SCIENCE FICTION Art Posters LylePublishing SCIENCE FICTION Products
SCIENCE FICTION
Product Links
How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy
It's like being God. You can create a whole new world, a whole new time, a whole new Universe. You form a character and place thoughts in its head, words in its mouth. Don't like it? Go back and change things. It's a real rush! If you've got an interest in science fiction and/or fantasy---don't just read it, make it! Yes, like anything, it's work---but it's terrific fun work! And as a creative exercise that stretches your mind, what could more creative than dreaming up a logical, working, functioning new world!
I started writing my first science fiction novel, "The Mysterious Caves," when I was in the fifth grade. Even though I didn't publish anything for many years, I kept on writing---finishing several full-length, SF novels before I'd graduated from high school. Each novel, whether or not it was eventually published, was tremendous fun, a real achievement, and helped me to grow personally.
Orson Scott Card's book is extremely focused , offering interesting examples, useful tips, and valuable guidelines. He tells you how to build,populate/dramatize a new world, find the right character for the right situation, what not to do, and helpful advice on the business of writing. The style is not lecturing, rather conversational. He gives clear, concise strategies for starting with an idea and carrying it through to a completed story. If you've ever toyed with the idea of getting a taste of Godhood, this is the book for you!
Forget all the cheap knock-offs you've seen in comics, on TV, in the movies. Bram Stoker's original "DRACULA" is an exquisitely-written thriller that will chill you to your bones. If you've never read the original book, you've a real treat in store. This was the book that launched Bram Stoker into world-wide acclaim as an author. It shocked the world. It was based in real-world history, set into a vivid, real-world location, and explored the age-old themes of life, death, goodness, and the corrupting nature of ultimate evil: deriving pleasure from the pain of others. It's a powerful adventure story that crosses late 19th century Europe, with vivid characters locked into a nightmarish struggle: to resist the temptations of something worse than death itself...the seductive appeal of the undead.
Again, forget all the cheap knock-offs you've seen on TV, in comics, in the movies. Mary Shelley's original "Frankenstein" was an incredibly well-written horror/science-fiction book with vivid characters, amazing plot twists, and shattering scenes. As with Bram Stoker's original "Dracula," this early 19th-century book shocked the world. It is a story about obsession, where a scientific goal becomes more important than life or family---causing the scientist in question not only to not reach his lofty, well-meaning objectives...but in the process to lose everything dear to him. It is a terrifying descent into the depths of one's own worst nightmares: where one can not escape the consequences of one's own actions. Can you cheat death? Maybe...for a while... If you've not read this book, prepare to spend a fascinating night not being to put it down tell you've made it---wide-eyed---to the very last word.
Serves as a companion volume to an eight-part BBC/Arts and Entertainment television series of the same name. A dramatic history of space exploration. See the first close-up views of Mercury and the moon, the Hubble telescope's first images of starbirth, and many images from space missions. Follow the planets' birth out of a condensing nebula, accretion into hard rocks or gas giants, planet volcanism, atmospheres, and surfaces. Read first hand interviews with American and Russian scientists who pioneered human space exploration. A spectacular tour of the planets of our solar system.
Summarizes information derived from the interplanetary explorations over the last quarter century, with many incredible pictures and graphical illustrations. Twenty eight chapters cover every aspect of Solar System research, with each of the planets and important moons having their own individual chapters, each replete with photos and graphs. The important features of each planetary body are presented and explained. Many gorgeous closeup photographs of the planets and moons. The Solar System is presented not just as a collection of isolated bodies, but as an interrelated whole---indeed, a System---that must be viewed in its entirety. Enjoyable reading for anyone with either a casual or professional interest. Makes a great gift for an amateur astronomer or serious young science student.
Other Worlds: Images of the Cosmos from Earth and Space
Stunning images from ground-based telescopes, landers, flybys, other space missions, and the Hubble Space Telescope. A terrific guide through our solar system, our galaxy, and the larger Universe beyond. Visit black holes, quasars, and see galaxies eating each other! Easy reading, lots of interesting information, and very thought-provoking. What is this Universe we find ourselves part of, and what is our place within it?
On glossy black paper, these full-page pictures of the Universe jump out at you with vivid colors and crisp details. More than 100 glossy, sharp, full-color "portraits" document Earth, the other planets, Jupiter's volcanically active moon, dying stars, gold pinwheel galaxies, and much more. The scientific information is sprinkled with poetic language and humor. This book is a "must" buy for anyone interested in astronomy, and a great way to inspire kids' interest in the Cosmos. Move from "The Planets" to "The Stars" to "The Galaxies" to "The Universe." Visually amazing, even containing data tables for those with a bent for hard numbers.
Hubble vision: Further Adventures with the Hubble Space Telescope
An excellent introduction to astronomy, this the second edition of Hubble Vision contains many glorious images: exploding stars, colliding galaxies, the Deep Field, gravitational lenses, the impact of the Shoemaker-Levy Comet on Jupiter, and pictures of solar systems outside our own. It has the latest and greatest images from the Hubble Space Telescope, woven together with a clear text that explains what you're seeing. The Hubble takes you on a grand tour of Space---all the way out to the very edge of the Universe.
SCIENCE FICTION Art Posters LylePublishing SCIENCE FICTION Products
Top of Page Send Mail Copyright © 2001 Daniel B. Lyle
