First Contact and Time Travel [electronic resource] : Selected Essays and Short Stories / by Zoran Živković.
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9783319905518
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
EK/5462
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2018.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Fiziksel Niteleme
X, 150 p. 3 illus. online resource.
Dizi
Science and Fiction, 2197-1196
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction -- Part 1: Essays -- The Theme of First Contact in the SF Works of Arthur C Clarke -- Chronomotion -- The Labyrinth Motif in SF -- Part II: Fiction -- The Bookshop -- The Puzzle -- Time Gifts -- The Cone -- Epilogue.
Özet, vb.
This volume collects both essays and fictional material around two core topics in the long career of the Serbian writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator. The first topic - first contact - is chiefly represented by his comprehensive essay on "The Theme of First Contact in the SF Works of Arthur C. Clarke" and reflected on the literary level with his short stories "The Bookshop" and "The Puzzle". Two shorter essays on the second topic - time travel in SF literature - introduce, amongst others, the well-known and fascinating mosaic novel Time Gifts, which skillfully explores the more literary side of the notions of past, present and future. In the annotations the author provides insights into his take on the subjects presented. Zoran Živković graduated in literary theory from the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Belgrade in 1973. Until his recent retirement he was a professor at the Faculty ofPhilology at the University of Belgrade where he taught Creative Writing. Živković has won several literary awards for his fiction: in 1994 his novel The Fourth Circle won the Miloš Crnjanski award; in 2003, his mosaic novel The Library won a World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and in 2007 he won the Isidora Sekulić award for his novel The Bridge. In the same year he received the "Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša" award for his lifetime achievement in literature. In 2014 and 2015 Živković received three awards for his contribution to the literature of fantastika: Art-Anima, Stanislav Lem and The Golden Dragon.
Konu
Literature.
Astronomy.
Fiction.
Philosophy of nature.
Philosophy.
Literature.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Fiction Literature.
Philosophy of Nature.
Philosophy.
Astronomy.
Fiction.
Philosophy of nature.
Philosophy.
Literature.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Fiction Literature.
Philosophy of Nature.
Philosophy.
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