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Gregory Benford
Häftad, 2014
358 kr
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Gregory Benford is perhaps best known as the author of Benford's law of controversy: "Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available." That maxim is a quotation from Timescape, Benford's Nebula and Campbell Award-winning 1980 novel, which established his work as an …
Gregory Benford
E-bok, 2014
603 kr
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Gregory Benford is perhaps best known as the author of Benford''s law of controversy: "Passion is inversely proportional to the amount of real information available." That maxim is a quotation from Timescape , Benford''s Nebula and Campbell Award-winning 1980 novel, which established his work as an …
Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser
E-bok, 2002
1076 kr
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Science fiction occupies a peculiar place in the academic study of literature. For decades, scholars have looked at science fiction with disdain and have criticized it for being inferior to other types of literature. But despite the sentiments of these traditionalists, many works of science fiction …
Worlds Enough and Time
Explorations of Time in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser m. fl.
E-bok, 2002
1344 kr
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With our lives firmly controlled by the steady pace of time, humans have yearned for ways to escape its constraints, and authors have responded with narratives about traveling far into the past or future, reversing the flow of time, or creating alternate universes where Napoleon was triumphant at …
Unearthly Visions
Approaches to Science Fiction and Fantasy Art
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
983 kr
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A pioneering scholarly examination of the rich and fascinating fields of science fiction and fantasy art, this book stimulates scholarly interest in these areas by offering both surveys of the entire history of these traditions and focused examinations of particular genres and artists. In contrast …
Worlds Enough and Time
Explorations of Time in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1227 kr
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With our lives firmly controlled by the steady pace of time, humans have yearned for ways to escape its constraints, and authors have responded with narratives about traveling far into the past or future, reversing the flow of time, or creating alternate universes where Napoleon was triumphant at …
No Cure for the Future
Disease and Medicine in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser
Inbunden, 2002
983 kr
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Speculations about new medical advances have been a crucial aspect of science fiction since its origins in the 19th century, when such novels as Frankenstein and The Island of Dr. Moreau provided powerful mythic images of doctors with godlike abilities to create and transform human life. This book …
Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser
Inbunden, 2002
983 kr
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Science fiction occupies a peculiar place in the academic study of literature. For decades, scholars have looked at science fiction with disdain and have criticized it for being inferior to other types of literature. But despite the sentiments of these traditionalists, many works of science fiction …
Science Fiction and the Two Cultures
Essays on Bridging the Gap Between the Sciences and the Humanities
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser
Häftad, 2009
560 kr
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Essays in this volume demonstrate how science fiction can serve as a bridge between the sciences and the humanities. The essays show how early writers like Dante and Mary Shelley revealed a gradual shift toward a genuine understanding of science; how H.G. Wells first showed the possibilities of …
Visions of Mars
Essays on the Red Planet in Fiction and Science
Av George Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin
Inbunden, 2011
429 kr
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The planet Mars has always maintained a strong grip on the human imagination. These 17 wide-ranging essays explore the study of Mars through history and the ways in which Mars has figured in literature, the arts and popular culture. Topics covered include the role of scientific discovery in the …
Fiction 2000
Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative
Av George Slusser, Tom Shippey
Häftad, 1992
607 kr
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Will novels and stories be relevant in the next millennium, when the boundaries between illusion and reality, and observer and observed, may dissipate in a whirl of images, signals and data? This essay collection divines the prospects of fiction in the information age by examining cyberpunk …
Fights of Fancy
Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Av George Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin
Häftad, 1993
532 kr
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This collection of fifteen original essays offers new perspectives on armed conflict as a central aspect of science fiction and fantasy writing. Looking past the superficial conventions associated with ray guns and aliens, swords and sorcerers, the contributors show how writers in the genre today …
Immortal Engines
Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser
Häftad, 1996
589 kr
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These nineteen original essays seek to recontextualize the subject of immortality, examining its influence as an ancient human aspiration while at the same time considering new scientific advances and their impact on life and literature. Grouped in three broad categories, the essays provide key …
Nursery Realms
Children in the Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser
Häftad, 1999
532 kr
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Child characters are surprisingly common in horror, fantasy, and science fiction literature and films. Children represent innocence and virtue and symbolize the classic question of fantastic literature: What is the future of the human race, and how will science and society improve or impair that …
H. G. Wells's Perennial Time Machine
Av George Slusser, Patrick Parrinder m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
570 kr
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Acclaimed as a work of genius when first published in 1895, The Time Machine represents a revolution in storytelling. H. G. Wells's first--and greatest--novel has been recognized worldwide as a founding text of the science fiction genre and one of the most seminal narratives of the last hundred …
Fights of Fancy
Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Av George Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin
Inbunden, 2017
1638 kr
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This collection of fifteen original essays offers new perspectives on armed conflict as a central aspect of science fiction and fantasy writing. Looking past the superficial conventions associated with ray guns and aliens, swords and sorcerers, the contributors show how writers in the genre today …
Immortal Engines
Life Extension and Immortality in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser
Inbunden, 2017
1638 kr
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These nineteen original essays seek to recontextualize the subject of immortality, examining its influence as an ancient human aspiration while at the same time considering new scientific advances and their impact on life and literature. Grouped in three broad categories, the essays provide key …
Science Fiction
Toward a World Literature
Av George Slusser, Gary Westfahl
Inbunden, 2022
1638 kr
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In what N. Katherine Hayles describes as "this enormously ambitious posthumous volume," renowned scholar George Slusser offers a definitive version of the argument about the history of science fiction that he developed throughout his career: that several important ideas and texts, routinely …
Science Fiction
Toward a World Literature
Av George Slusser, Gary Westfahl
Häftad, 2023
595 kr
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In what N. Katherine Hayles describes as "this enormously ambitious posthumous volume," renowned scholar George Slusser offers a definitive version of the argument about the history of science fiction that he developed throughout his career: that several important ideas and texts, routinely …
Acquiring More Profit
The Definitive Guide to Successful Real Estate Brokerage Mergers & Acquisitions
Av George Slusser, Victor Lund
Inbunden, 2023
764 kr
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Acquiring More Profit
The Definitive Guide to Successful Real Estate Brokerage Mergers & Acquisitions
Av George Slusser, Victor Lund
Häftad, 2023
647 kr
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Acquiring More Profit - Implementation System
Av George Slusser, Victor Lund
Häftad, 2023
1150 kr
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Acquiring More Profit
THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE BROKERAGE MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Av Victor Lund, George Slusser
E-bok, 2023
673 kr
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Acquiring More Profit is the long-awaited update to the real estate industry''s groundbreaking and bestselling M&A book, Acquiring Profit . Many of the foundational principles outlined in the first book helped "kick-start" the M&A frenzy of the past two decades, and have been updated in this …
Acquiring More Profit - Implementation System
Av Victor Lund, George Slusser
E-bok, 2023
1678 kr
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This system is designed to be used in conjunction with the strategies and information presented in the complimentary book Acquiring More Profit . The system simplifies the action items needed to begin or expand your M&A initiatives. A potential seller is evaluating the potential buyer from first …
