Jaunting on the Scoriac Tempests and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature

Jaunting on the Scoriac Tempests and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature

Jaunting on the Scoriac Tempests and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature

Brian Stableford

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Wildside Press
Año de edición:
2024
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Estudios literarios: ficción, novelistas y prosistas
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9781434403384
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In this new collection of essays, well-known critic Brian Stableford presents twelve pieces on science-fiction and fantasy writers M. P. Shiel, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Humphry Davy, Robert Hunt, Vernon Lee, J. G. Ballard, James Morrow, Dean Koontz, and Terry Pratchett. Complete with detailed index.

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