Proceedings of the J. Lloyd Eaton Conference on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature – serie
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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 …
Fights of Fancy
Armed Conflict in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Av George Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin
Inbunden, 2017
1627 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 …
Styles of Creation
Aesthetic Technique and the Creation of Fictional Worlds
Av George Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin
Inbunden, 1993
1067 kr
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The impetus behind this collection of original essays is the tension between the aesthetic emphasis on stylistics in science fiction and fantasy writing and the critical limitations imposed by prevailing literary theory. From a variety of perspectives, the contributors show how a new, or expanded, …
Science Fiction and Market Realities
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser
Inbunden, 1996
1067 kr
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The modern marketplace of science fiction, and the relationship between art, culture, and commerce as reflected in works of science fiction, are the concerns of these original essays. The contributors, all of whom are science fiction writers, editors, or critics, offer a wealth of new perspectives …
Foods of the Gods
Eating and the Eaten in Fantasy and Science Fiction
Av Gary Westfahl, George Slusser
Inbunden, 1996
1067 kr
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Gluttony and starvation, pleasure and pain, growth and decay. These and other extremes of our condition related to food, though all but banned from the "civilized" tables of mainstream fiction, are ideal topics for the "undomesticated," free-roaming modes of fantasy.As acts and ideas, food and …
