The Fourth Dimension
| Author | : Rudy von Bitter Rucker |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 1985 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9780395393888 |
A detailed description of what the fourth dimension would be like.
The Four Dimensional Nightmare
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International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004
| Author | : Europa Publications |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 644 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9781857431797 |
Accurate and reliable biographical information essential to anyone interested in the world of literature TheInternational Who's Who of Authors and Writersoffers invaluable information on the personalities and organizations of the literary world, including many up-and-coming writers as well as established names. With over 8,000 entries, this updated edition features: * Concise biographical information on novelists, authors, playwrights, columnists, journalists, editors, and critics * Biographical details of established writers as well as those who have recently risen to prominence * Entries detailing career, works published, literary awards and prizes, membership, and contact addresses where available * An extensive listing of major international literary awards and prizes, and winners of those prizes * A directory of major literary organizations and literary agents * A listing of members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The Ultimate E.E. Smith Collection
| Author | : E. E. Smith |
| Publisher | : DigiCat |
| Total Pages | : 3609 |
| Release | : 2022-11-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : |
This edition brings to you exciting space operas and Sci-Fi stories by E. E. "Doc" Smith in one convenient volume! Contents: The Skylark of Space Skylark Three Spacehounds of IPC Triplanetary (I) Triplanetary (II) First Lensman Galactic Patrol Second Stage Lensmen The Vortex Blaster or, Masters of the Vortex The Galaxy Primes Subspace Survivors Imperial Stars Masters of Space Tedric Lord Tedric Robot Nemesis
Orchid
| Author | : Jim Endersby |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2016-11-07 |
| Genre | : Gardening |
| ISBN | : 022637632X |
Introduction: imagining orchids -- Censored origins -- The lesbian boy -- The uses of orchids -- Red book, black flower -- Utopian botany -- The signature of all things -- The name of the orchid -- Making a family -- A second Adam -- Artificial to natural -- Myths of orchids -- Orchidmania -- The blooming aristocracy -- Orchis bank -- Every trifling detail -- Beautiful contrivances -- The scramble for orchids -- Lost orchids -- Cannibal tales -- Savage orchids -- Long purples and a forked radish -- Queer flowers -- Creation and consolation -- Sexy orchids -- Boy's own orchids -- Manly orchids -- Frail orchids -- Deceptive orchids -- Orchids in orbit -- Endangered orchids -- Fragile specialists -- The spider orchids of Sussex -- Conclusion: an orchid's-eye view?
Challenging Anthropocentrism in Eco-Science Fiction Novels
| Author | : Fatma Gamze Erkan |
| Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 204 |
| Release | : 2024-01-03 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1527567060 |
This book explores the relationship between humanity and nature while challenging the notion that anthropocentric behaviour causes the environmental catastrophes depicted in the four selected British eco-science fiction novels. These novels are John Christopher’s The Death of Grass (1956), J. G. Ballard’s The Drought (1965), Brian Aldiss’s Earthworks (1965), and John Brunner’s The Sheep Look Up (1972), all of which fictionalise the fact that the consequences of environmental problems can be diverse but equally serious. This book examines how even the smallest damage caused by human beings to the environment negatively affects them, other living beings, and the ecosystem they need to live and flourish. In conjunction with these, the factors and conditions that push characters in the novels to ignore and harm the environment are also scrutinised. While examining how and why the environmental problems in the novels have arisen, it is evaluated whether the authors propose solutions to these problems and, if so, what they are.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture
| Author | : Peter Childs |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 654 |
| Release | : 2013-05-13 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 1134755546 |
Boasting more than 970 alphabetically-arranged entries, the Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture surveys British cultural practices and icons in the latter half of the twentieth century. It examines high and popular culture and encompasses both institutional and alternative aspects of British culture. It provides insight into the whole spectrum of British contemporary life. Topics covered include: architecture, pubs, film, internet and current takes on the monarchy. Cross-referencing and a thematic contents list enable readers to identify related articles. The entries range from short biographical synopses to longer overview essays on key issues. This Encyclopedia is essential reading for anyone interested in British culture. It also provides a cultural context for students of English, Modern History and Comparative European Studies.
The Inner Man
| Author | : John Baxter |
| Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Total Pages | : 478 |
| Release | : 2011-09-08 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0297863533 |
An explosive and perceptive biography of the British novelist J.G. Ballard To many people, J.G. Ballard will always be the schoolboy in Steven Spielberg's movie Empire of the Sun, struggling to survive as an internee of the Japanese during World War II. Others remember him as the author of CRASH, a meditation on the eroticism of the automobile and the car crash, which also became a film and a cause celebre for its frank depiction of a fetish which, as this book reveals, was no literary conceit but a lifelong preoccupation. In this first biography, John Baxter draws on an admiration of and acquaintance with Ballard that began when they were writers for the same 1960s science fiction magazines. With the help of the few people whom he admitted to his often hermit-like existence, it illuminates the troubled reality behind the urbane and amiable facade of a man who was proud to describe himself as 'psychopathic'.
Architectures of Sound
| Author | : Michael Fowler |
| Publisher | : Birkhäuser |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2017-10-23 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 303561329X |
Architects are used to designing visually. In order to expand their basic design tools, this book explores the interactions between sound, space, hearing, and architecture. To this end, the author uses contemporary and historic buildings and projects, but also fictional, philosophical, and theoretical approaches – the idea is not only to define sound as a source, but also as an instrument of architectural space. By introducing a metatheory of "critical hearing", designers are able to acoustically test their projects and contribute to their design with auditive input, already at the design stage.
Writing and Responsibility
| Author | : Carl Tighe |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2005-07-12 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1134282281 |
In a world where literary scandals often end up in court, the issue of responsibility in writing has never been more important. In this groundbreaking study, Carl Tighe asks the questions every writer needs to consider: *What is it that writers do? Are they responsible for all the uses to which their writing might be put? Or no more responsible than their readers? *How are a writer's responsibilities compromised or defined by commercial or political pressures, or by notions of tradition or originality? *How does a writer's audience affect their responsibilities? Are these the same for writers in all parts of the world, under all political and social systems? The first part of this book defines responsibility and looks at its relation to ideas such as power, accuracy, kitsch and political correctness. The second part examines how particular writers have dealt with these issues through a series of often-controversial case studies, including American Psycho, Crash and The Tin Drum. Writing and Responsibility encourages its readers to interrogate the choices they make as writers. A fascinating look at the public consequences of the private act of writing, Carl Tighe's book is a must-read for everyone who writes or studies writing.
Nightmares!
| Author | : Jason Segel |
| Publisher | : Delacorte Press |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2014-09-09 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0385384033 |
"Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller."—Publishers Weekly The hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares! is a Texas Bluebonnet nominee and the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town. Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse! Charlie Laird has several problems. 1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch. 2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark. 3.He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap. What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world—that’s a line that should never be crossed. And when your worst nightmares start to come true . . . well, that’s something only Charlie can face. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. For good. Praise for Nightmares! Book one is a New York Times bestseller and Texas Bluebonnet nominee! "Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and...readers will want to accompany him again."—The New York Times Book Review "A touching comical saga...about facing things that go bump in the night."—US Weekly "“[Nightmares!] succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure…[It's] sweet, charming, and imaginative."—Kirkus Reviews "Segel...and Miller build an entertaining, cartoony world full of scary (but not too scary) monsters, silly jokes, plucky kid heroes...with a promise of adventures to come."—Booklist "An engaging and creative story...woven with a generous amount [of] humor."—VOYA "There's humor and a fairly high ick-factor."—School Library Journal "Cleverly crafted...This novel presents just the right mix of 'scary and humorous.'"—ILA Literacy Daily
