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MIT Press Ltd Deep Dream
Book SynopsisTen acclaimed writers imagine the future of art across space and time.
£18.90
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Titan King Volume 2
Book SynopsisIn Titan King, Volume 2, Eli Santos and his allies race to find the Flame Princess in order to heal their friend Calder and finally begin the Titan King Tournament!
£9.49
Marvel Comics XMEN BY MARC GUGGENHEIM OMNIBUS KEN LASHLEY COVER
£100.49
Titan Books Ltd Alpha Omega
Book SynopsisStranger Things meets Black Mirror and Ready Player One in this unsettling, near-future SF standalone. Something is rotten in the state of the NutriStart Skills Academy With the discovery of a human skull on the playing fields, children displaying symptoms of an unfamiliar, grisly virus and a catastrophic malfunction in the site's security system, the NSA is about to experience a week that no amount of rebranding can conceal. As the school descends into chaos, teacher Tom Rosen goes looking for answers - but when the real, the unreal and the surreal are indistinguishable, the truth can be difficult to recognise. One pupil, Gabriel Backer, may hold the key to saving the school from destroying itself and its students, except he has already been expelled. Not only that - he has disappeared down the rabbit-hole of "Alpha Omega" - the world's largest VR role-playing game, filled with violent delights and unbridled debauchery. But the game quickly sours. Gabriel will need to confront the real world he's been so desperate to escape if he ever wants to leave...Trade Review"By the final chapter each thread has been skillyfully unravelled... Nicholas Bowling is a thrilling writer who keeps the reader permanently on edge." Telegraph"Inventive, playful bonkers writing... and an explosive finale that ties up all the story's threads with a beautiful, pitch-black bow." SFX Magazine“A relentlessly entertaining ride – memorably oddball characters, spot-on satire and smart, deadpan humour. I read it in a flurry.” Tim Major, author of Snakeskins “Too-close-for-comfort dystopia… A frightening picture of a repressive near-future, but it’s the glints of humanity and humour in its telling that set it apart.” Louis Greenburg, author of Green Valley “Wonderfully twisty and atmospheric... One not to miss." The Bookseller"The author is one to watch." Historical Novel Association
£8.09
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Empire Strikes Back
Book SynopsisThe Empire Strikes Back (1980), the second film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is often cited as the ‘best’ and most popular Star Wars movie. In her compelling study, Rebecca Harrison draws on previously unpublished archival research to reveal a variety of original and often surprising perspectives on the film, from the cast and crew who worked on its production through to the audiences who watched it in cinemas. Harrison guides readers on a journey that begins with the film’s production in 1979 and ends with a discussion about its contemporary status as an object of reverence and nostalgia. She demonstrates how Empire’s meaning and significance has continually shifted over the past 40 years not only within the franchise, but also in broader conversations about film authorship, genre, and identity. Offering new insights and original analysis of Empire via its cultural context, production history, textual analysis, exhibition, reception, and post-1980 re-evaluations of the film, the book provides a timely and relevant reassessment of this enduringly popular film.Trade ReviewRebecca's book is a thoughtful, meticulously researched celebration of one of the most iconic films of all time. It's the look back we need and deserve right now, one that isn't afraid to critique through a modern lens while still appreciating its importance. General Leia would be proud. -- Courtney Enlow, pop culture writer, podcaster, USAProvides fascinating new perspectives. * Choice *Provocative. * Irish Tech News *Table of ContentsChapter One. Introduction Chapter Two. Creating an Empire Chapter Three. In Production Chapter Four. The Film Chapter Five. Seeing Star Wars Chapter Six. Critics Write Back Chapter Seven. Number Five at Number One Appendices. Bibliography, Filmography, Film Credits
£12.34
University of Hawaii Press Valley of Spiraling Winds
£14.24
Orion Publishing Co The Long Tomorrow SF MASTERWORKS
Book SynopsisA stunning novel of a post-nuclear world by one of SF's early greats. Introduction by Pat Cadigan.
£9.49
MIT Press Memoirs of a Space Traveler
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Orion Publishing Co Cryptozoic
Book SynopsisIn the year 2093, human consciousness has expanded to the point that man can visit the past using a technique called ''mind-travelling''. Artist Edward Bush returns from a lengthy ''trip'' to the Jurassic period to find the government overthrown by an authoritarian regime. Given his mind-travel experience, he is recruited by the new regime to track down and assassinate a scientist whose ideas threaten to topple the status quo. However, the job of an artist is not to take orders but to ask questions . . .Trade ReviewExcellent . . . ingenious and shocking - Sunday TelegraphWell-written, evocative and disturbing . . . Aldiss is a magician - Sunday Times
£7.99
Boom! Studios Power Rangers Archive Book Two Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisVolume 2 of the classic Power Rangers archive returns in this deluxe hardcover edition!MAY THE POWER PROTECT YOU! The Power Rangers legacy stretches far beyond the teenagers from Angel Grove. This volume collects action-packed stories of some of the most legendary teams: Power Rangers Zeo, Turbo Rangers, Super Samurai Rangers, Megaforce Rangers, and the classic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers! This recharged hardcover collection of the legendary franchise features stories by a team of all-star writers including Tom and Mary Bierbaum (Legion of Super-Heroes) and Dan Slott (The Amazing Spider-Man), along with fan-favorite artists Todd Nauck (Young Justice), Ron Lim (Silver Surfer), and many more. Collects Power Rangers Zeo Image #1, Power Rangers Turbo #1-2 Power Rangers Super Samurai #1-2, Papercutz Megaforce #1-2, Papercutz MMPR #1-2, Papercutz FCBD 2014, as well as additional Power Rangers activity pages and letters!
£44.79
Orion Publishing Co Tuf Voyaging
Book SynopsisA classic novel from George R. R. Martin, author of the hit HBO TV series A GAME OF THRONES.
£9.99
MIT Press Return from the Stars
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£19.55
Orion Publishing Co The Child Garden SF MASTERWORKS
Book Synopsis'Angela Carter meets Derek Jarman's Jubilee in a Max Ernst landscape. Excellent' Time OutTrade ReviewAngela Carter meets Derek Jarman's Jubilee in a Max Ernst landscape. Excellent * TIME OUT *I can't imagine anyone not getting charmed doo-lally by this book * CITY LIMITS *This book should make Ryman a front-runner for the major literary prizes * GUARDIAN *One of the sturdiest monuments of "Humanist" SF * ENCYLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION *
£10.44
Orion Publishing Co Orsinia
Book SynopsisLife has so many facets, so that our preparations for it should be manifold. This means covering a wide area of activities that may range from simple to the most complicated .It is the reason that man is described as a social animal. The magic world that makes human life dynamic and makes him a multi colored shell on the shore of sea of society is emotion. Emotions have strong link with urges, need and interests. If they are satisfied, an individual is said to be enjoying a happy life and is emotionally stable, balance and health..Trade ReviewHer worlds have a magic sheen . . . She moulds them into dimensions we can only just sense. She is unique. She is legend * THE TIMES *Le Guin is a writer of enormous intelligence and wit, a master storyteller with the humor and the force of a Twain * BOSTON GLOBE *Eleven hauntingly written short stories . . . The view is lively, haunting, infinite * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *ORSINIAN TALES . . . represents the delicate, well-polished woodcarving of a woman who has created whole forests with words . . . lovely and sophisticated * PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER *
£14.24
Tachyon Publications Flight & Anchor: A Firebreak Story
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Daphne Press Overgrowth
Book SynopsisPerfect for fans of floral horror like Annihilation and alien invasion stories like The Three-Body Problem, New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant's return to mainstream science fiction follows an alien plant in the skin of a human woman as she reunites with her biological family at the end of the world.
£18.70
Arcadia Missa Publications Twenty Terrifying Tales From Our Technofeudal
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Scotland Street Press Fox
Book SynopsisA virulent disease carried by foxes is spreading across Europe. In London an urgent cull is underway, spearheaded by Frank Smith, the young master of the Hyde Park Hunt. But for Britain's paranoid Prime Minister, fox flu is a chance to foist the ultimate in surveillance technology on an unsuspecting population: the Mulberry Tree system, secretly bought from the Chinese. When biochemist Christophe Hardy discovers the conspiracy, he finds himself caught up in a chase which starts in Beijing and ends in Northumbria involving animal rights activists, a beautiful female missionary, high-society Chinese assassins, and the world most innovative catering venture, the Pu Dong Pudding Company.
£9.49
Sandstone Press Ltd Kings of a Dead World
Book SynopsisKings of a Dead World is Jamie Mollart's latest dystopian novel. The Earth’s resources are dwindling. The solution is The Sleep: periods of hibernation imposed on those who remain with only a Janitor to watch over the sleepers. In the sleeping city, elderly Ben struggles with his limited waking time and the disease which is stealing his wife from him. Outside, lonely Janitor Peruzzi craves the family he never knew. Around them both, dissatisfaction is growing. The city is about to wake.
£9.49
Goldsmiths, Unversity of London The Headland
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Little, Brown & Company re:Zero Ex, Vol. 3 (light novel)
Book SynopsisAfter many hardships and trials, the Wilhelm and Theresia finally managed to find their happily ever after. The Sword Devil and the Sword Saint train together in peace, say their vows, and live their lives as blissful newlyweds...until the omen that spells unavoidable catastrophe for both of them.
£11.39
Little, Brown & Company Sabikui Bisco, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Book SynopsisIn the far future, a disaster known as the “Rusty Wind” has transformed the majority ofJapan into a barren desert and left civilization in tatters. After his teacher falls prey tothe rust, the roguish Bisco Akahoshi embarks on journey through the sandy wastes toobtain a mushroom known only as the Rust Eater, rumored to cure the ailment.Together with the dashing young doctor Milo, the pair will have to contend with theunforgiving environment and their fellow wanderers in order to make it back alive.
£12.34
Boom! Studios BRZRKR Book One SC
£26.99
University of Nebraska Press When Worlds Collide
Book SynopsisA runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, tidal waves, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents and wiping out millions. A team of scientists race to build a spacecraft to escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they discover, comes not from the skies but from other humans.Trade Review" ... a rattling good old-fashioned story of world-cataclysm and the exploration of a new planet."--interzone, february 2000
£19.79
University of Minnesota Press Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams
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Orion Publishing Co Painkillers
Book SynopsisA taut SF thriller set in the dog days of Colonialism and the 20th century, from a renowned writer of literary SF.
£7.19
Orion Publishing Co Non-Stop
Book SynopsisCuriosity was discouraged in the Greene tribe. Its members lived out their lives in cramped Quarters, hacking away at the encroaching ponics. As to where they were - that was forgotten.Roy Complain decides to find out. With the renegade priest Marapper, he moves into unmapped territory, where they make a series of discoveries which turn their universe upside-down ...Non-Stop is the classic SF novel of discovery and exploration; a brilliant evocation of a familiar setting seen through the eyes of a primitive.
£9.49
Orion Publishing Co Tau Zero
Book Synopsis'The ultimate hard science fiction novel' James Blish
£8.99
Orion Publishing Co The Forever War Forever War Book 1 SF MASTERWORKS
Book SynopsisOne of the very best science fiction novels of all time. An intelligent and thought provoking allegory for the Vietnam War.Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. But his greatest test will be when he returns home. Relativity means that for every few months'' tour of duty centuries have passed on Earth, isolating the combatants ever more from the world for whose future they are fighting.Readers can''t stop thinking about The Forever War:''More than just a book about a futuristic war, Haldeman describes a society built around the codependency of the industrial military complex and with a fluid dynamic socio-economic culture that is fascinating to watch unfold'' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''A hugely important story from a very human angle . . . It will come as no surprise that this was wTrade Review'Military science fiction comes in many flavours, and Joe Haldeman's is every bit as satisfying as Heinlein's.' * SciFiNow *
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Orion Publishing Co Light
Book SynopsisListed by the Guardian as one of the top 100 science fiction books of the 21st century.On the barren surface of an asteroid, located deep in the galaxy beneath the unbearable light of the Kefahuchi Tract, lie three objects: an abandoned spacecraft, a pair of bone dice covered with strange symbols, and a human skeleton. What they are and what they mean are the mysteries explored and unwrapped in LIGHT, M. John Harrison''s triumphant novel.Trade ReviewThis will soon be regarded as one of the most dazzling novels of its genre - Daily TelegraphAn amazing book: not just a triumphant return to science fiction, but an injection of style and content that will light up the genreA singular stylist - Times Literary Supplementa witty and truly imaginative writer - Literary ReviewHarrison is best known as one of the restless fathers of modern SF, but to my mind he is among the most brilliant novelists writing today, with regard to whom the question of genre is an irrelevanceAustere, unflinching and desperately moving, he is one of the very great writers alive today.
£999.99
Little, Brown & Company Baccano!, Vol. 22 (light novel)
Book SynopsisThe casino party has finally started, and the first day has ended peacefully enough. But there are many fates still to be decided: Melvi, the dealer working with the Runoratas and holding Ennis hostage; Firo, leading the Martillo Family at the party and preparing for Melvi’s challenge; the Gandor brothers, who are worried about Firo and watching their own backs; Ladd, working alongside the Gandors; Chane, waiting for the chance to fight Ladd again; Nader, fleeing from Chane. As the storm continues to build, what chaos will erupt next…?
£15.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Child Thief
Book SynopsisThreatened by drug dealers who stalk his mother's home, 14-year-old Nick is saved by a strange and compelling boy named Peter. Now this wild boy with flaming hair and pointy ears wants Nick to follow him into a strange and unsettling mist, to a faraway land filled with fearies and monsters. Wary, yet with nowhere safe to go, Nick agrees.Trade Review"Ancient magics combine with feral logic to culminate in Brom's The Child Thief. A retelling of Peter Pan spanning America's earliest, magically rich beginnings to today's bare whispers of belief. Wickedly poetic, The Child Thief makes me want to believe." -- Kim Harrison "Brom has always been an artist who gave us his nightmares fully realized, but with THE CHILD THIEF, he paints in words. A wonderfully nasty Peter Pan reboot that stands on its own as a dark, twisted adventure." -- Christopher Golden "A gruesome and darkly fantastical twist on a classic tale. Brom injects pure horror into fantasy." -- Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of Ironside and The Spiderwick Chronicles "Beautiful and authentically dark." -- Sci-Fi " [A] fascinating work of dark epic fantasy that blends elements of the Peter Pan story with characters from Celtic and Norse mythologies." -- Tulsa World
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Faber & Faber Termush Faber Editions
Book SynopsisIntroduced by Jeff VanderMeer - ''a classic: stunning, dangerous, darkly beautiful'' - welcome to the post-apocalyptic White Lotus: a luxury hotel at the end of the world in this lost 1967 dystopia ...''Chilling and prescient.'' Andrew Hunter Murray ''Elemental and true.'' Kiran Millwood Hargrave ''Mesmerizing.'' Sandra Newman ''Like someone from the future screaming to us.'' Salena GoddenThe day we came up from the shelters four people were found dead on the steps of the hotel. Welcome to Termush: a luxury coastal resort like no other. All the wealthy guests are survivors: preppers who reserved rooms long before the Disaster. Inside, they embrace exclusive radiation shelters, ambient music and lavish provisions; outside, radioactive dust falls on the sculpture park, security men step over dead birds, and a reconnaissance party embarks.Despite weathering a nuclear apocalypse, their problems are only j
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St Martin's Press Gideon the Ninth
Book Synopsis15+ pages of new, original content, including a glossary of terms, in-universe writings, and more!A USA Today Best-Selling Novel, and one of the Best Books of 2019 according to NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, BookPage, Shelf Awareness, BookRiot, and Bustle!WINNER of the 2020 Crawford AwardFinalist for the 2020 Hugo, Nebula, and Locus AwardsUnlike anything I've ever read. V.E. SchwabLesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Charles StrossBrilliantly original, messy and weird straight through. NPRThe Emperor needs necromancers.The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense.Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth, first in The Locked Tomb Trilogy, unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, aTrade Review"Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original." --The New York Times "Unlike anything I've ever read. Muir's writing is as sharp as a broken tooth, and just as unsettling. This book is visceral, vivid, and downright violent. In short, absolutely marvelous." --V.E. Schwab, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Warm and cold; goofy and gleaming; campy and epic; a profane Daria in space. --Robin Sloan, author of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore "This crackling, inventive and riotous book from an original voice is a genuine pleasure. Also the author is clearly insane." --Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan and Gun Machine "Gideon the Ninth was a combination of all my absolute favorite things: swords and magic and spaceships and far future tech, plus childhood angst, slow-build romance, and characters banding together to solve mysteries in a haunted space palace." --Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries "I can't remember the last time I was so delightedly baffled by a book. An astonishing, genre-defying, hilarious-violent-tragic-horrifying-thrilling wonder of a novel. Muir has become an auto-read author faster than Gideon turns any conversation inappropriate." --Kiersten White, NYT Bestselling Author of And I Darken "Gideon the Ninth remixes magic and technology to create a blisteringly awesome new world--and best of all, it's funny as hell." --Annalee Newitz, author of Autonomous and The Future of Another Timeline "A glorious book--rich and baroque, tremendously vivid, absolutely glorious." --Genevieve Cogman, author of the Invisible Library series "Gideon the Ninth was a combination of all my absolute favorite things: swords and magic and spaceships and far future tech, plus childhood angst, slow-build romance, and characters banding together to solve mysteries in a haunted space palace." --Martha Wells, New York Times Bestselling author of the Murderbot Diaries "Brilliantly original, messy and weird straight through. With a snorting laugh and two middle fingers, the whole thing burns end-to-end. It is deep when you expect shallow, raucous when you expect dignity and, in the end, absolutely heartbreaking when you least expect it." --NPR Truly compelling fun. Muir's impressive first novel offers a heady and macabre mix of science, necromancy, constant danger, and a healthy dollop of Gormenghast-like weirdness like no other.--Locus "You've never read anything like Tamsyn Muir's debut novel Gideon The Ninth." --Forbes "An incredibly immersive book, with a rich, detailed mythology, gorgeously balanced sentences, and a genuinely meaningful central relationship. I started this book chuckling at the outrageous premise. I finished it crying, because the ending punched me straight in the gut." --Vox "Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons!" --Charles Stross, author of The Laundry Files and Empire Games "Punchy, crunchy, gooey and gore-smeared, Gideon the Ninth is a pulpy science-fantasy romp that will delight and horrify you to the bitter end." --Kameron Hurley, author of The Stars Are Legion and the Worldbreaker Saga "By turns a slasher movie and a sorcerous slugfest, with a snarky protagonist and a deep, complicated relationship at its heart." --Django Wexler, author of The Shadow Campaigns "Necromancers! Dueling! Mayhem! Gideon the Ninth is disturbing and delightful in equal measure--I loved it to pieces." --Yoon Ha Lee, author of the Hexarchate series and Dragon Pearl "Muir effortlessly compiles macabre humor, body horror, secrets, and tenderness into the stitched-together corpse of a dark universe, then brings it to life with a delightfully chaotic, crackling cast of characters and the connective tissue of their relationships." --Publishers Weekly Starred Review "[Gideon the Ninth] blends science fiction, fantasy, gothic chiller, and classic house-party mystery. This intriguing genre stew works surprisingly well. Suspenseful and snarky, with surprising emotional depths." --Kirkus Starred Review "At once sarcastic, sincere, heart-wrenching, and honest pulpy enjoyment, filled with dark magic, swordplay, and lesbian necromancers, Muir's debut is a fantastic sf/fantasy blend. Readers will discuss this journey for a long time and be clamoring for the next installment." --Library Journal Starred Review "Muir's debut fuses science fiction, mystery, horror, fantasy, action, adventure, political intrigue, deadly dark humor, and a dash of romance with a healthy serving of skeletons and secrets and the spirit of queer joy. This extraordinary opening salvo will leave readers dying to know what happens next." --Booklist Starred Review "Gideon the Ninth is worth every second of every spine-chilling page as the book moves seamlessly from science fiction to mystery-thriller and back again." --BookPage Starred Review "Gideon the Ninth is simply one of the best and most original books in recent memory." --Shelf Awareness "Muir weaves seamlessly between mystery, intrigue, and quest, and between science fiction and fantasy, to craft the start of a series that rivets and enthralls like the dark and dangerous magic it depicts." --Lambda Literary "A whirlwind of dark fantasy and dark humor, all wrapped up in sarcastic, delightfully sapphic Gideon Nav. The narrative oozes with voice and every sentence rattles with Gideon's disaffected attitude and the creepiness of skeleton bones." --New York Journal of Books "Gideon the Ninth is a unique and bloody bananapants book, and I do think it's worth a reader's curiosity. Gideon is an unforgettable protagonist. The world is creepy, sometimes bleak, and yet...still fun, almost like The Addam's Family. And yes, there are lesbian necromancers in space." --Smart Bitches, Trashy Books "Readers, I'm dead. This book slayed me. You should get slayed, too. We should all be dead over Gideon the Ninth." --Geekly, Inc "A brilliant and original mash-up of genres, the story is brimming with memorable characters, acerbic dark humor, a unique magic system, space travel, decaying technology and layers upon layers of mystery. It is the Gothic space adventure I didn't know I needed." --Rebecca Roanhorse, author of Trail of Lightning "Gideon the Ninth knocked me out. If you like snotty swordswomen, reanimated skeletons, porn zines, crumbling interplanetary empires, and angry lady necromancers, then shut up and get reading." --Richard Kadrey, author of the Sandman Slim series "Tasmyn Muir's prose is delicious enough to eat. Add in a sarcastic heroine with a knack for trouble, necromancy, cut-throat politics, and a hell of a lot of murders, and this is a novel every fantasy lover will savor." --Rin Chupeco, author of The Bone Witch "Festooned with skeletons, aglitter with technonecromantic delights, both middle fingers raised to the galaxy, Gideon the Ninth is a gothy Tank Girl-Meets-Utena-Meets-Gormenghast dueling wildcard mashup that has me positively giddy for the future of the genre." --Max Gladstone, author of The Empress of Forever "Muir has always, always had a sorcerously powerful way with voice, and I am positively giddy to announce that Gideon the Ninth is the ultimate culmination of her preternatural talents, a necromantic, calcium-rich delight that says get in, nerd on page 1, hits the gas with a disconcerting cackle, and doesn't let you out no matter how hard you howl. Gideon the Ninth is a bone-afied classic of the genre." --Brooke Bolander, author of The Only Harmless Great Thing
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MD - Duke University Press Tomorrowing
Book SynopsisFor twenty years, Terry Bisson published a regular “This Month in History” column in the science fiction magazine Locus. Tomorrowing collects these two decades of memorable events---four per month---each set in a totally different imaginary yet possible, inevitable yet avoidable future. From the first AI president to the first dog on Mars to the funeral of Earth’s last glacier, these stories are speculative SF at its most (and least) serious. Collected as a series for the first time, Tomorrowing will amuse, alarm, intrigue, entertain, and like all good science fiction, make readers think. Bisson’s short stories have won every major award in science fiction, including the Hugo and the Nebula, but never, ever anything for this series.
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Indiana University Press Strategies of Fantasy
Book SynopsisDrawing on a number of literary theories (but avoiding most of their jargon), the author makes a case for fantasy as a significant movement within postmodern literature rather than as a simple exercise of nostalgia. It examines fantasies by Ursula K Le Guin, John Crowley, JRR Tolkien, Diana Wynne Jones, and Gene Wolfe, among others.Trade ReviewThis is one of the most persuasive and well-reasoned accounts of how and why fantasy works and what its relationship is to canonical literature. -- Gary K. Wolfe
£13.29
Fordham University Press Our Shared Storm
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction: One Story, Five Worlds | vii SSP2: Politics Is Personal | 1 SSP5: Too Fast to Fail | 45 SSP4: A Storm for Some | 85 SSP3: Hot Planet, Dirty Peace | 129 SSP1: If We Can Do This, We Can Do Asteroids! | 169 Afterword: Speculative Fiction, Climate Fiction, and Post-Normal Fiction | 207 Acknowledgments | 227 Works Cited | 229
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Random House USA Inc The Plot Against America
Book SynopsisIn a novel of alternative history, aviation hero and isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeats Franklin Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, negotiating a cordial accord with Adolf Hitler, accepting his conquest of Europe and anti-Semitic policies, and igniting a storm of fear for Jewish families throughout America. National Book Critics Circle Award. Reader''s Guide available. Reprint. 500,000 first printing.
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Star Wars
Book SynopsisThe release of Star Wars in 1977 marked the start of what would become a colossal global franchise. Star Wars remains the second highest-grossing film in the United States, and George Lucas's six-part narrative has grown into something more: a culture that goes far beyond the films themselves, with tie-in toys, novels, comics, games and DVDs as well as an enthusiastic fan community which creates its own Star Wars fictions. Critical studies of Star Wars have treated it as a cultural phenomenon, or in terms of its special effects, fans and merchandising, or as a film that marked the end of New Hollywood's innovation and the birth of the blockbuster. Will Brooker's illuminating study of the film takes issue with many of these commonly-held ideas about Star Wars. He provides a close analysis of Star Wars as a film, carefully examining its shots, editing, sound design, cinematography and performances. Placing the film in the context of George Lucas's previous work, from his student shorts to his 1970s features, and the diverse influences that shaped his approach, from John Ford to Jean-Luc Godard, Brooker argues that Star Wars is not, as Lucas himself has claimed, a departure from his earlier cinema, but a continuation of his experiments with sound and image. He reveals Lucas's contradictory desires for total order and control, embodied by the Empire, and for the raw energy and creative improvisation of the Rebels. What seemed a simple fairy-tale becomes far more complex when we realise that the director is rooting for both sides; and this tension unsettles the saga as a whole, blurring the boundaries between Empire and Republic, dark side and light side, father and son. In his foreword to this new edition, Will Brooker discusses is how subsequent films in the series, specifically Rogue One (2016) and The Last Jedi (2017), foregrounded and developed the themes of opposition that are at the heart of Star Wars. He shows how Derridean theories of opposites which become undermined and subverted, and which change places are made more clear with hindsight and provide us with a useful lens for looking back at the 1977 Star Wars.Trade ReviewThe tone of this book is playful and thoughtful… A great stocking filler for the Star Wars geek in your life. * Irish Tech News *Table of ContentsForeword to the 2020 Edition Acknowledgments Introduction.- 1. Before Star Wars 2. Dirt 3. Order 4. Border Crossing 5. Notes 6. Bibliography 7. Credits
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Bodleian Library Science of Life and Death in Frankenstein, The
Book SynopsisWhat is life? This was a question of particular concern for Mary Shelley and her contemporaries. But how did she, and her fellow Romantic writers, incorporate this debate into their work, and how much were they influenced by contemporary science, medicine and personal loss? This book is the first to compile the many attempts in science and medicine to account for life and death in Mary Shelley’s time. It considers what her contemporaries thought of air, blood, sunlight, electricity and other elements believed to be most essential for living. Mary Shelley’s (and her circle’s) knowledge of science and medicine is carefully examined, alongside the work of key scientific and medical thinkers, including John Abernethy, James Curry, Humphry Davy, John Hunter, William Lawrence and Joseph Priestley. Frankenstein demonstrates what Mary Shelley knew of the advice given by medical practitioners for the recovery of persons drowned, hanged or strangled and explores the contemporary scientific basis behind Victor Frankenstein’s idea that life and death were merely ‘ideal bounds’ he could transgress in the making of the Creature. Interweaving images of the manuscript, portraits, medical instruments and contemporary diagrams into her narrative, Sharon Ruston shows how this extraordinary tale is steeped in historical scientific and medical thought exploring the fascinating boundary between life and death.Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 Life and Death in Romantic Literature 2 Vital Air 3 Electric Life 4 Vis Vitae (the Vital Principle) 5 Raising the Dead Afterword Notes Further Reading Picture Credits Index
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ERIS Our Distance Became Water
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MIT Press His Masters Voice
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Ediciones SM Cronicas de la torre I
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Graphic Arts Books The Blazing World
Book SynopsisWhen a young woman is shipwrecked in the kingdom of the Blazing World, she befriends the natives, a highly intelligent and tolerant group of humanoid animals. With the help of the locals, the woman becomes the Empress of the island, and leads the Blazing World into a society of peace, equality, and understanding. Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World explores hot-button topics and themes, bringing a perspective that is still fresh modern-day. With imaginative and gripping prose, Cavendish advocates for philosophy over the material world, becoming a pioneer and strong advocate for peace, animals’ rights, feminism, and equality. Her work is considered innovative not only for the exploration of these topics, but also for the invention of a genre. This edition of The Blazing World is printed in a modern font and redesigned with a striking new cover, bringing Cavendish’s trailblazing literature into the 21st century.
£6.78
Games Workshop Ltd Grotsnik Da Mad Dok
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Marvel Comics JEPH LOEB TIM SALE HULK
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Hidden Gnome Publishing The Knight
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