The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Touchstone
• File Size : 45,6 Mb
• Release Date : 17 June 1999

Take a journey across space and time into the farthest reaches of the human imagination with this book that describes more than 1,500 places and their inhabitants. Illustrations.

• Publisher : Scarecrow Press
• File Size : 51,9 Mb
• Release Date : 17 June 2024

This reference tracks the development of speculative fiction influenced by the advancement of science and the idea of progress from the eighteenth century to the present day. The major authors

• Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• File Size : 23,9 Mb
• Release Date : 17 June 2024

Describes and visualizes over 1,200 magical lands found in literature and film, discussing such exotic realms as Atlantis, Tolkien's Middle Earth, and Oz.

• Publisher : Gateway
• File Size : 30,7 Mb
• Release Date : 24 November 2016

For more than 50 years John Clute has been reviewing science fiction and fantasy. As Scores demonstrates, his devotion to the task of understanding the central literatures of our era has

• Publisher : McFarland
• File Size : 44,5 Mb
• Release Date : 23 September 2022

While students and general readers typically cannot relate to esoteric definitions of science fiction, they readily understand the genre as a literature that characteristically deals with subjects such as new

• Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
• File Size : 25,9 Mb
• Release Date : 19 July 2021

This book provides students and other interested readers with a comprehensive survey of science fiction history and numerous essays addressing major science fiction topics, authors, works, and subgenres written by

• Publisher : McFarland
• File Size : 36,7 Mb
• Release Date : 04 October 2019

 By examining important aspects of science fiction in the twentieth century, this book explains how the genre evolved to its current state. Close critical attention is given to topics including

• Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
• File Size : 33,9 Mb
• Release Date : 01 October 2014

The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction in Literature is a useful reference to the broad and burgeoning field of science fiction literature. Science fiction literature has gained immensely in critical

• Publisher : Routledge
• File Size : 30,7 Mb
• Release Date : 27 September 2017

This companion provides a definitive and cutting-edge guide to the study of imaginary and virtual worlds across a range of media, including literature, television, film, and games. From the Star

• Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• File Size : 37,6 Mb
• Release Date : 18 January 2011

This book is devoted to the description of typical trends in development, formation and the present state of English Author Lexicography, the roots of which go back to concordances to