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).<P>Brian Stableford is the bestselling writer of 50 books and hundreds of essays including science fiction fantasy literary criticism and popular nonfiction. He lives and works in Reading England.<P>ISBN 0-8095-0910-5 (cloth) | ISBN 0-8095-1910-0 (paper)