wyszukanych pozycji: 437
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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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129,27 |
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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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64,74 |
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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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86,10 |
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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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71,70 |
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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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72,79 |
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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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82,01 |
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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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76,83 |
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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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86,10 |
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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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153,50 |
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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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129,27 |
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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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84,16 |
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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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151,05 |
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Promised Land: Hooded Swan, Book Three
ISBN: 9781434435019 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In a galactic culture that extends from quasi-Utopian worlds like new Rome to vermin-infested slums like Old Earth, the Star-Pilots are the great heroes of the day, and Grainger has become a legend in his own time, flying the revolutionary ship, Hooded Swan. The rain forest of Chao Phrya seems a more hospitable place than the Halcyon Drift or the underground world of Rhapsody, scenes of Grainger's previous adventures. But the colonists of the jungle planet are crazed and the indigenous population enigmatic; and Grainger must must undertake a mission that requires a lengthy journey on foot...
In a galactic culture that extends from quasi-Utopian worlds like new Rome to vermin-infested slums like Old Earth, the Star-Pilots are the great hero...
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64,69 |
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The Stones of Camelot
ISBN: 9781932983692 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this exotic metaphysical fantasy, Amory was once taken into Faerie as a changeling, but then returned. While being cared for by the Sisters of Saint Syncletica, he becomes preoccupied with the mystery of his origin, wanting to know why Faerie rejected him.
In this exotic metaphysical fantasy, Amory was once taken into Faerie as a changeling, but then returned. While being cared for by the Sisters of Sain...
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99,05 |
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Algebraic Fantasies and Realistic Romances
ISBN: 9780893701833 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Seven lucid and entertaining essays on masters of science fiction and fantasy literature, including Bob Shaw, M.P. Shiel, Douglas Adams, Stephen R. Donaldson, and more.
Seven lucid and entertaining essays on masters of science fiction and fantasy literature, including Bob Shaw, M.P. Shiel, Douglas Adams, Stephen R. Do...
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121,14 |
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Spirits of the Vasty Deep
ISBN: 9781943813544 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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82,01 |
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In the Flesh and Other Tales of the Biotech Revolution
ISBN: 9781434403322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 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.
Most of these ten stories belong to a loosely-knit series tracking the potential effects of possible developments in biotechnology on the evolution of...
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76,83 |
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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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73,33 |
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The Florians: Daedalus Mission, Book One
ISBN: 9781434435422 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. They call them the "rat-catchers." Theyre the crew of the spaceship Daedalus, which an economically destitute Earth has dispatched on a mission to re-establish contact with its far-flung, long-lost space colonies. Alex Alexander, ships biologist, must help solve the mysteries of human and alien ecosystems that he encounters light-years from home. The planet Floria initially appears to be one of the few Earth colonies thats actually prospered since its initial settlement. But underneath the surface of the society, the "Planners" keep a strict, repressive rule over the Florians, while the...
They call them the "rat-catchers." Theyre the crew of the spaceship Daedalus, which an economically destitute Earth has dispatched on a mission to re-...
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64,69 |
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Jaunting on the Scoriac Tempests and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature
ISBN: 9781434403384 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this new collection of essays, well-known critic Brian Stableford presents twelve pieces on science-fiction and fantasy writers M. P. Shiel, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Humphry Davy, Robert Hunt, Vernon Lee, J. G. Ballard, James Morrow, Dean Koontz, and Terry Pratchett. Complete with detailed index.
In this new collection of essays, well-known critic Brian Stableford presents twelve pieces on science-fiction and fantasy writers M. P. Shiel, Edward...
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