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  • BREAKING POINT
    James E. Gunn
    Explore a chilling vision of the future in James E. Gunn’s 'Breaking Point,' a compelling science fiction novel that delves into the potential consequences of unchecked technological advancement. Classified under dystopian fiction and space opera, this thought-provoking work examines the delicate balance between progress and societal collapse.'Breaking Point' offers a glimpse i...
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    14,74 €

  • Deadlier Than the Male
    James Gunn
    DEADLIER THAN THE MALEHelen is in Reno for her second divorce and staying with Mrs. Krantz and her daughter Rachel at their boarding house. Mrs. Krantz’s drinking companion, Laura Pollicker, lives next door. That night she is murdered, and Helen discovers the body-and wastes no time in returning to the San Francisco house she shares with his sister Georgia. How could she know t...
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    12,70 €

  • Breaking Point
    E. Gunn James
    'Breaking Point' is a science fiction short tale written by James E. Gunn, a well-known personality in the genre noted for his creative and thought-provoking works. This narrative is an intriguing look at human nature and the consequences of advances in technology. 'Breaking Point' follows the life of a competent mechanic named Ralph, who has a great appreciation for the art of...
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    9,71 €

  • Trouble Don’t Set Up Like Rain
    James Gunn
    At the funeral of his girlfriend’s father, Johnny finds himself having a connection with another woman.As he comically narrates us through his life, we see the sorrowful crumbling of one relationship and the blossoming of a new one. The story flicks back and forth from the past to the present in quick succession as Johnny recalls moments that have shaped his character, and mem...
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    13,26 €

  • Star-Begotten
    James Gunn
    Hugo Award winning writer James Gunn (1923-2020) has been called 'the last Golden Age author' of science fiction. In a career of almost 70 years, he wrote or edited 45 books and more than 100 short stories and participated in the production of films, radio and television programs and comic books. ...
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    36,72 €

  • The Geology Of Cowal
    Charles Thomas Clough / James Bastian Hill / William Gunn
    The Geology of Cowal: Including the Part of Argyllshire between the Clyde and Loch Fine is a book written by William Gunn in 1897. The book is a comprehensive study of the geology of the Cowal region in Scotland, which lies between the Clyde and Loch Fine. The author provides detailed descriptions of the various rock formations found in the area, including their composition, ag...
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    38,57 €

  • Reading Science Fiction
    James Gunn / Marleen Barr / Matthew Candelaria
    Science Fiction is illuminated by world class scholars and fiction writers, who introduce the history, concepts and contexts necessary to understanding the genre. Their groundbreaking approach provides insights into today’s SF world and makes learning how to read Science Fiction an exciting collaborative process for teachers and students. ...
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    57,44 €

  • Inside Science Fiction
    James EGunn / James Gunn
    James Gunn has had a long and distinguished career in science fiction. In addition to his stories and novels, he has written extensively about the reading, writing, and criticism of science fiction. Many of these essays were published in The Science of Science-Fiction Writing (Scarecrow, 2002). A second collection of essays, Inside Science Fiction, was originally published in 1...
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    81,82 €

  • Isaac Asimov
    James Gunn
    Updates and expands science fiction scholar James Gunn’s definitive, Hugo Award-winning critical volume about Isaac Asimov and his contributions to the science fiction genre. ...
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    79,11 €

  • Journey to Egypt
    James A. Gunn
    The ancient Egyptians developed an extraordinary culture that produced some of the world’s most outstanding art and architecture. Because of its location, it has long been a crossroads between Africa and Europe exerting its influence on both continents. It is a culture that relies on the rising and falling of the Nile River, a lush verdant ribbon of life next to the Sahara De...
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    26,36 €

  • Speculations on Speculation
    James Gunn / Matthew Candelaria
    Science fiction is a field of literature that has great interest and great controversy among its writers and critics. This book examines the roots, history, development, current status, and future directions of the field through articles contributed by well-respected science fiction writers, teachers, and critics. This book can be used as a textbook for courses in theory as wel...
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    90,85 €

  • Road to Science Fiction
    James Gunn
    Volume 4 From Here to Forever covers the period from 1950-1992, illustrating how science fiction can be as concerned with language and character as much as traditional fiction and anything in the mainstream. Includes stories by Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Matheson, C. M. Kornbluth, Jack Vance, and Pamela Zoline. ...
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    26,47 €

  • Road to Science Fiction
    James Gunn
    Now in Paper! The Road to Science Fiction is a six-volume anthology of science fiction that covers the development of science fiction from its earliest prototypes in the Sumerian Gilgamesh and the Greek epics to approximately 1990. Created originally to provide anthologies for use in classes, these volumes have become mass-market sellers as well, since they are not only a sourc...
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    27,36 €

  • Road to Science Fiction
    James Gunn
    Now in paperback! Cloth edition previously published in 1979. Volume 2: From Wells to Heinlein, samples the science fiction from a wide variety of authors that paved the way for the Golden Age. ...
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    26,57 €

  • Road to Science Fiction
    James Gunn
    Now in paperback! Cloth edition previously published in 1979. Volume 3, From Heinlein to Here, covers the period from 1940 to 1975, beginning in the Golden Age of Science Fiction and ending at a time when SF book publication was just beginning to explode and SF films (2001: A Space Odyssey; Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Wars, E.T.) would soon dominate box offices. ...
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    26,26 €

  • Science of Science Fiction Writing
    James Gunn
    Written by one of the leading authorities on writing, publishing and teaching science fiction, The Science of Science Fiction Writing offers the opportunity to share in the knowledge James Gunn has acquired over the past forty years. He reflects on the fiction-writing process and how to teach it, and the ideas he has shared with his students about how to do it effectively and h...
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    42,39 €