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  • Why Write? Why Read?
    Michael Rosen
    This booklet gathers together some recent talks and blogs on writing and reading, for use by teachers, librarians, parents, or anyone interested in engaging children and students in reading, writing, analysing why and how we do both. ...
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    5,67 €

  • Spedestä Säätiöön
    Panu Petteri Höglund
    SPEDESTÄ SÄÄTIÖÖN – kolme esseetä populaari­kulttuu­rista. Spede Pasanen oli vuosikymmenten ajan Suomen tuotteliain viihdemies. Olisiko nyt aika pohtia myös Speden ansioita suomalaisen komedian uudistajana? John Carter oli Tarzanista kuuluisan Edgar Rice Burroughsin toiseksi tunnetuin seikkailijahahmo, joka sai uutta kuuluisuutta taannoisen suurelokuvan ansiosta. Miten apinamie...
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    27,20 €

  • ROBERT A. HEINLEIN
    WILLIAM H. PATTERSON / WILLIAM HPATTERSON
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    34,12 €

  • Gender Identity and Sexuality in Current Fantasy and Science Fiction
    A J Dalton / Hazel Butler
    WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARDS 2018 - NON-FICTION.2 of the papers have been nominated for the BSFA Awards 2017: Kim Lakin-Smith and Juliet McKenna.JULIET MCKENNA'S PAPER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BSFA AWARDS 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD NON-FICTION 2018!“Gender identity and sexuality in Current Fantasy and Science Fiction” is the first Call for Papers of Ac...
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    22,39 €

  • When the Fires Burn High and The Wind is From the North
    Robert J. Ewald / Robert JEwald
    Born in 1904, Clifford D. Simak sold his first science fiction story in 1930, and was soon publishing widely in the pulp magazines. He also pursued a separate career as a journalist and writer on science and other popular topics. He gained widespread fame in the SF world with the first of his series of 'City' stories, published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1944; these were ...
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    25,67 €

  • When the Fires Burn High and The Wind is From the North
    Robert J. Ewald / Robert JEwald
    Born in 1904, Clifford D. Simak sold his first science fiction story in 1930, and was soon publishing widely in the pulp magazines. He also pursued a separate career as a journalist and writer on science and other popular topics. He gained widespread fame in the SF world with the first of his series of 'City' stories, published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1944; these were ...
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    16,69 €

  • Warriors of the Tao
    Science Fiction: A Review of Speculative Literature is one of the world’s leading journals of science fiction. Warriors of the Tao includes 16 essays from this landmark (but little-known) review, distilling its witty and sometimes controversial dialogue about fantastic writing during the last third of a century, including such topics as: the NON-sf writing of Philip K. Dick, se...
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    21,81 €

  • The legacy of John Polidori
    Sam George
    This collection explores the genesis of John Polidori’s foundational novella The Vampyre (1819). It then tracks his bloodsucking progeny across the centuries and maps his disquieting legacy from the melodramatic vampire theatricals in the 1820s, through further Gothic fictions and horror films, to twenty-first century paranormal romance. ...
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    157,00 €

  • Gothic Appalachian Literature
    Sarah Robertson
    Gothic Appalachian Literature examines the ways contemporary Appalachian authors utilize gothic tropes to explore the complex history and contemporary problems of the region, particularly in terms of the representation of economic, environmental, and political concerns. ...
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    35,89 €

  • Nordic Terrors
    Robert William Rix
    In late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century British literature, Scandinavia emerged as a setting for Gothic terror. This book explores the extensive use of Nordic superstition as it provided a vocabulary for Gothic texts, examining the cultural significance these references held for writers exploring Britain’s northern heritage. ...
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    36,04 €

  • Jaunting on the Scoriac Tempests and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature
    Brian Stableford
    In this new collection of essays, well-known critic Brian Stableford presents twelve pieces on science-fiction and fantasy writers M. P. Shiel, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Humphry Davy, Robert Hunt, Vernon Lee, J. G. Ballard, James Morrow, Dean Koontz, and Terry Pratchett. Complete with detailed index. ...
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    22,18 €

  • Gothic Grotesques
    Brian Stableford
    This find collection of essays by master science fiction, fantasy, and horror author Brian Stableford covers horror fiction, Gothic rock music, science fiction, and fantasy, by a master critic and fiction writer. Complete with index. ...
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    19,10 €

  • J.R.R. Tolkien en el Reino Peligroso
    Varios autores Varios autores
    «Fantasía es un reino peligroso», señalaba el autor de El Señor de los Anillos, y no lo hacía al azar, sino como alguien que verdaderamente había visitado y habitado sus territorios. El mundo lleva medio siglo girando sin J.R.R. Tolkien en él, y, sin embargo, tal vez ahora resuene con más fuerza que nunca la realidad ya enunciada por Tom Shippey en el cambio de milenio: que Tol...
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    19,76 €

  • The Future of the Space Program
    Octavia E. Butler / Roger Zelazny
    The editor posed two questions regarding the future of the space program, and large corporations and society, to 22 science fiction writers: Poul Anderson, Mildred Downey Broxon, Octavia E. Butler, C. J. Cherryh, Gordon R. Dickson, Raymond Z. Gallun, James Gunn, Isidore Haiblum, James P. Hogan, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Richard A. Lupoff, Larry Niven, Charles Sheffield, Robert Silv...
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    12,77 €

  • Fantasy Voices
    Jeffrey M. Elliot / Jeffrey MElliot / Katherine Kurtz / Manly Wade Wellman
    Jeffrey M. Elliot interviews four important writers of fantasy fiction. Included are: Manly Wade Wellman, John Norman, Hugh B. Cave, and Katherine Kurtz. Features an introduction by William F. Nolan. ...
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    10,46 €

  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review
    'Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review' was founded in 1979 to provide comprehensive coverage of all the major and minor books being released in the genre at that time. This was the golden era of SF publishing, with a thousand titles (old and new) hitting the stands and the bookshelves each and every year. From the older classics to the newest speculative fiction, this was the ...
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    34,70 €

  • A Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy in the Library of Congress Classification Scheme, Second Edition
    Michael Burgess
    Originally published in 1988, this Library of Congress cataloging guide includes: Subject Headings, Classification Numbers (with Index), Author Main Entries and Literature Numbers, LC Literature Numbers, Artist Main Entries and Artist Numbers, Motion Picture Main Entries and Numbers, Television and Radio Program Main Entries and Numbers, and Comic Strip Main Entries and Numbers...
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    16,63 €

  • Varied Types
    G. K. Chesterton / GKChesterton
    Varied Types is a collection of essays by G.K. Chesterton that offers a series of insightful and often humorous portraits of notable figures from literature, history, and society. Chesterton’s keen observations and sharp wit shine through as he examines the personalities and ideas of figures such as Charlotte Brontë, Alfred the Great, and Sir Walter Scott, among others. This co...
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    13,41 €

  • The Defendant
    G. K. Chesterton / Gilbert K. Chesterton / Gilbert KChesterton / GKChesterton
    Varied Types is a collection of essays by G.K. Chesterton that offers a series of insightful and often humorous portraits of notable figures from literature, history, and society. Chesterton’s keen observations and sharp wit shine through as he examines the personalities and ideas of figures such as Charlotte Brontë, Alfred the Great, and Sir Walter Scott, among others. This co...
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    11,13 €

  • Courtship and Marriage
    Annie S. Swan
    Courtship and Marriage is a novel by Annie S. Swan that explores the themes of love, family, and social class in Victorian England. The story follows the life of the protagonist, Margaret, as she navigates the complexities of courtship and marriage. Margaret is a young woman from a middle-class family who falls in love with a wealthy gentleman named Henry. Despite their differe...
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    8,21 €

  • Entangled Desires
    Tyree Whitworth
    In 'Entangled Desires: A Tale of Love and Betrayal,' Tyree Whitworth masterfully weaves a gripping narrative that delves into the complexities of human emotions and relationships. The story follows Chaz, a man recently released from an eight-year prison sentence, as he navigates the treacherous waters of love, betrayal, and redemption.Upon his release, Chaz faces a world that h...
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    22,82 €

  • TOLKIEN. Un clásico de nuestros días
    José María Miranda Boto
    En el cincuentenario de la muerte de J.R.R. Tolkien, la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela albergó un curso de verano destinado a conmemorarle. Este libro recoge varias de las ponencias, obra de algunos de los más destacados conocedores de la obra de Tolkien en España. En él se abordan aspectos biográficos decisivos, como la figura de Francis Morgan o su ocupación profesiona...
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    18,72 €

  • La trastienda de Melquíades
    Carlos Germán Van Der Linde Valencia / Carlos Miltón Fonseca Lidueña / Eliana Milagros Díaz Muñoz / Elizabeth Montes Garcés / Gonzalo Restrepo Sánchez / Juan Sebastián Camargo Cifuentes
    'La trastienda' se presenta como un espacio acumulativo y heterotópico, esencial para interpretar la realidad y la memoria. A través de Melquíades de Cien años de soledad, el libro En la trastienda de Melquíades ofrece nuevas lecturas de García Márquez, inspirándose en el Ciclo de Conferencias «Gabo: Nuevas Lecturas». Con seis capítulos que abordan la obra desde diversas discip...
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    9,88 €

  • Taxidermy and the Gothic
    Elizabeth Effinger
    Taxidermy and the Gothic: The Horror of Still Life is the first extended study of the Gothic’s collusion with taxidermy. Focusing on contemporary cultural and material texts, it shows how taxidermy’s imbrication with Gothic horror is more than skin deep: these are rich discourses stuffed by affinities for corporeal transgressions, the uncanny, and the counterfeit. ...
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    158,44 €

  • EcoGothic gardens in the long nineteenth century
    Sue Edney
    Diverse ecoGothic interpretations of Victorian gardens and their reflections of human disturbance, using material ecocritical methodology to examine uncanny vegetal agency. Monster plants, mystical trees, fairy groves, grim lakes and talking flowers are among the topics, seen through prose, poetry and painting. ...
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    35,77 €

  • El cine de John Ford
    Isaac León Frías
    Es conocida la frase de Peter Bogdanovich de que se puede estudiar la historia de Estados Unidos a través de las películas de John Ford. Esa frase, nos dice Isaac León Frías, editor de este volumen, hay que comprenderla en la perspectiva en que la asumió el cineasta: no como cronista o historiador, sino, simultáneamente, como narrador y poeta. A través del cine, Ford se acerca ...
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    37,39 €

  • Graveyard Gothic
    This collection of essays considers the significance of graveyards in Gothic literature, film, television and video games. The chapters incorporate discussion of Gothic texts from around the world, offering a compelling new account of the graveyard’s importance as a key location for Gothic art and culture. ...
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    157,32 €

  • The Mountain Girl
    Emma Payne Erskine
    David Thryng is the third son of a British peer of the realm. Unwilling to marry into money without love, and unwilling to spill blood on the battlefield, he decides to become a doctor. David travels to Canada, where he studies under Doctor Hoyle. When David becomes ill, Hoyle sends him to recuperate at his cabin, perched high on a promontory in the mountains of North Carolina....
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    19,84 €

  • El ocaso de 'koinonia'
    Andrea Burgos Mascarell / Miguel Martínez López
    Andrea Burgos y Miguel Martínez abordan en este libro la ardua tarea de documentar el ocaso de koinonia en la literatura norteamericana. La metamorfosis de la novela utópica en ficción distópica forma parte de la historia natural de un género literario que hoy prefiere relatar las variedades inacabables de futuros de pesadilla que la búsqueda de la justicia y el mejor gobierno ...
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    14,51 €

  • The Crossroads of Crime Writing
    This volume argues that we must examine the boundaries in fiction and non-fiction crime writing with an awareness of and turn toward the unseen structures and spatial uncertainties that so often lead to and reflect collective fears and anxieties. The chapters within utilize theories of cultural memory and/or deep mapping to facilitate this process. ...
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    158,33 €


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