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- First volume collecting part of this authors' non-fiction writings on SF
- Emphasizes the connection between hard and literary SF on the chosen topics
- Authored by an internationally known writer, researcher and essayist
Part of the book series: Science and Fiction (SCIFICT)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Fiction
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Front Matter
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About this book
This volume collects both essays and fictional material around two core topics in the long career of the Serbian writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator. The first topic - first contact - is chiefly represented by his comprehensive essay on "The Theme of First Contact in the SF Works of Arthur C. Clarke" and reflected on the literary level with his short stories "The Bookshop" and "The Puzzle". Two shorter essays on the second topic - time travel in SF literature - introduce, amongst others, the well-known and fascinating mosaic novel Time Gifts, which skillfully explores the more literary side of the notions of past, present and future. In the annotations the author provides insights into his take on the subjects presented.
Reviews
“Živkoviæ’s fiction is rich in unexpected turns and twists, effects before the cause, and wondrous occurrences. … This is a fascinating mix, full of the flavor of the past, ranging from the banal to the profound, and best read in small doses.” (Franz Rottensteiner, Science Fiction Studies, Vol. 46, 2019)
“It is a volume of two halves, combining as it does both fact and fiction largely built around the core ideas of ‘first contact’ and ‘time travel’. … the book proved to have the most interest, with … highly original and beautifully crafted short stories based around the two core themes of the book.” (John Silvester, Odyssey The e-Magazine of the British Interplanetary Society, Issue 59, 2019)
Authors and Affiliations
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Belgrade, Serbia
Zoran Živković
About the author
Zoran Živković graduated in literary theory from the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of Belgrade in 1973. Until his recent retirement he was a professor at the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade where he taught Creative Writing. Živković has won several literary awards for his fiction: in 1994 his novel The Fourth Circle won the Miloš Crnjanski award; in 2003, his mosaic novel The Library won a World Fantasy Award for Best Novella, and in 2007 he won the Isidora Sekulić award for his novel The Bridge. In the same year he received the "Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša" award for his lifetime achievement in literature. In 2014 and 2015 Živković received three awards for his contribution to the literature of fantastika: Art-Anima, Stanislav Lem and The Golden Dragon.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: First Contact and Time Travel
Book Subtitle: Selected Essays and Short Stories
Authors: Zoran Živković
Series Title: Science and Fiction
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90551-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-90550-1Published: 25 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-90551-8Published: 12 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2197-1188
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1196
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 150
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Literature, Popular Science in Astronomy, Fiction, Philosophy of Nature, Popular Science in Philosophy