Download or read book Reflections written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Greenwillow Books. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of more than twenty-five critical essays, speeches, and biographical pieces chosen by Diana Wynne Jones before her death in 2011 is essential reading for the author's many fans and for students and teachers of the fantasy genre and creative writing in general. The volume includes insightful literary criticism alongside autobiographical anecdotes, revelations about the origins of the author's books, and reflections about the life of an author and the value of writing for young people. Reflections features the author's final interview, a foreword by award-winning author Neil Gaiman, and an introduction by Charlie Butler, a senior lecturer in English at the University of West England in Bristol.
Download or read book Reflections of Fantasy written by Beverly Lyon Clark and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Victorian England non-realistic fiction was largely forced underground, with Alice, into such marginal fiction as fantasy for children. Only now is fantasy beginning to receive the attention it deserves, in both fiction and literary criticism. Beverly Lyon Clark's Reflections of Fantasy extends recent theoretical work on fantasy by exploring the technique of the mirror-world. Tracing the fantasy mirror-world in Carroll, Nabokov, and Pynchon allows Clark to shed light on the dialectic central to fantasy, that between the real and the not-real, and also on Victorian and contemporary views of fictional reality, on the use of metaphoric and metonymic modes, on the ramifications of self-consciousness. She explores these themes in analyses of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass, Anya v stranye chudes, Pale Fire, Ada, and The Crying of Lot 49.
Download or read book Reflections of fantasy written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book REFLECTIONS FROM WITHIN written by ROLAND RUFFIN and published by Eternal Living Now. This book was released on 2022-07-27 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REFLECTIONS FROM WITHIN Remembering our identity, before the creation of the Earth. “Remembering who you were, before you were born on earth, is the secret to understanding your existence as an Answer, and not as a question in this universe.” These words were included in the message, a visitor from another universe in the future, shared with Michael. The journey, to understanding this message from the future for Michael as a teenager, included personal transformation, and liberation for self-imprisoned captives on Frontier island, as well as receiving invitations to experience a lifestyle that exist past, present, and future, simultaneously. Michael became the change that he desired the world to become, while embarking on this extraordinary journey of living the future, within our present-Now. Michael, a bored seventeen-year-old teen on an island in the pacific, encountered a visitor from his future who informed Michael of his past life as a spiritual being. The encounter with the visitor from the future, who was also called the Chosen One on the island, forever changed Michael’s life as he learned the value and secrets of eternal living words, the importance of connections between all living and non-living things, the Source for the miraculous, and celestial truths about experiences that exist between life and death. The exciting journey Michael took after encountering the Chosen One, included the discovery of his multiple lifetimes, and the evolution of his personhood from nothingness, to becoming All that Is. Each stage of Michael’s growth in Awareness was directly, or indirectly, coached by the Chosen One, through well staged encounters on the island. Learning the meaning of existing as an Answer, rather than a question, was the thematic pursuit for Michael throughout this mind-blowing journey to self-discovery.
Download or read book Dark Reflections written by Kai Meyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-10-05 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Merle and her friends Junipa, with mirrors for eyes, and Serafin, a rakish master thief, live in enchanted Venice under Egyptian occupation, and are swept into a dangerous mission to face their destinies.
Download or read book Distorted Reflections written by Joli Nicol Barham and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between fantasy and reality has always been a close one as the primary world of authors' experiences is used to inform that of the fantastical secondary world, offering critique and insight into reality as we know it. Building on J.R.R. Tolkien's concepts of Recovery, Escape, and Reaction as functions of fantasy, the idea of Refraction as a function of fantasy is considered, a means by which authors of fantasy distortedly reflect reality in their tales in order to emphasize ills in modern society and suggest ways in which readers may take steps toward social transformation in their own lives. The contemporary fantasy works of J.K. Rowling, Eoin Colfer, and Philip Pullman all offer examples of Refraction, closely linking the primary and secondary worlds of fantasy to offer magic within "gaps" of the real, creating for readers worlds that are at once strange and strangely familiar. Such strange and strangely familiar worlds provide commentary on reality, clothing societal problems in fantasy such that they are less threatening and more easily perceived by readers of all ages. Thus, Rowling's Harry Potter speaks to the evils of prejudice and discrimination, Colfer's Artemis Fowl to the immorality of environmental mistreatment in the modern world, and Pullman's His Dark Materials to the dangers of organized religion, showcasing for readers the flaws inherent in human nature and suggesting ways in which we may all work to make our own world a better place.
Download or read book Fantasists on Fantasy written by Robert H. Boyer and published by New York : Avon Books. This book was released on 1984 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen fantasy writers share the secrets of their craft in essays, excerpts, and letters.
Download or read book Reflections on Fantasy and Science Fiction written by David G. Hartwell and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reflections written by Diana Wynne Jones and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-05-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diana Wynne Jones is best-known for her novels and stories - of magical fantasy - written mainly for children. She received a World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2007, as well as two Mythopoeic Awards and the Guardian Fiction Award for Charmed Life. But she was also a witty, entertaining speaker, a popular guest at science fiction and fantasy conventions and an engaged, scholarly critic of writing that interested her. This collection of more than twenty-five papers, chosen by Diana herself, includes fascinating literary criticism (such as a study of narrative structure in The Lord of the Rings and a ringing endorsement of the value of learning Anglo Saxon) alongside autobiographical anecdotes about reading tours (including an account of her famous travel jinx), revelations about the origins of her books, and thoughts in general about the life of an author and the value of writing. The longest autobiographical piece, 'Something About the Author', details Diana's extraordinary childhood and is illustrated with family photographs. Reflections is essential reading for anyone interested in Diana's works, fantasy or creative writing. The collection features a foreword by Neil Gaiman and an introduction and interview by Charlie Butler, a respected expert on fantasy writing.
Download or read book Reflections and Refractions written by Robert Silverberg and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly twenty years ago Robert Silverberg began writing a monthly column of opinion and commentary, for Galileo Magazine, Amazing Stories, and then for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. Now he has chosen the liveliest and most relevant of his hundreds of magazine columns for the present collection. They constitute a vivid chronicle of events both in science fiction and the world in general over the past two decades. Robert Silverberg is one of the great veterans of fantasy and science fiction. During the course of a career that has now stretched across more than forty years, he has written dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories, many of them considered classics of the genre. He has won more major award nominations than any other writer in his field, and no less than nine Hugo and Nebula awards, the key s-f/fantasy trophies. His books have been translated into some eighteen languages and his short stories have appeared in every science-fiction and fantasy magazine in the world, as well as in Omni, Playboy, and Penthouse.
Download or read book The Fantasy of Exile written by Peter James McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book 80 written by Karen Joy Fowler and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of the WisCon Chronicles celebrates, challenges, and discusses the varied faces of WisCon 33. Its contributors include a mix of writers, scholars, and fans, among whom number Nisi Shawl, Nancy Jane Moore, Andrea Hairston, Jennifer Pelland, JoSelle Vanderhooft, MJ Hardman, and Beverly Friend. It also, notably, includes a handful of short stories. And as with previous volumes, it does not shy away from controversy.
Download or read book Beyond the Reflection s Edge written by Bryan Davis and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2008 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Nathan Shepherd's parents are murdered, leaving only a mirror and notes from his investigator father's last case, Nathan and his father's friend's daughter struggle to solve the mystery before they, too, become victims. Original.
Download or read book Collection of Fantasy and Fairy Tales Poems and Reflections written by Tatiyana Belaya-Vahromeeva and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-05 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction novels, stories, poems and other
Download or read book Over My Shoulder written by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach and published by Donald m Grant Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 1983 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The informal story of the science fiction book field in the 1930's, 40's, and 50's then almost totally the providence of the amateur specialist publisher, set against the background and life of an early science fiction fan and writer. Fantasy Press, Gnome, Shasta, Prime, Grant, FPCI, Arkham House -- those were the kingpins of science fiction publishing three or four decades ago. From its details emerges a picture of a handful of men who accomplished things as fantastic in their own way as the fiction they published. With a 16-page photo supplement, index, and checklist of published books.
Download or read book The Water Mirror written by Kai Meyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Venice, magic is not unusual. Merle is apprenticed to a magic mirror maker, and Serafin—a boy who was once a master thief—works for a weaver of magic cloth. Merle and Serafin are used to the mermaids who live in the canals of the city and to the guards who patrol the streets on living stone lions. Merle herself possesses something magical: a mirror whose surface is water. She can reach her whole arm into it and never get wet. But Venice is under siege by the Egyptian Empire; its terrifying mummy warriors are waiting to strike. All that protects the Venetians is the Flowing Queen. Nobody knows who or what she is—only that her power flows through the canals and keeps the Egyptians at bay. When Merle and Serafin overhear a plot to capture the Flowing Queen, they are catapulted into desperate danger. They must do everything they can to rescue the Queen and save the city—even if it means getting help from the Ancient Traitor himself.
Download or read book The Stone Light written by Kai Meyer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-25 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deadly magic and malice threaten Merle and Serafin in this breathtaking sequel to The Water Mirror. Merle -- carrying the mysterious Flowing Queen within her -- and Vermithrax, the winged stone lion, are flying into Hell. They are looking for help in freeing Venice from the invading Egyptian pharaoh and his mummy warriors. But some truly nightmarish surprises await them as they travel to the center of Hell and encounter its sinister ruler -- Lord Light. Serafin remains in Venice, where the gorgeous sphinx Lalapeya recruits him into a plot to assassinate the pharaoh. But does Lalapeya really believe a small group of boys can outwit the cunning sphinx commanders and kill the most powerful man on earth? Betrayal lurks in unexpected places, and startling revelations occur as Merle and Serafin learn that evil takes many shapes in the astonishing world of Dark Reflections.
