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Author
Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xviii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Aspiring writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror look no further in your quest for a guide to help you transport your audience to faraway lands or alternate timelines. As you envision distant futures and write about new worlds, this handy guide is here to help you improve your technique. You'll find out how to see your work through the eyes of your audience (is that a magic power or a horror plotline?), so you can perfect your characters,...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 576 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Television shows have now eclipsed films as the premier form of visual narrative art of our time. This new book by one of our finest critics explains--historically, in depth, and with interviews with the celebrated creators themselves--how the art of must-see/binge-watch television evolved. Darwin had his theory of evolution, and David Bianculli has his. Bianculli's theory has to do with the concept of quality television: what it is and, crucially,...
4) RoboCop
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
The year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. When Alex Murphy, a loving husband, father and good cop, is critically injured in the line of duty, OmniCorp sees their chance for a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing. There is still a man inside the machine pursuing justice.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (ca. 190 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This compilation contains all six episodes of the BBC's adaptation of a sci-fi fantasy about an unassuming Englishman and his outwardly average neighbor who is actually an alien from the vicinity of Betelgeuse.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 game board, 125 trivia cards, 50 geek battle cards, 1 D12 (twelve-sided die), 1 D6 (six-sided die), 4 player pieces : cardboard, plastic, colour ; box 15 x 14 x 8 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through rigorous trivia questions, your knowledge of sci-fi, fantasy, comics, video games, science and technology will be tested. Make your way to the Inner Sanctum of Geekdom and prove your superiority of mind once and for all.
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ex-organ smuggler Sexica and her werewolf boyfriend Nikoli travel across a sci-fi/fantasy version of Russia while the hardcore organ hound Blue Nura tracks a bounty across radioactive wastelands. Slice of life comics from a world where magic and monsters are commonplace"--Provided by publisher.
8) Saga: Book 3
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
464 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
At long last, it's finally time for the third massive hardcover collection of SAGA, the critically acclaimed sci-fi/fantasy series from the multiple Eisner Award-winning team of artist Fiona Staples and writer Brian K. Vaughan. Collecting 18 of the most shocking and impactful issues from the epic tale of Hazel and her star-crossed parents, this deluxe edition features a striking, all-new original cover from Fiona Staples, as well as exclusive, never-before-seen...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While Hazel and her family fight for scraps to survive, the rich and powerful race to forge new allegiances in the universe's never-ending war. Romeo & Juliet meets Star Wars in this genre-blending, sci-fi/fantasy space opera about star-crossed lovers from enemy worlds. An epic for mature readers, SAGA follows new parents Marko and Alana as they risk everything to raise their child amidst a never-ending galactic war."--Amazon.
Publisher
AK Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
296 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing visionary fiction. Organizers and activists envision, and try to create, such worlds all the time. This book brings twenty of them together in the first anthology of short stories to explore the connections between radical speculative fiction and movements for social change. The visionary tales of Octavia's Brood span genres--sci-fi, fantasy, horror, magical...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the most famous science-fiction novel of all time--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman A human raised on Mars, Valentine Michael Smith has just arrived on planet Earth. Among his people for the first time, he struggles to understand the social mores and prejudices of human nature that are so alien to him, while his own "psi" powers--including...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"A deluxe hardcover edition of the world's greatest fantasy classic--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman T. H. White's masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as the sword Excalibur and city of Camelot that are found within its pages. This magical epic takes Arthur from the glorious lyrical phase of his youth, through the...
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Language
English
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"A deluxe hardcover edition of the queen of science fiction's trailblazing novel about a planet full of genderless beings--part of Penguin Galaxy, a collectible series of six sci-fi/fantasy classics, featuring a series introduction by Neil Gaiman A groundbreaking work of science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness tells the story of a lone human emissary's mission to Winter, an unknown alien world whose inhabitants can choose--and change--their gender....
14) Being ace: an anthology of queer, trans, femme, and disabled stories of asexual love and connection
Publisher
Page Street Publishing Co
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xii, 339 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary stories. From a wheelchair user racing to save her kidnapped girlfriend and a little mermaid who loves her sisters more than suitors, to a slayer whose virgin blood keeps attracting monsters, the stories of this anthology are anything but conventional. Whether adventuring through space, outsmarting a vengeful water spirit, or surviving haunted cemeteries, no two...
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xliv, 467 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Part of a new six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro's favorites, from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ray Russell's short story "Sardonicus," considered by Stephen...
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