Paratexts : introductions to science fiction and fantasy /
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| Author / Creator: | Gunn, James E., 1923-2020. |
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| Uniform title: | Essays. Selections |
| Imprint: | Lanham, Maryland ; Toronto ; Plymouth, UK : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013. |
| Description: | 1 online resource |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404219 |
Table of Contents:
- Prefaces (to books by James Gunn). Star bridge; Station in space; Breaking point; The immortals; The joy makers; The magicians; Some dreams are nightmares; The burning; The listeners; Human voices; Gift from the stars; The dreamers; Kampus
- Masterpieces of science fiction. Masterpieces and me; The foundation trilogy / Isaac Asimov; Stranger in a strange land / Robert A. Heinlein; The world of null-a / A.E. Van Vogt; A canticle for Leibowitz / Walter M. Miller, Jr.; 1984 / George Orwell; A clockwork orange / Anthony Burgess
- Fury / Henry Kuttner; Out of the silent planet / C.S. Lewis; The moon pool / A. Merritt; What mad universe / Fredric Brown; Blood music / Greg Bear; Speaker for the dead / Orson Scott Card
- Islands in the net / Bruce Sterling
- The postman / David Brin; When gravity fails / George Alec Effinger; Do androids dream of electric sheep / Philip K. Dick; The hitchhiker;s guide to the universe / Douglas Adams; Childhood's end / Arthur C. Clarke; Doomsday book / Connie Willis; Brute orbits / George Zebrowski; City / Clifford D. Simak
- Flatland / Edwin A. Abbott; Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes; The island of Dr. Moreau / H.G. Wells; The sword of the lictor / Gene Wolfe; Jem / Frederik Pohl; The lost world / Arthur Conan Doyle; The dead zone / Stephen King
- Masterpieces of fantasy. The other side of the mirror; Princes in amber / Roger Zelazny; Magician / Raymond E. Feist; The Malacia tapestry / Brian W. Aldiss; Mythago wood / Robert Holdstock; The unpleasant profession of Jonathan Hoag / Robert A. Heinlein; The Belgariad, pawn of prophecy / David Eddings; The chronicles of Thomas Covenant the unbeliever, Lord Foul's bane / Stephen Donaldson
- The mists of Avalon / Marion Zimmer Bradley; Hearts and three lions / Poul Anderson; The complete compleat enchanter / L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
- Darker than you think / Jack Williamson; Black Easter and the day after judgment / James Blish; Gather, darkness! / Fritz Leiber
- Gormenghast / Mervyn Peake; The last unicorn / Peter Beagle; Little, big / John Crowley; The lord of the rings / J.R.R. Tolkien; Lord Valentine's castle / Robert Silverberg
- Signed first editions of science fiction. Falling free / Lois McMaster Bujold; Ancient shores / Jack McDevitt; Blue Mars / Kim Stanley Robinson; Cloud's rider / C.J. Cherry; Cosm / Gregory Benford; Destiny's road, / Larry Niven; Dragon's eye / Anne McCaffrey; Dreamfall / Joan D. Vinge; Evolution's shore / Ian McDonald; A fisherman of the inland sea / Ursula K. Leguin; Illegal alien / Robert J. Sawyer; Lifehouse / Spider Robinson; The memory cathedral / Jack Dann
- Moonrise / Ben Bova.