Dream of Venus and Other Science Fiction Stories / Decimated
Title | Dream of Venus and Other Science Fiction Stories / Decimated PDF eBook |
Author | Pamela Sargent |
Publisher | Borgo Press |
Pages | 278 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781434445018 |
In the tradition of the old Ace Doubles (flip one book over to read the second title), here's the twenty-seventh Wildside Double: DREAM OF VENUS AND OTHER SCIENCE FICTION STORIES, by Pamela Sargent. Sargent published the first novel in her "Venus" trilogy, Venus of Dreams, in 1986; it was followed by Venus of Shadows (1988) and Child of Venus (2001). For the first time, Dream of Venus collects the short fiction set against the backdrop of the author's Venus novels, comprising four stories written after the trilogy had been completed. As Sargent writes in her Introduction: "Characters and stories existing in the interfaces of the novels began to speak to me." These are tales that can be enjoyed both for themselves and by longtime fans of the Venus trilogy. DECIMATED: TEN SCIENCE FICTION STORIES, by Jack Dann and George Zebrowski. Long before their award-nominated and awarded stories and novels, these two writers word-jammed together, learning the music of story writing and the blood and bones of distinctive prose. And all these early efforts were published! Here they are again, together in one place--ten riveting stories of science fiction--as entertaining as they were fun to write--including the previously unpublished tale, "The Standard Crisis Scenario"!
Venusia
Title | Venusia PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Von Schlegell |
Publisher | MIT Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2005-08-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1584350261 |
A novel about life under enlightened totalitarianism in the twenty-third century and the efforts of a mild-mannered junk dealer to change the human condition. Primitive literacy is redundant. Mere words are expelled. We inaugurate a world of pure presence. The mind, that intrudes itself between ourselves and those memories too terrible to know, must keep us moving beyond the grasp of their claw. To control the flow, it will be necessary that political order be imposed always temporarily. The state shall enjoy direct, creative access to the real. It's the end of the twenty-third century. Earth has violently self-destructed. Venusia, an experimental off-world colony, survives under the enlightened totalitarianism of the Princeps Crittendon regime. Using industrialized narcotics, holographic entertainment, and memory control, Crittendon has turned Venusia into a self-sustaining system of relative historical inertia. But when mild-mannered junk dealer Rogers Collectibles finds a book about early Venusian history, the colony—once fully immersed in the present—begins losing its grip on the real. With his Reality-V girlfriend Martha Dobbs, neuroscop operator Sylvia Yang, his midget friend Niftus Norrington, and a sentient plant, Rogers wages a war to alter the shape of spacetime, and in the process, revisions the whole human (and vegetable) condition.
More Whodunits!
Title | More Whodunits! PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Reginald |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Pages | 223 |
Release | 2018-07-28 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1434437965 |
The second Borgo Press book of mystery stories presents a collection of great tales by such masters as Michael Kurland, Brian Stableford, Darrell Schweitzer, Don Webb, George Zebrowski, Ardath Mayhar, John Russell Fearn, Lonni Lees, and many more!
The John Russell Fearn Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®
Title | The John Russell Fearn Science Fiction MEGAPACK ® PDF eBook |
Author | John Russell Fearn |
Publisher | Wildside Press LLC |
Pages | 606 |
Release | 2014-10-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1479403865 |
British author John Russell Fearn was one of the most popular -- and prolific -- authors of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, selling work to all of the classic American science fiction magazines. Under his own name (and several pseudonyms), his novels and short stories appeared in Astounding Stories, Astonishing Stories, Startling Stories, Amazing Stories -- and many more! Included in this volume are 25 of his best works, selected by editor Philip J. Harbottle (who also contributes an introduction): RED HERITAGE HE CONQUERED VENUS HE WALKED ON AIR THE MASTER MIND ISLAND IN THE MARSH SECRET OF THE MOON TREASURE SUPERHUMAN SEEDS FROM SPACE THE SILVER COIL PHANTOM FROM SPACE ARCTIC GOD THE GHOST SUN WHITE MOUSE KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT LEARNING WORLDS WITHIN THE VOICE COMMANDS THE JEWELS FROM THE MOON THE RED MAGICIAN FLIGHT OF THE VAMPIRES WEDDING OF THE FORCES MARTIAN AVENGER THE OTHERS LATER THAN YOU THINK FIRST OF THE ROBOTS SECOND GENESIS If you enjoy this book, search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see the 150+ entries in the Megapack series, covering science fiction, fantasy, horror, mysteries, westerns, classics, adventure stories, and much, much more! (And try Wildside's "Golden Age of Science Fiction" Megapack series for even more classic SF!)
A Dream of Armageddon
Title | A Dream of Armageddon PDF eBook |
Author | H. G. Wells |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-10-11 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781734918694 |
Science-fiction
Title | Science-fiction PDF eBook |
Author | Everett Franklin Bleiler |
Publisher | Kent State University Press |
Pages | 780 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9780873386043 |
Complementing Science-Fiction: The Early Years, which surveys science-fiction published in book form from its beginnings through 1930, the present volume covers all the science-fiction printed in the genre magazines--Amazing, Astounding, and Wonder, along with offshoots and minor magazines--from 1926 through 1936. This is the first time this historically important literary phenomenon, which stands behind the enormous modern development of science-fiction, has been studied thoroughly and accurately. The heart of the book is a series of descriptions of all 1,835 stories published during this period, plus bibliographic information. Supplementing this are many useful features: detailed histories of each of the magazines, an issue by issue roster of contents, a technical analysis of the art work, brief authors' biographies, poetry and letter indexes, a theme and motif index of approximately 30,0000 entries, and general indexes. Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years is not only indispensable for reference librarians, collectors, readers, and scholars interested in science-fiction, it is also of importance to the study of popular culture during the Great Depression in the United States. Most of its data, which are largely based on rare and almost unobtainable sources, are not available elsewhere.
Some Dreams Are Nightmares
Title | Some Dreams Are Nightmares PDF eBook |
Author | James Gunn, Col |
Publisher | |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2020-10-22 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Fiction is simply dreams written out. Science fiction consists of the hopes and dreams and fears (for some dreams are nightmares) of a technically based society. -John W. Campbell These stories share a common concept: man has dreamed for centuries about space flight, about happiness, about immortality. If only I could fly to the moon, he has told himself, if only I could find true happiness, if only I could live forever ... then I would be like a god. These stories, however, explore these dreams to the fullest... including the unforeseen consequences. The power of man to dream and make his dreams come true is unlimited, but each step forward must be paid for, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and some dreams are nightmares...