Author : Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher : Ace
Release Date : 1996
ISBN 10 : 0441002455
Pages : 351 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (41 downloads)
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Author : Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher : Gollancz
Release Date : 1996
ISBN 10 : 1857982800
Pages : 320 pages
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Author : Gardner R. Dozois
Publisher : Ace
Release Date : 2001
ISBN 10 : 0441008542
Pages : 248 pages
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Download Isaac Asimov's Halloween in PDF Full Online Free by Gardner R. Dozois and published by Ace. This book was released on 2001 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of entertaining Halloween stories from the pages of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine includes Nancy Kress's "Renaissance," "The Shunned Trailer" by Esther M. Friesner, "Pickman's Modem" by Lawrence Watt-Evans, and other works by Andy Duncan, Steven Utley, and Eliot Fintushel. Original.
Author : David Seed
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-06-09
ISBN 10 : 9780470797013
Pages : 632 pages
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Download A Companion to Science Fiction in PDF Full Online Free by David Seed and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-06-09 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by aninternational range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themesand methods used by science fiction writers. This Companion conveys the scale and variety of sciencefiction. Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debatingcultural issues. Essays by an international range of scholars discuss thecontexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. Addresses general topics, such as the history and origins ofthe genre, its engagement with science and gender, and nationalvariations of science fiction around the English-speakingworld. Maps out connections between science fiction, television, thecinema, virtual reality technology, and other aspects of theculture. Includes a section focusing on major figures, such as H.G.Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Guin. Offers close readings of particular novels, from MaryShelley’s Frankenstein to Margaret Atwood’sThe Handmaid’s Tale.
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Release Date : 1991
ISBN 10 : UCSC:32106020081128
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Author : George Kateb
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-29
ISBN 10 : 9781351300384
Pages : 160 pages
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Download Utopia in PDF Full Online Free by George Kateb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid the twentieth century's seemingly overwhelming problems, some thinkers dared to envisage a world order governed by utopian proposals that would eliminate--or at least alleviate--the evils of society and secure positive advantages for all human beings. Others found this utopian optimism a hopeless fantasy and predicted a utopian order only repressiveness, boredom, and the impoverishment of human experience. The unique gathering of articles in Utopia vividly demonstrates the tension existing between utopian ideas and their proponents and the severe criticism of their adversaries. Among utopia's enthusiastic supporters, B. F. Skinner outlines the educational practices needed to sustain his concept of utopia, while Margaret Mead sets forth a bold defense of utopian vision in her article "Towards More Vivid Utopias." In active opposition to modern utopian idealism, Ralf Dahrendorf, the prominent German sociologist and politician, compares utopia with a cemetery and criticizes its fixed and uneventful life, and J. L. Talmon predicts that, since utopianism postulates absolute social cohesion, there is no escape from dictatorship in the utopian design. Still another alternative is offered by Zbigniew Brzezinski, who bases his futurist ideology on the trends of technology in the advanced countries of the world, especially the United States. He sees in the conscious application of technical-scientific rationality by an intellectual elite the method by which the promises of modern knowledge can be made good. Underscoring the fact that the utopian tradition can make us look at the real world with new eyes, George Kateb, the editor of Utopia, clarifies the terms of this long-standing debate and offers a thorough analysis of the "strong utopian impetus to save the world from as much of its confusion and disorder as possible." The work is an argument neither for utopian or anti-utopian visions. Rather it shows the possibilities of political norms in advancing the human condition in open societies.
Author : E. Mendelsohn
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
ISBN 10 : 9789400963405
Pages : 303 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (634 downloads)
Download Nineteen Eighty-Four: Science Between Utopia and Dystopia in PDF Full Online Free by E. Mendelsohn and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just fifty years ago Julian Huxley, the biologist grandson of Thomas Henry Huxley, published a book which easily could be seen to represent the prevail ing outlook among young scientists of the day: If I were a Dictator (1934). The outlook is optimistic, the tone playfully rational, the intent clear - allow science a free hand and through rational planning it could bring order out of the surrounding social chaos. He complained, however: At the moment, science is for most part either an intellectual luxury or the paid servant of capitalist industry or the nationalist state. When it and its results cannot be fitted into the existing framework, it and they are ignored; and furthermore the structure of scientific research is grossly lopsided, with over-emphasis on some kinds of science and partial or entire neglect of others. (pp. 83-84) All this the scientist dictator would set right. A new era of scientific human ism would provide alternative visions to the traditional religions with their Gods and the civic religions such as Nazism and fascism. Science in Huxley's version carries in it the twin impulses of the utopian imagination - Power and Order. Of course, it was exactly this vision of science which led that other grand son of Thomas Henry Huxley, the writer Aldous Huxley, to portray scientific discovery as potentially subversive and scientific practice as ultimately en slaving.
Author : Gardner Dozois
Publisher : Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-03-01
ISBN 10 : 9781780337173
Pages : 732 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (371 downloads)
Download The Mammoth Book of Best New SF 14 in PDF Full Online Free by Gardner Dozois and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This hugely acclaimed collection is now in its 14th successful year, and Gardner Dozois's selection for 2001 maintains its high standards of excellence with more than 25 SF stories from contemporary talents such as John Kessel, Ursula K Le Guin, Nancy Kress, Paul J. McAuley, Alastair Reynolds, Brian Stableford, Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan, Charles Stross, Ian McDonald and many other bright stars of SF, as well as the usual thorough summation of the year and recommended reading lists.
Author : Bernard S. Phillips
Publisher : Lexington Books
Release Date : 2012
ISBN 10 : 9780739171998
Pages : 191 pages
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Download Revolution in the Social Sciences in PDF Full Online Free by Bernard S. Phillips and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolution in the Social Sciences centers on integrating knowledge from sociology, psychology, anthropology, history, political science and economics in order to confront increasing worldwide problems that threaten all of us. That integration of knowledge of human behavior is essential for understanding those problems, given their enormous complexity coupled with the highly specialized nature of the social sciences and their limited communication across specialized fields. It carries further the ideas developed by the Sociological Imagination Group in the seven books it has published since its founding in 2000 (www.sociological-imagination.org): Beyond Sociology's Tower of Babel, Toward a Sociological Imagination, The Invisible Crisis of Contemporary Society, Understanding Terrorism, Armageddon or Evolution? Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World Problems, and Saving Society. In addition to visible problems like war and terrorism with weapons of mass destruction that are becoming ever more threatening, there are relatively invisible problems. For example, there is an increasing gap between what people throughout the world want including a decent standard of living and freedom from patterns of hatred like racism, sexism and ageism and what they are in fact able to get. There is, then, an increasing aspirations-fulfillment gap, largely produced by the "revolution of rising expectations" over the past five centuries. Political leaders who attempt to confront problems can only make limited progress on them, largely because of the failure of social scientists to integrate their knowledge and thus yield the understanding of these complex problems that is required.
Author : Warren J. Samuels
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15
ISBN 10 : 9781405128964
Pages : 736 pages
Rating : 4.1/5 (289 downloads)
Download A Companion to the History of Economic Thought in PDF Full Online Free by Warren J. Samuels and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assembling contributions from top thinkers in the field, thiscompanion offers a comprehensive and sophisticated exploration ofthe history of economic thought. The volume has a threefold focus:the history of economic thought, the history of economics as adiscipline, and the historiography of economic thought. Provides sophisticated introductions to a vast array oftopics. Focuses on a unique range of topics, including the history ofeconomic thought, the history of the discipline of economics, andthe historiography of economic thought.
Author : Mark Stephen Jendrysik
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2020-04-09
ISBN 10 : 9781509534944
Pages : 160 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (349 downloads)
Download Utopia in PDF Full Online Free by Mark Stephen Jendrysik and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-04-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human beings universally dream of a better world. For centuries they have expressed their yearning for ways of life that are free from oppression, want and fear, through philosophy, art, film and literature. In this concise and engaging book, Mark Jendrysik examines the multifarious ways utopians have posed the question of how human beings might establish justice and realize truly human values. Drawing upon a range of sources, from Plato’s Republic and Thomas More’s Utopia to Ursula Le Guin’s The Dispossessed, he argues that, though for many utopia means ‘demanding the impossible’, the goals that seemed out of reach for one generation are often realized in the next. Nonetheless, he shows that, while utopian thought points toward our most noble aspirations, it also illustrates the dangers of totalitarianism, of the surveillance state and of global climate change. This engaging book will be an invaluable guide for anyone seeking to understand how, for good or ill, utopian aspirations shape our lives, even in times that seem designed to close off dreams of a better world.
Author : Maria do Rosário Monteiro
Publisher : CRC Press
Release Date : 2016-11-03
ISBN 10 : 9781351966832
Pages : 418 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (668 downloads)
Download Utopia(s) - Worlds and Frontiers of the Imaginary in PDF Full Online Free by Maria do Rosário Monteiro and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of Utopia springs from a natural desire of transformation, of evolution pertaining to humankind and, therefore, one can find expressions of “utopian” desire in every civilization. Having to do explicitly with human condition, Utopia accompanies closely cultural evolution, almost as a symbiotic organism. Maintaining its roots deeply attached to ancient myths, utopian expression followed, and sometimes preceded cultural transformation. Through the next almost five hundred pages (virtually one for each year since Utopia was published) researchers in the fields of Architecture and Urbanism, Arts and Humanities present the results of their studies within the different areas of expertise under the umbrella of Utopia. Past, present, and future come together in one book. They do not offer their readers any golden key. Many questions will remain unanswered, as they should. The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities - UTOPIA(S) WORLDS AND FRONTIERS OF THE IMAGINARY were compiled with the intent to establish a platform for the presentation, interaction and dissemination of researches. It aims also to foster the awareness and discussion on the topics of Harmony and Proportion with a focus on different utopian visions and readings relevant to the arts, sciences and humanities and their importance and benefits for the community at large.
Author : ne L. Donawerth
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Release Date : 1994
ISBN 10 : 0815626193
Pages : 260 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (156 downloads)
Download Utopian and Science Fiction by Women in PDF Full Online Free by ne L. Donawerth and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection speaks to common themes and strategies in women's writing about their different worlds, from Margaret Cavendish's seventeenth-century Blazing World of the North Pole to the "men-less" islands of the French writer Scudery to the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century utopias of Shelley and Gaskell, and science fiction pulps, finishing with the more contemporary feminist fictions of Le Guin, Wittig, Piercy, and Mitchison. It shows that these fictions historically speak to each other and together amount to a literary tradition of women's writing about a better place."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE FANTASTI
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date : 2004
ISBN 10 : 031331635X
Pages : 157 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (133 downloads)
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Author : Tom Moylan
Publisher : Peter Lang
Release Date : 2007
ISBN 10 : 303910912X
Pages : 345 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (391 downloads)
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Author : Roger MacBride Allen
Publisher :
Release Date : 2005
ISBN 10 : OCLC:939619217
Pages : pages
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