Tales from Futures Past
Author | : Heather Killingray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Horror tales, English |
ISBN | : 9781859290385 |
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Author | : Heather Killingray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : Horror tales, English |
ISBN | : 9781859290385 |
Author | : Paola Iovene |
Publisher | : Stanford University Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2014-07-09 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0804791600 |
Most studies of Chinese literature conflate the category of the future with notions of progress and nation building, and with the utopian visions broadcast by the Maoist and post-Mao developmental state. The future is thus understood as a preconceived endpoint that is propagated, at times even imposed, by a center of power. By contrast, Tales of Futures Past introduces "anticipation"—the expectations that permeate life as it unfolds—as a lens through which to reexamine the textual, institutional, and experiential aspects of Chinese literary culture from the 1950s to 2011. In doing so, Paola Iovene connects the emergence of new literary genres with changing visions of the future in contemporary China. This book provides a nuanced and dynamic account of the relationship between state discourses, market pressures, and individual writers and texts. It stresses authors' and editors' efforts to redefine what constitutes literature under changing political and economic circumstances. Engaging with questions of translation, temporality, formation of genres, and stylistic change, Iovene mines Chinese science fiction and popular science, puts forward a new interpretation of familiar Chinese avant-garde fiction, and offers close readings of texts that have not yet received any attention in English-language scholarship. Far-ranging in its chronological scope and impressive in its interdisciplinary approach, this book rethinks the legacies of socialism in postsocialist Chinese literary modernity.
Author | : Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
Publisher | : Baen |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-09-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781476781617 |
ANTHOLOGY OF GREAT SF STORIES BY RENOWNED WOMEN SF AUTHORS! A collection of wonderful SF carefully selected by ground-breaking editor and author, Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Stories by Andre Norton, Anne McCaffrey, Lois McMaster Bujold, CJ Cherryh and more. Meet the Women of Futures Past: from Grand Master Andre Norton and the beloved Anne McCaffrey to some of the most popular SF writers today, such as Lois McMaster Bujold and CJ Cherryh. The most influential writers of multiple generations are found in these pages, delivering lost classics and foundational touchstones that shaped the field. You'll find Northwest Smith, C.L. Moore’s famous smuggler who predates (and maybe inspired) Han Solo by four decades. Read Leigh Brackett’s fiction and see why George Lucas chose her to write The Empire Strikes Back. Adventure tales, post-apocalyptic visions, space opera, aliens-among-us, time travel—these women have delivered all this and more, some of the best science fiction ever written! Includes stories by Leigh Brackett, Lois McMaster Bujold, Pat Cadigan, CJ Cherryh, Zenna Henderson, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Anne McCaffrey, C.L. Moore, Andre Norton, James Tiptree, Jr., and Connie Willis. About Women of Futures Past: "...the stories are topnotch and varied, showing the incredible depth and breadth of science fiction, the killer introduction is worth the price of admission alone..." --San Francisco Book Review
Author | : Ivy Roberts |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 2020-06-17 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1476638926 |
Science fiction boasts a deceptively long history, extending as far back as the 19th century. This anthology pairs original essays that introduce short stories of vintage science fiction. Critical introductions written by international experts contextualize these stories from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Inclusions range from legendary authors like Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe to lesser-known figures like E.P Mitchell, George Parsons Lathrop, and Franklin Ruth.
Author | : Gardner Dozois |
Publisher | : Baen Publishing Enterprises |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2013-06-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1625791453 |
Change the pastãand the future may come undone. An outstanding collection of time-traveling alternate history stories from 16 major science fiction writers, both old and new. Every day, a thousand possible futures die unborn around us-corners not turned, paths not taken. But if one could go back into the past and change it, the outcome could be unimaginable. _Aristotle and the GunÓ by L. Sprague de Camp _SitkaÓ by William Sanders _The Only Game in TownÓ by Poul Anderson _Playing the GameÓ by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann _Killing the MorrowÓ by Robert Reed _The We Frustrate CharlemagneÓ b R. A. Lafferty _The Game of Blood and DustÓ by Roger Zelazny _Calling Your NameÓ by Howard Waldrop _What Rough Beast?Ó by Damon Knight _O Brave Old World!Ó by Avram Davidson _Radiant DoorsÓ by Michael Swanwick _The Hotel at Harlans LandingÓ by Kage Baker _Mozart in MirorshadesÓ by Bruce Sterling and Lewis Shiner _Under SiegeÓ by George R. R. Martin At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author | : Julie Czerneda |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2017-09-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0756412234 |
"A novel of the clan chronicles"--Cover.
Author | : Kristine Kathryn Rusch |
Publisher | : Baen Books |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2016-09-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 162579522X |
Meet the Women of Futures Past: from Grand Master Andre Norton and the beloved Anne McCaffrey to some of the most popular SF writers today, such as Lois McMaster Bujold and CJ Cherryh. The most influential writers of multiple generations are found in these pages, delivering lost classics and foundational touchstones that shaped the field. You'll find Northwest Smith, C.L. Moore’s famous smuggler who predates (and maybe inspired) Han Solo by four decades. Read Leigh Brackett’s fiction and see why George Lucas chose her to write The Empire Strikes Back. Adventure tales, post-apocalyptic visions, space opera, aliens-among-us, time travel—these women have delivered all this and more, some of the best science fiction ever written! Includes stories by Leigh Brackett, Lois McMaster Bujold, Pat Cadigan, CJ Cherryh, Zenna Henderson, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Anne McCaffrey, C.L. Moore, Andre Norton, James Tiptree, Jr., and Connie Willis. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author | : J. California Cooper |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2007-12-18 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0307428648 |
From the beloved author of Family and A Piece of Mine comes a dazzling new collection of stories featuring ordinary women who discover that love sometimes comes when you least expect it. Vinnie is an overworked and self-sacrificing single mother who gets a second chance at love and independence, in "The Eagle Flies." In "A Shooting Star" a happily married mother of two laments the fate of her beautiful friend Lorene, whose naivete about desire has deadly consequences. In "A Filet of Soul," Luella's luck soon changes when her mother leaves her a modest inheritance, but not as soon as she initially imagines. And in "The Lost and Found," Irene confronts her womanizing boyfriend with the one piece of information that will bring him to his knees. Bursting with earthy wisdom and humor, these warmly engaging tales are a testament to Cooper's gifts as a storyteller.
Author | : M Watkins |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2015-04-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781511915892 |
When a young man from the future breaks the rules and changes the past, he becomes trapped in time and lives day to day not knowing what the future may hold. Stranded, alone and likely considered a criminal by his people, he does the only thing he can do - makes the best of his situation and builds a life for himself - ever mindful that his past - and future may soon catch up to him.
Author | : T. K. F. Weisskopf |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Interplanetary voyages |
ISBN | : 9780743498876 |
The early days of space travel - the tragic deaths, the explorers who disappeared without a trace, the many heroisms- were now relegated to a few pages in history textbooks.