Science Fiction 9

An essay exploring the philosophical implications and meanings of science fiction in relation to humankind and its future. 続きを見る

This volume brings together diverse, cross-disciplinary scholarly voices to examine gender construction in children's and young adult literature. It complements and updates the scholarship in the fi……続きを見る

This book investigates fiction in English, written within, and published from India since 2000 in the genre of mythology-inspired fiction in doing so it introduces the term ‘Bharati Fantasy’. This v……続きを見る

Listen to the voices. Journey into the many lives of two worlds, once united but now the link severed, and hear their stories. As the pages turn, so do the decades of planetary growth. Experience th……続きを見る

The Politics of Perfection: Technology and Creation in Literature and Film provides an exploration of the relationship between modern technological progress and classical liberalism. Each chapter pr……続きを見る

Unlock the more straightforward side of One Hundred Years of Solitude with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of One Hundred Years of Solitu……続きを見る

In kurzen Essays werden philosophische Fragen behandelt, die in der Star Trek Originalserie thematisiert werden. Ist Spocks Ansicht, dass das Wohl vieler schwerer wiegt, als das Wohl eines einzelnen……続きを見る

Elena vive los últimos tiempos de destrucción de la tierra. Lucha por sobrevivir con su familia y personas que llegan al refugio. Cada uno de ellos cuenta su historia de cómo vamos exterminando poco……続きを見る

This carefully crafted ebook: "H. G. Wells: Collected Novels, Short Stories, Essays and Articles" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Herbert George Wells……続きを見る

For more than 50 years John Clute has been reviewing science fiction and fantasy. As Scores demonstrates, his devotion to the task of understanding the central literatures of our era has not slacken……続きを見る

Pardon This Intrusion gathers together 47 pieces by John Clute, some written as long ago as 1985, though most are recent. The addresses and essays in Part One, "Fantastika in the World Storm", all w……続きを見る

Canary Fever is a collection of reviews about the most significant literatures of the twenty-first century: science fiction, fantasy and horror: the literatures Clute argues should be recognized as ……続きを見る

For more than 50 years John Clute has been reviewing science fiction and fantasy. Look at the Evidence is a collection of reviews from a wide variety of sources - including Interzone, the New York R……続きを見る

Stay gathers together 100,000 words of reviews, plus short fiction by John Clute, and was originally published to coincide with Loncon3 (the 2014 World Science Fiction Convention) at which he was on……続きを見る

For more than 50 years John Clute has been reviewing science fiction and fantasy. Strokes is a collection of reviews from a wide variety of sources - including Interzone, the New York Review of Scie……続きを見る

Tracing the industrial emergence of transmedia storytellingーtypically branded a product of the contemporary digital media landscapeーthis book provides a historicised intervention into understandin……続きを見る

Visions of post-apocalyptic worlds have proved to be irresistible for many 21st-century writers, from literary novelists to fantasy and young adult writers. Exploring a wide range of texts, from the……続きを見る

Koushun Takami’s Battle Royale is an international best seller, the basis of the cult film, and the inspiration for a popular manga. And fifteen years after its initial release, Battle Royale remain……続きを見る

The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien. In the 25 years since Tolkien’s death in September 1973, millions have read The Hobbit, The ……続きを見る

Steampunk is more than a fandom, a literary genre, or an aesthetic. It is a research methodology turning history inside out to search for alternatives to the progressive technological boosterism sol……続きを見る

In Discworld, unlike our own frustrating Roundworld, everything makes sense. The world is held up by elephants standing on the back of a swimming turtle who knows where he’s going, the sun goes roun……続きを見る

Including more than 30 essential works of science fiction criticism in a single volume, this is a comprehensive introduction to the study of this enduringly popular genre. Science Fiction Criticism:……続きを見る

Widely recognized as one of the most imaginative writers of the 20th century, Philip K. Dick helped to shape science fiction into the popular genre it is today. His stories, renowned for their sophi……続きを見る

A social and cultural analysis of The X-Files focusing on the genres the program employed in its interrogation of American history, politics, and identity. Premiering in 1993 on FOX Network, The X-F……続きを見る

Exploring the Rapunzel fairy tale throughout history. Includes research-based exegesis, original translations, poems and articles related to the work. About the Author KATE FORSYTH is the bestsellin……続きを見る

Originally published in 1997 and now available as an ebook. The inspiring story of the men and women who dared to go where no TV series had gone before! BEAM UP FOR: The operation that almost cost ……続きを見る

Feminist theorist and philosopher Donna Haraway has substantially impacted thought on science, cyberculture, the environment, animals, and social relations. This long-overdue volume explores her inf……続きを見る

In 1950, Clive Staples Lewis published the first in a series of children's stories that became The Chronicles of Narnia. The now vastly popular Chronicles are a widely known testament to the religio……続きを見る

Fantasy and science fiction began in print, and from the first films to the latest blockbusters, print stories have provided the inspirations, the ideas, and in some cases the detailed blueprints. A……続きを見る

J.K. Rowling has drawn deeply from classical sources to inform and color her Harry Potter novels, with allusions ranging from the obvious to the obscure. "Fluffy," the vicious three-headed dog in Ha……続きを見る