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Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits

By Arthur C. Clarke , Dr. Gary Westfahl

Book information

Publisher
Yale University Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9780300108002, 0-300-10800-1
LCC
PN6084.S34 S35 2005
Open Library ID
OL3393209M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3207417 bytes)
Pages
476\476
Library
torrents.ru tech collections 2009-11-14
Time added
2010-01-11 02:35:34

Description

In this unprecedented collection of science fiction and fantasy quotations, the reader revisits the stunning moment when Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein monster first comes to life; witnesses the transformation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde; is present when Bruce Wayne resolves to become Batman; and overhears the cosmic conclusions of The Incredible Shrinking Man. Drawing upon two centuries of the vast and provocative literature of science fiction and fantasy, this comprehensive book presents more than 2,900 quotations from wide-ranging sources, including science fiction and fantasy stories, novels, films, and television programs. The quotations are organized by topic—alien worlds; darkness and light; robots, androids, and cyborgs; machines and technology; weapons; and more than one hundred others. The reader will encounter the wit and wisdom of renowned authors (H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin) along with definitive versions of such important statements as Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics and Star Trek’s Prime Directive. With its thorough index, this book is both an invaluable resource for the writer or scholar and an irresistible page-turner for the curious browser.

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