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Six Moon Dance

Author : Sheri S. Tepper
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
ISBN : 0575116277
Pages : 534 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (116 Download)

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Download Free Six Moon Dance PDF by Sheri S. Tepper Full Book and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was many, many years ago that humans came and settled the world of Newholme - cruelly bending the planet to their will; setting down roots and raising up cities and farms and a grand temple to their goddess. But now the ground itself is shaking with ever-increasing violence. And the Greatest Questioner, official arbiter of the Council of Worlds, has come to this isolated orb to investigate rumours of a terrible secret that lies buried deep within Newholme's past - a past that is not dead, not completely. And it will fall to Mouche, a beautiful youth of uncommon cleverness and spirit, to save his imperilled home by discovering and embracing that which makes him unique among humans. For every living thing on Newholme is doomed, unless Mouche can appease something dark and terrible that is coiled within, and surrender to the mysterious ecstatic revelry that results when the six moons join.

Six Moon Dance

Author : Sheri S. Tepper
Publisher : Harper Collins
Release Date : 2010-10-19
ISBN : 0062035010
Pages : 544 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (35 Download)

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Download Free Six Moon Dance PDF by Sheri S. Tepper Full Book and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was many years ago that humans came and settled the world of Newholme-cruelly bending the planet to their will; setting down roots and raising up cities and farms and a grand temple to their goddess.But now the ground itself is shaking with ever-increasing violence. And the Great Questioner, official arbiter of the Council of Worlds, has come to this isolated orb to investigate rumors of a terrible secret that lies buried deep within Newholme's past—a past that is not dead, not completely. And it will fall to Mouche, a beautiful youth of uncommon cleverness and spirit, to save his imperiled home by dicovering and embracing that which makes him unique among humans. For every living thing on newholme is doomed, unless Mouche can appease something dark and terrible that is coiled within...and surrender to the mysterious ecstatic revelry taht results when the six moons join.

Scores

Author : John Clute
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-11-24
ISBN : 1473219809
Pages : 320 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (219 Download)

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Download Free Scores PDF by John Clute Full Book and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 not slackened. There are jokes in Scores, and curses, and tirades, and apologies, and riffs; but every word of every review, in the end, is about how we understand the stories we tell about the world. Following on from his two previous books of collected reviews (Strokes and Look at the Evidence) this book collects reviews from a wide variety of sources, but mostly from Interzone, the New York Review of Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Weekly. Where it has seemed possible to do so without distorting contemporary responses to books, these reviews have been revised, sometimes extensively. 125 review articles, over 200 books reviewed in more than 214,000 words.

Sheri S Tepper SF Gateway Omnibus

Author : Sheri S. Tepper
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-08-15
ISBN : 1473201713
Pages : 800 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (21 Download)

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Download Free Sheri S Tepper SF Gateway Omnibus PDF by Sheri S. Tepper Full Book and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From The SF Gateway, the most comprehensive digital library of classic SFF titles ever assembled, comes an ideal sample introduction to Sheri S. Tepper, the author of several resoundingly acclaimed novels, including Beauty, which was voted Best Fantasy Novel of the Year by readers of Locus. She is one of the few writers to have titles in both the SF and Fantasy Masterworks lists. This omnibus contains three of her acclaimed SF novels: After Long Silence, Shadow's End and Six Moon Dance.

Aliens in Popular Culture

Author : Michael M. Levy
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Release Date : 2019-03-31
ISBN : 144083833X
Pages : 330 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (838 Download)

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Download Free Aliens in Popular Culture PDF by Michael M. Levy Full Book and published by ABC-CLIO. This book was released on 2019-03-31 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable resource, this book provides wide coverage on aliens in fiction and popular culture. • Provides cultural context in introductory essays on some of the key themes and contexts of alien representation • Covers a broad scope, with more than 130 entries on different topics, and is written by nearly 90 researchers with diverse expertise • Shows readers the varied ways that imagined aliens have become a part of popular culture • Presents both familiar topics and more obscure topics in popular culture to provide new scholarship

Dis-Orienting Planets

Author : Isiah Lavender
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2017-04-07
ISBN : 1496811550
Pages : 282 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (811 Download)

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Download Free Dis-Orienting Planets PDF by Isiah Lavender Full Book and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions by: Suparno Banerjee, Cait Coker, Jeshua Enriquez, Joan Gordon, Veronica Hollinger, Malisa Kurtz, Stephanie Li, Bradford Lyau, Uppinder Mehan, Graham J. Murphy, Baryon Tensor Posadas, Amy J. Ransom, Robin Anne Reid, Haerin Shin, Stephen Hong Sohn, Takayuki Tatsumi, and Timothy J. Yamamura Isiah Lavender III's Dis-Orienting Planets amplifies critical issues surrounding the racial and ethnic dimensions of science fiction. This edited volume explores depictions of Asia and Asians in science fiction literature, film, and fandom with particular regard to China, Japan, India, and Korea. Dis-Orienting Planets highlights so-called yellow and brown peoples from the constellation of a historically white genre. The collection launches into political representations of Asian identity in science fiction's imagination, from fear of the Yellow Peril and its racist stereotypes to techno-Orientalism and the remains of a postcolonial heritage. Thus the essays, by contributors such as Takayuki Tatsumi, Veronica Hollinger, Uppinder Mehan, and Stephen Hong Sohn, reconfigure the very study of race in science fiction. A follow-up to Lavender's Black and Brown Planets, this new collection expands the racial politics governing the renewed visibility of Asia in science fiction. One of the few on this subject, the volume probes Gary Shteyngart's novel Super Sad True Love Story, the acclaimed film Cloud Atlas, and Guillermo del Toro's monster film Pacific Rim, among others. Dis-Orienting Planets embarks on a wide-ranging assessment of Asian representations in science fiction, upon the determination that our visions of the future must include all people of color.

The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction

Author : Mark Bould
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2009-03-30
ISBN : 1135228361
Pages : 577 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (228 Download)

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Download Free The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction PDF by Mark Bould Full Book and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-03-30 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is a comprehensive overview of the history and study of science fiction. It outlines major writers, movements, and texts in the genre, established critical approaches and areas for future study. Fifty-six entries by a team of renowned international contributors are divided into four parts which look, in turn, at: history – an integrated chronological narrative of the genre’s development theory – detailed accounts of major theoretical approaches including feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, cultural studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism and utopian studies issues and challenges – anticipates future directions for study in areas as diverse as science studies, music, design, environmentalism, ethics and alterity subgenres – a prismatic view of the genre, tracing themes and developments within specific subgenres. Bringing into dialogue the many perspectives on the genre The Routledge Companion to Science Fiction is essential reading for anyone interested in the history and the future of science fiction and the way it is taught and studied.

The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-11-20
ISBN : 1472118774
Pages : 784 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (118 Download)

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Download Free The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27 PDF by Gardner Dozois Full Book and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades now Gardner Dozois has been presenting his annual selection of the very best of recently published SF stories, both by undisputed masters of the genre and by outstanding up-and-coming writers. It has been voted Year’s Best Anthology by the readers of Locus magazine an unparalleled eighteen times and remains the definitive anthology for both diehard sci-fi fans and newcomers to the genre. Without fail, Dozois pinpoints the previous year’s most exciting and ambitious science fiction, showcasing truly exceptional contemporary writing. This year’s collection is better than ever, comprising 33 fantastic stories by writers of the calibre of Robert Reed, Aliette de Bodard, Alastair Reynolds, Carrie Vaughn, Ian R. MacLeod and Jay Lake. The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 27 includes, as ever, Dozois’s extensive recommended reading guide and his illuminating and incisive summation of the year in science fiction. Praise for previous editions: 'This annual compilation of the previous year's best short stories and novellas, together with a comprehensive summation of the state of the genre and an extensive "honourable mentions" list, has become an institution over the past three decades.' Guardian 'Quantity as well as quality . . . every piece is a treasure.' The Times 'For more than a quarter century, Gardner Dozois's Mammoth Book of Best New SF has defined the field. It is the most important anthology, not only annually, but overall.' Charles N. Brown, publisher of Locus 'New authors rub shoulders with old hands, and strong work from relative novices Hannu Rajaniemi and Lavie Tidhar suggest that SF's future is as bright as ever.' Financial Times ‘The most respected editor in the field.’ George R. R. Martin

Beyond the Cyborg

Author : Margret Grebowicz
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2013-07-09
ISBN : 0231149298
Pages : 218 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (149 Download)

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Download Free Beyond the Cyborg PDF by Margret Grebowicz Full Book and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This long-overdue volume explores Donna Haraway's influence on feminist theory and philosophy, paying particular attention to her more recent work on companion species, rather than her "Manifesto for Cyborgs."

The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction

Author : Lisa Yaszek
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-03-22
ISBN : 1000826287
Pages : 568 pages
Rating : 4.2/5 (826 Download)

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Download Free The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction PDF by Lisa Yaszek Full Book and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-22 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to Gender and Science Fiction is the first large-scale reference work of its kind, critically assessing the relations of gender and genre in science fiction (SF) especially—but not exclusively—as explored in speculative art by women and LGBTQ+ artists across the world. This global volume builds upon the traditions of interdisciplinary inquiry by connecting established topics in gender studies and science fiction studies with emergent ideas from researchers in different media. Taken together, they challenge conventional generic boundaries; provide new ways of approaching familiar texts; recover lost artists and introduce new ones; connect the revival of old, hate-based politics with the increasing visibility of imagined futures for all; and show how SF stories about new kinds of gender relations inspire new models of artistic, technoscientific, and political practice. Their chapters are grouped into five conversations—about the history of gender and genre, theoretical frameworks, subjectivities, medias and transmedialities, and transtemporalities—that are central to discussions of gender and SF in the current moment. A range of both emerging and established names in media, literature, and cultural studies engage with a huge diversity of topics including eco-criticism, animal studies, cyborg and posthumanist theory, masculinity, critical race studies, Indigenous futurisms, Black girlhood, and gaming. This is an essential resource for students and scholars studying gender, sexuality, and/or science fiction.

Worlds So Strange and Diverse

Author : Grzegorz Trębicki
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date : 2015-02-05
ISBN : 1443875260
Pages : 220 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (875 Download)

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Download Free Worlds So Strange and Diverse PDF by Grzegorz Trębicki Full Book and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents an analysis of contemporary fantasy (non-mimetic) literature in all its richness and diversity, and offers a preliminary definition of the major fields of taxonomical interest, in addition to marking some of the unmapped territories of “fantastic” fiction. In its first part, the book presents an overview of all major previous theoretical discussions of the issue, particularly those by Tzvetan Todorov, Rosemary Jackson, Darko Suvin, Brian Attebery, Marek Oziewicz and Farah Mendlesohn. The second part of the book provides an interesting comprehensive taxonomy of its own, based on the notion of supragenological types of literature, first introduced by Andrzej Zgorzelski.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 2014-07-15
ISBN : 1466865296
Pages : 752 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (865 Download)

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Download Free The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection PDF by Gardner Dozois Full Book and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection the very best SF authors explore ideas of a new world in the year's best short stories. This venerable collection brings together award winning authors and masters of the field such as Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Damien Broderick, Elizabeth Bear, Paul McAuley and John Barnes. And with an extensive recommended reading guide and a summation of the year in science fiction, this annual compilation has become the definitive must-read anthology for all science fiction fans and readers interested in breaking into the genre.

Edging Into the Future

Author : Veronica Hollinger
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2002-04
ISBN : 9780812218046
Pages : 292 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (43 Download)

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Download Free Edging Into the Future PDF by Veronica Hollinger Full Book and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The savvy critical essays in this provocative collection investigate the interface between science fiction and postmodern culture. . . . Highly recommended for readers at all levels."—Choice

An Informal History of the Hugos

Author : Jo Walton
Publisher : Macmillan
Release Date : 2018-08-07
ISBN : 1466865733
Pages : 336 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (865 Download)

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Download Free An Informal History of the Hugos PDF by Jo Walton Full Book and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaged, passionate, and consistently entertaining, An Informal History of the Hugos is a book about the renowned science fiction award for the many who enjoyed Jo Walton's previous collection of writing from Tor.com, the Locus Award-winning What Makes This Book So Great. The Hugo Awards, named after pioneer science-fiction publisher Hugo Gernsback, and voted on by members of the World Science Fiction Society, have been presented since 1953. They are widely considered the most prestigious awards in science fiction. Between 2010 and 2013, Jo Walton wrote a series of posts for Tor.com, surveying the Hugo finalists and winners from the award's inception up to the year 2000. Her contention was that each year's full set of finalists generally tells a meaningful story about the state of science fiction at that time. Walton's cheerfully opinionated and vastly well-informed posts provoked valuable conversation among the field's historians. Now these posts, lightly revised, have been gathered into this book, along with a small selection of the comments posted by SF luminaries such as Rich Horton, Gardner Dozois, and David G. Hartwell. "A remarkable guided tour through the field—a kind of nonfiction companion to Among Others. It's very good. It's great."—New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing on What Makes This Book So Great At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection

Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Release Date : 1999-07-30
ISBN : 0312264747
Pages : 624 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (264 Download)

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Download Free The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixteenth Annual Collection PDF by Gardner Dozois Full Book and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 1999-07-30 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past through tomorrow are boldly imagined and reinvented in the twenty-five stories collected in this showcase anthology. Many of the field's finest practitioners are represented here, along with stories from promising newcomers, including: William Barton * Rob Chilson * Tony Daniel * Cory Doctorow * Jim Grimsley * Gwyneth Jones * Chris Lawson * Ian McDonald * Robert Reed * William Browning Spencer * Allen Steele * Michael Swanwick * Howard Waldrop * Cherry Wilder * Liz Williams A useful list of honorable mentions and Dozois's insightful summation of the year in sf round out this anthology, making it indispensable for anyone interested in SF today.

Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction

Author : Mark Bould
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2009-09-10
ISBN : 1135285349
Pages : 313 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (285 Download)

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Download Free Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction PDF by Mark Bould Full Book and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction is a collection of engaging essays on some of the most significant figures who have shaped and defined the genre. Diverse groups within the science fiction community are represented, from novelists and film makers to comic book and television writers. Important and influential names discussed include: Octavia Butler George Lucas Robert Heinlein Gene Roddenberry Stan Lee Ursula K. Le Guin H.G. Wells This outstanding reference guide charts the rich and varied landscape of science fiction and includes helpful and up-to-date lists of further reading at the end of each entry. Available in an easy to use A-Z format, Fifty Key Figures in Science Fiction will be of interest to students of Literature, Film Studies, and Cultural Studies.

Posthuman Biopolitics

Author : Bruce Clarke
Publisher : Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-01-20
ISBN : 3030364860
Pages : 187 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (364 Download)

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Download Free Posthuman Biopolitics PDF by Bruce Clarke Full Book and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the first collection of essays dedicated to the science fiction of microbiologist Joan Slonczewski. Posthuman Biopolitics consolidates the scholarly literature on Slonczewski’s fiction and demonstrates fruitful lines of engagement for the critical, cultural, and theoretical treatment of her characters, plots, and storyworlds. Her novels treat feminism in relation to scientific practice, resistance to domination, pacifism versus militarism, the extension of human rights to nonhuman and posthuman actors, biopolitics and posthuman ethics, and symbiosis and communication across planetary scales. Posthuman Biopolitics explores the breadth and depth of Joan Slonczewski’s vision, uncovering the reflective ethical practice that informs her science fiction.