The definitive collection of the twentieth century's most characteristic genre-from H.G. Wells's prophetic vision of technological warfare to contemporary cyberspace and up-to-the-minute myths of genetic engineering.
The definitive collection of the twentieth century's most characteristic genre-from H.G. Wells's prophetic vision of technological warfare to contemporary cyberspace and up-to-the-minute myths of genetic engineering.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Tom Shippey inherited J. R. R. Tolkien's Chair of Medieval English Language at the University of Leeds, where he taught the syllabus Tolkien had set up. He now holds the Walter J. Ong Chair of Humanities at St Louis University, Missouri, specializing in Medieval Literature, Old English Arthurian and Romance Literature, Fantasy, and Science Fiction. He has written and edited numerous books, including J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century (2001), The Road to Middle-earth (second edition, 1992), The Oxford Book of Fantasy Stories (reissue, 2003), and Fiction 2000: Cyberpunk and the Future of Narrative (co-edited with George Slusser, 1993).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction The Land Ironclads Finis As Easy as ABC The Metal Man A Martian Odyssey Night Desertion The Piper's Son The Monster The Second Night of Summer Second Dawn Crucifixus Etiam The Tunnel Under the World Who Can Replace a Man? Billennium The Ballard of Lost C'mell Semley's Necklace How Beautiful with Banners A Criminal Act Problems of Creativeness How the Whip Came Back Cloak of Anarchy A Thing of Beauty The Screwfly Solution The Way of Cross and Dragon Swarm Burning Chrome Silicon Muse Karl and the Ogre Piecework Select Bibliography Sources
Introduction The Land Ironclads Finis As Easy as ABC The Metal Man A Martian Odyssey Night Desertion The Piper's Son The Monster The Second Night of Summer Second Dawn Crucifixus Etiam The Tunnel Under the World Who Can Replace a Man? Billennium The Ballard of Lost C'mell Semley's Necklace How Beautiful with Banners A Criminal Act Problems of Creativeness How the Whip Came Back Cloak of Anarchy A Thing of Beauty The Screwfly Solution The Way of Cross and Dragon Swarm Burning Chrome Silicon Muse Karl and the Ogre Piecework Select Bibliography Sources
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"Tom Shippey is a major contributor in science fiction, as well as in medieval and language studies, and his new anthology not only is useful and important, it illuminates the field with the editor's insights and selections."--James Gunn, Director, The Center for the Study of Science Fiction, University of Kansas "A vindication for all of us [science fiction fans] who have had to defend the genre as deserving serious consideration...This book collects 30 classic science-fiction stories by some of the field's msot famous authors....It's a great selection of intelligent and intriguing work."--The ClevelandPlain Dealer "A collection that makes us feel the uniqueness of this discipline so freshly is doing its job."--Fort Worth Star-Telegram
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