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Science Fiction Book Club Original Anthology Series
The ''Science Fiction Book Club original anthology series'' is a series of books of all-new short fiction(s), mainly at novella length, typically including six novellas per book, commissioned and published by the Science Fiction Book Club, and edited by a variety of editors. The Science Fiction Book Club will be ending the series in 2009, with ''Godlike Machines'' being the last of the anthologies.{{Cite web , last=Scalzi , first=John , author-link=John Scalzi , date=30 December 2007 , title=On the Slate, 2008 , url=https://whatever.scalzi.com/2007/12/30/on-the-slate-2008/ , access-date=16 May 2021 Volumes * ''One Million A.D.'', edited by Gardner Dozois (2005) * '' Escape from Earth'', edited by Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann (2005) * '' Down These Dark Spaceways'', edited by Mike Resnick (2005) * ''Forbidden Planets'', edited by Marvin Kaye (2006) * ''Galactic Empires Galactic empires are a common trope used in science fantasy and science fiction, particularly in works known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Novella
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts. Definition The Italian term is a feminine of ''novello'', which means ''new'', similarly to the English word ''news''. Merriam-Webster defines a novella as "a work of fiction intermediate in length and complexity between a short story and a novel". No official definition exists regarding the number of pages or words necessary for a story to be considered a novella, a short story or a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association defines a novella's word count to be between 17,500 and 40,000 words. History The novella as a literary genre began developing in the Italian literature of the early Renaissance, principally Giovanni Boccaccio, author of '' The Decameron'' (1353). ''The Decameron'' featured 100 tales (named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of The Month Club
Book of the Month (founded 1926) is a United States subscription-based e-commerce service that offers a selection of five to seven new hardcover books each month to its members. Books are selected and endorsed by a panel of judges, and members choose which book they would like to receive, similar to how the club originally operated when it began in 1926. Members can also discuss the books with fellow members in an online forum. In late 2015, in concert with the club's 90th year, the club announced a relaunch into its current iteration. Within two years, the club had grown its membership to more than 100,000 members, primarily millennial women, and the club's presence on social media grew to over 1.2 million instagram followers. Approximately 75% of the club's titles are by up-and-coming authors, and 80% of titles are fiction. The club has also worked with a series of celebrity guest judges who bring broader awareness to new titles, and continues producing its own versions of boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Million A
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardner Dozois
Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of ''Asimov's Science Fiction'' magazine (1986–2004), garnering multiple Hugo and Locus Awards for those works almost every year. He also won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story twice. He was inducted to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011. Biography Dozois was born July 23, 1947, in Salem, Massachusetts. He graduated from Salem High School with the Class of 1965. From 1966 to 1969 he served in the Army as a journalist, after which he moved to New York City to work as an editor in the science fiction field. One of his stories had been published by Frederik Pohl in the September 1966 issue of '' If'' but his next four appeared in 1970, three in Damon Knight's anthology series ''Orbit''. Dozois said that he turned to reading fiction partially as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape From Earth
''Escape from Earth: New Adventures in Space'' is an anthology of original science fiction novellas edited by American writers Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, published in 2006. Contents The book includes 7 novellas, all commissioned for this book and published here for the first time. The stories are as follows. *Allen Steele: "Escape from Earth" * Kage Baker: "Where the Golden Apples Grow" *Geoffrey A. Landis Geoffrey Alan Landis (; born May 28, 1955) is an American aerospace engineer and author, working for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on planetary exploration, interstellar propulsion, solar power and photovoltaics. He ...: "Derelict" * Orson Scott Card: "Space Boy" * Walter Jon Williams: "Incarnation Day" * Elizabeth Moon: "Combat Shopping" * Joe Haldeman: "The Mars Girl" 1990 anthologies Science fiction anthologies Science Fiction Book Club original anthologies Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Ace anthologies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Dann
Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-editor of story anthologies in the science fiction, fantasy and horror genres. He has published nine novels, numerous shorter works of fiction, essays and poetry and his books have been translated into thirteen languages. His work, which includes fiction in the science fiction, fantasy, horror, magical realism and historical and alternative history genres, has been compared to Jorge Luis Borges, Roald Dahl, Lewis Carroll, J. G. Ballard, and Philip K. Dick. Life and career Earlier life Jack Dann was born to a Jewish family in New York State in 1945 and grew up in Johnson City, New York. His father was an attorney and a Judge. Dann describes himself as having been "a troublesome child in a very small town" and in his teens associated with a loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Down These Dark Spaceways
Down most often refers to: * Down, the relative direction opposed to up * Down (gridiron football), in American/Canadian football, a period when one play takes place * Down feather, a soft bird feather used in bedding and clothing * Downland, a type of hill Down may also refer to: Places * County Down, Northern Ireland, UK ** Down (Parliament of Ireland constituency), abolished 1800 ** Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituencies) ** Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), 1921–1929 ** Down (UK Parliament constituency), 1801–1885 and 1922–1950 ** Down (civil parish) ** Down county football team, Gaelic football * Down, County Westmeath, Ireland * Downe, Greater London, England, formerly called "Down" People * Down (surname) * John Langdon Down (1828–1896), British physician best known for his description of Down syndrome * Down AKA Kilo (born 1985), American rapper Film and television * ''Down'' (film), a 2001 English remake of the film ''De Lift'' * "D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Resnick
Michael Diamond Resnick (; March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. He won five Hugo awards and a Nebula award, and was the guest of honor at Chicon 7. He was the executive editor of the defunct magazine ''Jim Baen's Universe,'' and the creator and editor of ''Galaxy's Edge'' magazine. Biography Resnick was born in Chicago on March 5, 1942. He was a 1959 graduate of Highland Park High School in Highland Park, Illinois. He sold his first piece of writing in 1957, while still in high school. He attended the University of Chicago from 1959 to 1961 and met his future wife, Carol L. Cain, there. The couple began dating in mid-December 1960 and were engaged by the end of the month. They were married in 1961. In the 1960s and early 1970s, Resnick wrote over 200 erotic adult novels under various pseudonyms and edited three men's magazines and seven tabloid newspapers. For over a decade he wrote a weekly column about horse racing and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbidden Planets
{{infobox book , , name = Forbidden Planets , title_orig = , translator = , image = File:Forbidden Planets.jpg , caption = First edition , author = Edited by Peter Crowther , illustrator = , cover_artist = , country = United States , language = English , series = Peter Crowther DAW anthologies , genre = Science fiction anthology , publisher = DAW Books , release_date = 2006 , english_release_date = , media_type = Print (paperback) , pages = 307 , isbn = , preceded_by = Constellations , followed_by = We Think, Therefore We Are ''Forbidden Planets'' (2006) is a science fiction anthology of all-new short stories edited by British writer and journalist Peter Crowther, the fifth in his themed science fiction anthology series for DAW Books. The stories are all intended to be inspired by the 1956 movie, ''Forbidden Planet''. The book was published in 2006. The book inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Kaye
Marvin Nathan Kaye (March 10, 1938 – May 13, 2021) was an American mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and horror author, anthologist, and editor. He was also a noted magician and actor. Kaye was a World Fantasy Award winner and served as co-publisher and editor of ''Weird Tales'' Magazine. Early years Kaye was born in Philadelphia, the son of Morris and Theresa (Baroski) Kaye. He received a Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts at Penn State in 1960, as well as a Master of Arts in English literature and theater in 1962. Career Kaye served as a reporter for Grit Publishing Company from 1963 to 1965, an assistant managing editor for ''Business Travel Magazine'' in 1965 and a senior editor for Harcourt Brace Jovanovich from 1966 to 1970. In 1970, he went to work as a freelance writer. He was a lecturer at The New School for Social Research in New York City in 1975, taught at NYU as an Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing for many years beginning in 1976, and taught as an adjunct p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galactic Empires (anthology)
''Galactic Empires'' is a science fiction anthology edited by American writer Gardner Dozois, published in 2008. It should not be confused with the two Brian Aldiss anthologies ''Galactic Empires'' Volumes One and Two published in 1976. Contents The book includes 6 novellas, all commissioned for this book and published here for the first time. This is the second anthology of original SF novellas edited by Dozois for the Science Fiction Book Club, the first being ''One Million A.D.'', published in 2005. Two of the six authors also appear in both anthologies: Robert Reed and Alastair Reynolds. The stories are as follows. *Peter F. Hamilton: "The Demon Trap" *Neal Asher: "Owner Space" *Robert Reed Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama '' The Defenders'' from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as the ...: "The Man With the Golden Balloo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alien Crimes
Alien primarily refers to: * Alien (law), a person in a country who is not a national of that country ** Enemy alien, the above in times of war * Extraterrestrial life, life which does not originate from Earth ** Specifically, intelligent extraterrestrial beings; see List of alleged extraterrestrial beings ** For fictional extraterrestrial life, see Extraterrestrials in fiction * Introduced species, a species not native to its environment Alien(s), or The Alien(s) may also refer to: Science and technology * AliEn (ALICE Environment), a grid framework * Alien (file converter), a Linux program * Alien Technology, a manufacturer of RFID technology Arts and entertainment * ''Alien'' (franchise), a media franchise ** Alien (creature in ''Alien'' franchise) Films * ''Alien'' (film), a 1979 film by Ridley Scott ** ''Aliens'' (film), second film in the franchise from 1986 by James Cameron ** ''Alien 3'', third film in the franchise from 1992 by David Fincher ** ''Alien Resurr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
