books by James Gunn     books:       Reading Science Fiction Palgrave Macmillan, 2008 Reading Science Fiction brings together world class scholars and fiction writers to introduce the history, concepts and contexts necessary to understanding this fascinating genre.  Comprehensive and engaging, Reading Science Fiction includes: * Explores a wide range of theoretical approaches to studying science fiction, such as gender studies, post-colonial studies and structuralism * Maps the definitions and history of science fiction, ...             Star Bridge (Collier Nucleus Science Fiction)6 reviews Jack Williamson, James E. Gunn Collier Books, 1989 One of the all-time great SF books Why has this book never been made into a movie? It has it all...adventure, romance, a Metropolis-like futuristic empire, the idea of near-instantaneous space travel. Well, that part of the book was probably the inspiration for the original Star Gate movie. But this book's plot was much more coherent than the revolt against the sketchy, androgynous tyrant of Star Gate. The character of Wu is ...             All I Need to Know about Filmmaking I Learned from the Toxic Avenger194 reviews Lloyd Kaufman, James Gunn, ... Berkley Trade, 1998 Awesome look into the mechanics of a b-movie empire Lloyd made me promise to review this book if he autographed it for free, and although I'm late in doing so (this was several months back at the Monsterfest in Cherry Hill, NJ)I intend to keep my word. Granted, I may be somewhat biased, in that I'm one of the few people I know who can actually sit all the way through a Troma film without gagging, but I have to say, this book was a highly ...             Pragmatism and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)1 review William James Penguin Classics, 2000 Great condition The seller had the item shipped in plastic which was excellent for me because it ended up in the rain for a day.             The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast4 reviews University Alabama Press, 1996 The Paleoindian and Early Archaic Southeast Very useful collection of papers and summaries of papers on paleo and early archaic Americans in this region. The thought provoking theories on settlement and hunting practices that evolved along with the changing climate make this well worth reading. I keep my copy handy and refer back to it often.             The Road to Science Fiction: Volume 2: From Wells to Heinlein4 reviews James Gunn The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2002 A Good Sci-Fi Collection I bought this book after reading the Ray Bradbury story, and haven't regretted it. I recently started reading it again and discovered even more greats. Get this if you like Science Fiction at all.             The Listeners6 reviews James Gunn Benbella Books, 2003 Better than Contact??? I can't tell you if James Gunn's `The Listeners' is better than `Contact' simply because I haven't read Carl Sagan's book. But I have read Gunn's, and I can say that Sagan would have to have moved several planets in order to come close to the quality of `The Listeners.' Scientist Robert MacDonald is the director of "The Project," a study of sounds coming from the stars. MacDonald firmly ...             Partnership Income Taxation (Concepts and Insights)5 reviews Alan Gunn, James R. Repetti Foundation Press, 2005 a great book for law students (or anyone) studying partnership taxation In their preface, Professors Gunn and Repetti preview the daunting task they faced in writing and revising this student reader: how to provide a simple introduction to the extremely complex area of partnership taxation. In this reviewer's opinion, Gunn and Repetti have well achieved their goal. My opinion is based on teaching taxation at the law school level for well over ten years. During ...             This Fortress World Gunn James Fantastic Books, 2009 SFWA Grand Master James Gunn's This Fortress World takes place in the far future of our galaxy, when countless civilizations have risen and fallen, leaving only their marvelous scientific achievements as legacy to those worlds which have now fallen into a new Dark Age. On the planet Brancusi, William Dane, an acolyte monk in the all-powerful Church, comes into possession of a crystal pebble dropped in the offering plate, a stolen treasure ...             Thunder and Roses: Volume IV: The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeon3 reviews Theodore Sturgeon North Atlantic Books, 1999 Brilliant! Four volumes in and no clunkers yet, this guy had something special . . . and his Hugo and Nebula winning short story is still about thirty years away. Wow. If you've been following along all this time let me just say that this volume will give you more pleasures than any writer had any right to give you, most writers have a couple truly amazing short stories within them and while not ...             Deadlier Than The Male James Gunn Black Mask, 2009 First novel by author Gunn. The source for the legendary film "Born to Kill."             The Best of Astounding: Classic Short Novels from the Golden Age of Science Fiction Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1992             IF Worlds of Science Fiction, April 1958 (Volume 8, No. 3) James E. Gunn, Frank Riley, ... Quinn Publishing Co., 1958 CONTENTS ~ ~ ~ Powder Keg [James E. Gunn]; A Question of Identity [Frank Riley]; The Bureaucrat [A. Bertram Chandler]; Conservation [Charles L. Fontenay]; Homecoming [Miguel Hidalgo]; Passport to Sirius [Robert Silverberg]; The Raider [Don Berry]             Scooby-Doo Movie Novelization: Movie Novelization2 reviews Suzanne Weyn, James Gunn Scholastic, 2002 Absolute must have... This book the the end all must have for anyone and everyone who liked the Scooby Doo movie. Not only does it give you something to do while you wait for the DVD, it appears to have been written from an earlier version of the movie, so many scenes that had been left out are included in this book(jinkies!). I was surprized by the number of downright hilarious jokes that had been left out of the ...             *OP Road to Science Fiction 61 review White Wolf Publishing, 1999 Fantastic Fiction Of the plethora of anthologies dealing with SF in a historical perspective, this has to be the cream of the crop. Not only does Gunn preform a deft editing feat by chosing rare gems alongside classics, but he introduces authors I've never had a chance to read before. All the volumes in this series are worth picking up, and it's just our luck the fine folks here at Amazon have them all.             Edward Hopper and the American Imagination1 review Deborah Lyons, Edward Hopper, ... W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 It was well-written with excellent discription,and . . . I believe that this was one of the greatest art books. This outstanding book displayed 59 of Hopper's greatest paintings with awesome detail and spectacular quotes. It not only showed the different ways Hopper defined and looked at life, but I could feel like I was the artist. Not only did the paintings create a perspective of life most people don't look at, but I could relate to his points of ...             Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1985 (Volume CV, No. 2) George R. R. Martin, Charles L. Harness, ... Davis Publications, 1985             The Toy Collector39 reviews James Gunn Bloomsbury USA, 2001 a great read I dont often write reviews for websites, in fact this is the first time i am doing so, however i feel that this novel deserves my praise. A friend passed it along to me and i enjoyed it so much that i inhaled it in one night and then read it again, but more methodically over the next few days. I dont want to beat a dead horse and say that it was a brilliant tragicomedy unlike anything else i've ...             The Science of Science Fiction Writing8 reviews James Gunn The Scarecrow Press, 2000 thoughts on science fiction This book a compilation of James Gunn's writings about writing science fiction. There are articles about the craft, the history of science fiction, and about the work of some famous science fiction writers. If you are looking for a basic book on how to write fiction, this is not the one to start with. I like this book because it talks about what goes into writing science fiction, both ...             Crisis!3 reviews James Gunn Tor Books, 1998 Could have been great... *mild spoilers* But, alas, CRISIS! by James Gunn suffers from several flaws that prevent it from reaching the masterpiece status it could have had. The idea of a time-traveller who tries to save the world from crisis after crisis, but in doing so loses his memory over and over again, is certainly interesting. It's an eternal cycle that's almost heartbreaking; at any time Bill Johnson could simply give up, but ...              search for books american, astounding, classic, classics, collector, collier, complete, concepts, deadlier, february, fiction, filmmaking, fortress, heinlein, imagination, insights, listeners, novelization, paleoindian, partnership, pragmatism, science, scooby-doo, southeast, stories, sturgeon, taxation, theodore, thunder, writings books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Making Good Things Happen: Negotiating for a Better Life home  impressum - about us