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Nella Larsen

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2024-10-24

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Nella Larsen published two novels and three short stories. The most famous of her short works, the short story “Sanctuary” and the novella “Passing,” focus on the perspectives of African-American and mixed-race people in the United States, and handle themes of solidarity and prejudice based on both race and class. Though Larsen’s literary reputation rests mainly upon her treatment of these issues, her other stories, “The Wrong Man” and “Freedom,” concern infidelity and marriage.

Larsen was born in Chicago to a mother and father who had immigrated to the United States from Denmark and the Danish West Indies respectively...." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description During her brief career as a writer, Nella Larsen published two novels and three short stories. The most famous of her short works, the short story “Sanctuary” and the novella “Passing,” focus on the perspectives of African-American and mixed-race people in the United States, and handle themes of solidarity and prejudice based on both race and class. Though Larsen’s literary reputation rests mainly upon her treatment of these issues, her other stories, “The Wrong Man” and “Freedom,” concern infidelity and marriage. Larsen was born in Chicago to a mother and father who had immigrated to the United States from Denmark and the Danish West Indies respectively....

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Short Fiction

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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2024-10-24

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English

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287

F. Scott Fitzgerald was also a prolific writer of short fiction, having published a large number of short works in periodicals and collections throughout his literary career.

Fitzgerald mostly wrote about post-WWI America, the “Jazz Age,” and his stories tend to focus on the habits and excesses of the upper class.

This collection includes many of his stories published in periodicals, as well as several of his collections: Flappers and Philosophers, Tales of the Jazz Age, and All the Sad Young..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Although perhaps best known for his novels, F. Scott Fitzgerald was also a prolific writer of short fiction, having published a large number of short works in periodicals and collections throughout his literary career. Fitzgerald mostly wrote about post-WWI America, the “Jazz Age,” and his stories tend to focus on the habits and excesses of the upper class. This collection includes many of his stories published in periodicals, as well as several of his collections: Flappers and Philosophers, Tales of the Jazz Age, and All the Sad Young...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Henry Kuttner

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2024-10-24

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English

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198

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Henry Kuttner was a prolific science fiction and horror author. His first story was published in 1936, and from there he wrote, under a set of pen names, a large number of short stories, novels, and comic strips, up until his early death in 1958. A lot of his work was penned in collaboration with his wife C. L. Moore, who co-wrote at least two of the stories in this collection.

Kuttner was a friend of H. P. Lovecraft—he wrote a set of stories specifically set in the Cthulhu mythos—and while he was primarily a science fiction writer, there is a streak of Lovecraftian darkness running through the majority of..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Henry Kuttner was a prolific science fiction and horror author. His first story was published in 1936, and from there he wrote, under a set of pen names, a large number of short stories, novels, and comic strips, up until his early death in 1958. A lot of his work was penned in collaboration with his wife C. L. Moore, who co-wrote at least two of the stories in this collection. Kuttner was a friend of H. P. Lovecraft—he wrote a set of stories specifically set in the Cthulhu mythos—and while he was primarily a science fiction writer, there is a streak of Lovecraftian darkness running through the majority of...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Walter M. Miller Jr.

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2024-10-24

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English

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53

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Walter M. Miller Jr. was a author who was extensively published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s. These days he is best remembered for his award-winning novel A Canticle for Leibowitz, but his true craft lay in short stories. Between 1950 and 1957 he had over thirty-five of them published in magazines such as Amazing Stories, Other Worlds and If.

The themes he explored were varied, but tended towards the human experience and the changes that affect society over large timescales. This collection includes stories about an early form of meme theory, the societal effect of genetically altered pets, the loss of..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Walter M. Miller Jr. was a author who was extensively published in the science fiction magazines of the 1950s. These days he is best remembered for his award-winning novel A Canticle for Leibowitz, but his true craft lay in short stories. Between 1950 and 1957 he had over thirty-five of them published in magazines such as Amazing Stories, Other Worlds and If. The themes he explored were varied, but tended towards the human experience and the changes that affect society over large timescales. This collection includes stories about an early form of meme theory, the societal effect of genetically altered pets, the loss of...

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Short Fiction

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Tanizaki Jun’ichirō

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2024-10-24

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English

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31

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Tanizaki Jun’ichirō is one of Japan’s most famous authors. His stature, not hindered by a Nobel Prize nomination in 1964, has only grown over time as his elegant stories of hidden desires and power in Japanese society and family life were translated into many different languages. Tanizaki turned his hand to novels, plays, and even screenplays for early Japanese film, but novellas and short stories were his staple.

Tanizaki studied literature at university in the early years of the twentieth century, but dwindling finances meant that his focus turned to writing as a means of support. His initial plays and short stories received public acclaim, but it was in the..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Tanizaki Jun’ichirō is one of Japan’s most famous authors. His stature, not hindered by a Nobel Prize nomination in 1964, has only grown over time as his elegant stories of hidden desires and power in Japanese society and family life were translated into many different languages. Tanizaki turned his hand to novels, plays, and even screenplays for early Japanese film, but novellas and short stories were his staple. Tanizaki studied literature at university in the early years of the twentieth century, but dwindling finances meant that his focus turned to writing as a means of support. His initial plays and short stories received public acclaim, but it was in the...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Cordwainer Smith

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2024-10-24

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English

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20

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Cordwainer Smith was one pseudonym of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, a U.S. Army officer, scholar on East Asian matters, classmate of L. Ron Hubbard, advisor and godson of Sun Yat-Sen, and an expert in psychological warfare. His identity remained a secret until shortly before his death.

Though his writing was cut short by his relatively early death, his stories, mostly concerning a far future involving a millennia-spanning “Instrumentality of Mankind,” were nominated for two Hugo awards and a Nebula award. The Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, intended to shine a light on authors deserving of renewed attention, is named for..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Cordwainer Smith was one pseudonym of Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, a U.S. Army officer, scholar on East Asian matters, classmate of L. Ron Hubbard, advisor and godson of Sun Yat-Sen, and an expert in psychological warfare. His identity remained a secret until shortly before his death. Though his writing was cut short by his relatively early death, his stories, mostly concerning a far future involving a millennia-spanning “Instrumentality of Mankind,” were nominated for two Hugo awards and a Nebula award. The Cordwainer Smith Rediscovery Award, intended to shine a light on authors deserving of renewed attention, is named for...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
H. Beam Piper

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2024-10-24

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English

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369

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H. Beam Piper was a well-regarded and popular American science fiction author active in the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, who published many science fiction short stories, novelettes, novellas and novels. One major strand in his writing is envisioning a future history based on human civilization expanding throughout the galaxy, with a rather paternalistic approach to sentient alien species. Another important theme was Piper’s concept of “Paratime”: the idea that there are many parallel timelines branching off from each other, and that it’s possible—with the right technology—to move, and even carry out commerce, between these different timelines. Many of these stories..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description H. Beam Piper was a well-regarded and popular American science fiction author active in the 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s, who published many science fiction short stories, novelettes, novellas and novels. One major strand in his writing is envisioning a future history based on human civilization expanding throughout the galaxy, with a rather paternalistic approach to sentient alien species. Another important theme was Piper’s concept of “Paratime”: the idea that there are many parallel timelines branching off from each other, and that it’s possible—with the right technology—to move, and even carry out commerce, between these different timelines. Many of these stories...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Frederik Pohl

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2024-10-24

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English

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134

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Frederik Pohl’s science fiction short stories covers topics ranging from out-of-body experiences, to alien visits, to the psychological effects of space travel, and more. The stories were published between 1942 and 1962, with some of them set in what feels like the same era in which they were written. Pohl’s work is very human-centered, often with only minimal futuristic or speculative elements.

Pohl used pseudonyms for some of these short stories, including James MacCreigh, Paul Flehr, and Dirk..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description This selection of Frederik Pohl’s science fiction short stories covers topics ranging from out-of-body experiences, to alien visits, to the psychological effects of space travel, and more. The stories were published between 1942 and 1962, with some of them set in what feels like the same era in which they were written. Pohl’s work is very human-centered, often with only minimal futuristic or speculative elements. Pohl used pseudonyms for some of these short stories, including James MacCreigh, Paul Flehr, and Dirk...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Anthony Trollope

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2024-10-24

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English

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479

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Anthony Trollope share a common feature: they are long books. Trollope was an energetic and productive writer in an energetic and productive age, and that in addition to his regular job as a highly placed civil servant in the postal service. The appearance of his first published short story coincided with his rise to prominence as a novelist with the popularity of Framley Parsonage.

In spite of this prodigious output, Trollope could struggle with the short story form. He was more at home in his novels, living in his imagination with his characters who..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Most of the many novels by Anthony Trollope share a common feature: they are long books. Trollope was an energetic and productive writer in an energetic and productive age, and that in addition to his regular job as a highly placed civil servant in the postal service. The appearance of his first published short story coincided with his rise to prominence as a novelist with the popularity of Framley Parsonage. In spite of this prodigious output, Trollope could struggle with the short story form. He was more at home in his novels, living in his imagination with his characters who...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Guy de Maupassant

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Дата добавления:
2024-10-24

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English

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798

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Guy de Maupassant is considered one of the preeminent writers in the realm of the short story. In a little over a decade he produced almost three hundred stories, many of which (e.g. “Boule de Suif,” “The Little Soldier”) are judged to be classics of the genre.

As a protégé of Flaubert and contemporary of Zola, Maupassant was an early practitioner of naturalism, and his stories often reflect the stark, harsh outlook that marked that movement. Brutality—towards women, as a result of war, or just representing the baseness of..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Guy de Maupassant is considered one of the preeminent writers in the realm of the short story. In a little over a decade he produced almost three hundred stories, many of which (e.g. “Boule de Suif,” “The Little Soldier”) are judged to be classics of the genre. As a protégé of Flaubert and contemporary of Zola, Maupassant was an early practitioner of naturalism, and his stories often reflect the stark, harsh outlook that marked that movement. Brutality—towards women, as a result of war, or just representing the baseness of...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Voltairine de Cleyre

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Дата добавления:
2024-10-24

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English

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27

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Voltairine de Cleyre’s literary output was in the form of poetry, she also wrote several short stories and sketches in prose form. De Cleyre, whose life and career overlapped with the height of the Gilded Age in the United States, depicted the lives of the urban poor—especially women—in her stories, reflecting her social concerns and her radical politics as an anarchist..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Although most of Voltairine de Cleyre’s literary output was in the form of poetry, she also wrote several short stories and sketches in prose form. De Cleyre, whose life and career overlapped with the height of the Gilded Age in the United States, depicted the lives of the urban poor—especially women—in her stories, reflecting her social concerns and her radical politics as an anarchist...

О КНИГЕ ОТЗЫВЫ В ИЗБРАННОЕ ЧИТАТЬ

Short Fiction

Автор:
Frank Belknap Long

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Дата добавления:
2024-10-29

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English

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104

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Frank Belknap Long started his literary career as a teenager in the 1920s by drawing on his deep appreciation for Edgar Allan Poe; his initial work brought him into the sphere of H. P. Lovecraft, who became a friend and strong influence—so strong, that Long’s short story “The Hounds of Tindalos” was the first story not by Lovecraft’s to be part of the Cthulhu Mythos.

By the end of the 1930s Long had turned his hand to science fiction, and this became his primary genre for most of the rest of his long career as a regular in pulp..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Frank Belknap Long started his literary career as a teenager in the 1920s by drawing on his deep appreciation for Edgar Allan Poe; his initial work brought him into the sphere of H. P. Lovecraft, who became a friend and strong influence—so strong, that Long’s short story “The Hounds of Tindalos” was the first story not by Lovecraft’s to be part of the Cthulhu Mythos. By the end of the 1930s Long had turned his hand to science fiction, and this became his primary genre for most of the rest of his long career as a regular in pulp...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
E. M. Forster

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2024-11-12

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English

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77

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E. M. Forster was a British author primarily writing in the first half of the twentieth century. A perennial Nobel Prize in Literature nominee, he is best remembered for his novels, which include A Room With a View and A Passage to India. He turned his hand to most forms of writing, producing plays, film scripts, travelogues, criticism, essays, and, collected here, well-regarded short stories.

Forster often used the mores of Edwardian society to lightly satirize the characters in his work, but he..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description E. M. Forster was a British author primarily writing in the first half of the twentieth century. A perennial Nobel Prize in Literature nominee, he is best remembered for his novels, which include A Room With a View and A Passage to India. He turned his hand to most forms of writing, producing plays, film scripts, travelogues, criticism, essays, and, collected here, well-regarded short stories. Forster often used the mores of Edwardian society to lightly satirize the characters in his work, but he...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Hjalmar Söderberg

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Дата добавления:
2024-11-25

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English

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23

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Hjalmar Söderberg was a Swedish author, working from the end of the nineteenth century up until the 1930s. While most famous now for his novel Doctor Glas—a favorite of Margaret Atwood’s—he also wrote other books, plays, and several collections of short stories.

His stories have several common themes: human desire and self-deception, the inability for people to ever truly understand each other, and bittersweet reminiscences of the past. A Stockholm resident for most of his life, his work draws heavy inspiration from the locale and its social structures.

This collection of short fiction was primarily translated by Charles Wharton Stork, who was a major..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Hjalmar Söderberg was a Swedish author, working from the end of the nineteenth century up until the 1930s. While most famous now for his novel Doctor Glas—a favorite of Margaret Atwood’s—he also wrote other books, plays, and several collections of short stories. His stories have several common themes: human desire and self-deception, the inability for people to ever truly understand each other, and bittersweet reminiscences of the past. A Stockholm resident for most of his life, his work draws heavy inspiration from the locale and its social structures. This collection of short fiction was primarily translated by Charles Wharton Stork, who was a major...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Jonas Lie

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Дата добавления:
2025-01-22

Язык книги:
English

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41

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Jonas Lie was a Norwegian author of both long and short fiction. His works often seek to portray life and customs of Norwegian society, like the economic importance of fishing and supernatural beings from local folklore.

His stories are set in the Norwegian countryside and feature primarily peasants. Both Christianity and Nordic folklore are present in the tales, with spirits and magic having a significant role in the plots.

This edition of Short Fiction contains all of his short stories known to be translated into English, which were mostly published in a collection called Weird Tales from Northern Seas in..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Jonas Lie was a Norwegian author of both long and short fiction. His works often seek to portray life and customs of Norwegian society, like the economic importance of fishing and supernatural beings from local folklore. His stories are set in the Norwegian countryside and feature primarily peasants. Both Christianity and Nordic folklore are present in the tales, with spirits and magic having a significant role in the plots. This edition of Short Fiction contains all of his short stories known to be translated into English, which were mostly published in a collection called Weird Tales from Northern Seas in...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Andre Norton

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Дата добавления:
2025-01-27

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English

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24

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Andre Norton was an American author of fantasy and science fiction. She achieved significant commercial and critical success with her stories during her over seventy-year literary career, influencing many authors and winning various awards—as well as having an award named after her.

Most of her short works are still under copyright; this collection contains the few of her short stories that are believed to be in the U.S. public..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Andre Norton was an American author of fantasy and science fiction. She achieved significant commercial and critical success with her stories during her over seventy-year literary career, influencing many authors and winning various awards—as well as having an award named after her. Most of her short works are still under copyright; this collection contains the few of her short stories that are believed to be in the U.S. public...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Manly Wade Wellman

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Дата добавления:
2025-01-30

Язык книги:
English

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146

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Manly Wade Wellman was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, writing extensively for the pulp magazines of the day. He became known for his “Occult Detective” fiction, featuring recurring characters like Judge Pursuivant and John Thunstone, and for the stories of John the Balladeer, set in Appalachia and based on its folklore.

This collection is largely taken from stories written for Weird Tales, Comet, and Planet Stories between 1932 and 1958, and covers Wellman’s horror and science fiction work. In it we have stories in which a civil war patrol stumbles onto a rural family cult; the first explorers of Venus discover that..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Manly Wade Wellman was an American writer of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, writing extensively for the pulp magazines of the day. He became known for his “Occult Detective” fiction, featuring recurring characters like Judge Pursuivant and John Thunstone, and for the stories of John the Balladeer, set in Appalachia and based on its folklore. This collection is largely taken from stories written for Weird Tales, Comet, and Planet Stories between 1932 and 1958, and covers Wellman’s horror and science fiction work. In it we have stories in which a civil war patrol stumbles onto a rural family cult; the first explorers of Venus discover that...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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Дата добавления:
2025-07-02

Язык книги:
English

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359

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J. Sheridan Le Fanu is remembered today as a master of Gothic horror. This collection includes his classic atmospheric ghost stories like “Green Tea” and “The Familiar”—the latter of which M. R. James considered the best of Le Fanu’s ghost stories, and therefore the best ghost story ever written.

But Le Fanu also wrote in genres other than horror. His talent for historical fiction shows in “An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald,” set in the aftermath of the Battle of the Boyne, and in “The Fatal Bride” he shows his mastery of Victorian sensation fiction. Both of these stories, and many..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu is remembered today as a master of Gothic horror. This collection includes his classic atmospheric ghost stories like “Green Tea” and “The Familiar”—the latter of which M. R. James considered the best of Le Fanu’s ghost stories, and therefore the best ghost story ever written. But Le Fanu also wrote in genres other than horror. His talent for historical fiction shows in “An Adventure of Hardress Fitzgerald,” set in the aftermath of the Battle of the Boyne, and in “The Fatal Bride” he shows his mastery of Victorian sensation fiction. Both of these stories, and many...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Clifford D. Simak

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Дата добавления:
2025-09-11

Язык книги:
English

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90

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Clifford D. Simak, a prolific author of science fiction, wrote over 125 short stories. They often focus on the human scale more than the space opera scale, and are often tinged with horror. Included in this collection are stories of time travel, unreliable perceptions, and the difficulty in applying human understanding to different forms of life.

The short stories in this collection are those currently known to have passed into the U.S. public domain, and are arranged in order of..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Clifford D. Simak, a prolific author of science fiction, wrote over 125 short stories. They often focus on the human scale more than the space opera scale, and are often tinged with horror. Included in this collection are stories of time travel, unreliable perceptions, and the difficulty in applying human understanding to different forms of life. The short stories in this collection are those currently known to have passed into the U.S. public domain, and are arranged in order of...

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Short Fiction

Автор:
Charles Beaumont

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Дата добавления:
2025-09-25

Язык книги:
English

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13

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Charles Beaumont was an American author and screenwriter. Besides publishing a considerate amount of short stories, Beaumont is best known for his work on movies and television shows, especially the The Twilight Zone, in which some of his short stories were adapted into episodes, often by himself.

Most of his work is still under copyright; the few short stories believed to be in the U.S. public domain are collected in this Standard Ebooks..." data-title="Книга Short Fiction">

Description Charles Beaumont was an American author and screenwriter. Besides publishing a considerate amount of short stories, Beaumont is best known for his work on movies and television shows, especially the The Twilight Zone, in which some of his short stories were adapted into episodes, often by himself. Most of his work is still under copyright; the few short stories believed to be in the U.S. public domain are collected in this Standard Ebooks...

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