Download or read book Science Fiction 101 written by Robert K. Silverberg and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Robert Silverberg won multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and became Grand Master of science fiction, he was a young man learning the art and craft of writing the genre. In Science Fiction: 101, Silverberg reveals the roots of modern science fiction with thought-provoking essays about some of the field’s most groundbreaking stories—included in this volume—which inspired him and taught him to write. These insightful analyses, along with the skills and strategies Silverberg developed to build his successful career, make this an indispensable volume for readers interested in science fiction history. Featuring Thirteen Classic Stories by Brian W. Aldiss, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Philip K. Dick, Damon Knight, C. M. Kornbluth, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Frederik Pohl, Bob Shaw, Robert Sheckley, Cordwainer Smith, and Jack Vance
Download or read book 101 Science Fiction Stories written by Martin Harry Greenberg and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of science fiction stories.
Download or read book Robert Silverberg s Worlds of Wonder written by Robert Silverberg and published by Grand Central Pub. This book was released on 1987 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen of the greatest science fiction stories--including "Four one," "The Monsters," "Colony," and "Day million"--are accompanied by in-depth critical analyses and by an autobiographical essay entitled "The Making of a Science Fiction Writer"
Download or read book 101 Sci Fi Movies You Must See Before You Die written by Steven Jay Schneider and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you tell your Dagobah from your Delos and your Ming from your Morlock? Do you need help understanding 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY? From the classic low-budget Flash Gordon tales to the slick CGI-realised world of THE MATRIX, science-fiction films have long pushed the boundaries of the visually and dramatically fantastic. 101 SCI-FI MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE is your perfect one-stop guide to them all. Science fiction allows every other movie genre to leap - quite literally - into another dimension. Take a classic police chase and set it on Mars. Create a haunted house story, then add the robots. Take the classic boy-meets-girl story, then make them mutants. Great sci-fi movies turn the known world onto its head, play with the laws of physics and all the while hold the viewer spellbound with a gripping vision of future worlds. With insight from critics, film historians, and academics, 101 SCI-FI MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE, applies knowledge and passion to a century of close encounters, distant planets, time travel, black holes, strange outfits, futuristic technology, inexplicable forces, fantastic spaceships, fluorescent drinks and subterranean societies. Strap yourself in: you′re set for a rocket ride to sci-fi heaven.
Download or read book Science Fiction 101 written by Robert Silverberg and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2024-12-24 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grand Master details his development as a writer and shares thirteen favorite sci-fi stories from his youth and what they taught him about writing. Every writer must start somewhere. Robert Silverberg was once simply a young man learning the art and craft of writing before he found success. But how did he get from there to winning four Hugo Awards, three Locus Awards, and six Nebula Awards, as well as being named a Grand Master of science fiction? In Science Fiction 101, the prolific author looks back to his roots in the genre to answer that question. With thought-provoking essays, Silverberg details the inspiration, lessons, strategies, and skills he gained from thirteen groundbreaking science fiction stories from the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s—all included in this volume. It’s an entertaining and enlightening read, perfect for those interested in sci-fi history and the craft of writing. Featuring thirteen classic stories from Brian W. Aldiss, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Philip K. Dick, Damon Knight, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore, Frederik Pohl, Bob Shaw, Robert Sheckley, Cordwainer Smith, and Jack Vance. Previously published as Robert Silverberg’s Worlds of Wonder Praise for Science Fiction 101 “An excellent introduction to the most important roots of modern SF.” —The Washington Post “Offers encouragement and sound counsel . . . Anyone interested in writing science fiction and fantasy will profit from this book.” —San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle “A virtual primer on the writing of science fiction . . . a fascinating portrait of a young man becoming a writer . . . Finally, we have the 13 stories, almost all of which are classics in the field, wonderful to reread and in some cases to encounter for the first time.” —Publishers Weekly “A unique and successful work.” —Los Angeles Times
Download or read book Science 101 Biology written by George Ochoa and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ultimate Illustrated Guide for Nonscientists Science 101: Biology provides all the basics of biology in twelve easy chapters, ranging from such fundamental questions as "What is life?" to the essentials of anatomy, physiology, ecology, genetics, and evolution. This book also covers public controversies such as stem-cell research and intelligent design theory. A clear and engaging text describes all forms of life, from bacteria to plants and animals Chapters on breaking news in biology and the history of biology, with an emphasis on the relevance of biology for society More than 250 full-color photographs and illustrations Ready Reference section with at-a-glance charts and diagrams
Download or read book The Giant Book of Science Fiction Stories written by Charles Gordon Waugh and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Writhing 101 written by IBI and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-07 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TO CREATE. THAT'S WHAT GIANNA ALEXIE WANTED TO DO EVER SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE. AT TWENTY-TWO, STILL LITTLE YET NOT-SO-YOUNG, THE WOMAN HAD ONE GOAL AS A NEWLY GRADUATE: CREATE A BOOK FOR THE WORLD TO LOVE. SHE KNEW SHE'D BE NEEDING HELP. HELP CAME IN THE FORM OF HER MENTOR, KEENAN TRAVINO: A MAN MORE THAN A DECADE HER SENIOR WITH THIN PATIENCE, A LOVE FOR CIGARETTES, A RELATIONSHIP WITH WHISKEY, AND AS MANY ISSUES AS THE CLEVER TRICKS UP HIS SLEEVES.
Download or read book The Role of Science Fiction written by Stefan Weihampel and published by Diplomica Verlag. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "The role of Science Fiction in selected works of Isaac Asimov and Kurt Vonnegut" the author elaborates upon important similarities and differences between the use of science fiction motives in selected works of Isaac Asimov and Kurt Vonnegut. The analysis includes Asimov's Foundation and Robots and Empire and Vonnegut's Sirens of Titan and Galapagos.
Download or read book Science Fiction Authors written by Maura Heaphy and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-11-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For students, scholars, readers' advisors, and curious SF readers and fans, this guide provides an easy-to-use launch pad for researching and learning more about science fiction writers and their work. Emphasizing the best popular and contemporary authors, this book covers 100 SF writers, providing for each: • a brief biographical sketch, including a quote from theauthor, awards, etc. • a list of the author's major works (including editions and other writings) • research sources-biographies, criticism, research guides, and web sites • In addition, you'll find read-alike lists for selected authors. For anyone wanting to find information on popular SF authors, this should be the first stop.
Download or read book Science Fiction Critical Frontiers written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science fiction has recently been identified as providing the narrative paradigm for postmodernity. This volume of essays combines theoretical discussions of the nature of science fiction, with specific studies of utopian and dystopian narratives. Alongside of this, the essays here address feminist and African American issues, the envisioning of radical alternative realities and futures, cyborgs, cyberpunk and cyber-space, age and aging, hybridity and monstrosity, and contemporary society and the postmodern condition.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction written by Rob Latham and published by Oxford Handbooks. This book was released on 2014 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Science Fiction attempts to descry the historical and cultural contours of SF in the wake of technoculture studies. Rather than treating the genre as an isolated aesthetic formation, it examines SF's many lines of cross-pollination with technocultural realities since itsinception in the nineteenth century, showing how SF's unique history and subcultural identity has been constructed in ongoing dialogue with popular discourses of science and technology.The volume consists of four broadly themed sections, each divided into eleven chapters. Section I, "Science Fiction as Genre," considers the internal history of SF literature, examining its characteristic aesthetic and ideological modalities, its animating social and commercial institutions, and itsrelationship to other fantastic genres. Section II, "Science Fiction as Medium," presents a more diverse and ramified understanding of what constitutes the field as a mode of artistic and pop-cultural expression, canvassing extra-literary manifestations of SF ranging from film and television tovideogames and hypertext to music and theme parks. Section III, "Science Fiction as Culture," examines the genre in relation to cultural issues and contexts that have influenced it and been influenced by it in turn, the goal being to see how SF has helped to constitute and define important(sub)cultural groupings, social movements, and historical developments during the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Finally, Section IV, "Science Fiction as Worldview," explores SF as a mode of thought and its intersection with other philosophies and large-scale perspectives on theworld, from the Enlightenment to the present day.
Download or read book Frontiers Past and Future written by Carl Abbott and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Abbott offers a fruitful new way to read science fiction, one that also greatly enriches our understanding of western history and its impact on our collective imagination. Detailing the overlap of science fiction and western fiction - especially relating to their mutual interest in and concerns about frontier expansionism - he reveals an unsuspected common ground that informs the writings of both camps." "Reviewing the work of many Hugo and Nebula Award winners, as well as drawing upon popular film and television series (like the Buck Rogers serials), Abbott's study journeys across the far reaches of science fiction's universe."
Download or read book Science fiction Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Science Fiction Magazine Story Index 1926 1995 written by Terry A. Murray and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the appearance of the first science fiction magazine in 1926, thousands of short stories have been published in periodicals devoted to the genre. These stories cover a wide range of subjects, from spacecraft to the human condition, and feature little-known authors as well as masters like Ellison and Asimov. In the past, finding which issue of what magazine ran a certain story was nearly impossible. This much-needed reference tool provides valuable assistance in the daunting task of locating short stories published in science fiction magazines, providing exhaustive indexes to magazines, authors, and titles, allowing a variety of options for research on 34,000 stories appearing in nearly 5,000 issues of 133 genre magazines. Stories from all major American publications, as well as from several minor periodicals, are indexed. Also included is an appendix of the best known and most prolific contributors, giving the titles of all their stories in this work (necessary because the huge author index does not show titles). A guide to how to use this book clarifies its features for the researcher.
Download or read book The Year s Best Science Fiction written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
