Brian M. Stableford

Man in a Cage

Londra invisibile

Science-fiction-Roman

Die Saga vom Raumpiloten Grainger

A black feast with offerings from the major practitioners and their precursors in France and England.

The Black Feast

The Second Dedalus Book of Decadence

"The Dedalus Book of Decadence looks south to sample the essence of fine French decadent writing. It succeeds in delivering a range of writers either searching vigorously for the thrill of a healthy crime or lamenting their impuissance from a sickly stupor." -- Andrew St George in The Independent "An invaluable sampler of spleen, everything from Baudelaire and Rimbaud to Dowson and Flecker. Let's hear it for 'luxe, calme et volupte'." -- Anne Billson in Time Out

Moral Ruins

The Dedalus Book of Decadence

The galaxy is full of mysteries. Asgard one of the most inexplicable. Many different species & many types of individual sought answers to its enigmas. Anthropologists, fortune hunters, scientists, gangsters, politicians & explorers found reason to congregate on the planet which possibly wasn't a planet. To stand on the artificial surface & wonder how many subcutaneous levels the planet contained, & what, if anything, was at the center, to examine the artifacts on the reachable levels where the temperature approached absolute zero. Artifacts of a civilization far more advanced than any known spacefaring species of the day. Artifacts of a species who possibly still lived at the center--thousands of miles & levels deeper than any explorer had set foot. The general consensus was that Mike Rousseau, an archeological scavenger might be capable of reaching the center & unraveling the mystery of Asgard. Rousseau didn't agree. Unfortunately, the choice wasn't his.

Journey to the Center

And Getting Published

Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction

Noell Cordery, the son of a member of the cabal pledged to penetrate the mysteries of the vampire empire and destroy them, carries on his father's crusade against the Undead. Reprint.

The Empire of Fear

The Dictionary of Science Fiction Places

The Werewolves of London

The Dedalus Book of Decadence (moral Ruins)

Halcyon Drift

Eugène Sue

First pub. 1845. Novel using as its theme the legend of Ahaserus, the Jew condemned to wander the world until the second coming of Christ.

The Wandering Jew

A woman is determined to get her life straightened out and, most importantly, get her children back from the state. But when she runs into Elvis Presley shopping in the local supermarket, she realizes her world is about to take a turn for the surreal.

Year Zero

"Science fiction literature, also known as sci-fi and sf, is one of the more recent and popular genres. It only truly emerged during the 20th century and has not stopped growing in terms of authors, titles, and readers. It has also evolved into a variety of subgenres, ranging from hard sf to soft sf and utopias to dystopias, with more than a smattering of horror, detective, war, and feminist titles. Stableford covers all of this and more, taking a close look at what has become a booming industry, with specialized writers, publishers, and fan magazines and literature from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, and many other countries. The chronology charts the genre's dazzling growth; the introduction provides exceptional insight into what science fiction literature is all about; and the dictionary section examines writers, books, themes, and other specifics."--BOOK JACKET.

The A to Z of Science Fiction Literature

In a galactic culture that extends from quasi-Utopian worlds like New Alexandria to vermin-infested slums like Old Earth, the Star-Pilots that link the cosmos are the great heroes of the day, and Grainger has become a legend in his own lifetime. The atmosphere of Mormyr is so dense that the surface is unreachable, which made it the ideal place for the alien Gallacellans to hide an ancient spaceship. Now they want it back. Grainger refuses, but when the Hooded Swan answers a mayday call, Grainger and his crew are trapped by a madman, who forces them to pursue the salvage anyway. Success will mean Grainger's freedom from Titus Charlot, owner of the Hooded Swan; failure will mean the death of the inhabitants of an entire planet. And then the Gallacellans appear!

The Fenris Device

In a Europe ruled by vampires--handsome, elegant creatures immune to pain and disease--Noell Cordery, son of Richard the Lionheart's courtier, continues his father's search for the source of vampirism in Europe

Brian Stableford's essays cover Edmond Hamilton, Leigh Brackett, Kurt Vonnegut, Barry Malzberg, Robert Silveberg, Mack Reynolds, Clark Ashton Smith, Philip K. Dick, David H. Keller, Theodore Sturgeon, and Stanley G. Weinbaum.

Masters of Science Fiction

Outside the Human Aquarium

David Langford

The Third Millennium : a History of the World, AD 2000-3000

The noted author of "The Science in Science Fiction" examines, in a speculative way and with the aid of 150 photographs, current genetic technology and its future implications for all life forms

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