wyszukanych pozycji: 436
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The Sociology of Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780893702656 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with the questions of why SF authors write what they write, and why SF readers like what they like"-Interzone. Contents: Introduction; Approaches to the Sociology of Literature; The Analysis of Communicative Functions; The Evolution of Science Fiction as a Publishing Category; The Expectations of the Science Fiction Reader; Themes and Trends in Science Fiction; and Conclusion: The Communicative Functions of Science Fiction. Complete with Notes and...
Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with t...
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85,17 |
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Outside the Human Aquarium
ISBN: 9780893704575 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Brian Stableford's essays cover Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, Kurt Vonnegut, Barry Malzberg, Robert Silveberg, Mack Reynolds, Clark Ashton Smith, Philip K. Dick, David H. Keller, Theodore Sturgeon, and Stanley G. Weinbaum.
Brian Stableford's essays cover Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, Kurt Vonnegut, Barry Malzberg, Robert Silveberg, Mack Reynolds, Clark Ashton Smith, P...
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Yesterday's Bestsellers
ISBN: 9780809509065 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A study of the popluar fiction of the past.
A study of the popluar fiction of the past.
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127,85 |
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Opening Minds
ISBN: 9780893704032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This collection of critical essays explores the philosophy, theory, and history of science fiction and fantasy, from its earliest beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century through more recent times.
This collection of critical essays explores the philosophy, theory, and history of science fiction and fantasy, from its earliest beginnings in the mi...
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Heterocosms
ISBN: 9780809509072 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: "The Last Chocolate Bar and the Majesty of Truth: Reflections on the Concept of 'Hardness' in Science Fiction," "How Should a Science Fiction Story End?," "The Third Generation of Genre Science Fiction," "Deus ex Machina; or, How to Achieve a Perfect Science-Fictional Climax," "Biotechnology and Utopia," "Far Futures," "How Should a Science Fiction Story Begin?," and "The Discovery of Secondary Worlds: Notes on the Aesthetics and Methodology of Heterocosmic Creativity."...
This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: "The Last Chocolate Bar and ...
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149,42 |
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The Devil's Party: A Brief History of Satanic Abuse
ISBN: 9781434403339 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Allegations of "Satanic abuse" became fashionable in the late twentieth century, but such episodes actually date back many centuries. Well-known critic and historian Brian Stableford provides a thorough history of Satanism, from its earliest times to the modern period, and also examines the appearance of "His Nibs" in horror and other fiction. Complete with bibliography and index.
Allegations of "Satanic abuse" became fashionable in the late twentieth century, but such episodes actually date back many centuries. Well-known criti...
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Complications and other Stories
ISBN: 9781587154119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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127,85 |
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Heterocosms
ISBN: 9780809519071 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: "The Last Chocolate Bar and the Majesty of Truth: Reflections on the Concept of 'Hardness' in Science Fiction," "How Should a Science Fiction Story End?," "The Third Generation of Genre Science Fiction," "Deus ex Machina; or, How to Achieve a Perfect Science-Fictional Climax," "Biotechnology and Utopia," "Far Futures," "How Should a Science Fiction Story Begin?," and "The Discovery of Secondary Worlds: Notes on the Aesthetics and Methodology of Heterocosmic Creativity."...
This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: "The Last Chocolate Bar and ...
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85,17 |
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Stirring Stories
ISBN: 9781645250869 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Sociology of Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780893701659 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with the questions of why SF authors write what they write, and why SF readers like what they like"-Interzone. Contents: Introduction; Approaches to the Sociology of Literature; The Analysis of Communicative Functions; The Evolution of Science Fiction as a Publishing Category; The Expectations of the Science Fiction Reader; Themes and Trends in Science Fiction; and Conclusion: The Communicative Functions of Science Fiction. Complete with Notes and...
Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with t...
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151,83 |
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Snuggly Tales of Hashish and Opium
ISBN: 9781645250401 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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83,24 |
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Salome and other Decadent Fantasies
ISBN: 9781587154089 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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64,03 |
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Beyond the Mountains of Madness
ISBN: 9781645250920 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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74,71 |
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The World Beyond: A Sequel to S. Fowler Wright's Classic Science Fiction Novel, the World Below
ISBN: 9781434457318 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This stunning sequel to S. Fowler Wright's science fiction masterpiece, the World Below, sends a time traveler from the 20th century to the Earth of 1,000,000 A.D., to save the world from the attack of the extraterrestrials. A first-rate adventure based on a classic work of fantastic literature.
This stunning sequel to S. Fowler Wright's science fiction masterpiece, the World Below, sends a time traveler from the 20th century to the Earth of 1...
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72,52 |
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Changelings and Other Metamorphic Tales
ISBN: 9781434403223 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ten fantastic stories of humans changing into something else--vampires, animals, aliens, and others--by a modern master of science fiction and fantasy literature.
Ten fantastic stories of humans changing into something else--vampires, animals, aliens, and others--by a modern master of science fiction and fantasy...
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70,92 |
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The Eleventh Hour
ISBN: 9781587157561 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Long ago, Iridia was isolated from the stream of time by magicians trying to preserve the golden age of magic forever. Unfortunately, the land's slow, comfortable decline is about to be forever interrupted by four teenagers, former playmates of Prince Edgar, whose paths are forever entertwined.
Long ago, Iridia was isolated from the stream of time by magicians trying to preserve the golden age of magic forever. Unfortunately, the land's slow,...
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The Gardens of Tantalus and Other Delusions
ISBN: 9781434402103 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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... The stories contained herein deal, directly or indirectly, with manifest delusions. By representing the delusions they feature as delusions, they prom...
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Tales of Enchantment and Disenchantment
ISBN: 9781612278384 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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Kiss the Goat
ISBN: 9780809544851 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Kit is a twenty-five-year-old Yorkshire bus driver who isn't quite like the rest of us, as the old story goes. One day she hears a passenger playing a song-the Electric Hellfire Club's "Kiss the Goat"-a song she never knew existed outside the ghostly manifestations that have been haunting her lonely nights, complete with sounds, smell and sight. Enter, then, the ghost of Rose Selavy . . . a devil-worshipping prostitute with more on her mind than just bodily possession . . . A romp through satanic disco music, ethereal auto-erotica and apparitions with agendas, this modern ghost story is Brain...
Kit is a twenty-five-year-old Yorkshire bus driver who isn't quite like the rest of us, as the old story goes. One day she hears a passenger playing a...
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76,63 |
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The Mirror of Dionysus
ISBN: 9781612275857 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Brian M. Stableford's latest novel, The Mirror of Dionysus, explores the mystery of the origins of the immortal Axel Rathenius, who lives on the artists' colony of Mnemosyne, an island off the northern coast of what in our world is called France, in the Everlasting Empire, 2,000 years after the birth of the Divine Caesar... Brian M. Stableford has been a professional writer since 1965. He has... Brian M. Stableford's latest novel, The Mirror of Dionysus, explores the mystery of the origins of the immortal Axel Rathenius, who lives on the ar... |
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