Hell's Cartographers
Title | Hell's Cartographers PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Aldiss |
Publisher | Courier Dover Publications |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2018-06-13 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 048683140X |
Six bestselling authors provide lively personal histories that provide fascinating insights into the creative process — and offer inspiration for aspiring wordsmiths. Includes essays by Robert Silverberg, Alfred Bester, Harry Harrison, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, and Brian W. Aldiss.
Voices for the Future
Title | Voices for the Future PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas D. Clareson |
Publisher | Popular Press |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 1984 |
Genre | Science fiction |
ISBN | 9780879722524 |
Evaporating Genres
Title | Evaporating Genres PDF eBook |
Author | Gary K. Wolfe |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0819571040 |
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.
Worlds Apart
Title | Worlds Apart PDF eBook |
Author | Carl Darryl Malmgren |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 1991-07-22 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780253336453 |
"[Malmgren] succeeds in formulating a typology of science fiction that will become a standard reference for some years to come." —Choice " . . . the most intelligently organized and effectively argued general study of SF that I have ever read." —Rob Latham, SFRA Review " . . . required reading for its evenhanded overview of so much of the previous critical/theoretical material devoted to science fiction." —American Book Review Worlds Apart provides a comprehensive theoretical model for science fiction by examining the worlds of science fiction and the discourse which inscribes them. Malmgren identifies the basic science fiction types, including alien encounters, alternate societies and worlds, and fantasy, and examines the role of the reader in concretizing and interpreting these science fiction worlds.
Saving the World Through Science Fiction
Title | Saving the World Through Science Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Michael R. Page |
Publisher | McFarland |
Pages | 295 |
Release | 2017-02-28 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 147662822X |
One of the major figures in science fiction for more than sixty years, James Gunn has been instrumental in making the genre one of the most vibrant and engaging areas of literary scholarship. His genre history Alternate Worlds and his The Road to Science Fiction anthologies introduced countless readers to science fiction. He founded the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction in 1982. But Gunn has also been one of the genre's leading writers. His classic novels Star Bridge (with Jack Williamson), The Joy Makers, The Immortals and The Listeners helped shape the field. Now in his nineties, he remains a prominent voice. His forthcoming novel is Transformation. Drawing on materials from Gunn's archives and personal interviews with him, this study is the first to examine the life, career and writing of this science fiction grandmaster.
Harry Harrison
Title | Harry Harrison PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Tomlinson |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2002-04-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1587154013 |
The definitive Harry Harrison bibliography, with lengthy annotations and a special bonus--the Harrison story written for Harlan Ellison's unpublished "Last Dangerous Visions" anthology.
Brian Aldiss
Title | Brian Aldiss PDF eBook |
Author | Michael R. Collings |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 1986-01-01 |
Genre | Science fiction, English |
ISBN | 0893709557 |
A guide to Aldiss's fictional output from the 50's to the 80's.