Author: Robert Sheckley
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 9781434470058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Ten science fiction stories by master Robert Sheckley! Here are "The Monsters," "Cost of Living," "The Demons," Specialist," and many more.
The Monsters and Other Science Fiction Tales
Author: Robert Sheckley
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 9781434470058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Ten science fiction stories by master Robert Sheckley! Here are "The Monsters," "Cost of Living," "The Demons," Specialist," and many more.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 9781434470058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Ten science fiction stories by master Robert Sheckley! Here are "The Monsters," "Cost of Living," "The Demons," Specialist," and many more.
The Blal
Author: A. E. (Alfred Elton) Van Vogt
Publisher: Zebra Books
ISBN: 9780890833155
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher: Zebra Books
ISBN: 9780890833155
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
More Science Fiction Tales
Author: Roger Elwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780528824715
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780528824715
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds
Author: Keller Kimbrough
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231545509
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and the fantastic, featuring demons, samurai, talking animals, amorous plants, and journeys to supernatural realms. The most comprehensive compendium of short medieval Japanese fiction in English, Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture largely unknown today outside of Japan. These stories, called otogizōshi, or Muromachi tales (named after the Muromachi period, 1337 to 1573), date from approximately the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Often richly illustrated in a painted-scroll format, these vernacular stories frequently express Buddhist beliefs and provide the practical knowledge and moral education required to navigate medieval Japanese society. The otogizōshi represent a major turning point in the history of Japanese literature. They bring together many earlier types of narrative—court tales, military accounts, anecdotes, and stories about the divine origins of shrines and temples––joining book genres with parlor arts and the culture of itinerant storytellers and performers. The works presented here are organized into three thematically overlapping sections titled, “Monsters, Warriors, and Journeys to Other Worlds,” “Buddhist Tales,” and “Interspecies Affairs.” Each translation is prefaced by a short introduction, and the book features images from the original scroll paintings, illustrated manuscripts, and printed books.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231545509
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds is a collection of twenty-five medieval Japanese tales of border crossings and the fantastic, featuring demons, samurai, talking animals, amorous plants, and journeys to supernatural realms. The most comprehensive compendium of short medieval Japanese fiction in English, Monsters, Animals, and Other Worlds illuminates a rich world of literary, Buddhist, and visual culture largely unknown today outside of Japan. These stories, called otogizōshi, or Muromachi tales (named after the Muromachi period, 1337 to 1573), date from approximately the fourteenth through seventeenth centuries. Often richly illustrated in a painted-scroll format, these vernacular stories frequently express Buddhist beliefs and provide the practical knowledge and moral education required to navigate medieval Japanese society. The otogizōshi represent a major turning point in the history of Japanese literature. They bring together many earlier types of narrative—court tales, military accounts, anecdotes, and stories about the divine origins of shrines and temples––joining book genres with parlor arts and the culture of itinerant storytellers and performers. The works presented here are organized into three thematically overlapping sections titled, “Monsters, Warriors, and Journeys to Other Worlds,” “Buddhist Tales,” and “Interspecies Affairs.” Each translation is prefaced by a short introduction, and the book features images from the original scroll paintings, illustrated manuscripts, and printed books.
Science Fiction Tales
Author: Roger Elwood
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780528825040
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
"The Smallest Dragonboy", Anne McCaffrey/"Alone in Space", Arthur Tofte/"The Mysterious Gem", Claire Edwin Street/"The Triple Moons of Deneb II", David H. Charney/"The Laughing Lion", Raymond F. Jones/"Two Years to Gaea", Nick Boles/"Some Are Born Cats", Terry & Carol Carr.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780528825040
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
"The Smallest Dragonboy", Anne McCaffrey/"Alone in Space", Arthur Tofte/"The Mysterious Gem", Claire Edwin Street/"The Triple Moons of Deneb II", David H. Charney/"The Laughing Lion", Raymond F. Jones/"Two Years to Gaea", Nick Boles/"Some Are Born Cats", Terry & Carol Carr.
Lovers & Other Monsters
Author: Marvin Kaye
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780681417380
Category : Ghost stories
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780681417380
Category : Ghost stories
Languages : en
Pages : 499
Book Description
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1
Author: R. Reginald
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0941028755
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0941028755
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 802
Book Description
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.
Androids, Humanoids, and Other Science Fiction Monsters
Author: Per Schelde
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814779956
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Unlike science fiction literature, science fiction film has until now been largely neglected as a genre worthy of study and scholarship. Androids, Humanoids, and Other Folklore Monsters explores science fiction (sf) film as the modern incarnation of folklore, emblematic of the struggle between nature and culture-but with a new twist.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814779956
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Unlike science fiction literature, science fiction film has until now been largely neglected as a genre worthy of study and scholarship. Androids, Humanoids, and Other Folklore Monsters explores science fiction (sf) film as the modern incarnation of folklore, emblematic of the struggle between nature and culture-but with a new twist.
What Makes This Book So Great
Author: Jo Walton
Publisher: Corsair
ISBN: 1472111621
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Jo Walton is an award-winning author of, inveterate reader of, and chronic re-reader of science fiction and fantasy books. What Makes This Book So Great? is a selection of the best of her musings about her prodigious reading habit. Jo Walton's many subjects range from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. Among them, the Zones of Thought novels of Vernor Vinge; the question of what genre readers mean by 'mainstream'; the under-appreciated SF adventures of C. J. Cherryh; the field's many approaches to time travel; the masterful science fiction of Samuel R. Delany; Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children; the early Hainish novels of Ursula K. Le Guin; and a Robert A. Heinlein novel you have most certainly never read. Over 130 essays in all, What Makes This Book So Great is an immensely engaging collection of provocative, opinionated thoughts about past and present-day fantasy and science fiction, from one of our best writers.
Publisher: Corsair
ISBN: 1472111621
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Jo Walton is an award-winning author of, inveterate reader of, and chronic re-reader of science fiction and fantasy books. What Makes This Book So Great? is a selection of the best of her musings about her prodigious reading habit. Jo Walton's many subjects range from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. Among them, the Zones of Thought novels of Vernor Vinge; the question of what genre readers mean by 'mainstream'; the under-appreciated SF adventures of C. J. Cherryh; the field's many approaches to time travel; the masterful science fiction of Samuel R. Delany; Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children; the early Hainish novels of Ursula K. Le Guin; and a Robert A. Heinlein novel you have most certainly never read. Over 130 essays in all, What Makes This Book So Great is an immensely engaging collection of provocative, opinionated thoughts about past and present-day fantasy and science fiction, from one of our best writers.
The British and Irish Short Story Handbook
Author: David Malcolm
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 144435521X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
The British and Irish Short Story Handbook guides readers through the development of the short story and the unique critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction. It includes a wide-ranging analysis of non-canonical and non-realist writers as well as the major authors and their works, providing a comprehensive and much-needed appraisal of this area. Guides readers through the development of the short story and critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction Offers a detailed discussion of the range of genres in the British and Irish short story Includes extensive analysis of non-canonical writers, such as Hubert Crackanthorpe, Ella D’Arcy, T.F. Powys, A.E. Coppard, Julian Maclaren-Ross, Mollie Panter-Downes, Denton Welch, and Sylvia Townsend Warner Provide a wide-ranging discussion of non-realist and experimental short stories Includes a large section on the British short story in the Second World War
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 144435521X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
The British and Irish Short Story Handbook guides readers through the development of the short story and the unique critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction. It includes a wide-ranging analysis of non-canonical and non-realist writers as well as the major authors and their works, providing a comprehensive and much-needed appraisal of this area. Guides readers through the development of the short story and critical issues involved in discussions of short fiction Offers a detailed discussion of the range of genres in the British and Irish short story Includes extensive analysis of non-canonical writers, such as Hubert Crackanthorpe, Ella D’Arcy, T.F. Powys, A.E. Coppard, Julian Maclaren-Ross, Mollie Panter-Downes, Denton Welch, and Sylvia Townsend Warner Provide a wide-ranging discussion of non-realist and experimental short stories Includes a large section on the British short story in the Second World War