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The Merril Theory of Litry Criticism Ritch Calvin
Although Judith Merril is best known for her short fiction and her novels (in collaboration with C. M. Kornbluth), she wrote a great deal of nonfiction. She wrote about SF fandom. She wrote about space and space exploration.… More
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Clark Ashton Smith Steve Behrends
Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961) was a major writer of fantasy and science fiction during the first half of the twentieth century. Together with H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, Smith was one of the “Three Musketeers”… More
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Rhapsody: Notes on Strange Fictions Hal Duncan
Acclaimed author and critic Hal Duncan turns his analytic eye towards the development and current state of speculative fiction in the pages of Rhapsody. Duncan’s trademark wry humor and suffer-no-fools approach… More
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Break Every Rule Carole Maso
In this groundbreaking work of ecstatic criticism, Carole Maso shows why she has risen, over the past fifteen years, as one of the brightest stars in the literary firmament. Ever refusing to be marginalized or categorized… More
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What to Read (and Not) Tom LeClair
These essays and reviews are mostly about literary fiction published in the last ten years and are written from the perspective of a fan of the McElroy/Coover/DeLillo axis or, more recently, the Powers/Vollmann/Wallace… More
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Spine Intact, Some Creases Victor J. Banis
A legendary name from the Golden Age of Paperbacks, VICTOR J. BANIS spins a witty and exuberant tale of A Thousand and One Knights, flitting blithely from tale to tail, in one era and out the other. Part autobiography, … More
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The Art and Craft of Poetry Michael R. Collings
Polished over 20 years of use at the university level, this book combines Professor Collings’s lucid instruction with practical exercises to introduce beginners to poetry, and to encourage more practiced … More