The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories
Title | The Mammoth Book of Alternate Histories PDF eBook |
Author | Ian Watson |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 757 |
Release | 2010-02-25 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1849014280 |
Every short story in this wonderfully varied collection has one thing in common: each features some alteration in history, some divergence from historical reality, which results in a world very different from the one we know today. As well as original stories specially commissioned from bestselling writers such as James Morrow, Stephen Baxter and Ken MacLeod, there are genre classics such as Kim Stanley Robinson's story of how World War II atomic bomber the Enola Gay, having crashed on a training flight, is replaced by the Lucky Strike with profoundly different consequences. Praise for the editors: 'Mr Watson wreaks havoc with what is accepted - and acceptable.' The Times 'One of Britain's consistently finest science fiction writers.' New Scientist
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
Title | The Mammoth Book of Steampunk PDF eBook |
Author | Sean Wallace |
Publisher | Robinson |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 2012-04-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1780331355 |
An anthology focusing on newer elements of steampunk, one which deconstructs the staples of the genre and expands on them, rather than simply repeating them, with a greater spread both in terms of location and character. This is steampunk with a modern, post-colonial sensibility. Contributors include: Jeff VanderMeer, Caitlín Kiernan, Mary Robinette Kowal, Jay Lake, Cherie Priest, Cat Rambo, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine and many more.
The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction
Title | The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Ashley |
Publisher | Robinson |
Pages | 677 |
Release | 2010-07-31 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 184901535X |
Here are 25 stories of science fiction that push the envelope, by the biggest names in an emerging new crop of high-tech futuristic SF - including Charles Stross, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Peter Hamilton and Neal Asher. High-tech SF has made a significant comeback in the last decade, as bestselling authors successfully blend the super-science of 'hard science fiction' with real characters in an understandable scenario. It is perhaps a reflection of how technologically controlled our world is that readers increasingly look for science fiction that considers the fates of mankind as a result of increasing scientific domination. This anthology brings together the most extreme examples of the new high-tech, far-future science fiction, pushing the limits way beyond normal boundaries. The stories include: "A Perpetual War Fought Within a Cosmic String", "A Weapon That Could Destroy the Universe", "A Machine That Detects Alternate Worlds and Creates a Choice of Christs", "An Immortal Dead Man Sent To The End of the Universe", "Murder in Virtual Reality", "A Spaceship So Large That There is An Entire Planetary System Within It", and "An Analytical Engine At The End of Time", and "Encountering the Untouchable."
The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics
Title | The Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Gravett |
Publisher | Running Press Adult |
Pages | 510 |
Release | 2008-08-12 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
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Mammoth Books: From history to manga, true crime to sci-fi, these anthologies feature top-name contributors and award-winning editors.
The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF
Title | The Mammoth Book of Time Travel SF PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Ashley |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 441 |
Release | 2013-07-04 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1472100263 |
This thought-provoking collection not only takes us into the past and the future, but also explores what might happen if we attempt to manipulate time to our own advantage. These stories show what happen once you start to meddle with time and the paradoxes that might arise. It also raises questions about whether we understand time, and how we perceive it. Once we move outside the present day, can we ever return or do we move into an alternate world? What happens if our meddling with Nature leads to time flowing backwards, or slowing down or stopping all together? Or if we get trapped in a constant loop from which we can never escape. Is the past and future immutable or will we ever be able to escape the inevitable? These are just some of the questions that are raised in these challenging, exciting and sometimes amusing stories by Kage Baker, Simon Clark, Fritz Leiber, Christopher Priest, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, John Varley and many others.
The New Mammoth Book Of Pulp Fiction
Title | The New Mammoth Book Of Pulp Fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Maxim Jakubowski |
Publisher | Hachette UK |
Pages | 671 |
Release | 2014-02-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 147211180X |
Pulp fiction has been looked down on as a guilty pleasure, but it offers the perfect form of entertainment: the very best storytelling filled with action, surprises, sound and fury. In short, all the exhiliration of a roller-coaster ride. The 1920s in America saw the proliferation of hundreds of dubiously named but thrillingly entertaining pulp magazines in America – Black Mask, Amazing, Astounding, Spicy Stories, Ace-High, Detective Magazine, Dare-Devil Aces. It was in these luridly-coloured publications, printed on the cheapest pulp paper, that the first gems began to appear. The one golden rule for writers of pulp fiction was to adhere to the art of storytelling. Each story had to have a beginning, an end, economically-etched characters, but plenty going on, both in terms of action and emotions. Pulp magazines were the TV of their day, plucking readers from drab lives and planting them firmly in thrilling make-believe, successors to the Victorian penny dreadfuls of writers such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens. These stories exemplify the best of crime and mystery pulp fiction – its zest, speed, rhythm, verve and commitment to straightforward storytelling – spanning seven decades of popular writing.
The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness History 2000
Title | The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness History 2000 PDF eBook |
Author | Jon E. Lewis |
Publisher | Running PressBook Pub |
Pages | 630 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780786707478 |
Takes a snapshot view of history from 2700 B.C. to 2000 A.D. and offers a collection of eyewitness accounts of the most memorable historical and social events taken from memoirs, diaries, letters and journals. Original.