The Secret History of Science Fiction - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 1892391937 ISBN 13: 9781892391933

Casa editrice: Tachyon Pubns, 2009

Riassunto

This ingeniously conceived anthology raises the intriguing question, If Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow had won the Nebula award in 1973, would the future distinction between literary fiction and science fiction have been erased? Exploring the possibility of an alternate history of speculative fiction, this literary collection reveals that the lines between genres have already been obscured. Don DeLillo’s ?Human Moments in World War III” follows the strange detachment of two astronauts who are orbiting in a skylab while a third world war rages on earth. ?The Ziggurat” by Gene Wolfe traverses a dissolving marriage, a custody dispute, and the visit of time travelers from the future. T. C. Boyle’s ?Descent of Man” is the subversively funny tale of a man who suspects that his primatologist lover is having an affair with one of her charges. In ?Schwarzschild Radius,” Connie Willis draws an allegorical parallel between the horrors of trench warfare and the speculative physics of black holes. Artfully crafted and offering a wealth of esteemed authors?from writers within the genre to those normally associated with mainstream fiction, as well as those with a crossover reputation?this volume aptly demonstrates that great science fiction appears in many guises.

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These stories are good enough to make The New Yorker’s Eustace Tilley pop
his cartoon monocle.”
io9.com

A compelling collection...very unique and thought provoking.”
Sacramento Book Review

All I really want to do, at the moment, is embrace the unsuspecting editors in a massive, spine-crunching bear hug”
Los Angeles Times

If you’re interested in reading a bunch of stories written by some of the best contemporary writers out there, you’ll like this anthology. If you also want to read some of the best science-fiction stories since the ’70s, you’ll love this anthology.”
Tor.com

L'autore:

James Patrick Kelly is the author of Burn, Think Like a Dinosaur, and Wildlife, and the coeditor of Feeling Very Strange and Rewired. He is a columnist for Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine and the winner of two Hugo Awards. He lives in Nottingham, New Hampshire. John Kessel is a Nebula-, Sturgeon-, Tiptree-, and Locus-award winner and the author of Corrupting Dr. Nice, Good News from Outer Space, and The Pure Product. He is the coeditor of Feeling Very Strange and Rewired and teaches science fiction, fantasy, and fiction writing at North Carolina State University. His criticism has appeared in Foundation, Los Angeles Times Book Review, New York Review of Science Fiction, and Science Fiction Age. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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• Editore: Tachyon Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1892391937
• ISBN 13: 9781892391933
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 380
• Redattore: Kelly James Patrick, Kessel John