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Prehistoric Fiction
Prehistoric Fiction is a science fiction subgenre in which the story is set in the ages prior to the existence of written records, generally known as prehistory. A span of time that may include as its fictional setting the three periods of Stone Age; the Paleolithic, Mesolithic or Neolithic as well as the Metal Ages. Even earlier periods of the Cenozoic and Mesozoic have been the subject of fiction including extinct mammals and dinosaurs. As a literary genre the description of the subjects can vary widely, from the realistic to the fantastic, without necessarily having any commitment to developing an objective anthropological, archaeological or paleontological account. Because of this, a given author of prehistoric fiction will often deal with their subjects with more creative license than the author of serious historical fiction. The genre also has connections with speculative fiction. In many such narratives for instance, humans and dinosaurs live together, despite the extinction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Science Fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or abbreviated SF) is a genre of speculative fiction that deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts. These concepts may include information technology and robotics, biological manipulations, space exploration, time travel, Parallel universes in fiction, parallel universes, and extraterrestrials in fiction, extraterrestrial life. The genre often explores human responses to the consequences of projected or imagined scientific advances. Science fiction is related to fantasy (together abbreviated wikt:SF&F, SF&F), Horror fiction, horror, and superhero fiction, and it contains many #Subgenres, subgenres. The genre's precise Definitions of science fiction, definition has long been disputed among authors, critics, scholars, and readers. Major subgenres include hard science fiction, ''hard'' science fiction, which emphasizes scientific accuracy, and soft science fiction, ''soft'' science fiction, which focuses on social sciences. Other no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Kurtén
Björn Kurtén (19 November 1924 – 28 December 1988) was a Finnish vertebrate paleontologist and science fiction writer. Early life and education Kurtén was born in Vaasa in 1924. He was a member of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. He graduated from the Vaasa Svenska Samskola in 1943, but his education was interrupted by World War II, and he did not resume studies until he finished his military service in 1945. He took courses in the University of Helsinki studying zoology, chemistry, geology, and paleontology. He went on to study the '' Hipparion'' genus in Uppsala, Sweden, publishing his first scientific paper on the genus in 1952 before earning his PhD from the University of Helsinki in 1954. Kurtén said that he chose paleontology as his career path because he did not want to do anything "useful". Scientific career After receiving his PhD, Kurtén became a Docent at the University of Helsinki, a position he held until 1972. From 1972 until his death, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen O'Neal Gear
Kathleen O'Neal Gear (born 1954) is an American archaeologist, historian, author. Her novels have been published in 29 languages. Biography Gear was born in Tulare, California, and graduated with a B.A. from California State University, Bakersfield, then went on to do graduate work in archaeology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She received her M.A. from California State University, Chico, and conducted Ph.D. studies in American Indian history at the University of California, Los Angeles. Gear is a former state historian and archaeologist for Wyoming, Kansas, and Nebraska for the U.S. Department of the Interior. She is perhaps best known for the '' North America's Forgotten Past'' series, co-authored with her husband W. Michael Gear William Michael Gear, better known as W. Michael Gear, (born May 20, 1955) is an American writer and archaeologist. He is the author of North America's Forgotten Past series, co-written with his wife Kathleen O'Neal Gear. His novels have b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North America's Forgotten Past
''North America's Forgotten Past'' (occasionally called "''First North Americans''") is a series of historical fiction novels published by Tor and written by husband and wife co-authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear. The series, which began with 1990's '' People of the Wolf'', explores various civilizations and cultures in prehistoric North America. It is somewhat comparable to Jean M. Auel's ''Earth's Children'' series, which is set in prehistoric Europe, but each of its books focuses on a different time period, location, and set of characters. The first four novels form a coherent, more or less linear narrative, from the initial migration of Siberian peoples into what is now Canada and Alaska ( People of the Wolf) through the florescence of the Mississippian semi-urban mound-building culture, considered the "high-water mark" of North American pre-Columbian civilization, around 1000 AD. The remaining novels cover a wide variety of times and settings, most standalon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sarabande
William Sarabande is the pen name for Joan Lesley Hamilton Cline who was born in Hollywood, California. Sarabande began writing at the age of 17 and was first published in 1979. Cline (Sarabande) is the author of the First Americans series of novels published by Bantam Books. She lives near Big Bear Lake, California. Wolves of the Dawn First published in 1986, ''Wolves of the Dawn'' is the tale of an ancient clan of Celtic Britain at the beginning of the Bronze Age. First Americans Book Series Set in the ice age, this series of books tell the story of the first people to enter America from Siberia, trekking through the Bering Strait The Bering Strait ( , ; ) is a strait between the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. The present Russia–United States maritime boundary is at 168° 58' .... The books are well written and provide an insight into what life might have been like for our ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Barnes
Steven Barnes (born March 1, 1952) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writer. He has written novels, short fiction, screen plays for television, scripts for comic books, animation, newspaper copy, and magazine articles. Early life and education Barnes, was born on March 1, 1952, in Los Angeles, California. He has had a varied education, including a secondary education at Los Angeles High School. He continued at Pepperdine University, majoring in communication arts.''Steven Barnes: White & Black''. Locus Magazine; vol/issue 50/3 062003. Pages 84-86.excerpts Career Barnes wrote several episodes of ''The Outer Limits'' and ''Baywatch''. His " A Stitch In Time" episode of ''The Outer Limits'' won an Emmy Award. He also wrote the episode "Brief Candle" for ''Stargate SG-1'' and the '' Andromeda'' episode "The Sum of Its Parts". Barnes's first published piece of fiction, the 1979 novelette "The Locusts", was written with Larry Niven, and was a Hugo Award nom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathleen Fidler
Kathleen Fidler (Kathleen Annie Fidler Goldie) (10 August 1899 – 7 August 1980) was a prolific author of over 80 children's books. Kathleen Annie Fidler was born on 10 August 1899 in Coalville, Leicestershire. She was raised in Wigan and educated in Wigan Girls' High School and at St. Mary's College in Bangor North Wales. She became a teacher and taught at St. Paul's Girls' School, Wigan, and was the headmistress of the Scot Lane Evening Institure between 1924 and 1930. She married James H. Goldie in 1930 and moved to Edinburgh shortly afterwards, where she began writing stories for her children. She finally settled in Wester Riggs, a large house in Broomieknowe, a secluded road in Lasswade, Midlothian. There her husband became the manager of a local branch of the Bank of Scotland. They had a daughter, Nancy, and a son, Hamish. During the course of her career, she wrote over 80 novels and non-fiction books for children, many of her novels following the adventures of two famili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrior Scarlet
''Warrior Scarlet'' is a historical fiction adventure novel, published in the first place for children and young adults for, by Rosemary Sutcliff, illustrated by Charles Keeping and first published in 1958. It is set in Bronze Age Britain, approximately 900 BCE, and takes place in and around the South Downs in England. Plot summary The story centres on Drem, a young boy who dreams of becoming a warrior and earning the right to wear a kilt of 'Warrior Scarlet' but fears his crippled right arm will prevent this. To pass the test of manhood, he must kill a wolf on his own; those who fail are expelled from the tribe and sent to the 'Half People' who herd sheep on the South Downs. Drem lives with his elder brother Drustic, grandfather, mother and a girl named Blai, abandoned years before by a travelling bronzesmith. He teaches himself to compensate for his disability and at the age of 12 goes to the 'Boys House' to learn how to be a warrior; while there, the Chieftain's son Vortrix b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, some of her novels were specifically written for adults. In a 1986 interview she said, "I would claim that my books are for children of all ages, from nine to ninety." For her contribution as a children's writer Sutcliff was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1974. Biography Sutcliff was born 14 December 1920 to George Ernest Sutcliff and his wife Nessie Elizabeth, née Lawton, in East Clandon, Surrey. She spent her childhood in Malta and various naval bases where her father, a Royal Navy officer, was stationed. She was affected by Still's disease when she was very young, and used a wheelchair most of her life. Due to her chronic illness, Sutcliff spent most of her time with her mother from whom she learned many of the Celtic and Saxon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Horse, Moon Horse
''Sun Horse, Moon Horse'' is a historical novel for children written by Rosemary Sutcliff and published in 1977. It takes place in Iron Age Britain, telling the tale of a chieftain's son of the Iceni who is caught up in a conflict with the neighboring Attribates, and plays an instrumental part in creating a monumental Hill figure while working to save his tribe. Plot summary The story revolves around Lubrin Dhu, a younger son of the chieftain, who takes after the Little Dark People who predated the Celtic settlers of the Iceni tribe; and whose name "Dhu" is related to Gaelic "Dubh", reflecting his darker appearance. Much is made of cultural differences between the reigning Celts, who are associated with fair hair and skin, and the original Chthonic Little Dark People, who are associated with darker complexions and a closeness with the earth. This cultural contrast again comes to fore when the Iceni, being associated with the moon, are subjugated by the Attribates, who are a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caveman 1
The caveman is a stock character representative of primitive humans in the Paleolithic. The popularization of the type dates to the early 20th century, when Neanderthals were influentially described as "simian" or "ape-like" by Marcellin Boule and Arthur Keith. The term "caveman" has its taxonomic equivalent in the now-obsolete binomial classification of ''Homo troglodytes'' Carl Linnaeus, (Linnaeus, 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758). Characteristics Cavemen are typically portrayed as wearing shaggy animal hides, and capable of cave painting like behaviorally modern humans of the last glacial period. They are often shown armed with rocks, cattle bone clubs, spears, or sticks with rocks tied to them, and are portrayed as unintelligent, easily frightened, and aggressive. Typically, they have a low pitched rough voice and make vocalizations such as "ooga-booga" and grunts or speak using simple phrases. Popular culture also frequently represents cavemen as living with, or a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uchronia
''Uchronia'' is currently an English word-in-formation, a neologism, that is sometimes used in its original meaning as a straightforward synonym for ''alternate history'', a genre of speculative fiction that reimagines historical events going in new, imaginary directions. However, it has also begun to refer to other related concepts. In the Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, and Galician languages, the words ', ', and ' are native terms for ''alternate history'' from which the English loanword ''uchronia'' derives. The word is composed of the Greek prefix ("not", "not any", and "no") and the Greek word () "time", to describe a story set in "no time"; it was formed by analogy with the word ''utopia'', a story set in "no place". It was coined by Charles Renouvier for his 1876 novel ''Uchronie'', whose full title translated into English is ''Uchronia (Utopia in History), an Apocryphal Sketch of the Development of European Civilization Not as It Was But as It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
