Eyestandia

Eyestandia
Author: Lynn Shroll
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2014-01-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1783062053

What would happen if the descendants of the last survivors from Earth, looking for sanctuary, finally reach another civilised planet? You may remember terms such as CDOs (from the world of finance) and WMDs (from the world of politics) flying around in the news over the last decade. If you don’t, it doesn’t matter because they don’t appear in this book, although something like them does... For years, the inhabitants of Eyestandia have been studying the Earth’s civilisation from radio waves they have been receiving. The ‘other people’ of this new utopian-like world have a naïve understanding of the modern workings of our planet. The people of Eyestandia ask questions about Earth’s society, in particular about the deference which is paid to all things money-related, and what is meant by the word equality. This leads to a head-on clash of ideals about money, ambition and profit, which are all non-existent in this new world. Eyestandia or… The way other people might see us is a fictional satire. It is a social, economic and political fantasy intended to amuse and entertain. It reflects the fact that in this modern world we are constantly subjected to being told what is ‘correct thinking’, but the smallest glance into history will show that this alters with the passage of time. Using a ‘what if?’ scenario to imagine a civilized society on a different planet, Eyestandia will appeal not just to fans of science fiction, but those who are interested in comparing a completely different set of ideals to their own.

Playing a Part in History

Playing a Part in History
Author: Margaret Rogerson
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2009-01-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0802099246

Playing a Part in History examines the ways in which the revival of The York Mystery Plays transformed them for twentieth- and twenty-first-century audiences.

THE PRINCE'S OUTBACK BRIDE

THE PRINCE'S OUTBACK BRIDE
Author: Marion Lennox
Publisher: Harlequin / SB Creative
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2015-01-01
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 4596355843

Eight and a Half

Eight and a Half
Author: Federico Fellini
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1987
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780813512112

8 1/2 is among the greatest films of one of the masters of Italian cinema, Federico Fellini. This is the first English translation of the dialogue and the first complete continuity script of 8 1/2. This richly comic work, long recognized as the most important expression of the director's views about himself and his art, communicates to its viewers an understanding of the processes of filmmaking itself. 8 1/2 is the story of a director's efforts to make a film; it depicts the conditions of creativity, the struggle waged between the individual and the world, a struggle that finally makes some sense out of life and art.