The Origins Of Science Fiction

Author : Xavier Dollo
Publisher : Humanoids, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 164337947X
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Science Fiction: A Graphic Novel Adventure written by Xavier Dollo and published by Humanoids, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journey through time and space with this graphic novel history of the science fiction genre.

Author : A. Roberts
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230554652
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Science Fiction written by A. Roberts and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-11-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Adam Roberts
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9781137569592
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Science Fiction written by Adam Roberts and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the definitive critical history of science fiction. The 2006 first edition of this work traced the development of the genre from Ancient Greece and the European Reformation through to the end of the 20th century. This new 2nd edition has been revised thoroughly and very significantly expanded. An all-new final chapter discusses 21st-century science fiction, and there is new material in every chapter: a wealth of new readings and original research. The author’s groundbreaking thesis that science fiction is born out of the 17th-century Reformation is here bolstered with a wide range of new supporting material and many hundreds of 17th- and 18th-century science fiction texts, some of which have never been discussed before. The account of 19th-century science fiction has been expanded, and the various chapters tracing the twentieth-century bring in more writing by women, and science fiction in other media including cinema, TV, comics, fan-culture and other modes.

Author : L. Ron Hubbard
Publisher : Galaxy Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1592123422
Total Pages : 1578 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battlefield Earth written by L. Ron Hubbard and published by Galaxy Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 1578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Gerry Canavan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316733017
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge History of Science Fiction written by Gerry Canavan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-31 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Michael Newton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192595237
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Origins of Science Fiction written by Michael Newton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I seemed to gaze upon a vast space, the limits of which extended far beyond my vision...' This anthology gathers together seventeen gripping tales from the nineteenth and early twentieth century that make up the foundations of science fiction. It moves from Mary Shelley to H. G. Wells, from Edgar Allan Poe to W. E. B. Du Bois, and from George Eliot to Jack London. Before the term 'science fiction' was established, writers pursued a new and strange subject matter, to be written about in a startlingly new way. The selected stories in this collection reflect the many diverse paths that led towards science fiction, including scientific Gothic, dystopian fantasies, psychological hoaxes, feminist parables, fictions of time-travel, adventure stories, uncanny tales, and stories of alien encounters. The anthology unveils the power of the literature of the period and exposes our fascination with scientific discovery and the allure (and threat) of the imagined future. This edition includes an introduction by Michael Newton setting out the themes of the tales and exploring the development of science fiction. Newton explores how the stories engage with anxiety about the limits of the rational mind, the fact of Empire and the discoveries of anthropology, the uneasy figure of the scientist, the rapid development of technology, and the presence of the alien other. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Author : Mark Bould
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136820418
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Routledge Concise History of Science Fiction written by Mark Bould and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term ‘science fiction’ has an established common usage, but close examination reveals that writers, fans, editors, scholars, and publishers often use this word in different ways for different reasons. Exploring how science fiction has emerged through competing versions and the struggle to define its limits, this Concise History: provides an accessible and clear overview of the development of the genre traces the separation of sf from a broader fantastic literature and the simultaneous formation of neighbouring genres, such as fantasy and horror shows the relationship between magazine and paperback traditions in sf publishing is organised by theme and presented chronologically uses text boxes throughout to highlight key works in sf traditions including dystopian, apocalyptic and evolutionary fiction includes a short overview and bullet-pointed conclusion for each chapter. Discussing the place of key works and looking forward to the future of the genre, this book is the ideal starting point both for students and all those seeking a better understanding of science fiction.

Author : Eric S. Rabkin
Publisher : Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780195032727
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction written by Eric S. Rabkin and published by Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1983-09-29 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a chronological survey of this genre from the beginnings of modern science and technology to the present.

Author : David Seed
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815626404
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anticipations written by David Seed and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1995-05-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several of the writers discussed (Mary Shelley, Poe, Verne, Wells) have been proposed by literary historians as the founders of science fiction. The aim in these essays, however, is not to privilege one individual, but rather to look at the gradual convergence of a number of different genres and at the process of continuing influence of one writer on his/her successor.

Author : Robert Scholes
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195021745
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction written by Robert Scholes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1977 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.