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  • The Mammoth Book of Men O' Warby Mike Ashley; Jon E. Lewis

    Constable & Robinson 2011; US$ 11.65

    Eighteen classic sea-faring tales by the best-loved writers of the genre, including Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester, Richard Woodman, Herman Melville and Frederick Marryat. Featuring favourite heroes such as Captain Jack Aubrey, Adam Hardy, Horatio Hornblower and Nathaniel Drinkwater. These tales vividly re-create the age of the glory days of sail,... more...

  • The Mammoth Book of Dark Magicby Mike Ashley

    Constable & Robinson 2013; US$ 11.65

    Twenty-three spellbinding tales of sorcery, wizardry and witchcraft, of the ceaseless battle between good and evil. From dark lords and epic clashes between the forces of good and evil to a child's struggle to control magical powers for the first time this wonderfully varied collection comprises stories by the most outstanding writers of fantasy:... more...

  • The Time Machinesby Mike Ashley

    Liverpool University Press 2000; US$ 65.00

    This is the first of three volumes that chart the history of the science fiction magazine from the earliest days to the present. This first volume looks at the exuberant years of the pulp magazines. It traces the growth and development of the science fiction magazines from when Hugo Gernsback launched the very first, Amazing Stories, in 1926 through... more...

  • Transformationsby Mike Ashley

    Liverpool University Press 2005; US$ 85.00

    Transformations is the second volume in the three-volume History of the Science-Fiction Magazine . This volume covers the period from 1950 to 1970, which was both a turbulent time in magazine history and, at least in part, the true Golden Age of the science-fiction magazine. It was a period of boom and bust: for a moment the science-fiction magazine... more...

  • Gateways to Foreverby Mike Ashley

    Liverpool University Press 2007; US$ 75.00

    This third volume in Mike Ashley’s four-volume study of the science-fiction magazines focuses on the turbulent years of the 1970s, when the United States emerged from the Vietnam War into an economic crisis. It saw the end of the Apollo moon programme and the start of the ecology movement. This proved to be one of the most complicated periods... more...

  • The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SFby Mike Ashley

    Constable & Robinson 2009; US$ 11.65

    Many readers are attracted to science fiction for that singular moment when a story expands your imagination, enabling you to see something in a new light. Not all SF works this way! This volume collects the very best of it that does, with 25 of the finest examples of mind-expanding and awe-inspiring science fiction.The storylines range from a discovery... more...

  • The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SFby Mike Ashley

    Constable & Robinson 2010; US$ 11.65

    The last sixty years have been full of stories of one or other possible Armageddon, whether by nuclear war, plague, cosmic catastrophe or, more recently, global warming, terrorism, genetic engineering, AIDS and other pandemics. These stories, both pre- and post-apocalyptic, describe the fall of civilization, the destruction of the entire Earth, or... more...

  • The Mammoth Book of Merlinby Mike Ashley

    Constable & Robinson 2009; US$ 11.65

    A superb collection of stories of magic and adventure from the golden age of Arthurian legend by bestselling writers. Enter into the darker realms of the age of the Knights of the Round Table, when magic held sway and Merlin vied with Arthur's heroic new world. Included are: Jane Yolen on Merlin's youth and coming of age; Marion Zimmer Bradley on... more...

  • The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventuresby Mike Ashley

    Constable & Robinson 2009; US$ 11.65

    The biggest collection of new Sherlock Holmes stories since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle laid down his pen -- nearly 200,000 words of superb fiction featuring the Great Detective by masters of historical crime, including Stephen Baxter, H. R. F. Keating, Michael Moorcock and Amy Myers. Almost all the stories here are specially written; the cases presented... more...

  • The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fictionby Mike Ashley

    Constable & Robinson 2011; US$ 11.65

    From a new generation of writers, inspired by C.J. Sansom, Boris Akunin and others: darker, more realistic historical crime fiction. No longer stuck in medieval Wales, these stories are set in 3BC Syracuse, fourteenth-century Venice, 1930s' New York and other more vibrant times and places. These 12 new, pieces of short historical crime fiction are... more...