Автор: Di Filippo Paul Название: The Steampunk Trilogy ISBN: 1497626587 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781497626584 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3723.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An outrageous trio of novellas that bizarrely and brilliantly twists the Victorian era out of shape, by a master of steampunk alternate history Welcome to the world of steampunk, a nineteenth century outrageously reconfigured through weird science. With his magnificent trilogy, acclaimed author Paul Di Filippo demonstrates how this unique subgenre of science fiction is done to perfection-reinventing a mannered age of corsets and industrial revolution with odd technologies born of a truly twisted imagination. In "Victoria," the inexplicable disappearance of the British monarch-to-be prompts a scientist to place a human-lizard hybrid clone on the throne during the search for the missing royal. But the doppelg nger queen comes with a most troubling flaw: an insatiable sexual appetite. The somewhat Lovecraftian "Hottentots" chronicles the very unusual adventure of Swiss naturalist and confirmed bigot Louis Agassiz as his determined search for a rather grisly fetish plunges him into a world of black magic and monsters. Finally, in "Walt and Emily," the hitherto secret and quite steamy love affair between Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman is revealed in all its sensuous glory-as are their subsequent interdimensional travels aboard a singular ship that transcends the boundaries of time and reality. Ingenious, hilarious, ribald, and utterly remarkable, Di Filippo's The Steampunk Trilogy is a one-of-a-kind literary journey to destinations at once strangely familiar and profoundly strange. "Paul Di Filippo's The Steampunk Trilogy is the literary equivalent of Max Ernst's collages of 19th-century steel-engravings; spooky, haunting, hilarious." -William Gibson "Di Filippo stirs up a funky stew of puns, literature, natural history and sex, and serves it up in an elaborate Victorian dish-300-odd pages of juicy reading pleasure. . . . From Dickens to the cutting edge of the avant-garde, Di Filippo's got it covered, in a spunky synthesis that manages to be at once raunchy and well-read." -SF Site "With this superb trilogy, Di Filippo can lay claim to being steampunk's] supreme practitioner. . . . Di Filippo brilliantly combines authentic Victorian language with choice, outlandish premises to produce a variety of wry, inventive storytelling that is unlike anything else in science fiction." -Booklist Paul Di Filippo is a prolific science fiction, fantasy, and horror short story writer with multiple collections to his credit, including The Emperor of Gondwanaland and Other Stories, Fractal Paisleys, The Steampunk Trilogy, and many more. He has written a number of novels as well, including Joe's Liver and Spondulix: A Romance of Hoboken. Di Filippo is also a highly regarded critic and reviewer, appearing regularly in Asimov's Science Fiction and the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. A recent publication, coedited with Damien Broderick, is Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010.
Описание: To what extent did mythological figures such as Circe and Medea influence the representation of the powerful ‘oriental’ enchantress in modern Western art? What role did the ancient gods and heroes play in the construction of the imaginary worlds of the modern fantasy genre? What is the role of undead creatures like zombies and vampires in mythological films? Looking across the millennia, from the distrust of ancient magic and oriental cults, which threatened the new-born Christian religion, to the revival and adaptation of ancient myths and religion in the arts centuries later, this book offers an original analysis of the reception of ancient magic and the supernatural, across a wide variety of different media – from comics to film, from painting to opera. Working in a variety of fields across the globe, the authors of these essays deconstruct certain scholarly traditions by proposing original interdisciplinary approaches and collaborations, showing to what extent the visual and performing arts of different periods interlink and shape cultural and social identities.
Автор: Del Lucchese Filippo Название: Political Philosophy of Niccolo Machiavelli ISBN: 1474404286 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474404280 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 3958.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents a fresh introduction to Machiavelli`s thought for students of politics and philosophy. This volume focuses on Machiavelli`s thought, major theories and central ideas. It deals with historical and theoretical context.
Автор: Da Como Enrico, De Angelis Filippo, Snaith Henry Название: Unconventional Thin Film Photovoltaics ISBN: 1782622934 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782622932 Издательство: Royal Society of Chemistry Рейтинг: Цена: 35693.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Provides a balanced overview of experimental and theoretical aspects of organic materials and mixed halide perovskites for industrialists and researchers in energy technologies and materials.
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