View from another shore / edited by Franz Rottensteiner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rottensteiner, Franz., Author.

Contributor:

Rottensteiner, Franz, editor.

Series:

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 13.

Liverpool science fiction texts and studies ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, European.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A second edition, with a completely new contextual introduction and other new material, of a superb selection (first published in 1973 and for long out of print) of some of the best science fiction from continental Europe. Included are stories by Stanislaw Lem (Poland), Vsevolod Ivanov (Russia), Eurocon-award winner Adrian Rogoz (Romania), Herbert W. Franke (Germany), Wolfgang Jeschke (Germany), Gerard Klein (France) and others.

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; In Hot Pursuit of Happiness; The Valley of Echoes; Observation of Quadragnes; The Good Ring; Slum; The Land of Osiris; Captain Nemo's Last Adventure; The Altar of the Random Gods; Good Night, Sophie; The Proving Ground; Sisyphus, the Son of Aeolus; A Modest Genius; Notes on the Authors

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017).

ISBN:

1-84631-436-4

OCLC:

476209880