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Immortal Engines
ISBN: 9780820317335 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This collection of 19 essays seeks to recontextualise the subject of immortality, examining its influence as an ancient human aspiration and considering new scientific advances and their impact on life and literature. Topics covered include genetics, cryonics, Marxism and Darwinism.
This collection of 19 essays seeks to recontextualise the subject of immortality, examining its influence as an ancient human aspiration and consideri...
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Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk & Postmodern Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780822311683 / Angielski / Miękka / 405 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The term "cyberpunk" entered the literary landscape in 1984 to describe William Gibson's pathbreaking novel "Neuromancer." Cyberpunks are now among the shock troops of postmodernism, Larry McCaffery argues in "Storming the Reality Studio, "marshalling the resources of a fragmentary culture to create a startling new form. Artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, multinational machinations, frenetic bursts of prose, collisions of style, celebrations of texture: although emerging largely from science fiction, these features of cyberpunk writing are, as this volume makes clear, integrally...
The term "cyberpunk" entered the literary landscape in 1984 to describe William Gibson's pathbreaking novel "Neuromancer." Cyberpunks are now among th...
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Terminal Identity: The Virtual Subject in Postmodern Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780822313403 / Angielski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Scott Bukatman's "Terminal Identity"--referring to both the site of the termination of the conventional "subject" and the birth of a new subjectivity constructed at the computer terminal or television screen--puts to rest any lingering doubts of the significance of science fiction in contemporary cultural studies. Demonstrating a comprehensive knowledge, both of the history of science fiction narrative from its earliest origins, and of cultural theory and philosophy, Bukatman redefines the nature of human identity in the Information Age.
Drawing on a wide range of contemporary theories of... Scott Bukatman's "Terminal Identity"--referring to both the site of the termination of the conventional "subject" and the birth of a new subjectivity ...
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Learning from Other Worlds: Estrangement, Cognition, and the Politics of Science Fiction and Utopia
ISBN: 9780822327738 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A definite look at the state of science fiction studies today that surveys the field from Hugo Gernsbach to the present.
A definite look at the state of science fiction studies today that surveys the field from Hugo Gernsbach to the present.
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107,70 |
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Fantasy Fiction: An Introduction
ISBN: 9780826416858 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a series of introductory books about different types of writing. One strand of the series will focus on genres such as Science Fiction, Horror, Romance, and Crime. The other strand will focus on movements or styles often associated with historical and cultural locations - Postcolonial, Native American, Scottish, Irish, American Gothic. These introductions all share the same nine-part structure: 1.A broad definition of the genre and its essential elements This is a series of introductory books about different types of writing. One strand of the series will focus on genres such as Science Fiction, Hor... |
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Lost in Space: Geographies of Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780826479204 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Science fiction - one of the most popular literary, cinematic and televisual genres - has received increasing academic attention in recent years. For many theorists science fiction opens up a space in which the here-and-now can be made strange or remade; where virtual reality and cyborg are no longer gimmicks or predictions, but new spaces and subjects. Lost in space brings together an international collection of authors to explore the diverse geographies of spaceexploring imagination, nature, scale, geopolitics, modernity, time, identity, the body, power relations and the... Science fiction - one of the most popular literary, cinematic and televisual genres - has received increasing academic attention in recent years. F... |
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Future Females, the Next Generation: New Voices and Velocities in Feminist Science Fiction Criticism
ISBN: 9780847691258 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Almost 20 years after the publication of Future Females: A Critical Anthology, feminist science fiction pioneer Marleen S. Barr, together with a talented crew of the field's established and emerging theorists, reveal new critical insights in Future Females, the Next Generation. This groundbreaking collection includes contributors from across the globe who find effective venues for imagining feminist thought experiments. A multinational perspective runs through this innovative volume, focusing on the latest dynamic trends in feminist science fiction. These include such issues as race, gender,...
Almost 20 years after the publication of Future Females: A Critical Anthology, feminist science fiction pioneer Marleen S. Barr, together with a talen...
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Transformations: The Story of the Science Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970
ISBN: 9780853237792 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the second of three volumes which chart the history of the science fiction magazine from the earliest days to the present. The first volume Time Machines traced the development of the sf magazine from its earliest days and the creation of the first specialist magazine, Amazing Stories. Transformations takes up the story to reveal a turbulent period that was to witness the extraordinary rise and fall and rise again of science. Britain's foremost sf historian, Mike Ashley charts the sf boom years in the wake of the nuclear age that was to see the 'The Golden Age' of Science Fiction with...
This is the second of three volumes which chart the history of the science fiction magazine from the earliest days to the present. The first volume Ti...
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139,20 |
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I Am in Fact a Hobbit: An Introduction to the Life and Works of J. R. R. Tolkien
ISBN: 9780865548947 / Angielski / Miękka / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether you've been a fan for years or you've just recently been hooked by the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings movies, ""I Am in Fact a Hobbit" is an excellent starting point into the life and work of J. R. R. Tolkien. This indispensable and concise introduction to the career of J. R. R. Tolkien includes: - a biographical chapter about the man who was a brilliant Oxford professor and Catholic Christian, loving father and devoted husband, and close friend of C. S. Lewis- overviews and discussions of his best-selling popular works such as the "Hobbit and the "Lord of the Rings, his often...
Whether you've been a fan for years or you've just recently been hooked by the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings movies, ""I Am in Fact a Hobbit" is an e...
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133,26 |
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Planets in Peril: A Critical Study of C. S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy
ISBN: 9780870239977 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical study of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy which analyses Lewis's methods and meanings, concentrating on this trilogy but also including relevant secondary work. The study is developed through specific internal analysis of the three texts but also by the incorporation of details of Lewis's life. Lewis's literary scholarship and reasoned defence of Christian values incorporated into a network of analogies, echoes, and correspondences within the trilogy are also examined.
A critical study of C.S. Lewis's Ransom Trilogy which analyses Lewis's methods and meanings, concentrating on this trilogy but also including relevant...
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127,29 |
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Understanding Ursula K. Le Guin (Rev)
ISBN: 9780872498693 / Angielski / Miękka / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's World
ISBN: 9780873387446 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. J. R. R. Tolkien is perhaps best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but it is in The Silmarillion that the true depth of Tolkien's Middle-earth can be understood. The Silmarillion was written before, during, and after Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. A collection of stories, it provides information alluded to in Tolkien's better known works and, in doing so, turns The Lord of the Rings into much more than a sequel to The Hobbit, making it instead a continuation of the mythology of Middle-earth. Verlyn Flieger's expanded and updated edition of Splintered Light,...
J. R. R. Tolkien is perhaps best known for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but it is in The Silmarillion that the true depth of Tolkien's Middle...
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Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction
ISBN: 9780873387798 / Angielski / Twarda / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction is the first comprehensive textual, bibliographical, and cultural study of sixty years of Bradbury's fiction. Drawing on correspondence with his publishers, agents, and friends, as well as archival manuscripts, The Life of Fiction examines the story of Bradbury's authorship over more than a half-century, from his earliest writings, which include The Martian Chronicles, to his most recently published novel, Let's All Kill Constance. It shows in detail the often devious and unsuspected interconnections between his unpublished fiction, his story collections, and...
Ray Bradbury: The Life of Fiction is the first comprehensive textual, bibliographical, and cultural study of sixty years of Bradbury's fiction. Drawin...
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186,11 |
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Mesmerists, Monsters, and Machines: Science Fiction and the Cultures of Science in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN: 9780873388573 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A cultural history of science and science fiction Using key canonical science fiction narratives, Mesmerists, Monsters, and Machines examines the intersection of the literary and scientific cultures of the nineteenth century. In this original and refreshing approach to the study of early science fiction, author Martin Willis maintains that science fiction was just as important in defining the culture of the nineteenth century as other critics maintain it was in shaping the twentieth century. Mesmerists, Monsters, and Machines interrogates the... A cultural history of science and science fiction Using key canonical science fiction narratives, Mesmerists, Monsters, and Mac... |
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Ash of Stars: On the Writing of Samuel R. Delaney
ISBN: 9780878058525 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical appreciation of the acclaimed science-fiction writer and his works
A critical appreciation of the acclaimed science-fiction writer and his works
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Ash of Stars: On the Writing of Samuel R. Delaney
ISBN: 9780878058952 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical appreciation of the acclaimed science-fiction writer and his works
A critical appreciation of the acclaimed science-fiction writer and his works
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83,21 |
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Gothic World of Stephen King: Landscape of Nightmares
ISBN: 9780879724108 / Angielski / Twarda / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stephen King's popularity lies in his ability to reinterpret the standard Gothic tale in new and exciting ways. Through his eyes, the conventional becomes unconventional and wonderful. King thus creates his own Gothic world and then interprets it for us. This book analyzes King's interpretations and his mastery of popular literature. The essays discuss adolescent revolt, the artist as survivor, the vampire in popular literature, and much more.
Stephen King's popularity lies in his ability to reinterpret the standard Gothic tale in new and exciting ways. Through his eyes, the conventional bec...
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The Gothic World of Stephen King: Landscape of Nightmares
ISBN: 9780879724115 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stephen King's popularity lies in his ability to reinterpret the standard Gothic tale in new and exciting ways. Through his eyes, the conventional becomes unconventional and wonderful. King thus creates his own Gothic world and then interprets it for us. This book analyzes King's interpretations and his mastery of popular literature. The essays discuss adolescent revolt, the artist as survivor, the vampire in popular literature, and much more.
Stephen King's popularity lies in his ability to reinterpret the standard Gothic tale in new and exciting ways. Through his eyes, the conventional bec...
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Philosophy and Science Fiction
ISBN: 9780879752484 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This accessible and provocative collection of science fiction acquaints readers with cutting-edge gender controversies in moral and political philosophy. By imagining future worlds that defy our most basic assumptions about sex and gender, freedom and equality, and ethical values, the anthology s authors not only challenge traditional standards of morality and justice, but create bold experiments for testing feminist hypotheses.
Selections are grouped under four main themes. Part 1, "Human Nature and Reality," concentrates on whether there is an intrinsic difference between males and... This accessible and provocative collection of science fiction acquaints readers with cutting-edge gender controversies in moral and political philosop...
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111,71 |
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Expanded Science Fiction Worlds of Forrest J. Ackerman and Friends
ISBN: 9780918736260 / Angielski / Miękka Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The newly expanded version of this classic offers even more stories from Ackerman and his talented friends and collaborators. Joining such notables are classic authors Catherine L. Moore, Donald A. Wollheim, and others.
The newly expanded version of this classic offers even more stories from Ackerman and his talented friends and collaborators. Joining such notables ar...
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