Before the Golden Age
| Author | : Isaac Asimov |
| Publisher | : Fawcett Books |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 1978-09 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780449229132 |
Science Fiction Writers Of The Golden Age
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Science Fiction Writers of the Golden Age
| Author | : Harold Bloom |
| Publisher | : Facts On File |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : |
Provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on the 13 most significant science fiction writers of the golden age.
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Age of Science Fiction
| Author | : Isaac Asimov |
| Publisher | : Random House Value Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 648 |
| Release | : 1988 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780517657546 |
Science Fiction Authors
| Author | : Maura Heaphy |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 350 |
| Release | : 2008-11-30 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1598845063 |
For students, scholars, readers' advisors, and curious SF readers and fans, this guide provides an easy-to-use launch pad for researching and learning more about science fiction writers and their work. Emphasizing the best popular and contemporary authors, this book covers 100 SF writers, providing for each: • a brief biographical sketch, including a quote from theauthor, awards, etc. • a list of the author's major works (including editions and other writings) • research sources-biographies, criticism, research guides, and web sites • In addition, you'll find read-alike lists for selected authors. For anyone wanting to find information on popular SF authors, this should be the first stop.
Before the Golden Age
| Author | : Isaac Asimov |
| Publisher | : Robson Books Limited |
| Total Pages | : 986 |
| Release | : 1974 |
| Genre | : Science fiction, American |
| ISBN | : 9780903895286 |
Great Authors of Science Fiction & Fantasy
| Author | : Britannica Educational Publishing |
| Publisher | : Britannica Educational Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 147 |
| Release | : 2014-01-01 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 1622750918 |
Fantastical realms, enchanted creatures, and imaginative technologies are but a few of the many elements that draw readers to the science fiction and fantasy genres of literature. Great science fiction and fantasy authors are skilled at blending the unfamiliar with the familiar, making their imaginative tales both grounded and, in some cases, prescient. Writers such as Ray Bradbury, Ursula K. Le Guin, J.K. Rowling, and J.R.R. Tolkien, to name a few, explore themes ranging from conformity and government control to the dual burden and blessing of advanced technology, challenging readers to reimagine the world they know. The lives of some of the most prolific and popular authors of these genres are surveyed in this compelling volume.
A Companion to Science Fiction
| Author | : David Seed |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 631 |
| Release | : 2008-06-09 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0470797010 |
A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. This Companion conveys the scale and variety of science fiction. Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debating cultural issues. Essays by an international range of scholars discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. Addresses general topics, such as the history and origins of the genre, its engagement with science and gender, and national variations of science fiction around the English-speaking world. Maps out connections between science fiction, television, the cinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of the culture. Includes a section focusing on major figures, such as H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin. Offers close readings of particular novels, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.
The Rise and Fall of American Science Fiction, from the 1920s to the 1960s
| Author | : Gary Westfahl |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2019-10-04 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1476638519 |
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 the art that has accompanied science fiction, the subgenres of space opera and hard science fiction, the rise of SF anthologies, and the burgeoning impact of the marketplace on authors. Included are in-depth studies of key texts that contributed to science fiction's growth, including Philip Francis Nowlan's first Buck Rogers story, the first published stories of A. E. van Vogt, and the early juveniles of Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Robert Heinlein.
The Science of Science-fiction Writing
| Author | : James E. Gunn |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 246 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Science fiction |
| ISBN | : 1578860113 |
A fiction-writing text by a well-known sci-fi author, editor and professor.
The Mammoth Book of Golden Age
| Author | : Isaac Asimov |
| Publisher | : Robinson |
| Total Pages | : 378 |
| Release | : 2012-03-01 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 178033723X |
Ten classic stories from the birth of modern science fiction writing The Golden Age of Science Fiction, from the early 1940s through the 1950s, saw an explosion of talent in SF writing including authors such as Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, and Arthur C. Clarke. Their writing helped science fiction gained wide public attention, and left a lasting impression upon society. The same writers formed the mould for the next three decades of science fiction, and much of their writing remains as fresh today as it was then. Collected in one giant volume, here is the very best of the golden era. The stories include: A.E. van Vogt, 'The Weapons Shop' Isaac Asimov, 'The Big and the Little' Lester del Rey, 'Nerves' Fredric Brown, 'Daymare' Theodore Sturgeon, 'Killdozer!' C.L. Moore, 'No Woman Born' A. Bertram Chandler, 'Giant Killer'
