Download or read book The Gardens of Tantalus and Other Delusions written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories contained herein deal, directly or indirectly, with manifest delusions. By representing the delusions they feature as delusions, they promote the delusion that delusion can eventually be undermined by the strong-minded, who will thus be enabled to avoid the "bad faith" of which some existentialist philosophers seem to have lived in mortal terror. Included are historical mysteries, fantasies, and science fiction. The tales in this collection include: "The Gardens of Tantalus," "The Lost Romance," "Lucifer's Comet," "The Miracle of Zunderburg," "The Cult of Selene," "Ice and Fire," "Self-Sacrifice," "To the Bad," "Riding the Tiger," "Curiouser and Curiouser: A Kitchen Sink Drama, by Carol Lewis," "Quality Control," and "Worse Than the Disease." Never before collected into book form.
Download or read book More Whodunits written by Robert Reginald and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-07-28 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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!
Download or read book Against the New Gods and Other Essays on Writers of Imaginative Fiction written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight highly-readable essays on science fiction and fantasy writers, including David Brin, Jonathan Carroll, Samuel R. Delany, Joe Haldeman, Robert Irwin, Graham Joyce, Michael Shea, plus a major piece, "Against the New Gods," on British SF and crime writer Sydney Fowler Wright. Complete with Bibliography and Index.
Download or read book The Cosmic Perspective and Other Black Comedies written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of ten comedies in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.
Download or read book Beyond the Colors of Darkness and Other Exotica written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven stories of science fiction and fantasy by a master writer of the fantastic, including four tales published for the first time.
Download or read book The Innsmouth Heritage and Other Sequels written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven new tales of fantasy and horror based upon the classic originals by H. P. Lovecraft, Oscar Wilde, Hans Christian Andersen, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne, H. Rider Haggard, and Bram Stoker.
Download or read book The Best of Both Worlds and Other Ambiguous Tales written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight tales of science fiction and fantasy perched on the edge of reality, including one dark fantasy novella, "Appearances," published for the first time anywhere.
Download or read book Sexual Chemistry and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together the ten earliest stories in Brian Stableford’s series of "Tales of the Biotech Revolution," all written in the 1980s, except for one anomalous example from the 1960s. The dates in some of the stories, located a comfortable distance in the future when the stories were written, have now long past, revealing certain anomalies of early expectation; but they have been left unaltered, as nostalgic samples of yesterday’s long-dead and perhaps much-lamented tomorrows. The collection begins and ends, as is surely only appropriate, with flamboyant utopian fantasies boldly asserting the perfectibility of humankind and the world of which the species has custody. Great science-fiction reading by a master of the form!
Download or read book The Return of the Djinn and Other Black Melodramas written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six stories of fantasy and science fiction by a modern master, including three pieces published for the first time: "The Path of Progess," "Kalamada's Blessing," "The Shepherd's Daughter," "Shadows of the Past," "Reconstruction," and the original short fantasy novel, "The Return of the Djinn."
Download or read book The Great Chain of Being and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven tales of the near future, one published for the first time, part of the author's long-running and cutting-edge "Biotech Revolution" series.
Download or read book News of the Black Feast and Other Random Reviews written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection gathers together 45 of Stableford's best critical reviews on works of science fiction, fantasy, horror, decadent literature, and nonfiction books about these topics. His comments are witty, intelligent, and full of insight. Complete with comprehensive index.
Download or read book In the Flesh and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of these ten stories belong to a loosely-knit series tracking the potential effects of possible developments in biotechnology on the evolution of global society. "A master of the SF short story"--Robert Reginald.
Download or read book Narrative Strategies in Science Fiction and Other Essays on Imaginative Fiction written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight essays on science fiction and fantasy: "Narrative Strategies in Science Fiction," "Immortality in Science Fiction," "Why There Is (Almost) No Such Thing as Science Fiction," "Perfectibility and the Novel of the Future," "In Search of a New Genre," "Ecology and Dystopia," "Cosmic Horror," and "Growing Up as a Superhero." Complete with bibliography and index.
Download or read book Changelings and Other Metamorphic Tales written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten fantastic stories of humans changing into something else--vampires, animals, aliens, and others--by a modern master of science fiction and fantasy literature.
Download or read book Salome and other Decadent Fantasies written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decadent literature is intrinsically and proudly a literature of moral challenge; it is sceptical, cynical, and satirical. It recognizes that everyday morality does not work either in practical or in psychological terms, and is therefore a sham, but that ideal morality is -- not necessarily unfortunately -- unattainable. This volume collects the best of Brian Stableford's decadent work, including: "Salome," "O For a Fiery Gloom and Thee," "The Last Worshipper of Proteus," "The Evil That Men Do," "Ebony Eyes," "The Fisherman's Child," "The Storyteller's Tale," "The Unluckiest Thief," "The Flowers in the Forest," "The Mandrake Garden," and "Chanterelle."
Download or read book Sheena and Other Gothic Tales written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2013-12-06 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheena is a vampire from Leeds who works in a call center, and has a dark secret that even she doesn't know about. Her boyfriend has to discover it the hard way, alas. Like the other two vampire stories included in the book, both of which feature vampire babies, "Sheena" is a love story, which shares the life-enhancing attributes common to all love stories. Here are ten tales of the fantastic, the horrific, and the gothic, including: "Rose, Crowned with Thorns," "Rent," "Tenebrio," "Behind the Wheel," "Innocent Blood," "Emptiness," "The Woman in the Mirror," "Regression," "Heartbreaker," and "Sheena." Great reading by a great writer!
Download or read book Les Fleurs Du Mal The Undead Wildside Double 4 written by Brian Stableford and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of the old "Ace Doubles," two-in-one books (flip one over to read the second title)--here is the fourth Wildside Double. "Les Fleurs du Mal: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution," by Brian Stableford. In the year 2550, where premediated murder is supposedly impossible, a serial killer begins attacking very old men with specially bred plants that eat them from the inside out, creating the bizarre "flowers of evil" ("les fleurs du mal"). Biotech artist Oscar Wilde teams with UN detectives Charlotte Holmes and Hal Watson to unravel this futuristic nightmare. A Hugo Award finalist in the Novella category. "The Undead: A Tale of the Biotech Revolution," by Brian Stableford. In the world of the future, the latest rage is the creation of "Undead" personality simulations to place within the tombstones of the recently departed. But when a cluster of new monuments is vandalized, cemetery Chief Security Officer Tann Hicks must find the perpetrators and stop the crimes. Are the sims really dead? As the controversy over the Undead grows, with religious fanatics lining up against right-to-life advocates, Tann finds himself at the center of a growing political and media storm.
