Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated
Published: 1992-06-01
Total Pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780886775322
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Science-fiction miniatures offer intriguing portraits of a superman who lives in a real world of nuclear danger, an android that dreams of electric love, a universe put right by a cosmic tinkerer, and more
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2013-04-09
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1583947469
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The second of a planned 10 volumes that will reprint all Sturgeon's short fiction covers his prolific output during 1940 and 1941, after which he suffered five years of writer's block. Showcasing Sturgeon's early penchant for fantasy, the first six selections include whimsical ghost stories, such as "Cargo," in which a World War II munitions freighter is commandeered by invisible, peace-loving fairies. With the publication of his enduring SF classic, "Microcosmic God," Sturgeon finally found his voice, combining literate, sharp-edged prose with fascinating speculative science while recounting the power struggle between a brilliant scientist, who creates his own miniature race of gadget makers, and his greedy banker. Voice found or not, every one of the stories here is readable and entertaining today because of Sturgeon's singular gifts for clever turns of phrase and compelling narrative. As Samuel R. Delaney emphasizes in an insightful introduction, Sturgeon was the single most influential SF writer from the 1940s through the 1960s.
Author: Kevin Walker
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2020-08-05
Total Pages: 141
ISBN-13: 075099584X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The prince no longer kisses the princess, Cinderella helps her new husband to pick a new dress and the relationship between Mr Wolf and the three little pigs is a bit more complicated than you might have thought. In this collection of delightful, empowering and often magical tales, Kevin Walker creates and adapts a host of stories for the LGBTQ+ community. These sometimes traditional and sometimes modern tales show queer people that they belong not only in today's world, but also in a storytelling tradition going back centuries, if not millennia. This is a wonderful collection for LGBTQ+ readers of all ages to enjoy and continue to tell for years to come, introducing characters who are romantic, brave, mysterious or fantastical – but always authentic.
Author: Paul Tomlinson
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Published: 2002-04-01
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 1587154013
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The definitive Harry Harrison bibliography, with lengthy annotations and a special bonus--the Harrison story written for Harlan Ellison's unpublished "Last Dangerous Visions" anthology.
Author: Isaac Asimov
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2009-12-23
Total Pages: 602
ISBN-13: 0307573532
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Arguably the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, Isaac Asimov also possessed one of the most brilliant and original minds of our time. His accessible style and far-reaching interests in subjects ranging from science to humor to history earned him the nickname “the Great Explainer.” I. Asimov is his personal story—vivid, open, and honest—as only Asimov himself could tell it. Here is the story of the paradoxical genius who wrote of travel to the stars yet refused to fly in airplanes; who imagined alien universes and vast galactic civilizations while staying home to write; who compulsively authored more than 470 books yet still found the time to share his ideas with some of the great minds of our century. Here are his wide-ranging thoughts and sharp-eyed observations on everything from religion to politics, love and divorce, friendship and Hollywood, fame and mortality. Here, too, is a riveting behind-the-scenes look at the varied personalities—Campbell, Ellison, Heinlein, Clarke, del Rey, Silverberg, and others—who along with Asimov helped shape science fiction. As unique and irrepressible as the man himself, I. Asimov is the candid memoir of an incomparable talent who entertained readers for nearly half a century and whose work will surely endure into the future he so vividly envisioned.
Author: Eric Leif Davin
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780739112670
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'Partners in Wonder' explores our knowledge of women and science fiction between 1936 and 1965. It describes the distinctly different form of science fiction that females produced, one that was both more utopian and more empathetic than that of their male counterparts.
Author: Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The second volume of short stories by Theodore Sturgeon (1918-1985), one of the great figures in science fiction. The title story is on an unusual relationship that forms between a scientist and the microbes he creates in his laboratory.
Author: Algis Budrys
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 269
ISBN-13: 1300346590
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Consists of book reviews and essays written for The magazine of fantasy and science fiction.