John Clute ist ein gefeierter Kritiker und Autor, dessen Werk tief in die spekulative Fiktion eintaucht. Seine Essays, die seit den 1970er Jahren in verschiedenen Publikationen erscheinen, erforschen den Kern des Genres und seine literarischen sowie kulturellen Auswirkungen. Als Mitherausgeber wegweisender Enzyklopädien und Autor einflussreicher Essay-Sammlungen zeichnet sich Clutes Analyse durch Tiefe und ideenreiche Fülle aus. Seine kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Science-Fiction und Fantasy gilt als integraler Bestandteil der Geschichte des Fachs.
The history of dust-jackets in the UK began in 1819, marking a significant development in book presentation and marketing. This innovation transformed how books were packaged and perceived, influencing both readers and publishers. The emergence of the dust-jacket reflects broader trends in literature and consumer culture during that period, highlighting the evolving relationship between books and their audiences.
„Sternentanz“ von John Clute ist ein actionreiches, exotisches Weltraumabenteuer, das das Space-Opera-Genre für ein breites Publikum zugänglich macht. Ein Muss für Fans von Peter Hamilton, Dan Simmons, Alastair Reynolds und Jeffrey A. Carver!
It is the dawn of the fourth millennium, and for trader Nathanael Freer it is business as usual. Tile Dance, his ship, is in the safe hands of KathKirtt, an AI with two minds, and a loyal krewe of cybernetic and android helpers. His latest commission-to deliver a shipment of nano-forges to the planet Eolhxir--is routine enough. All seems okey dokey. But it is not. A virulent data plague is infecting the local spiral arm of the galaxy all the way from Old Earth. Universal darkness threatens the vast concord of living civilizations. And a trap has been laid that will draw Freer and his lover, Ferocity Monthly-Niece, into an eons-old conflict. His new contract is, in fact, far from routine, and Eolhxir holds the key to everything. Appleseed is filled with wild high tech, weird aliens, and wonderful vistas. It will dazzle, amaze and delight you.
This is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the fantasy field. It has proved to be the definitive guide to the genre, offering an exciting new analysis of this highly diverse and hugely popular sphere of literature, from precursors such as Shakespeare and Dante, through Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald and L. Frank Baum to J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and their modern successors, like Ursula Le Guin and Stephen R. Donaldson. With over 4,000 entries, and more than 1 million words, it covers every aspect of fantasy - in literature, films, television, opera, art and comics. Written and compiled by a team of editors with unparalleled collective experience in the field, it is an invaluable reference work not only for fans of the fantasy genre, but also for anyone interested in how elements of the fantastic are used in the imaginative arts.
Opulentes, reich ausgestattetes Werk, das einen umfassenden Einblick in das Science-fiction-Genre vom 18. Jahrhundert bis heute bietet. Die Schilderung utopischer Visionen und der historische Kontext (Themen und Zeittafeln) stehen am Anfang, die Literatur (Magazine, wichtige Autoren und ihre Werke, klassische Titel, graphische Werke) bilden den Hauptteil, am Schluß stehen Kino und Fernsehen. Für ein übersichtliches Konzept und kenntnisreiche, sehr informative Texte bzw. Bildlegenden sorgte der renommierte englische Journalist Clute (immerhin seit über 30 Jahren mit SF beschäftigt), für die Qualität der zahlreichen aussagekräftigen Illustrationen bürgt der Name Dorling Kindersley. Auch wenn die deutsche SF-Szene kaum zu existieren scheint (dafür gibt es das wesentlich trockenere 'Lexikon der Science-fiction-Literatur', zuletzt BA 7/88), kann dieses in jeder Hinsicht anschauliche, auch exzellent aufgemachte Werk (das seinen Preis wert ist) für alle empfohlen werden. (1).
Essays and Reviews
Look at the Evidence assembles work by John Clute from many British and American newspapers, magazines, scholarly journals and books. Almost all the material presented deals with the period 1987–1992, a period during which science fiction faced huge challenges and new science fiction proliferated.
When the first edition of THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION was published in 1979, it was immediately hailed as a classic work of reference. Frank Herbert described it as 'The most valuable science fiction source book ever written.' This new edition has taken years to prepare and is much more than a simple updating. The world of science fiction in the 1990s is much more complex than it was back in the later 1970s. The advent of game worlds, shared worlds, graphic novels, film and tv spin-offs, technothrillers, survivalist fiction, sf horror novels and fantasy novels with sf centres has necessitated a radical revision. Accordingly, the book has expanded dramatically in order to cope with the complexities and changes. It now contains well over 4,300 entries - a staggering 1,500 more than the original - and at 1.2 million words, it is nearly half a million words longer than the first edition. This is the indispensable reference work not only for every reader who loves, uses and wishes to know more about science ficiton, but for every reader of imaginative fiction at the end of this century.
This anthology contains a diverse range of the past year's content of "Interzone", the science fiction and fantasy magazine. Contributors include J.G.Ballard, John Sladek and Rachel Pollack, winner of the 1988 Arthur C. Clarke Award for the best British science fiction novel.
