From the Cold War through to America's War on Terror, science fiction has proved a subtle vehicle for the hopes, fears and preoccupations of a nation at war. This book presents a critical history of late 20th Century SF together with an analysis of the cultural and thematic concerns of this popular genre.

Clearly and compactly explains the fundamentals of good fiction-writing, with examples from wide variety of known writers. The art of writing fiction successfully requires not only talent but craft. This book is a guide to that craft - for write

The first collection of non-fiction by the bestselling author of Fight Club and Diary Chuck Palahniuk's world has been well different from yours and mine. The pieces that comprise Non-Fiction prove just how different in ways both highly entertaining and deeply unsettling. Encounters with alternative culture h

Can you name all five Bennet sisters in Pride and Prejudice, and remember how to solve a quadratic equation? This witty and very helpful book gathers together the facts, fiction, figures and formulae we all learnt at school, and can now only half remember. It serves as a valuable aide memoire for...