British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers Before World War I

British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers Before World War I
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Publisher : Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105019553150
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Synopsis British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers Before World War I by : Darren Harris-Fain

Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction during a time when science, technology and industrialization made increasingly impressive inroads from the Enlightenment to World War I.A gradual emphasis on social improvement, including literature, involved efforts to increase literacy through expanding material to read. During this period, publication of newspapers, penny dreadfuls and dime novels lead to pulp magazines and other popular periodicals.

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 1110
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ISBN-10 : 0312198698
ISBN-13 : 9780312198695
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Fantasy by : John Clute

Like its companion volume, "The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction", this massive reference of 4,000 entries covers all aspects of fantasy, from literature to art.

The Golden Age of Science Fiction

The Golden Age of Science Fiction
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Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1526729253
ISBN-13 : 9781526729255
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Golden Age of Science Fiction by : John Wade

John Wade grew up in the 1950s, a decade that has since been dubbed the 'golden age of science fiction'. It was a wonderful decade for science fiction, but not so great for young fans. With early television broadcasts being advertised for the first time as 'unsuitable for children' and the inescapable barrier of the 'X' certificate in the cinema barring anyone under the age of sixteen, the author had only the radio to fall back on - and that turned out to be more fertile for the budding SF fan than might otherwise have been thought. Which is probably why, as he grew older, rediscovering those old TV broadcasts and films that had been out of bounds when he was a kid took on a lure that soon became an obsession.For him, the super-accuracy and amazing technical quality of today's science fiction films pale into insignificance beside the radio, early TV and B-picture films about people who built rockets in their back gardens and flew them to lost planets, or tales of aliens who wanted to take over, if not our entire world, then at least our bodies. This book is a personal account of John Wade's fascination with the genre across all the entertainment media in which it appeared - the sort of stuff he revelled in as a young boy - and still enjoys today.

Science Fiction: Vision of Tomorrow?

Science Fiction: Vision of Tomorrow?
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Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 0836839528
ISBN-13 : 9780836839524
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Science Fiction: Vision of Tomorrow? by : Richard Hantula

Compares what writers over the centuries have written about an imaginary future with the reality revealed by time.

Vintage Visions

Vintage Visions
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Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Total Pages : 447
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ISBN-10 : 9780819574398
ISBN-13 : 0819574392
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Vintage Visions by : Arthur B. Evans

Vintage Visions is a seminal collection of scholarly essays on early works of science fiction and its antecedents. From Cyrano de Bergerac in 1657 to Olaf Stapledon in 1937, this anthology focuses on an unusually broad range of authors and works in the genre as it emerged across the globe, including the United States, Russia, Europe, and Latin America. The book includes material that will be of interest to both scholars and fans, including an extensive bibliography of criticism on early science fiction—the first of its kind—and a chronological listing of 150 key early works. Before Dr. Strangelove, future-war fiction was hugely popular in nineteenth-century Great Britain. Before Terminator, a French author depicted Thomas Edison as the creator of the perfect female android. These works and others are featured in this critical anthology. Contributors include Paul K. Alkon, Andrea Bell, Josh Bernatchez, I. F. Clarke, William J. Fanning Jr., William B. Fischer, Allison de Fren, Susan Gubar, Rachel Haywood Ferreira, Kamila Kinyon, Stanislaw Lem, Patrick A. McCarthy, Sylvie Romanowski, Nicholas Ruddick, and Gary Westfahl. Hardcover is un-jacketed.

The Old Front Line

The Old Front Line
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 152
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015011310094
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Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Old Front Line by : John Masefield

British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers, 1918-1960

British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers, 1918-1960
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Publisher : Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105025789905
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Synopsis British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers, 1918-1960 by : Darren Harris-Fain

Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction, including dark fantasy and supernatural horror. Includes lesser-known authors who made their own small but significant contributions to this field. Discusses the impact of pulp magazines and other new magazines that focused on subgenres such as romance fiction, adventure fiction, Western fiction, and eventually fantasy and science fiction, and utopian literature, a predecessor and close cousin of science fiction.

British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers Since 1960

British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers Since 1960
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Publisher : Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages : 504
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105025820817
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Synopsis British Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers Since 1960 by : Darren Harris-Fain

Essays on British writers of fantasy and science fiction discuss the changing attitudes towards this genre, including serious consideration by critics. Covers the publication of science fiction in comic books, limited productions of publications by fan presses, the difference between British and American science fiction, the birth of the New Wave, and the revival of horror fiction as a distinct genre.

The Midnight Folk

The Midnight Folk
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:$B102251
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Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Midnight Folk by : John Masefield

This autographed edition ... is limited to two hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered 66.

Canadian Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers

Canadian Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers
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Publisher : Dictionary of Literary Biograp
Total Pages : 458
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105025349791
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Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Canadian Fantasy and Science-fiction Writers by : Douglas Ivison

Essays on the writers and works of Canadian fantasy and science-fiction that have made this genre an important component of Canadian literature, one that must be considered by Canadian literary scholars. Documents the rapid development of Canadian fantasy and science-fiction from the early 1980s to the beginning of the twenty-first century.