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Uncle Buncle's true and instructive stories about animals, ...
Robert Edgar (writer of child fiction.)Coordinates: placing science fiction and fantasy
George Edgar SlusserEssays examine the themes, literary techniques, and social aspects of the science fiction and fantasy writings of authors, such as Jules Verne, Ray Bradbury, and Robert A. Heinlein
Edgar Pangborn
Edgar PangbornThree books from one of the forgotten masters of science fiction, Edgar Pangborn
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was the master of tales of mystery and the macbre, and is considered the inventor of detective fiction. This extensive collection also includes his finest poetry.
Bones In London
Edgar WallaceRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace (Greenwich, 1 April 1875 – Beverly Hills, February 10, 1932) was a writer, journalist, playwright and screenwriter.
The Story of the Western Railroads: From 1852 Through the ...
Robert Edgar RiegelFrom 1852 Through the Reign of the Giants Robert Edgar Riegel. CHAPTER X RECOVERY The depression of the seventies included within itself the seeds of future prosperity. The whole country was in the process of an economic ...
Hard science fiction
George Edgar SlusserThese 16 essays from the fifth annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference at the University of California, Riverside, seek to come to grips with science fiction’s core, the core at which “science must ultimately seem to outweigh the fiction ...
Strong as Death
Sharan NewmanAfter suffering several miscarriages and the birth of a stillborn child, Catherine and her husband, Edgar, embark on a pilgrimage to the fabled monastery of Compostela to petition St. James for a child and to pray.
Nature and Grace in Flannery O''Connor''s Fiction
Lorine M. Getztheir discipline: realistic or surrealistic;2 Southern gothic (as typified by Edgar Allen Poe) or grotesque (also termed "neo-goth- ic" and typified by William Faulkner);3 or, failing this, to identify O''Connor''s fiction with that of Eudora Welty and Erskine Caldwell. " 2 Among the articles and reviews which assert that O'' Connor is a realist are "Review of Wise Blood," United States Quarterly Review, 1952; Stallings, "Young Writer with a Bizarre Tale to Tell," 1952; "Review of A Good Man Is Hard ...
Fiction writer's market
Laurie HenryContact: AlanM. Tigay, Executive Editor. Estab. 1983. Annually. "For a book of fiction on a Jewish theme. Harold U. Ribalow was a noted writer and editor who devoted his time to the discovery and encouragement of young Jewish writers.
Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in His Own Land
George Edgar SlusserDr. Slusser charts the course of Heinlein's development as a writer, from his days as a pulp hack to his enshrinement as a hero of the counter-culture.
Pawn
Vee AndersonAbout the Author Vee Anderson is a freelance writer based out of Southern Ontario. An avid writer since the age of 15 she mainly focuses on paranormal romance fiction stories. Pawn is her first Adult Fiction novel in The Lilly Reed Series with ...
Edgar Allan Poe: Tales and Poems
Raychel Haugrud Reiff"A biography of writer Edgar Allan Poe that describes his era, his major works, and the legacy of his writing"--Provided by publisher.
Bridges to science fiction
George Edgar SlusserEmerging from the volume as a whole are both a coherent view of science fiction as a genre and a heightened sense of its complex relation to our cultural heritage.
Planetoid 127
Edgar WallacePlanetoid 127 is one of the earliest examples of the 'twin worlds' science fiction theme, in combination with the traditional crime/thriller genre of which Edgar Wallace was an acknowledged master.
Edgar Cayce in Context: The Readings: Truth and Fiction
K. Paul JohnsonPlaces the work of Edgar Cayce in historical context and assesses the validity of his “readings.”
Everything Guide to Edgar Allan Poe Book: The life, times, ...
Shelley Costa BloomfieldIn The Everything Guide to Edgar Allan Poe, you’ll learn all the deepest secrets that haunted this tortured writer, influenced his writing, and ultimately drove him to an early death.
Beyond Picture Books: A Guide to First Readers
Barbara Barstow111. by Jennifer Plecas. Clarion, 1994. isbn 0-395-65478-5. subjects: Emotions — Loneliness — Fiction; Parent and child — Fiction; Pets — Cats — Fiction, rl C. Tessie's big brother is camping with their grandmother, her best friend has gone ...
Mrs. Poe
Lynn CullenStruggling to support her family in mid-nineteenth-century New York, writer Frances Osgood makes an unexpected connection with literary master Edgar Allan Poe and finds her survival complicated by her intense attraction to the writer and ...
Edgar
Christy DavisHe told him Edgar was here. They're coming to get Edgar on Saturday morning!" " He didn't see you did he?" "No... I mean, I don't think so.” Wilson said. “What are we going to do? Should we tell Edgar?" "I'm not sure. The person Gabby called ...
Edgar Allan Poe: Tragic Poet and Master of Mystery
Zachary KentRecounts the difficult personal life of author Edgar Allan Poe, and describes how he wrote memorable poems including "The Raven" and short stories that helped to create the genres of detective and horror fiction.
Julia Child: A Life
Laura ShapiroIn Julia Child, award-winning food writer Laura Shapiro tells the story of Child’s unlikely career path, from California party girl to coolheaded chief clerk in a World War II spy station to bewildered amateur cook and finally to the ...
The Cambridge Companion to Daniel Defoe
PreviewThis volume surveys the wide range of Defoe's fiction and non-fiction, and assesses his importance as writer and thinker.
The Door in the Wall
Herbert George WellsH. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction.
Stars and Gods: A Collection of Fact, Fiction & Wit
Larry NivenHere are choice excerpts from his most recent novels, including Ringworld's Child, as well as short stories, non-fiction, interviews, editorials, collaborations, and correspondence.
Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?
Seo-Young Chu... Hollinger and Joan Gordon; Imaginary Communities (2002) by Phillip Wegner; Science Fiction after 1900 (2002) by Brooks Landon; Science Fiction, Canonization, Marginalization, and the Academy (2002), edited by George Edgar Slusser ...
Writer to Writer
Bodie ThoeneFilled with personal anecdotes and humor, Writer to Writer can help a beginning writer, as well as give valuable tips to a published author.
The African Question: Problems and the Future of the Continent
Dr. Joseph B. Rukanshagiza317 Ibid. 318 Robert Edgar Conrad. Op. Cit. (167) 319 Anthony Pagden, Fall of Natural Man, 17. 320 Ibid., 38. 321 Robert Edgar Conrad. Op. Cit. (170) 322 Anthony Pagden, Fall of Natural Man, 19. 323 David Brion Davis, Problem of Slavery, ...
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