Malcolm Edwards Livres

Alien worlds have always captivated science fiction enthusiasts, with their imaginative landscapes playing a crucial role in the narratives they inhabit. These worlds are often meticulously crafted, featuring realistic details and vibrant imagery. This exploration delves into ten of the most renowned fictional worlds, providing insights into their history, politics, climate, geography, flora and fauna, and galactic locations. Accompanied by 30 original paintings commissioned from top science fiction and fantasy illustrators, readers can visually experience the stunning environments of Arthur C. Clarke's Rama, Anne McCaffrey's Pern, James Blish's Okie Cities, Hal Clement's Mesklin, Harry Harrison's Eros, Frank Herbert's Arrakis from Dune, Larry Niven's Ringworld, Asimov's Trantor from the Foundation Trilogy, Brian Aldiss's Hothouse, and H.G. Wells's End of the World. These illustrations bring to life the diverse landscapes and societies of these alien realms, offering a vivid glimpse into life beyond our planet. The talented illustrators include Jim Burns for Rama, Roger and Linda Garland for Pern, John Harris for Okie Cities, Tony Roberts for Mesklin, Colin Hay for Eros, Terry Oakes for Arrakis, Stuart Hughes for Ringworld, Angus McKie for Trantor, Bob Fowke for Hothouse, and Les Edwards for End of the World.

Two winners of a trip with the first package tour to the Aurora-Magellan Federation spend six months visiting alien planets

This companion volume to Alien Landscapes is a spectacular voyage of exploration, in words and pictures, through the fabulous landscapes of the immensely popular and fecund world of fantasy fiction. Castles and citadels, dark towers and impregnable fortresses, riven mountain and hidden valleys, primordial forests and dead sea bottoms are populated by wizards and demons, dragons and giants, and still stranger creatures from alien mythologies and the writer's mind. And there are heroes: such champions of Order as Conan, Robert E. Howard's mighty barbarian; J.R.R. Tolkien's Fellowship of the Ring; Michael Moorcock's brooding albino antihero, Elric; and Stephen Donaldson's bitter and reluctant Thomas Covenant. Ten fantasy realms, from Middle-earth to Shangri-La, from Gormenghast to Earthsea, are illustrated, mainly in colour, by a wide range of top fantasy artists, and examined and discussed in a lively and informative text by two leading authorities on the field. Despite fantasy fiction's vast and loyal audience, Realms of Fantasy is the first work of its kind, and will appeal to devotees and newcomers alike. Its combination of illustration and text will enable those adventurous travellers who have already discovered these realms to explore them further, and for those who are yet to do so, it will open new horizons of the imagination.

Ein farbiges Spektrum der postmodernen englischen Science Fiction Als der Verlag Victor Gollancz und die »Sunday Times« 1986 einen Kurzgeschichtenwettbewerb im Bereich der Science Fiction durchführten, wurden über tausend Stories eingesandt, von denen fünfundzwanzig in die engere Wahl kamen - die Geschichten in diesem Buch. Die Juroren dieses Wettbewerbs waren J. G. Ballard, Angela Carter und der Herausgeber der SF-Reihe bei Gollancz, Malcolm Edwards. Zur besten Geschichte wurde »Moraltechnologie« von Paul Heapy gekürt, während »Das Maschinenzeitalter« von Paul Gooding den Sonderpreis für den besten Beitrag der Autoren unter 21 Jahren erhielt. Der Band beweist, daß die SF-Tradition in England lebendig ist wie eh und je und daß ein Nachwuchs von höchst interessanten, begabten und phantasievollen Autoren bereitsteht, diese Tradition auch in Zukunft fortzuführen - gefördert von einem der bedeutendsten englischen Verlage und einer der angesehendsten Zeitungen des Landes. Science Fiction Deutsche Erstausgabe