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Gothic-postmodernism
Editions Rodopi 2009; US$ 61.60Being the first to outline the literary genre, Gothic-postmodernism, this book articulates the psychological and philosophical implications of terror in postmodernist literature, analogous to the terror of the Gothic novel, uncovering the significance of postmodern recurrences of the Gothic, and identifying new historical and philosophical aspects... more...
Different Engines
Palgrave Macmillan 2007; US$ 24.99An exploration of how science fiction has driven progress more...
21st-Century Gothic
Scarecrow Press 2010; US$ 74.99Selected by a poll of more than 180 Gothic specialists, the fifty-three original works discussed in 21st-Century Gothic represent the most impressive Gothic novels written around the world between 2000-2010. more...
100 Must-read Historical Novels
A&C Black 2009; US$ 9.09Historical fiction is a hugely popular genre of fiction providing fictional accounts or dramatizations of historical figures or events. This latest guide in the highly successful Bloomsbury Must-Reads series depicts 100 of the finest novels published in this sector, with a further 500 recommendations. A wide range of classic works and key authors are... more...
World Weavers
Hong Kong University Press 2005; US$ 60.00World Weavers is the first ever study on the relationship between globalization and science fiction. Scientific innovations provide citizens of different nations with a unique common ground and the means to establish new connections with distant lands. This study attempts to investigate how our world has grown more and more interconnected not only... more...
Narrative Pleasures in Young Adult Novels, Films and Video Games
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses inform a new framework of contemporary themes of narrative comprehension. more...
Only Cows Allowed
Down East Books 2011; US$ 9.99Once uPUN a new New England farm, the cows refuse to let the other farm animals mooooove into the barn. ONLY COWS ALLOWED! But the hens, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, and geese aren't about to let those bossy cows get their way. The first-time farmer doesn't side with the cows either. Animal after animal after animal moves into the barn. But when the... more...
Science Fiction
OUP Oxford 2011; US$ 9.99Science Fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has been explained as a combination of romance, science and prophecy; as a genre based on an imagined alternative to the reader's environment; and as a form of fantastic fiction and historical literature. It has also been argued that science fiction narratives are the most engaged,... more...
Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels
Sourcebooks, Inc. 2011; US$ 14.99Take a dashing hero with a heart of gold and a mullet of awesome. Add a heroine with a bustle and the will to kick major butt. Then include enough contrivances to keep them fighting while getting them alone and possibly without key pieces of clothing, and what do you have? A romance novel. What else? Enough lessons about life, love, and everything... more...








