A novel about a privately undertaken manned trip to the moon.
The Telescopic Tourist's Guide to the Moon
Author: Andrew May
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319607413
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Whether you’re interested in visiting Apollo landing sites or the locations of classic sci-fi movies, this is the tourist guide for you! This tourist guide has a twist – it is a guide to a whole different world, which you can visit from the comfort of your backyard with the aid of nothing more sophisticated than an inexpensive telescope. It tells you the best times to view the Moon, the most exciting sights to look out for, and the best equipment to use, allowing you to snap stunning photographs as well as view the sights with your own eyes. Have you ever been inspired by stunning images from the Hubble telescope, or the magic of sci-fi special effects, only to look through a small backyard telescope at the disappointing white dot of a planet or faint blur of a galaxy? Yet the Moon is different. Seen through even a relatively cheap 'scope, it springs into life like a real place, with mountains and valleys and rugged craters. With a bit of imagination, you can even picture yourself as a sightseeing visitor there – which in a sense you are.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319607413
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Whether you’re interested in visiting Apollo landing sites or the locations of classic sci-fi movies, this is the tourist guide for you! This tourist guide has a twist – it is a guide to a whole different world, which you can visit from the comfort of your backyard with the aid of nothing more sophisticated than an inexpensive telescope. It tells you the best times to view the Moon, the most exciting sights to look out for, and the best equipment to use, allowing you to snap stunning photographs as well as view the sights with your own eyes. Have you ever been inspired by stunning images from the Hubble telescope, or the magic of sci-fi special effects, only to look through a small backyard telescope at the disappointing white dot of a planet or faint blur of a galaxy? Yet the Moon is different. Seen through even a relatively cheap 'scope, it springs into life like a real place, with mountains and valleys and rugged craters. With a bit of imagination, you can even picture yourself as a sightseeing visitor there – which in a sense you are.
Evaporating Genres
Author: Gary K. Wolfe
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819571040
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A series of provocative essays on how the fantastic genres evolve and grow In this wide-ranging series of essays, an award-winning science fiction critic explores how the related genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror evolve, merge, and finally "evaporate" into new and more dynamic forms. Beginning with a discussion of how literary readers "unlearned" how to read the fantastic during the heyday of realistic fiction, Gary K. Wolfe goes on to show how the fantastic reasserted itself in popular genre literature, and how these genres themselves grew increasingly unstable in terms of both narrative form and the worlds they portray. More detailed discussions of how specific contemporary writers have promoted this evolution are followed by a final essay examining how the competing discourses have led toward an emerging synthesis of critical approaches and vocabularies. The essays cover a vast range of authors and texts, and include substantial discussions of very current fiction published within the last few years.
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819571040
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
A series of provocative essays on how the fantastic genres evolve and grow In this wide-ranging series of essays, an award-winning science fiction critic explores how the related genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror evolve, merge, and finally "evaporate" into new and more dynamic forms. Beginning with a discussion of how literary readers "unlearned" how to read the fantastic during the heyday of realistic fiction, Gary K. Wolfe goes on to show how the fantastic reasserted itself in popular genre literature, and how these genres themselves grew increasingly unstable in terms of both narrative form and the worlds they portray. More detailed discussions of how specific contemporary writers have promoted this evolution are followed by a final essay examining how the competing discourses have led toward an emerging synthesis of critical approaches and vocabularies. The essays cover a vast range of authors and texts, and include substantial discussions of very current fiction published within the last few years.
The Stuff of Science Fiction
Author: Gary Westfahl
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476646953
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
While students and general readers typically cannot relate to esoteric definitions of science fiction, they readily understand the genre as a literature that characteristically deals with subjects such as new inventions, space, robot and aliens. This book looks at science fiction in precisely this manner, with twenty-one chapters that each deal with a subject that is repeatedly addressed in science fiction of recent centuries. Based on a packet of original essays that the author assembled for his classes, the book could serve as a supplemental textbook in science fiction classes, but also contains material of interest to science fiction scholars and others devoted to the genre. In some cases, chapters offer thorough surveys of numerous works involving certain subjects, such as imagined vehicles, journeys beneath the Earth and undersea adventures, discovering intriguing patterns in the ways that various writers developed their ideas. When comprehensive coverage of ubiquitous topics such as robots, aliens and the planet Mars is impossible, chapters focus on major themes referencing selected texts. A conclusion discusses other science fiction subjects that were omitted for various reasons, and a bibliography lists additional resources for the study of science fiction in general and the topics of each chapter.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476646953
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
While students and general readers typically cannot relate to esoteric definitions of science fiction, they readily understand the genre as a literature that characteristically deals with subjects such as new inventions, space, robot and aliens. This book looks at science fiction in precisely this manner, with twenty-one chapters that each deal with a subject that is repeatedly addressed in science fiction of recent centuries. Based on a packet of original essays that the author assembled for his classes, the book could serve as a supplemental textbook in science fiction classes, but also contains material of interest to science fiction scholars and others devoted to the genre. In some cases, chapters offer thorough surveys of numerous works involving certain subjects, such as imagined vehicles, journeys beneath the Earth and undersea adventures, discovering intriguing patterns in the ways that various writers developed their ideas. When comprehensive coverage of ubiquitous topics such as robots, aliens and the planet Mars is impossible, chapters focus on major themes referencing selected texts. A conclusion discusses other science fiction subjects that were omitted for various reasons, and a bibliography lists additional resources for the study of science fiction in general and the topics of each chapter.
Castle of Days
Author: Gene Wolfe
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429966246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Washington Post has called Gene Wolfe "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced." This volume, Castle of Days, joins together two of his rarest and most sought after works--Gene Wolfe's Book of Days and The Castle of the Otter--and add thirty-nine short essays collected here for the first time, to fashion a rich and engrossing architecture of wonder. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1429966246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The Washington Post has called Gene Wolfe "the finest writer the science fiction world has yet produced." This volume, Castle of Days, joins together two of his rarest and most sought after works--Gene Wolfe's Book of Days and The Castle of the Otter--and add thirty-nine short essays collected here for the first time, to fashion a rich and engrossing architecture of wonder. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
An Informal History of the Hugos
Author: Jo Walton
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765379082
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Engaged, passionate, and consistently entertaining, this is a book for those who enjoyed Walton's previous collection of essays from Tor.com, the Locus Award-winning What Makes This Book So Great.The Hugo Awards, named after pioneer science fiction publisher Hugo Gernsback, and voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Society, have been given out since 1953. They are widely considered the most prestigious award in science fiction.Between 2010 and 2013, Jo Walton wrote a series of posts for Tor.com, surveying the Hugo finalists and winners from the award's inception up to the year 2000. Her contention was that each year's full set of finalists generally tells a meaningful story about the state of science fiction at that time.Walton's cheerfully opinionated and vastly well-informed posts provoked valuable conversation among the field's historians. Now these posts, lightly revised, have been gathered into this book, along with a small selection of the comments posted by SF luminaries such as Rich Horton, Gardner Dozois, and the late David G. Hartwell.
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765379082
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Engaged, passionate, and consistently entertaining, this is a book for those who enjoyed Walton's previous collection of essays from Tor.com, the Locus Award-winning What Makes This Book So Great.The Hugo Awards, named after pioneer science fiction publisher Hugo Gernsback, and voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Society, have been given out since 1953. They are widely considered the most prestigious award in science fiction.Between 2010 and 2013, Jo Walton wrote a series of posts for Tor.com, surveying the Hugo finalists and winners from the award's inception up to the year 2000. Her contention was that each year's full set of finalists generally tells a meaningful story about the state of science fiction at that time.Walton's cheerfully opinionated and vastly well-informed posts provoked valuable conversation among the field's historians. Now these posts, lightly revised, have been gathered into this book, along with a small selection of the comments posted by SF luminaries such as Rich Horton, Gardner Dozois, and the late David G. Hartwell.
Tears and Joy
Author: Vinod Gopalakrishnan
Publisher: StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 939266138X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
About Book: This collection of poems is about experiences and situations in life that all of us go through. I have attempted to write in simple everyday language using simple expressions. Most of these poems have been written on impulse with one or more ideas behind them. Some of the poems are pure fun and playfulness; some capture pain along with hope; some are inspired by the moon which never ceases to stir several feelings depending upon my mood; some are flights of fantasy; many are about life; some about my late parents and a few other people; some on the pandemic of Covid-19; a couple of poems are romantic also. I hope you read and reflect over and enjoy these poems. About the Author: Vinod works for a reputed corporate group in India. He has over 29 years of Corporate Experience. He mostly follows free-style writing and believes in expressing not-so-simple thoughts with simple words. He has been writing poems since 2017. As an impulsive poet, he often just picks up the pen when an idea hits him, rather than elaborately planning the poetry. He also likes to rustle up meals on weekends for his family and is a passionate chef. He is a keen listener of Jazz, Blues, old Rock and Indian Classical music, but, unfortunately, has not yet learnt to play an instrument. Vinod reads all kinds of books and enjoys them.
Publisher: StoryMirror Infotech Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 939266138X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
About Book: This collection of poems is about experiences and situations in life that all of us go through. I have attempted to write in simple everyday language using simple expressions. Most of these poems have been written on impulse with one or more ideas behind them. Some of the poems are pure fun and playfulness; some capture pain along with hope; some are inspired by the moon which never ceases to stir several feelings depending upon my mood; some are flights of fantasy; many are about life; some about my late parents and a few other people; some on the pandemic of Covid-19; a couple of poems are romantic also. I hope you read and reflect over and enjoy these poems. About the Author: Vinod works for a reputed corporate group in India. He has over 29 years of Corporate Experience. He mostly follows free-style writing and believes in expressing not-so-simple thoughts with simple words. He has been writing poems since 2017. As an impulsive poet, he often just picks up the pen when an idea hits him, rather than elaborately planning the poetry. He also likes to rustle up meals on weekends for his family and is a passionate chef. He is a keen listener of Jazz, Blues, old Rock and Indian Classical music, but, unfortunately, has not yet learnt to play an instrument. Vinod reads all kinds of books and enjoys them.
Hollyweird Science
Author: Kevin R. Grazier
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319150723
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Lighthearted, quirky, and upbeat, this book explores the portrayal of science and technology on both the big and little screen -- and how Hollywood is actually doing a better job of getting it right than ever before. Grounded in the real-word, and often cutting-edge, science and technology that inspires fictional science, the authors survey Hollywood depictions of topics such as quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and alien worlds. Including material from interviews with over two dozen writers, producers, and directors of acclaimed science-themed productions -- as well as scientists, science fiction authors, and science advisors -- Hollyweird Science examines screen science fiction from the sometimes-conflicting vantage points of storytellers, researchers, and viewers. Including a foreword by Eureka co-creator and executive producer Jaime Paglia, and an afterword by astronomer and science fiction author Michael Brotherton, Ph.D., this book is accessible to all readers from the layperson to the armchair expert to the professional scientist, and will delight all of them equally.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319150723
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Lighthearted, quirky, and upbeat, this book explores the portrayal of science and technology on both the big and little screen -- and how Hollywood is actually doing a better job of getting it right than ever before. Grounded in the real-word, and often cutting-edge, science and technology that inspires fictional science, the authors survey Hollywood depictions of topics such as quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and alien worlds. Including material from interviews with over two dozen writers, producers, and directors of acclaimed science-themed productions -- as well as scientists, science fiction authors, and science advisors -- Hollyweird Science examines screen science fiction from the sometimes-conflicting vantage points of storytellers, researchers, and viewers. Including a foreword by Eureka co-creator and executive producer Jaime Paglia, and an afterword by astronomer and science fiction author Michael Brotherton, Ph.D., this book is accessible to all readers from the layperson to the armchair expert to the professional scientist, and will delight all of them equally.
Partnership
Author: E.J. Russell
Publisher: Reality Optional Press
ISBN: 1947033018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
When Sun-born mage Zal is called to a remote village after an explosion on a nearby mountaintop, he’s stunned at what he finds in the gaol under the town hall—the last Moon-born on the planet, apparently a rogue mage, and someone Zal is duty-bound to haul to the capital to face judgment. But although nonbinary Torian is Moon-born, they’re no mage. Rescued as an infant from the plague that wiped out the rest of their race, Torian is as much cybertronic as human, and desperate to escape their former Star-born overseers. Zal has never felt the desires of the flesh, and as an avowed celibate Sun mage, he couldn’t indulge them if he did. Torian has only known value as a sexual surrogate, and isn’t sure how to prove their worth to a man who has no need of their abilities. As danger looms from both Zal’s world and Torian’s, mage and cyborg must find common ground, because only together can they hope to survive.
Publisher: Reality Optional Press
ISBN: 1947033018
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 95
Book Description
When Sun-born mage Zal is called to a remote village after an explosion on a nearby mountaintop, he’s stunned at what he finds in the gaol under the town hall—the last Moon-born on the planet, apparently a rogue mage, and someone Zal is duty-bound to haul to the capital to face judgment. But although nonbinary Torian is Moon-born, they’re no mage. Rescued as an infant from the plague that wiped out the rest of their race, Torian is as much cybertronic as human, and desperate to escape their former Star-born overseers. Zal has never felt the desires of the flesh, and as an avowed celibate Sun mage, he couldn’t indulge them if he did. Torian has only known value as a sexual surrogate, and isn’t sure how to prove their worth to a man who has no need of their abilities. As danger looms from both Zal’s world and Torian’s, mage and cyborg must find common ground, because only together can they hope to survive.