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Against the New Gods and Other Essays on Writers of Imaginative Fiction

Against the New Gods and Other Essays on Writers of Imaginative Fiction

Against the New Gods and Other Essays on Writers of Imaginative Fiction

Brian Stableford

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Wildside Press
Año de edición:
2009
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Estudios literarios: ficción, novelistas y prosistas
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9781434457431
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Eight highly-readable essays on science fiction and fantasy writers, including David Brin, Jonathan Carroll, Samuel R. Delany, Joe Haldeman, Robert Irwin, Graham Joyce, Michael Shea, plus a major piece, 'Against the New Gods,' on British SF and crime writer Sydney Fowler Wright. Complete with Bibliography and Index. 3

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