Dangerous Visions and New Worlds: Radical Science Fiction, 1950-1985, Paperback - Andrew Nette

Reducere. Much has been written about the "long Sixties, " the era of the late 1950s through the early 1970s. It was a period of major social change, most gr...

Publisher: PS PublishingPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 138 x 215 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Nick GeversRedescopera farmecul ...

Publisher: Anthem PressAuthor(s): Andrew NetteNumber of pages: 254Collection: Anthem Studies in Australian Literature and CulturePublication date: ...

The Jeffery family of Derbyshire farmed in the Dove Valley between Ashbourne, Derby and Uttoxeter for around 400 years. This is their story and als...

Publisher: Sydney University PressIllustration(s): 86 Maps; 1 Tables, color; 33 Tables, black and white; 9 Illustrations, color; 166 Illustrations,...

An NYRB Classics Original Robert Sheckley was an eccentric master of the American short story, and his tales, whether set in dystopic city-scapes, ...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Karen Hunger ParshallIllustration(s): 38 b/w illus.Number of pages: 640Publication date: 2022Dimens...

Reducere. This is a demanding book-but our times are demanding. It is an honest book-and our times demand truth. -Matthew Fox, American priest, theologian, a...

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction and A New York Times Notable Book of 2018. Our understanding of the `tree of life', with powe...

Reducere. Radical Hope is a collection of letters--to ancestors, to children five generations from now, to strangers in grocery lines, to any and all who fee...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, "our greatest living chronicler of the natural world...

*The Sunday Times Bestseller* Worldwide, depression will be the single biggest cause of disability in the next 20 years. But treatment for it has n...

Reducere. Worlds in Transition is a set of three stories that explore the limits of reality and perception. In Parallax, two people discover strange messages...

DescriptionHow competing visions of world order in the 1940s gave rise to the modern concept of globalismDuring and after the Second World War, pub...

An essential new look at the design philosophy that interrogated modern living against the turbulent political landscape of 1960s Italy In the mid-...

Reducere. DescriptionThe first book of the multiverse.Dorian Hawkmoon ... Corum Jhaelen Irsei ... Elric of Melnibon . Over the years, Michael Moorcock has ca...

Reducere. A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating...

Reducere. Within these pages lie eighteen stories, from eighteen worlds shaped by some of today's best writers of science fiction and fantasy, all guests on ...

The ground-breaking science behind ambitious new schemes for restoring lost natural systems

Of the 380 realities that have been unlocked, Cara is dead in all but 8. But when one of her remaining doppelgangers dies under mysterious circumst...

Reducere. Inspired by New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson, an anthology of stories, set in the near future, from some of today's leading writer...

Reducere. DescriptionFor too long, the Puppeteers have controlled the fate of worlds. Now Sigmund is pulling the strings...Covert agent Sigmund Ausfaller is ...

An extensive look at the cartography and folklore of the afterlife worlds as seen by our ancestorsIllustrations: 23 b&w illustrations

Charles Darwin's theories, first published more than 150 years ago, still set the paradigm of how we understand the evolution of life--but scientif...

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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Andrew SteeleNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 25Cover type: Paperba...

Reducere. The dangerous and multifaceted world of Honor Harrington-starship captain, admiral, and interstellar heroine-comes to life in a collection of short...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Christopher E. MasonIllustration(s): 16 colour illustrations, 24 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 2...

Reducere. Kaelyn has proof her father's vaccine works--but the virus has stolen too much from her along the way. And the road ahead looks even longer.When Ka...

Reducere. Worlds closer to the galatic core than Known Space are --or were-- home to intelligent speciers. Some learned of the core explosion in time to flee...

Description'No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intellig...

Reducere. The year is 2144...and the battle over Earth's precious resources has raged for a century. With global economies in ruins and all-out world war mor...

Erik Cain joined the marines to get off death row. The deal was simple; enlist to fight in space and he would be pardoned for all his crimes. In th...

Reducere. For decades, the spacefaring species of Known Space have battled over the largest artifact--and grandest prize--in the galaxy: the all-but-limitles...

Reducere. The rag-tag crew of the Capricious is hunting down rogue AI, ancient colony ships, and the biggest treasure the universe has ever seen in the final...

Publisher: Quercus PublishingAuthor(s): Stephen CoxPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 233 x 39Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lectur...

Reducere. The civil rights movement that looms over the 1950s and 1960s was the tip of an iceberg, the legal and political remnant of a broad, raucous, deepl...

Reducere. DescriptionStep into a world of your own making . . .Worldbuilding is one of the great pleasures of writing science fiction and fantasy -- and also...