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Slaves of the Death Spiders and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature
This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: “Slaves of the Death Spiders: Colin Wilson and Existential Science Fiction,” “Is There No Balm in Gilead?
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About Slaves of the Death Spiders and Other Essays on Fantastic Literature
This new collection of critical essays on science fiction and fantasy literature and media features the following pieces: “Slaves of the Death Spiders: Colin Wilson and Existential Science Fiction,” “Is There No Balm in Gilead? The Woeful Prophecies of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale,” “A Few More Crocodile Tears?” “The Adventures of Lord Horror Across the Media Landscape,” “Filling in the Middle: Robert Silverberg’s The Queen of Springtime,” “Rice’s Relapse: Memnoch the Devil,” “Field of Broken Dreams: Michael Bishop’s Brittle Innings,” “The Magic of the Movies,” “H. G. Wells and the Discovery of the Future,” “The Many Returns of Dracula,” “Tarzan’s Divided Self,” “Sympathy for the Devil: Jacques Cazotte’s The Devil in Love,” “The Two Thousand Year Odyssey: George Viereck’s Erotic Odyssey,” and “The Profession of Science Fiction” (an autobiography).
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