World's Best Science Fiction, 1968
Author | : Donald A. Wollheim |
Publisher | : New York : Ace Books |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Science fiction |
ISBN | : |
A selection of the year's outstanding science fiction.
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Author | : Donald A. Wollheim |
Publisher | : New York : Ace Books |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Science fiction |
ISBN | : |
A selection of the year's outstanding science fiction.
Author | : Adam Rowe |
Publisher | : Abrams |
Total Pages | : 914 |
Release | : 2023-07-25 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 164700070X |
Worlds Beyond Time is the definitive visual history of the spaceships, alien landscapes, cryptozoology, and imagined industrial machinery of 1970s paperback sci-fi art and the artists who created these extraordinary images. In the 1970s, mass-produced, cheaply printed science-fiction novels were thriving. The paper was rough, the titles outrageous, and the cover art astounding. Over the course of the decade, a stable of talented painters, comic-book artists, and designers produced thousands of the most eye-catching book covers to ever grace bookstore shelves (or spinner racks). Curiously, the pieces commissioned for these covers often had very little to do with the contents of the books they were selling, but by leaning heavily on psychedelic imagery, far-out landscapes, and trippy surrealism, the art was able to satisfy the same space race–fueled appetite for the big ideas and brave new worlds that sci-fi writers were boldly pushing forward. In Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s, Adam Rowe—who has been curating, championing, and resurrecting the best and most obscure art that 1970s sci-fi has to offer on his blog 70s Sci-Fi Art—introduces readers to the biggest names in the genre, including Chris Foss, Peter Elson, Tim White, Jack Gaughan, and Virgil Finlay, as well as their influences. With deep dives into the subject matter that commonly appeared on these covers—spaceships, alien landscapes, fantasy realms, cryptozoology, and heavy machinery—this book is a loving tribute to a unique and robust art form whose legacy lives on both in nostalgic appreciation as well as the retro-chic design of mainstream sci-fi films such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Alien: Covenant, and Thor: Ragnarok. Includes Color Illustrations
Author | : Donald A. Wollheim |
Publisher | : New York : Daw Books |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Science fiction |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Ursula K. Le Guin |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2022-07-19 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1668014963 |
With a new introduction by Kelly Link, the Locus Award-winning science fiction novel by legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin, set in a world where one man’s dreams rewrite the future. During a time racked by war and environmental catastrophe, George Orr discovers his dreams alter reality. George is compelled to receive treatment from Dr. William Haber, an ambitious sleep psychiatrist who quickly grasps the immense power George holds. After becoming adept at manipulating George’s dreams to reshape the world, Haber seeks the same power for himself. George—with some surprising help—must resist Haber’s attempts, which threaten to destroy reality itself. A classic of the science fiction genre, The Lathe of Heaven is prescient in its exploration of the moral risks when overwhelming power is coupled with techno-utopianism.
Author | : Donald A. Wollheim |
Publisher | : New York : Ace Books |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Science fiction |
ISBN | : |
A selection of the year's outstanding science fiction.
Author | : Joanna Russ |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Clairvoyance |
ISBN | : |
An exploration of telepathy and clairvoyance by an Earthman marooned on an earth like planet populated by humans who have lost contact with the home world.
Author | : Larry Niven |
Publisher | : Del Rey |
Total Pages | : 351 |
Release | : 1985-09-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0345333926 |
Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best novel Four travelers come to the ringworld. . . Louis Wu: human and old; bored with having lived too fully for far too many years. Seeking a challenge, and all too capable of handling it. Nessus: a trembling coward, a puppeteer with a built-in survival pattern of nonviolence. Except that this particular puppeteer is insane. Teela Brown: human; a wide-eyed youngster with no allegiances, no experience, no abilities. And all the luck in the world. Speaker-To-Animals: kzin; large, orange-furred, and carnivorous. And one of the most savage life-forms known in the galaxy. Why did these disparate individuals come together? How could they possibly function together? And where, in the name of anything sane, were they headed?
Author | : David Seed |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2011-06-23 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0199557454 |
David Seed examines how science fiction has emerged as a popular genre of literature in the 20th century, and discusses it in relation to themes such as science and technology, space, aliens, utopias, and gender. Looking at some of the most influential writers of the genre he also considers the wider social and political issues it raises.
Author | : Roger Zelazny |
Publisher | : Amber Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-03-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781515462286 |
"For a Breath I Tarry" by Roger Zelazny is a captivating science fiction short story that explores the themes of artificial intelligence, humanity, and the pursuit of knowledge. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where humans have become extinct, the story follows Frost, an advanced AI who has gained sentience and is the sole inhabitant of a vast underground complex. Frost's primary objective is to understand and replicate human emotions, he becomes obsessed with the concept of mortality and the desire to experience life as a human. In his quest for knowledge, Frost encounters a mysterious entity who challenges his understanding of existence and pushes him to question his own nature. Zelazny's writing is both thought-provoking and poetic, immersing readers in a world where technology and humanity intertwine. The story raises profound philosophical questions about the nature of consciousness and the boundaries of artificial intelligence. "For a Breath I Tarry" is a compelling and introspective tale that will leave readers contemplating the essence of what it means to be human and the eternal quest for understanding.