This book, first published in 1980, analyses science fiction as a mode of literature, examines the definition of the genre, its function as social criticism and as an embodiment and critique of the scientific outlook.
Patrick Parrinder Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Patrick Parrinder je významný literárny kritik, ktorého dielo sa ponára do oblastí vedeckej fantastiky a vývoja anglického románu. Jeho odborné znalosti sú hlboko zakorenené v štúdiu H. G. Wellsa, pričom skúma prorocké a imaginatívne dimenzie Wellsových rozprávaní. Parrinderove analýzy často prekonávajú priepasť medzi literárnou kritikou a históriou myšlienok, osvetľujúc, ako špekulatívna fikcia odráža a formuje naše chápanie budúcnosti. Jeho spisy ponúkajú jedinečný pohľad, prostredníctvom ktorého môžeme oceniť trvalú silu literárnej prorockosti.
The Sleeper Awakes
- 288 stránok
- 11 hodin čítania
A troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep- like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth.
The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British writers cannot be assessed without reference to their 'European' fortunes. This collection of 20 essays, prepared by an international team of scholars, critics and translators, records the ways in which H.G. Wells has been received, translated and published in different areas of Europe. Wells was described by one of his European critics as a 'seismograph of his age'. He is one of the founding fathers of modern science fiction, and as a novelist, essayist, educationalist and political propagandist his influence has been felt in every European country. This collection of essays offers pioneering insights into Wells's contribution to twentieth-century European literature and to modern political ideas, including the idea of European union.
The First Men in the Moon
- 240 stránok
- 9 hodin čítania
'As we saw it first it was the wildest and most desolate of scenes. We were in an enormous amphitheatre, a vast circular plain, the floor of the giant crater. Its cliff-like wall closed us in on every side¿' Thanks to the discovery of an anti-gravity metal, Cavorite, two Victorian Englishman decide to tackle the most prestigious goal - space travel. They construct a sphere that will ultimately take them to the moon. On landing, they encounter what seems like an utterly barren landscape but they soon find signs that the planet was once very much alive. Then they hear curious hammering sounds from beneath the surface, and come face to face with the Selenites, a race of insect-like aliens living in a rigidly organised hive society.