Author: Maggie Bowers
The last three decades have seen an increase in popularity of magical realist fiction as a form of narrative, adopted by writers and enjoyed by readers across the globe. At the same time, the term has been open to misuse ... |
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The Other in Science Fiction Cinema
Author: Ziauddin Sardar & Sean Cubitt
Aliens R Us explores the global culture of science fiction cinema, and in particular its presentation of contemporary images of the Other. Taking as a starting point the popularity of international forms such as Japanese ... |
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Connections in Medieval Romance, Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction
Author: Flo Keyes
The influence of medieval literature is instantly apparent in modern fantasy literature, where knights and wizards populate castle-strewn landscapes. Less obvious, but still recognizable is the influence in science ficti ... |
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The Environmental Vision of J. R. R. Tolkien
Author: Matthew Dickerson & Jonathan Evans
Though not often recognized as environmental or agrarian literature, the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien demonstrate a complex and comprehensive ecological philosophy. The ecology of Middle-earth portrayed in The Hobbit, Th ... |
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Mars in Science and the Imagination
Author: Robert Markley
For more than a century, Mars has been at the centre of debates about humanity's place in the cosmos. Focusing on perceptions of the red planet in scientific works and science fiction, Dying Planet analyzes the ways in w ... |
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The History of the Science Fiction Magazine from 1950 to 1970
Author: Michael Ashley
Transformations is the second volume in the three-volume History of the Science-Fiction Magazine. This volume covers the period from 1950 to 1970, which was both a turbulent time in magazine history and, at least in part ... |
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From Sinai and the Negev
Author: Clinton Bailey
The desert dwelling bedouin have always been a subject of intense fascination. Their culture and ethics are still largely a mystery. Like other non-literate peoples, the bedouin have a strong tradition of oral poetry, wh ... |
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Science Fiction and the Cultures of Science in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Martin Willis
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 ... |
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Themes, Works and Wonders
Author: Gary Westfahl
Works of science fiction and fantasy are enormously popular among students and general readers. The combined effort of some 150 expert contributors, the 600 entries in this comprehensive encyclopedia discuss pervasive th ... |
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A Critical Companion
Author: Susan Bernardo & Graham J. Murphy
Ursula K Le Guin emerged as a popular science fiction and fantasy writer in the 1960s. This study, suitable for school and undergraduate students, explores her fantastical worlds and several of her famous works. It also ... |
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Author: Ann Margaret Lewis & Helen Keier
Discover who's who and what's what in the Star Wars universe with this beautifully illustrated guide-now in full color for the first time. When it comes to extraterrestrial life-forms, there's more to science fiction ... |
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How Science Drives Fiction and Fiction Drives Science
Author: Neil Hook & Mark Brake
Since its emergence in the seventeenth century, science fiction (SF) has been a sustained, coherent and subversive check on the promises and pitfalls of science. In their turn, invention and discovery have forced fiction ... |
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Magic and Myth in the L. Frank Baum Books
Author: Richard Tuerk
When moviegoers accompany Dorothy through the gates of the Emerald City, they may think they have discovered all there is to see of Oz - but as real friends of the Wizard know, more lies behind the curtain. The Wonderful ... |
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C.S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles
Author: David C. Downing
Published in the early 1950s, C. S. Lewis' seven Chronicles of Narnia were proclaimed instant children's classics and have been hailed in The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature as the most sustained achievement in ... |
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Creators of Science Fiction and Fantasy Speak
Author: Jayme Lynn Blaschke
As the world around us becomes more fantastic, and science itself more surreal, the realms of science fiction and fantasy become correspondingly both more bizarre and more relevant. Voices of Vision offers a rare look in ... |
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The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author: Michael Moorcock & Henry Hardy Heins Richard A. Lupoff
So, just how was Tarzan created? Eager to know the inside story about the legendary John Carter and the amazing cities and peoples of Barsoom? Perhaps your taste is more suited to David Innes and the fantastic lost world ... |
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H. P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture
Author: Jason Colavito
Nearly half of all Americans believe in existence of extraterrestrials, and many are also convinced that aliens have visited Earth at some point in history. Included in such popular beliefs is the notion that so-called a ... |
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A Guide to the Worlds of His Dark Materials
Author: Claire Squires
Philip Pullman is one of the most commercially and critically successful British authors of the past decade. With a writing career extending back to the early 1970s, Pullman's great achievement has been in the publicatio ... |
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A Guide to the Worlds of His Dark Materials
Author: Claire Squires
Philip Pullman is one of the most commercially and critically successful British authors of the past decade. With a writing career extending back to the early 1970s, Pullman's great achievement has been in the publicatio ... |
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New Writings on Tolkien's Trilogy
Author: Robert Eaglestone
J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy have become among of the most popular books of the twentieth century while the recent film adaptations have made box office records. This book provides a comprehensive, informed ... |
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