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Margaret Cavendish, Stewart Hotston, Allen Stroud - Blazing Worlds, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Blazing Worlds

Av Margaret Cavendish, Stewart Hotston, Allen Stroud

169 kr

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The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is a wild allegorical tale of travelling to another world, reminiscent of not just Gulliver’s Travels but contemporary science fiction and fantasy works that seek to understand our world by contrasting it with fantastical places, people and societies. As possibly the earliest example of Science Fiction written in English, Cavendish’s work has passed the test of time and its topics and conventions will be familiar to anyone reading science fiction and fantasy in the 21st Century.The Blazing Worlds anthology collects together 12 inspiring stories from some of today’s most exciting science fiction and fantasy authors in conversation with Cavendish’s original work: RJ Barker, Ian Green, James Alistair Henry, Stewart Hotston, Shona Kinsella, Juliet McKenna, Emma Newman, Marie O’Regan, Louie Stowell, Allen Stroud, E.J. Swift and Lorraine Wilson.In this anthology put together by the BSFA in partnership with English Heritage and published by Flame Tree, you’ll find stories tackling climate change and melting glaciers, revolution and utopias that aren’t enough. You’ll also find stories that are no more than the challenges of simply going to work as well as the challenges of trying to be yourself in times and places where that isn’t possible. There are stories about the science of travelling to another world, about how dragons power trains, about how other worlds might be the lifeline you need when your own is a painful place to be.Be prepared to see other worlds and meet the strangest of creatures.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-11-26
  • Mått: 140 x 216 x 19 mm
  • Vikt: 170 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Förlag: Flame Tree Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781806948598
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Margaret Cavendish (1623–73), Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, was a pioneering female writer of poetry, plays, fiction and natural philosophy. By avoiding the use of a pseudonym and choosing to enter into discussion of the typically male-dominated sphere of science and philosophy she took vital steps towards equality. Her utopian and speculative novel, The Blazing World, published alongside her Observations on Experimental Philosophy, is an important early forerunner of science fiction.Stewart Hotston (co-editor) lives in Reading, UK. With a Celtic-Indian mother and a father of North African/Roma descent, Stewart is a somewhat confused second-generation immigrant living in the UK who has written eight novels with his latest, The Next Enemy Shall Be The Last, out now. A finalist for the BFA, the BFSA and the Speculative Chaos literary awards, he is also treasurer for the BFS, the Chair of the BSFA and a committee member for the Society of Authors. Allen Stroud (co-editor) is an acclaimed science fiction writer, academic and former Chair of the British Science Fiction Association. He’s the author of the highly-regarded space opera Fearless and the official Elite: Dangerous tie-in Lave Revolution. Allen also works on game design, roleplaying games, short stories, and screenwriting. His soundtrack The Fractal Series complements the Fearless universe blending story and music for fans of plausible science fiction, Alastair Reynolds and Arthur C. Clarke.

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