{"product_id":"the-tragic-thread-in-science-fiction-paperback-2","title":"The Tragic Thread in Science Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert H. Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, Robert H. Waugh has been a scintillating critic of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. A leading analyst of H. P. Lovecraft, Waugh now brings his critical talents to the assessment of an array of fantasy and science fiction writers, past and present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a trilogy of essays, Waugh studies David Lindsay's pioneering novel \u003cem\u003eA Voyage to Arcturus\u003c\/em\u003e (1920), probing its relations to the work of Goethe and its distinctive vocabulary. Two essays discuss the largely ignored work of Olaf Stapledon, while another pair of essays examine key novels by Arthur C. Clarke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubsequent pieces reveal Waugh's acumen in analyzing the work of William Gibson (\u003cem\u003eNeuromancer\u003c\/em\u003e), the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser stories and other works by Fritz Leiber, and parallels between Leiber's work and that of James Tiptree, Jr. The book concludes with a rumination on Lovecraft's collaborative science fiction story \"In the Walls of Eryx.\" Waugh illuminates the complexities of all these authors' works with effortless elegance and panache.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRobert H. Waugh\u003c\/strong\u003e is a former professor of English at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is the author of the essay collections \u003cem\u003eThe Monster in the Mirror: Looking for H. P. Lovecraft\u003c\/em\u003e (2006) and \u003cem\u003eA Monster of Voices: Speaking for H. P. Lovecraft\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) as well as the short story collection \u003cem\u003eThe Bloody Tugboat and Other Witcheries\u003c\/em\u003e (2015). He has also published several volumes of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 236\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335558316281,"sku":"9781614982463","price":28.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RFgwOVBxVGhuTVhFeFM1UWdWQVc3QT09_d0e782f5-21f0-4cc4-9650-ed271ecd76b3.webp?v=1769663279","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-tragic-thread-in-science-fiction-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}