Sinister Barrier
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Sinister Barrier
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Author : Eric Frank Russell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1950
Sinister Barrier written by Eric Frank Russell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1950 with Science fiction categories.
Sinister Barrier
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Author : Eric Frank Russell
language : en
Publisher: www.PulpFictionBook.Store
Release Date : 2024-02-08
Sinister Barrier written by Eric Frank Russell and has been published by www.PulpFictionBook.Store this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-08 with Fiction categories.
Charles Fort said, “I think we’re property.” And that is the plot of ‘Sinister Barrier.‘ We are cattle, a source of psychic energy for beings that exist as pure energy. They feed off of our emotions and our strongest emotions are lust, hate, and fear. And so they manipulate us to display our strongest emotions for their psychic vampirism. Ghastly crimes are the everyday meal for these beings; wars are banquets for their delectations. One scientist discovers these invisible beings of energy and is able to warn others before he dies. And then, many die. One dogged investigator is pursued cross-country and back as he puts together a meeting of minds to free humanity from these invisible tyrants. Sinister Barrier was published in 1939 in the initial issue of Unknown. It was the cover story.
Random Graphs 85
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Author : M. Karonski
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 2011-09-22
Random Graphs 85 written by M. Karonski and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-22 with Mathematics categories.
Covering a wide range of Random Graphs subjects, this volume examines series-parallel networks, properties of random subgraphs of the n-cube, random binary and recursive trees, random digraphs, induced subgraphs and spanning trees in random graphs as well as matchings, hamiltonian cycles and closure in such structures. Papers in this collection also illustrate various aspects of percolation theory and its applications, properties of random lattices and random walks on such graphs, random allocation schemes, pseudo-random graphs and reliability of planar networks. Several open problems that were presented during a special session at the Seminar are also included at the end of the volume.
The Fortean Influence On Science Fiction
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Author : Tanner F. Boyle
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-11-30
The Fortean Influence On Science Fiction written by Tanner F. Boyle and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
Charles Fort was an American researcher from the early twentieth century who cataloged reports of unexplained phenomena he found in newspapers and science journals. A minor bestseller with a cult appeal, Fort's work was posthumously republished in the pulp science fiction magazine Astounding Stories in 1934. His idiosyncratic books fascinated, scared, and entertained readers, many of them authors and editors of science fiction. Fort's work prophesied the paranormal mainstays of SF literature to come: UFOs, poltergeists, strange disappearances, cryptids, ancient mysteries, unexplained natural phenomena, and everything in between. Science fiction authors latched on to Fort's topics and hypotheses as perfect fodder for SF stories. Writers like Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Robert Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft, and others are examined in this exploration of Fortean science fiction--a genre that borrows from the reports and ideas of Fort and others who saw the possible science-fictional nature of our reality.
Pseudoscience And Science Fiction
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Author : Andrew May
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-09-13
Pseudoscience And Science Fiction written by Andrew May and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-13 with Science categories.
Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity ... are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. Both pseudoscience and science fiction (SF) are creative endeavours that have little in common with academic science, beyond the superficial trappings of jargon and subject matter. The most obvious difference between the two is that pseudoscience is presented as fact, not fiction. Yet like SF, and unlike real science, pseudoscience is driven by a desire to please an audience – in this case, people who “want to believe”. This has led to significant cross-fertilization between the two disciplines. SF authors often draw on “real” pseudoscientific theories to add verisimilitude to their stories, while on other occasions pseudoscience takes its cue from SF – the symbiotic relationship between ufology and Hollywood being a prime example of this. This engagingly written, well researched and richly illustrated text explores a wide range of intriguing similarities and differences between pseudoscience and the fictional science found in SF. Andrew May has a degree in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University and a PhD in astrophysics from Manchester University. After many years in academia and the private sector, he now works as a freelance writer and scientific consultant. He has written pocket biographies of Newton and Einstein, as well as contributing to a number of popular science books. He has a lifelong interest in science fiction, and has had several articles published in Fortean Times magazine
Up Through An Empty House Of Stars
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Author : David Langford
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2003-08-01
Up Through An Empty House Of Stars written by David Langford and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-01 with Fiction categories.
At last, _Up Through an Empty House of Stars_ brings together the best of the never before collected SF reviews and articles that helped build David Langford's towering reputation since 1980. Complementing the review columns collected in _The Complete Critical Assembly_ and the knockabout essays and squibs in _The Silence of the Langford_, this volume's 100 glittering selections mix serious critical insight with the inimitable Langford wit. In 2002 David Langford won his sixteenth Hugo award as Best Fan Writer, for critical and humorous commentary on SF. In the same year his occasionally scandalous SF newsletter _Ansible_ won its fifth Hugo. Langford also received the 2001 Hugo for best short story, and the 2002 Skylark Award. Here he shines a unique light on classics like Ernest Bramah, G.K. Chesterton, Robert Heinlein and Jack Vance, and analyses major SF -- and major clunkers, and minor eccentrics -- of the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, continuing to the latest by such current stars as Gene Wolfe and China Mi, ville. Plus witty asides on crime fiction and its SF links, gleeful examination of writing so bad it's almost good, and (even at his most serious) turns of phrase to make you laugh aloud
Science Fiction And Fantasy Literature Vol 1
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Author : R. Reginald
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2010-09-01
Science Fiction And Fantasy Literature Vol 1 written by R. Reginald and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-01 with Reference categories.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume one of Two, contains an Author Index, Title Index, Series Index, Awards Index, and the Ace and Belmont Doubles Index.
Surrealism Science Fiction And Comics
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Author : Gavin Parkinson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2015
Surrealism Science Fiction And Comics written by Gavin Parkinson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Literary Criticism categories.
Although the self-definition of Surrealism and the initial defining of science fiction as a genre both took place in the 1920s and the links between the two are manifest, no full study has appeared till now on Surrealism and SF. Across ten original essays, Surrealism, Science Fiction and Comics looks at how the Surrealist movement in France and the USA used, informed, contributed to, and criticised SF from that moment, whilst including discussion of the related genre of comics. Among its aims are a reassessment of Jules Verne in the light of Surrealism and an analysis of the debate in the 1950s on the 'new' Anglo-American literature arriving in France. This received, in fact, a mixed reception from the Surrealists of that decade even though writers and intellectuals close to the movement in the 1920s were directly responsible for its success. The book includes further essays on the subsequent impact of Surrealism on SF novelists J.G. Ballard and Alan Burns, and features essays that argue for Salvador Dalí's closeness to SF in the 1960s and his disagreement with the earlier scientific romance defined by Verne. The chapters that bring in comics range from theoretical discussions of the relation between the original comic strips of Rodolphe Töpffer and the key Surrealist technique of automatism, used in art and writing, through the cybernetic implications of the proto-SF Surrealist ciné-roman 'M. Wzz...' of 1929, which has never discussed in any detail before, to the 1948 Vache paintings by René Magritte, inspired by Louis Forton's strip Les Pieds nickelés. This pioneering set of essays shows how Surrealism from the 1920s to the 1970s did not just receive and adapt SF but impacted the genre in its later manifestations.
Resnick At Large
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Author : Mike Resnick
language : en
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2003-08-01
Resnick At Large written by Mike Resnick and has been published by Wildside Press LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-08-01 with Literary Collections categories.
These 61 essays and articles include Mike Resnick's work for galaxyonline.com, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, book introductions, and much, much more! Features an introduction by Robert J. Sawyer
Different Blood The Vampire As Alien
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Author : Margaret L. Carter
language : en
Publisher: Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Release Date : 2019-03-25
Different Blood The Vampire As Alien written by Margaret L. Carter and has been published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
Different blood flows in their veins--but our blood quenches their thirst. From Bram Stoker's 1897 creation of Count Dracula, portrayed as a foreign invader bent on the conquest of England, the literary vampire has symbolized the Other, whether his or her otherness arises from racial, ethnic, sexual, or species difference. Even before the bloodsucking Martians of H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds, however, popular fiction contained a few vampires who were members of alien species rather than supernatural undead. Even more intriguing than interplanetary invaders are humanoid and quasi-humanoid beings who have evolved to live on Earth among us, often camouflaged as our own kind. The boom in vampire fiction that began in the 1970s engendered a variety of "alien" vampires, many of them portrayed as sympathetic characters. The science fiction vampire is especially suited to the presentation of vampirism as morally neutral rather than inherently evil. Different Blood surveys the literary vampire as alien, whether extra-terrestrial or a different species evolved on Earth, from the mid-1800s to the 1990s, and analyzes the many uses to which science fiction and fantasy authors have put this theme. Their works explore issues of species, race, ecological responsibility, gender, eroticism, xenophobia, parasitism, symbiosis, intimacy, and the bridging of differences. An extensive bibliography lists dozens of novels and short stories on the "vampire as alien" theme, many of which are still in print.