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Slaves of the Death Spiders and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature

✍ Scribed by Stableford, Brian M

Book ID
109865900
Publisher
Borgo Press
Year
2017
Tongue
en-US
Weight
125 KB
Category
Fiction

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Acclaimed author and scholar Brian Stableford turns his penetrating mind to matters of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in this collection of essays. He covers such diverse topics as:

SLAVES OF THE DEATH SPIDERS: Colin Wilson and Existentialist Science Fiction

IS THERE NO BALM IN GILEAD?: The Woeful Prophecies of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale

A FEW MORE CROCODILE TEARS?: Gwyneth Jones

THE ADVENTURES OF LORD HORROR: Across the Media Landscape

FILLING IN THE MIDDLE: Robert Silverberg's The Queen of Springtime

RICE'S RELAPSE: Memnoch the Devil

FIELD OF BROKEN DREAMS: Michael Bishop's Brittle Innings

THE MAGIC OF THE MOVIES

H. G. WELLS AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE FUTURE

THE MANY RETURNS OF DRACULA

TARZAN'S DIVIDED SELF

SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL: Jacques Cazotte's The Devil in Love

THE TWO THOUSAND YEAR QUEST: George Viereck's Erotic Odyssey

THE PROFESSION OF SCIENCE FICTION

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