As any reader of Jo Walton's Among Others might guess, Walton is both an inveterate reader of SF and fantasy, and a chronic re-reader of books. In 2008, then-new science-fiction mega-site Tor.com asked Walton to blog regularly about her re-reading-about all kinds of older fantasy and SF, ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems. These posts have consistently been among the most popular features of Tor.com....

Todos los niños, menos uno, crecen». Así comienza la historia de ese jovencito que se resiste con vehemencia a convertirse en adulto, ese atribulado y domesticado engranaje necesario para el sistema social. El País de Nunca Jamás es su hogar, su resistencia; allí es un pequeño caballero, valeroso guerrero espadachín. Alicia lo saluda desde el País de las Maravillas, seguro. Pinocho, desde «la eternidad pueril de la madera encantada», como...

Un joven científico, para asombro e incredulidad de sus colegas y otros expertos, ha desarrollado una máquina que le permite hacer realidad uno de los sueños más antiguos de la humanidad: vivir en una época distinta a la suya. H. G. Wells logra con su libro La máquina del tiempo, el primer relato, y el más acabado, de viajes en el tiempo. En los momentos fundacionales de la ciencia ficción aborda con maestría uno de los temas más recurrentes...

This collection, the first of its kind, indicates the full breadth of Well's visionary views and social commentary.

This CliffsNotes guide includes everything you've come to expect from the trusted experts at CliffsNotes, including analysis of the most widely read literary works.

A fines del siglo XIX, la ciencia no era todavía como la conocemos hoy. Lejos de ser sólo un saber de especialistas, formaba parte también del universo cotidiano de las personas. Presente en todas las formas de difusión destinadas al gran público, fascinaba a quienes se dejaban encantar por sus promesas de cambio y por los potenciales mundos que permitía imaginar. En este original libro, Soledad Quereilhac reconstruye ese clima de época que...

A lot of people read Perry Rhodan novels. Just not here in the English speaking world. In Germany, the science fiction novels about Perry Rhodan are published once a week. They are rip roaring space operas. There is nearly sixty years of Perry Rhodan novels. But they never took off in America. David Macpherson picked up a bunch of Perry Rhodan novels that were translated and published in the 1970s. He reads eight of those books and takes you along...

For more than four decades, David Bratman has established himself as a leading authority on J. R. R. Tolkien, the Inklings, and the enchanting realms of fantasy literature. Bratman's scholarly articles, captivating Mythopoeic Conference presentations, and esteemed editorial work for the newsletter Mythprint and the journal Tolkien Studies: An Annual Scholarly Review have solidified his expertise. Now, in celebration of his profound contributions and...

With contributions from professors, scholars, bloggers, playwrights, and novelists from Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, and Great Britain, as well as the US, this collection explores recent additions to the multifaceted Whedonverse. But it doesn't stop there. Above all comes the question "What's Next?" How will Whedon adapt other Shakespeares like Hamlet and Twelfth Night, seeing that he hates to make the same project twice? Will he offer a female...

This book captures the lives of the black race during imperialism and slavery. The story is about Ado a man who worked in a plantation farm with his wife and other slaves. He always had an ardent passion and longing for freedom. His wife Amari gave birth to Kofi his first born son who was intelligent and their master decided to free him and send him to college.