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New Writings In SF 20
''New Writings in SF 20'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the twentieth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in 1972, followed by a paperback edition issued by Corgi under the slightly variant title ''New Writings in SF -- 20'' the same year. The book collects six novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell. Contents *"Foreword" ( John Carnell) *"Conversational Mode" (Grahame Leman) *"Which Way Do I Go For Jericho?" ( Colin Kapp) *"Microcosm" ( Robert P. Holdstock) *"Cainn" ( H. A. Hargreaves) *"Canary" ( Dan Morgan) *"Oh, Valinda!" (Michael G. Coney Michael Greatrex Coney (28 September 1932 - 4 November 2005) was a British science fiction writer, best known for his novel ''Hello Summer, Goodbye.'' Life Coney was born in Birmingham, England, on 28 September 1932. As an adult, he worked as ...) Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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Science Fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, extraterrestrial life, sentient artificial intelligence, cybernetics, certain forms of immortality (like mind uploading), and the singularity. Science fiction predicted several existing inventions, such as the atomic bomb, robots, and borazon, whose names entirely match their fictional predecessors. In addition, science fiction might serve as an outlet to facilitate future scientific and technological innovations. Science fiction can trace its roots to ancient mythology. It is also related to fantasy, horror, and superhero fiction and contains many subgenres. Its exact definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Science fiction, in literature, film, television, and other media, has beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael G
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I * Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Morgan (writer)
Dan Morgan (24 December 1925 – 4 November 2011) was an English science fiction writer and a professional guitarist, mainly active as a writer from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s. In addition to his fiction, he wrote two manuals relating to his musical profession. Morgan is best known for his "Sixth Perception" novels, featuring a group of characters possessed of psychic powers; the three "Venturer Twelve" space operas, co-authored with his colleague John Kippax (a fourth was written by Kippax alone); and the somewhat tongue-in-cheek novel ''The Richest Corpse in Show Business''.John Clute in Clute and Nicholls 1995, p. 830. Bibliography Science fiction The Sixth Perception *''The New Minds'' (1967) *''The Several Minds'' (1969) *''The Mind Trap'' (1970)) *''The Country of the Mind'' (1975) Venturer Twelve See info in the John Kippax page *''A Thunder of Stars'' (with John Kippax) (1968) *''Seed of Stars'' (with John Kippax) (1972) *''The Neutral Stars'' (with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Holdstock
Robert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celts, Celtic, Nordic countries, Nordic, Goths, Gothic and Picts, Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly in the fantasy subgenres, fantasy subgenre of mythic fiction. Holdstock broke into print in 1968. His science fiction and fantasy works explore philosophy, philosophical, psychology, psychological, anthropology, anthropological, Spirituality, spiritual and forest, woodland themes. He received three BSFA awards and won the World Fantasy Award in the category of Best Novel of 1985. Early life Robert Holdstock, the eldest of five children, was born in Hythe, Kent, Hythe, Kent. His father, Robert Frank Holdstock, was a police officer and his mother, Kathleen Madeline Holdstock, was a nurse. At the age of seven he started attending Rainham Mark Grammar School, Gillingham Grammar School in the Medway, Medway Towns. He recalled that as a young adult he had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Kapp
Derek Ivor Colin Kapp (3 April 1928"C Kapp birth record transcription" freebmd.org.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2018 – 3 August 2007), Known as Colin Kapp, was a British best known for his stories about the Unorthodox Engineers. As an electronic engineer, he began his career with Electronics then specialised in |
Grahame Leman
Grahame is a surname or first name, and may refer to * Christine Grahame (born 1944), Scottish politician * Gloria Grahame (1923–1981), American actress * James Grahame (1756–1811), Scottish poet * John Grahame (born 1975), American ice hockey player * Kenneth Grahame (1859–1932), Scottish novelist (''The Wind in the Willows'') * Margot Grahame (1911–1982), English actress * Nikki Grahame (1982–2021), English Big Brother contestant * Robert Cunninghame Graham of Gartmore (1735–1797), Scottish poet * Simon Grahame (1570–1614), Scottish writer * Leonard Grahame (1928–2000), actor who also wrote an epsidoe of ''The Saint'' * SS ''Grahame'', a sternwheeler, operated by the Hudson's Bay Company, on the Mackenzie River systerm Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly *William Grahame (1808–1890) - member for Monaro 1865-69 and 1872-74 *William Grahame (1841–1906) - member for Newcastle 1889-89 and 1891-94 *William Calman Grahame William Calman Graham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corgi (publisher)
Transworld Publishers Ltd. is a British publishing house in Ealing, London that is a division of Penguin Random House, one of the world's largest mass media groups. It was established in 1950 as the British division of American company Bantam Books. It publishes fiction and non fiction titles by various best-selling authors including Val Wood under several different imprints. Hardbacks are either published under the Doubleday or the Bantam Press imprint, whereas paperbacks are published under the Black Swan, Bantam or Corgi imprint. Terry Pratchett First Novel Award Transworld sponsors the Terry Pratchett First Novel Award for unpublished science-fiction novels. See also * List of largest UK book publishers This is a list of largest UK trade book publishers, with some of their principal imprints, ranked by sales value. List According to Nielsen BookScan as of 2010 the largest book publishers of the United Kingdom were: # Penguin Random House ' ... References Exte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categorizes collections of shorter works, such as short stories and short novels, by different authors, each featuring unrelated casts of characters and settings, and usually collected into a single volume for publication. Alternatively, it can also be a collection of selected writings (short stories, poems etc.) by one author. Complete collections of works are often called "complete works" or "" (Latin equivalent). Etymology The word entered the English language in the 17th century, from the Greek word, ἀνθολογία (''anthologic'', literally "a collection of blossoms", from , ''ánthos'', flower), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, the ''Garland'' (, ''stéphanos''), the introduction to which compares each of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Books
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Writings In SF 21
''New Writings in SF 21'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the last volume he oversaw in the ''New Writings in SF'' prior to his decease; later volumes in the series were issued under the editorship of Kenneth Bulmer. It was first published in hardcover by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1972, followed by a paperback edition issued by Corgi in 1973. The contents of this volume, together with those of volumes 22 and 23 of the series, were later included in the omnibus anthology ''New Writings in SF Special 1'', issued by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1975. The book collects several novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Diane Loyd taking the place of the customary one by Carnell, in consequence of the latter's death. Contents *"Foreword" (Diane Lloyd) *"The Passing of the Dragons" (Keith Roberts) *"Algora One Six" ( Douglas R. Mason) *"Commuter" ( James White) *"The Possessed" ( Sydney J. Bounds) *"What the Thund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Writings In SF 19
''New Writings in SF 19'' is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by John Carnell, the nineteenth volume in a series of thirty, of which he edited the first twenty-one. It was first published in hardcover by Dennis Dobson in 1971, followed by a paperback edition issued by Corgi the same year. The book collects seven novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with a foreword by Carnell. Contents *"Foreword" (John Carnell) *"The Mind Prison" (Michael G. Coney) *"A Memory of Golden Sunshine" (Kenneth Bulmer Henry Kenneth Bulmer (14 January 1921 – 16 December 2005) was a British author, primarily of science fiction. Life Born in London, he married Pamela Buckmaster on 7 March 1953. They had one son and two daughters, and they divorced in 1981. B ...) *"Critical Path" ( David Coles) *"The Discontent Contingency" ( Vincent King) *"Stoop to Conquer" ( John Rackham) *"First Light on a Darkling Plain" ( Joseph Green) *"Real-Time World" ( Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
