1,335円 A moving account of the death of Brian Aldiss’ wife Margaret. Margaret Aldiss, Brian’s wife of thirty years, passed away quickly after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. Based on journals they both kept, When the Feast is Finished is a moving account of those last months of Margaret’s life. Alongs...

119円 Would you believe that superhuman strength does in fact exist, and scientists classify this as a disease?  What if you were a child born with an unprecedented form of this already rare muscle disease that gave you extraordinary strength, appearance and stamina? Growing up with Myostatin Def...

10,280円 Following scholarship on gender in science fiction, this book explores the limits of considering age as a social construction, positing that an acknowledgement of aged bodies necessarily changes the way we read both age and science fiction. The volume employs contemporary clinical psychology, the...

5,300円 The term “cyberpunk” entered the literary landscape in 1984 to describe William Gibson’s pathbreaking novel Neuromancer. Cyberpunks are now among the shock troops of postmodernism, Larry McCaffery argues in Storming the Reality Studio, marshalling the resources of a fragmentary culture to create ...

562円 In the course of his considerations, Samuel R. Delany poses a theory of discourse and explores how the reading of various rhetorical turns, some science fictional, some not, is shifted by science fictional understanding.

6,302円 A philologist and medieval scholar, J. R. R. Tolkien never intended to write immensely popular literature that would challenge traditional ideas about the nature of great literature and that was worthy of study in colleges across the world. He set out only to write a good story, the kind of story...

1,491円 “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld my man completed ..." The summer of 1816 was by all accounts a cold and wet one. After the April 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora on the island of Sumbawa, part of what is now Indonesia, global temperatures dropped and a rainy, monsoon-like drizzl...

1,650円 Hôtes familiers de notre paysage mental depuis l’Antiquité, les monstres ont envahi les écrans et pris des formes nouvelles avec l’avènement du graphisme numérique. Ils composent avec les héros des associations étranges et, en dépit des luttes où ils s’affrontent, les uns et les autres se doivent...

1,088円 The perfect gift for anyone who embraces the joy of fandom and geeking out, this collection of essays celebrates the fans of Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Sherlock Holmes, Lord of the Rings, and much more. Pop Culture and sci-fi guru Ryan Britt has never met a monster, alien, wizard, or super...

1,326円 With contributions from professors, scholars, bloggers, playwrights, and novelists from Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, and Great Britain, as well as the US, this collection explores recent additions to the multifaceted Whedonverse. But it doesn't stop there. Above all comes the question "Wha...

2,400円 Une analyse de l'oeuvre de Ponson du Terrail, une première en France « L’œuvre de Ponson du Terrail est à la fois trop considérable et trop peu littéraire pour supporter l’analyse », pouvait-on lire dès 1874. Il semble pourtant que cette assertion, inlassablement reprise depuis plus d’un siècle, ...

334円 Extrait : Un coup de feu retentit dans la nuit. ー Qu’est-ce que c’est ? dit un monsieur, en passant sa tête par la portière d’un coupé qui roulait sur le chemin d’Écouen à Saint-Denis. Le cocher arrêta, et regarda de tous les côtés. Il &eacute...