Examines Poe's writings in terms of the theme of false reality and the inability to discover truth

Stories deal with petrified people, instantaneous communication, time travel, mental telepathy, the dream world, and television

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Since 1984, Canadian writers have achieved great international visibility and success in the fields of science fiction and fantasy with the publication of popular works by Guy Gavriel Kay, Timothy Finlay, William Gibson, and Margaret Atwood. This book surveys the history of Canadian science fiction and fantasy in English and French since 1839. Ketterer first discusses the factors that initially inhibited the writing of science fiction and fantasy, and the qualities, themes, and imagistic or audioloical biases that distinguish Canadian writing in the genre. He then identifies a canon of books that--on the basic of historical interest, literary merit, or both--deserve to be better known.

Product Description: Charles Heber Clark (1841-1915) was a Philadelphia journalist/author (and eventually a wealthy businessman) who often wrote under the pseudonym «Max Adeler.» A leading figure among the Literary Comedians of the 1870s, his international reputation as a humorist was established by the sucess of his first book, Out of the Hurly-Burly in 1874...read more

Product Description: Mark Twain's unsettling imagination and passionate curiosity roamed far and wide—racing across microscopic worlds and interstellar voids, leaping ahead to fearful futures, and speculating on dazzling inventions to come. Tales of Wonder features some of the most notable but little-known science fiction available, penned by the famed American humorist and writer...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)