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Astounding Science Fiction
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959
Astounding Science Fiction written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with Science fiction categories.
Partners In Wonder
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Author : Eric Leif Davin
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Partners In Wonder written by Eric Leif Davin and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Partners in Wonder revolutionizes our knowledge of women and early science fiction. Davin finds that at least 203 female authors published over a thousand stories in science fiction magazines between 1926 and 1965. This work explores the distinctly different form of science fiction that females wrote, offers a comprehensive bibliography of these works, and provides biographies of 133 of these women authors.
Astounding
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Author : Alec Nevala-Lee
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2018-10-23
Astounding written by Alec Nevala-Lee and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-23 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hugo and Locus Award Finalist An Economist Best Book of the Year A Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Best Book of 2018 “An amazing and engrossing history...Insightful, entertaining, and compulsively readable.” — George R. R. Martin Astounding is the landmark account of the extraordinary partnership between four controversial writers—John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and L. Ron Hubbard—who set off a revolution in science fiction and forever changed our world. This remarkable cultural narrative centers on the figure of John W. Campbell, Jr., whom Asimov called “the most powerful force in science fiction ever.” Campbell, who has never been the subject of a biography until now, was both a visionary author—he wrote the story that was later filmed as The Thing—and the editor of the groundbreaking magazine best known as Astounding Science Fiction, in which he discovered countless legendary writers and published classic works ranging from the I, Robot series to Dune. Over a period of more than thirty years, from the rise of the pulps to the debut of Star Trek, he dominated the genre, and his three closest collaborators reached unimaginable heights. Asimov became the most prolific author in American history; Heinlein emerged as the leading science fiction writer of his generation with the novels Starship Troopers and Stranger in a Strange Land; and Hubbard achieved lasting fame—and infamy—as the founder of the Church of Scientology. Drawing on unexplored archives, thousands of unpublished letters, and dozens of interviews, Alec Nevala-Lee offers a riveting portrait of this circle of authors, their work, and their tumultuous private lives. With unprecedented scope, drama, and detail, Astounding describes how fan culture was born in the depths of the Great Depression; follows these four friends and rivals through World War II and the dawn of the atomic era; and honors such exceptional women as Doña Campbell and Leslyn Heinlein, whose pivotal roles in the history of the genre have gone largely unacknowledged. For the first time, it reveals the startling extent of Campbell’s influence on the ideas that evolved into Scientology, which prompted Asimov to observe: “I knew Campbell and I knew Hubbard, and no movement can have two Messiahs.” It looks unsparingly at the tragic final act that estranged the others from Campbell, bringing the golden age of science fiction to a close, and it illuminates how their complicated legacy continues to shape the imaginations of millions and our vision of the future itself. "Enthralling…A clarion call to enlarge American literary history.” — Washington Post “Engrossing, well-researched… This sure-footed history addresses important issues, such as the lack of racial diversity and gender parity for much of the genre’s history.” — Wall Street Journal “A gift to science fiction fans everywhere.” — Sylvia Nasar, New York Times bestselling author of A Beautiful Mind
The Power Of Illusion
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Author : Christopher Anvil
language : en
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Release Date : 2010-10-01
The Power Of Illusion written by Christopher Anvil and has been published by Baen Publishing Enterprises this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Fiction categories.
A new collection of stories by the master of humorous science fiction adventure, including: The full-length novel, The Day the Machines Stopped¾and what happens, not just to civilization, but to humanity and its chances of survival when all the machines stop working at once? A man is captured by aliens who are investigating the Earth as a possible target for colonization. The aliens have science and technology far in advance of humans¾but, unfortunately for them, they have never developed the human art of bluffing. For the first time in book form, Anvil's stories of Richard Verner, who is called in to solve apparently insoluble problems, such as explaining why experimental missiles keep failing for no apparent reason, or locating a kidnapped judge, or even solving an inexplicable murder that's interrupting his vacation. And much more, in a generous volume of sardonically humorous science fiction. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Spring 1865
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Author : Perry D. Jamieson
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2015-04-01
Spring 1865 written by Perry D. Jamieson and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with History categories.
When Gen. Robert E. Lee fled from Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865, many observers did not realize that the Civil War had reached its nadir. A large number of Confederates, from Jefferson Davis down to the rank-and-file, were determined to continue fighting. Though Union successes had nearly extinguished the Confederacy’s hope for an outright victory, the South still believed it could force the Union to grant a negotiated peace that would salvage some of its war aims. As evidence of the Confederacy’s determination, two major Union campaigns, along with a number of smaller engagements, were required to quell the continued organized Confederate military resistance. In Spring 1865 Perry D. Jamieson juxtaposes for the first time the major campaign against Lee that ended at Appomattox and Gen. William T. Sherman’s march north through the Carolinas, which culminated in Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s surrender at Bennett Place. Jamieson also addresses the efforts required to put down armed resistance in the Deep South and the Trans-Mississippi. As both sides fought for political goals following Lee’s surrender, these campaigns had significant consequences for the political-military context that shaped the end of the war as well as Reconstruction. Purchase the audio edition.
Transformations
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Author : Mike Ashley
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2005-02-01
Transformations written by Mike Ashley and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
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 the emergence of magazines such as Galaxy, Startling Stories and Fantastic, as well as authors like Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Frank Herbert . He then goes on to explore the bust years of 1954-1960 followed by the renaissance in the 1960s led by the new wave of British authors like Michael Moorcock and J.G. Ballard and the rise in interest of fantasy fiction, encouraged by Lord of the Rings and the Conan books of Robert E. Howard. Transformations concludes with an examination of the new found interest in sf magazines during the late 1960s and the incredibly influential roles Star Treck , the film 2001: A Space Odyssey and, above all, the first manned Moon landing played in transforming the sf magazine.
Religion In Science Fiction
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Author : Steven Hrotic
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-07-31
Religion In Science Fiction written by Steven Hrotic and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-31 with Religion categories.
Religion in Science Fiction investigates the history of the representations of religion in science fiction literature. Space travel, futuristic societies, and non-human cultures are traditional themes in science fiction. Speculating on the societal impacts of as-yet-undiscovered technologies is, after all, one of the distinguishing characteristics of science fiction literature. A more surprising theme may be a parallel exploration of religion: its institutional nature, social functions, and the tensions between religious and scientific worldviews. Steven Hrotic investigates the representations of religion in 19th century proto-science fiction, and genre science fiction from the 1920s through the end of the century. Taken together, he argues that these stories tell an overarching story-a 'metanarrative'-of an evolving respect for religion, paralleling a decline in the belief that science will lead us to an ideal (and religion-free) future. Science fiction's metanarrative represents more than simply a shift in popular perceptions of religion: it also serves as a model for cognitive anthropology, providing new insights into how groups and identities form in a globalized world, and into how crucial a role narratives may play. Ironically, this same perspective suggests that science fiction, as it was in the 20th century, may no longer exist.
Think To New Worlds
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Author : Joshua Blu Buhs
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2024
Think To New Worlds written by Joshua Blu Buhs and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with History categories.
"This book is about Charles Fort, his followers, and the surprising influence they have had on science fiction, the avant-garde, UFOlogy, and more broadly on the role of spirituality and conspiracy in the modern world. Fort was an author and maverick philosopher who wrote four non-fiction books about anomalies-rains of frogs, mysterious disappearances, unexplained lights in the sky-for which he offered hypotheses that even he did not (always) accept as true. His books developed into a monistic philosophy that denounced science as a machine for generating truth. In his view, science was a small part of a larger system in which truth and falsity were constantly transforming one into the other. This was not a rejection of the modern world but, instead, its fulfillment: Fort prophesied the next stage in intellectual evolution after the scientific era. He inspired four overlapping groups: members of the Fortean Society; science fiction fans and writers; avant-garde artists; and flying saucer enthusiasts. First We Must Think to New Worlds takes up each of these groups in turn to ask: How can the human imagination be expanded? What is the fundamental structure of the universe? And, how does power move? As they developed their responses, Fort's followers mixed Forteanism with Fundamentalism, New Agery, and conspiracy, as well as a host of other forms of modern enchantments, such as the ironic imagination, scientific wonder, and Theosophical syncretism. Each chapter is interrupted by and concludes with shorter sections that focus on particular Forteans or Fortean events as a way to deepen themes"--
Super Skill Powers Grade 2
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Release Date : 2016-02-01
Super Skill Powers Grade 2 written by and has been published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Support skill building at home by offering a unique approach to learning. Super Skill Powers for grade 2 offers fun and engaging math and language arts practice with addition, subtraction, time, money, measurement, shapes, fractions, sentences, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, and more. Super Skill Powers for grade 2 provides children with an interactive format for learning math, reading, and language arts skills. With this series, your child can deepen understanding of key concepts while being motivated by a creative learning process. Super Skill Powers for grade 2 uses a combination of assessments and rewards to help your child become a super student! The Super Skill Powers series offers motivation for learning by using a unique, interactive format for math and language arts practice. Each book features assessments for monitoring progress and opportunities for children to earn rewards for mastering specific skills. The reward stickers are in the form of capes, masks, clothing, and shields so that children can build their own superheroes. Upon completion of the workbooks, children will have learned enough to be part of the superhero team!
Fcc Record
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Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Fcc Record written by United States. Federal Communications Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Telecommunication categories.