The almanac of science fiction
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Typeset in the future:how the design of science fiction defines o how the design of science fiction by dave addey (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Classic of science fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebooks in perfect conditionoverall condition is very goodboxed set of 3 booksslipcase is marked from shelf use contains: war of the worlds; the invisible man, the time machine
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The golden age of science fiction, an anthologyhardback book in excellent condition
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells earth rising ii, the betrayal of science, society and the soul dr nick begich, james roderick a paperback book in very good condition that appears to be unreadan examination of new areas of technology and their implications for personal security and the state of democracy in the beginning of the 21st centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford unmatched in the quality of its world-renowned contributors, this companion serves as both a course text and a reference book across the broad spectrum of issues of concern to the philosophy of science see oxfam website for delivery information read morereprinting of an excellent companion book for philosophy students or other interested readersin good condition
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83rd original plate published in the almanac of science fiction, bonelliare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipencil, ink and white tempera on fabriano paper, 42x32our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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3 books that fall into the science fiction genre: - the host by stephenie meyerrevelation space by alastair reynoldsthis is a hardback book in excellent conditionthis is a paperback book in good conditionthis a paperback book in good to fair condition (some spotting on page edges)the interpreter by brian aldissprice is £1 each or all 3 books for £2
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The mass effect series is a groundbreaking epic that has immersed gamers in one of science fiction''s richest universesoxfam bookshop wanstead in good to very good condition- several (mostly light) scratches on either cover, but a few deeper ones on backnow bioware and dark horse are proud to invite fans deeper than ever into the mass effect saga with the art of the mass effect universe! featuring concept art and commentary by bioware on the games'' characters, locations, vehicles, weapons, and more - mass effect 3 - the art of the mass effect universe is the most complete companion available to gaming''s most compelling seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by cultureit also considers the neglect of useful research that does not fit the current intellectual fashion in sciencethe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause cancerit highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morestephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conesit explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemsoliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too latejonathan miller, with typical wit and insight, shows how the discredited panacea of hypnotism could have helped to reveal a non-freudian view of the unconscious - an unconscious that is not simply the dark underside of the mind, but a powerfully enabling form of knowledgerichard lewontin rejects the attempt to reduce the complexity of living things to the simplicity of physics
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The book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developsoxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurywithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endsthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestock
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road in this revised edition of science speaks professor stoner examines the findings of science and the genesis account of creationthe previous owner has written their name on the front cover, there are no other markings in the book book is in good condition, crease mark on front coverslight discolouration around the cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oliver bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the rhine borderlands of the black forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteriesthe repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own lifewhen her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickersoxfam shop dumfries the first in a gripping new crime series set in germany - the black forest investigations louise boni, maverick chief inspector with the black forest crime squad, is struggling with her demonstranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moredreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowldivorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the pastshe sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil
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His autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselffield went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kishdj has some minor chipsthough his work took him to the caves of altamira and the pyrenees with the abbe breuil, to america where he worked for years in the field museum and saw the construction of its marvellous hall of primitive man, into planning for the developmental exhibit at the chicago world's fair, and into wartime studies for the ucontents are clean and binding is tightboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spinegreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jackethenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistborn in chicago he spent his childhood in england and was educated at eton and oxfordhis essays on the babylonian findings have their tribute in the scientific worldffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of manpublished by peter daviesillustrated with 28 b/w photographsthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticityoxfam shop darlington hardbackthere his heart remained for most of the rest of his lifered top page endsgovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of work
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Bound in maroon leather binding with marbled edges and endpapersblack and white frontispiece ("glacier carrying down stones") back pages, which include the index, show marks at the edges of water-stainingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretitle on spine, just discerniblehinges are starting to crack but pages remain secure to the binding" a very attractive little volume - price reflects the conditionfoxing and damp-staining at the front but the text is clean and unmarked with age-toning and a few sporadic spots of foxingvery worn and faded in placesthere is some rippling to these front pagesprize certificate from battersea grammar school pasted to fepoxfam shop shirley hardback without dust jacketfrom the author's preface "the ten lectures of which this volume is composed were delivered last spring, in st john's wood, to a large audience of children and their friends, and at their conclusion i was asked by many of those present to publish them for a children's reading book
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Scuffs, marks and discolouration to jacketpaper cover now in two parts with split along right spine edge, hence low price for this scarce itemsmall chips and creases to edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport a collection of letters from the author to his sons about the christian faithsuperficial scuffs and marks, shelf wear to edgesred cloth covered boards with black text to spine, which is fadedgreen dust jacket with black texttext block is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedfoxing to edges of text block and first and last few leavestear along the length of the front hingespine heavily discoloured
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Banustib - mjr roxbrough, his latest science fiction novel in paperback new and dedicated to you signed by author pppl to england £3:33 we are not ukish and do not post to uklandia, only england condition: new: as newperiod: post-modernism (-today) publication year: literary period/movement: post-modernism country of origin: england modified item: yes language: english not ukish topic: action, adventure modification description: just give details format: paperback publisher: cloc type: novel age level: adults era set in: 66th century genre: science fiction author: mjr roxbrough read moreunread book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages
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Oxfam bookshop byres road this is the third volume in the best science fiction stories of the year serieseach of the 24 stories is introduced with a concise description of its place among the author's other workssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit begins with the by-now-expected summation of significant developments in sf during the previous year ()readers and libraries alike realised he was destined to require some serious shelf space
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3 paper back books, science fiction lords of the middle dark, book 1 the rings of the master masters of flux & anchor, book 3 soul rider the wonderland gambit, book 1 the cybernetic walrus good condition, smoke and pet free home viewing/collection, maintaining the social distance guide lines read more
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Large selection science fiction books, £1alan dean foster their masters warbill adams/cecil brooks revolt of the dwarvesbrenda cooper finders keepersjack whyte first power playlinnea sinclair the chronicles of riddickjohn miller the unwound waymick farren the sorcererrose estes andre norton/jean rabe anvil of starsgreg bear good condition, smoke and pet free home viewing/collection, maintaining the social distance guide lines read moresteve wright the silver ship and the sea00 per book in death ground
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Like new soft cover copy of fading suns - science fiction roleplaying from holistic design incthe atmosphere of the dramas played out in fading suns is one of tragic ignorancecivilization is in decline, and superstition and fear are everywhere
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science fiction the horus heresy books for salecollection only pleasehardbacks and paper backshardbacks in excellent condition, paperbacks in good condition
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Oxfam bookshop st albans a boxed set of four science fiction stories see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Penny george v + free science fiction novel ref g circ pppl england £3:33 due to the corona epidemic we currently do not go to scotland or northern ireland other foreign countries please message for a p&p quotation read more
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Mainly science fictionbooks £1 each look though picsmay accept offer for lotnot posting read moreclearing garage need rid buyer to pick up in south elmsall within week of purchase
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More specifically, this ecocritical study examines the ecological implications of trassard's literary and photographic production through the lens of scienceoxfam bookshop raeburn place as new conditionunexpected convergences between disciplines foster a deeper appreciation of the endeavors of each and their capacity for mutual enrichmenthimself a lifelong inhabitant of an agricultural area in the northwest of france, his fiction, nonfiction and photography bear witness to the many changes that have affected our relationship to the earth over the same period"jean-loup trassard has published more than forty books over the past 50 yearsdespite the diverse generic and stylistic diversity of his work, he has remained constant in his effort to depict the rural way of life" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe global significance of the ecological themes that traverse his writings is presented here in english for the first time
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19 €
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Complete babylon5 science fiction series,on video tapes, episodes 1 to 511, used cond but only watched 3 times buyer to collect or can deliver within reasonable distance for additional charge location is east london read more
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30 €
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Warhammer science fiction books for sale in great conditioncollection only please
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Key features*substantial readings of fiction by major contemporary authors (eoxfam bookshop hexham the fiction of postmodernity is a significant and accessible new study of the relation of postmodern fiction to theories of the postmodernkey features in both these definitions are explained in relation to modernist and postmodern works of fictionissues relating to the postmodern representation of history and the development of a postmodern politics are also addressed in relation to works of contemporary fictioncontemporary works of fiction by novelists such as don delillo, toni morrison, salman rushdie, thomas pynchon and martin amis are viewed in relation to critiques of the 'culture industry', analyses of the 'postmodern condition' and theories of simulacrathomas pynchon, salman rushdie, don delillo)*introduces influential theories of the postmodern (fredric jameson, jean-francois lyotard, jean baudrillard)*analysis of the relationships of modernism and the avant-garde to postmodernism*focuses on the critical potential of postmodernism and postmodern fiction see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe work of influential theorists of the postmodern - such as theodor adorno, jean-francois lyotard, fredric jameson and jean baudrillard - is explained and comparedthe book offers descriptions of the postmodern from both the marxist critical tradition and from the perspective of postmarxism
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He was the inventor of the detective novel and the father of science fictionedgar allan poe was one of the world's most influential writers and marked the 200th anniversary of his birthsherlock holmes was based on a character poe wrote 60 years before conan doyle and he is universally acknowledged as the inspiration of writers such as h g wells (war of the worlds), jules verne ( leagues under the sea) and as george bernard shaw said
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth dougray scott and joely richardson star in this star-studded two-part bbc remake of the classic science fiction thrillerfree to roam the planet with a fatal sting, and a retributive taste for human flesh, the triffids begin rapid breedingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevanessa redgrave, brian cox, jason priestley and eddie izzard co-starbut when spectators gather worldwide for a much-anticipated solar storm, billions are left blinded and the few sighted survivors watch as society collapses into chaosin the near future, humankind's search for an alternative fuel supply leads to the discovery of the ominous triffid, a crop cultivated for its fuel that seems to have a life of its ownit is up to dr bill masen (scott) to lead the brave in their epic battle against the triffids' reign of terror in what could be the last days for humankindthe triffids, meanwhile, find their way out of captivity
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