Awards
- Short-listed for Hugo Award (Related Book) 2006
Overview
Thousands of memorable quotations from the best science fiction works of all time 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Gary Westfahl ,
Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher: Yale University Press
Imprint: Yale University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 0.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.739kg
ISBN: 9780300108002
ISBN 10: 0300108001
Pages: 488
Publication Date: 04 October 2005
Audience:
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
A massive undertaking that would have daunted all but the most indefatigable of researchers - and one for which generations of science fiction writers and enthusiasts will be extremely grateful. - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, from the foreword There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path. - Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski, The Matrix (1999) It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil. - Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)
A massive undertaking that would have daunted all but the most indefatigable of researchers - and one for which generations of science fiction writers and enthusiasts will be extremely grateful. Sir Arthur C. Clarke, from the foreword
"""A massive undertaking that would have daunted all but the most indefatigable of researchers - and one for which generations of science fiction writers and enthusiasts will be extremely grateful."" - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, from the foreword ""There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path."" - Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski, The Matrix (1999) ""It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."" - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) ""All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil."" - Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)"
Author Information
Gary Westfahl teaches at the University of California, Riverside. He has published extensively in the field of science fiction and in 2003 received the Science Fiction Research Association’s Pilgrim Award for lifetime contributions to science fiction and fantasy scholarship.
