Author: Leon L. Gammell
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 093026150X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Providing fast-action science fiction novels, Startling Stories was established beginning in January 1939 as a sister publication to Thrilling Wonder Stories. Publishing 99 issues in all, and combining Fantastic Story Magazine and Thrilling Wonder Stories with its ninety-seventh issue, it finally suspended publication in Fall 1955, one of the last of the pulps to fold. Leon L. Gammell, an avid reader and collector of that period, views that era's stories with both nostalgia and objectivity; his incisive critiques will provide interested readers with numerous guideposts to a wealth of exciting fantasy and SF reading.
The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories
Author: Leon L. Gammell
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 093026150X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Providing fast-action science fiction novels, Startling Stories was established beginning in January 1939 as a sister publication to Thrilling Wonder Stories. Publishing 99 issues in all, and combining Fantastic Story Magazine and Thrilling Wonder Stories with its ninety-seventh issue, it finally suspended publication in Fall 1955, one of the last of the pulps to fold. Leon L. Gammell, an avid reader and collector of that period, views that era's stories with both nostalgia and objectivity; his incisive critiques will provide interested readers with numerous guideposts to a wealth of exciting fantasy and SF reading.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 093026150X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Providing fast-action science fiction novels, Startling Stories was established beginning in January 1939 as a sister publication to Thrilling Wonder Stories. Publishing 99 issues in all, and combining Fantastic Story Magazine and Thrilling Wonder Stories with its ninety-seventh issue, it finally suspended publication in Fall 1955, one of the last of the pulps to fold. Leon L. Gammell, an avid reader and collector of that period, views that era's stories with both nostalgia and objectivity; his incisive critiques will provide interested readers with numerous guideposts to a wealth of exciting fantasy and SF reading.
Banner
Author: Brian Azzarello
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
ISBN: 9780785108535
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Hulk story that launched Marvel's new Startling Stories comic series. Writer Brian Azzarello explores the tormented mind of Bruce Banner. Aware of the destruction wrought by his alter ego, Banner must now face a military bent on destroying him.
Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
ISBN: 9780785108535
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Hulk story that launched Marvel's new Startling Stories comic series. Writer Brian Azzarello explores the tormented mind of Bruce Banner. Aware of the destruction wrought by his alter ego, Banner must now face a military bent on destroying him.
Startling Stories
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fantasy fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Shadow Over Mars
Author: Leigh Brackett
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612105653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
How would Rick fulfill the prophecy that linked his name with the destiny of a dying world?
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612105653
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213
Book Description
How would Rick fulfill the prophecy that linked his name with the destiny of a dying world?
Startling Stories, January 1939
Author: Stanley G. Weinbaum
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312159146
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The first issue of this long-running pulp, presented in a larger than original size. In this issue are featured THE BLACK FLAME by Stanley G. Weinbaum, THE ETERNAL MAN by D. D. Sharp, SCIENCE ISLAND by Eando Binder, and articles by Otto Binder, Otis Adelbert Kline, and Mort Weisinger.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312159146
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The first issue of this long-running pulp, presented in a larger than original size. In this issue are featured THE BLACK FLAME by Stanley G. Weinbaum, THE ETERNAL MAN by D. D. Sharp, SCIENCE ISLAND by Eando Binder, and articles by Otto Binder, Otis Adelbert Kline, and Mort Weisinger.
Topsy
Author: Michael Daly
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802194575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
The true story of a nineteenth-century elephant caught between warring circuses and battling scientists, from the author of The Book of Mychal. In 1903, on Coney Island, an elephant named Topsy was electrocuted. Many historical forces conspired to bring her, Thomas Edison, and those 6,600 volts of alternating current together that day. Tracing them all in Topsy, journalist Michael Daly weaves together a fascinating popular history, the first book to tell this astonishing tale. At the turn of the century, circuses in America were at their apex with P. T. Barnum and Adam Forepaugh competing in a War of the Elephants. Their quest for younger, bigger, or more “sacred” pachyderms brought Topsy to America. Fraudulently billed as the first native-born elephant, Topsy was immediately caught between the disputing circuses as well as the War of the Currents, in which Edison and George Westinghouse (and Nikola Tesla) battled over the superiority of alternating versus direct current. Rich in period Americana, and full of circus tidbits and larger than life characters, Topsy is a touching and entertaining read. “A rollicking pachydermal tale . . . A summer escape.” —The New York Times “A nineteenth-century reality show that boggles the mind as the pages fly by with events that have you laughing out loud one moment and gasping in disbelief the next.” —Tom Brokaw “I’ve always respected Michael Daly as a great New York writer . . . He humanizes and speaks for those animals who cannot speak. He touches the hearts of those of us who are not animal activists.” —James McBride “A skillfully told and admirably researched reminder of a time not as long ago as we’d like to think.” —The Wall Street Journal
Publisher: Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN: 0802194575
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
The true story of a nineteenth-century elephant caught between warring circuses and battling scientists, from the author of The Book of Mychal. In 1903, on Coney Island, an elephant named Topsy was electrocuted. Many historical forces conspired to bring her, Thomas Edison, and those 6,600 volts of alternating current together that day. Tracing them all in Topsy, journalist Michael Daly weaves together a fascinating popular history, the first book to tell this astonishing tale. At the turn of the century, circuses in America were at their apex with P. T. Barnum and Adam Forepaugh competing in a War of the Elephants. Their quest for younger, bigger, or more “sacred” pachyderms brought Topsy to America. Fraudulently billed as the first native-born elephant, Topsy was immediately caught between the disputing circuses as well as the War of the Currents, in which Edison and George Westinghouse (and Nikola Tesla) battled over the superiority of alternating versus direct current. Rich in period Americana, and full of circus tidbits and larger than life characters, Topsy is a touching and entertaining read. “A rollicking pachydermal tale . . . A summer escape.” —The New York Times “A nineteenth-century reality show that boggles the mind as the pages fly by with events that have you laughing out loud one moment and gasping in disbelief the next.” —Tom Brokaw “I’ve always respected Michael Daly as a great New York writer . . . He humanizes and speaks for those animals who cannot speak. He touches the hearts of those of us who are not animal activists.” —James McBride “A skillfully told and admirably researched reminder of a time not as long ago as we’d like to think.” —The Wall Street Journal
Startling Stories: 2022 Issue
Author: John Shirley
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1667640704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The 2022 issue of Startling Stories presents more action-packed science fiction adventures. Here are tales of strange worlds, stranger civilization, mech warriors, adventures in space, and much, much more! Included in this issue are: "Out on the Edge," by Darrell Schweitzer "A Quickening Tide," by A.J. McIntosh & Andrew J. Wilson "Pharmakon, Pharmakon," by M. Stern "Rising from the Devil's Planet," by Adrian Cole "Speaking with John Shirley" (Interview), conducted by Darrell Schweitzer "Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: Alpha," by Grendel Briarton, Jr. "Hua Gu Quan (Flower Drum Circle)," by Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito "You're Sunk!" by Cynthia Ward "Introduction to Thoughts That Kill," by Phil Harbottle "Thoughts That Kill," by John Russell Fearn and Ron Turner (Comics Feature) "Sharptooth," by Lorenzo Crescenti "Just Like You and Me," by Stephen Persing "Tears In My Algabeer," by Eric Del Carlo "The Lost City of Los Angeles," by John Shirley "The Colour of Nothing," by Mike Chin
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1667640704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The 2022 issue of Startling Stories presents more action-packed science fiction adventures. Here are tales of strange worlds, stranger civilization, mech warriors, adventures in space, and much, much more! Included in this issue are: "Out on the Edge," by Darrell Schweitzer "A Quickening Tide," by A.J. McIntosh & Andrew J. Wilson "Pharmakon, Pharmakon," by M. Stern "Rising from the Devil's Planet," by Adrian Cole "Speaking with John Shirley" (Interview), conducted by Darrell Schweitzer "Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: Alpha," by Grendel Briarton, Jr. "Hua Gu Quan (Flower Drum Circle)," by Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito "You're Sunk!" by Cynthia Ward "Introduction to Thoughts That Kill," by Phil Harbottle "Thoughts That Kill," by John Russell Fearn and Ron Turner (Comics Feature) "Sharptooth," by Lorenzo Crescenti "Just Like You and Me," by Stephen Persing "Tears In My Algabeer," by Eric Del Carlo "The Lost City of Los Angeles," by John Shirley "The Colour of Nothing," by Mike Chin
Story Proof
Author: Kendall Haven
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313095876
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Like Stephen Krashen's important work in The Power of Reading, Story Proof collects and analyzes the research that validates the importance of story, story reading, and storytelling to the brain development and education of children and adults. Accomplished researcher and storyteller Kendall Haven, establishes the need for understanding the research findings in neural psychology and brain development and the value of a common definition of story if one is to fully grasp the importance and necessity of story to the development of the human mind. To support his case, he reviews a wealth of research from storytellers, teachers, and others who have experienced the power of story firsthand. The author has collected anecdotal experiences from over 100 performing storytellers and from 1,800 story practitioners (mostly teachers) who have made extensive use of stories. He has read more than 150 qualitative and quantitative research studies that discuss the effectiveness of stories and/or storytelling for one or more specific applications (education, organizational management, knowledge management, medical and narrative therapy, etc.). Forty of these studies were literature reviews and comparative studies including analysis of over 1,000 studies and descriptive articles. He has also gathered research evidence from his own story performances for total audiences of over 4 million and from conducting story writing workshops with 200,000 students and 40,000 teachers.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313095876
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Like Stephen Krashen's important work in The Power of Reading, Story Proof collects and analyzes the research that validates the importance of story, story reading, and storytelling to the brain development and education of children and adults. Accomplished researcher and storyteller Kendall Haven, establishes the need for understanding the research findings in neural psychology and brain development and the value of a common definition of story if one is to fully grasp the importance and necessity of story to the development of the human mind. To support his case, he reviews a wealth of research from storytellers, teachers, and others who have experienced the power of story firsthand. The author has collected anecdotal experiences from over 100 performing storytellers and from 1,800 story practitioners (mostly teachers) who have made extensive use of stories. He has read more than 150 qualitative and quantitative research studies that discuss the effectiveness of stories and/or storytelling for one or more specific applications (education, organizational management, knowledge management, medical and narrative therapy, etc.). Forty of these studies were literature reviews and comparative studies including analysis of over 1,000 studies and descriptive articles. He has also gathered research evidence from his own story performances for total audiences of over 4 million and from conducting story writing workshops with 200,000 students and 40,000 teachers.
Doc Savage; His Apocalyptic Life
Author: Philip José Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A biography of Doc Savage, the golden giant who fought his way valiantly through 181 adventures in his fight against crime.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A biography of Doc Savage, the golden giant who fought his way valiantly through 181 adventures in his fight against crime.
A New Human
Author: Mike Morwood
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315435632
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In the most revolutionary archaeological find of the new century, an international team of archaeologists led by Mike Morwood discovered a new, diminutive species of human on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed the “Hobbit,” this was no creation of Tolkien's fantasy. The three foot tall skeleton with a brain the size of a chimpanzee’s was a tool-using, fire-making, cooperatively hunting person who inhabited Flores alongside modern humans as recently as 13,000 years ago. This book is Morwood’s description of this monumental discovery and the intense study that has been undertaken to validate his view of its relationship to our species. He chronicles the bitter debates over Homo Floresiensis, the objections (some spiteful) of colleagues, the theft and damage of some of the specimens, and the endless battle against government and academic bureaucracies that hindered his research. This updated paperback edition contains an epilogue that reports on the most recent debates, findings, and analyses of this amazing discovery.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315435632
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In the most revolutionary archaeological find of the new century, an international team of archaeologists led by Mike Morwood discovered a new, diminutive species of human on the remote Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed the “Hobbit,” this was no creation of Tolkien's fantasy. The three foot tall skeleton with a brain the size of a chimpanzee’s was a tool-using, fire-making, cooperatively hunting person who inhabited Flores alongside modern humans as recently as 13,000 years ago. This book is Morwood’s description of this monumental discovery and the intense study that has been undertaken to validate his view of its relationship to our species. He chronicles the bitter debates over Homo Floresiensis, the objections (some spiteful) of colleagues, the theft and damage of some of the specimens, and the endless battle against government and academic bureaucracies that hindered his research. This updated paperback edition contains an epilogue that reports on the most recent debates, findings, and analyses of this amazing discovery.