The Multiverse Of Office Fiction

Author : Masaomi Kobayashi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031126882
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Multiverse of Office Fiction written by Masaomi Kobayashi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Multiverse of Office Fiction liberates Herman Melville’s 1853 classic, “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” from a microcosm of Melville studies, namely the so-called Bartleby Industry. This book aims to illuminate office fiction—fiction featuring office workers such as clerks, civil servants, and company employees—as an underexplored genre of fiction, by addressing relevant issues such as evolution of office work, integration of work and life, exploitation of women office workers, and representation of the Post Office. In achieving this goal, Bartleby plays an essential role not as one of the most eccentric characters in literary fiction, but rather as one of the most generic characters in office fiction. Overall, this book demonstrates that Bartleby is a generative figure, by incorporating a wide diversity of his cousins as Bartlebys. It offers fresh contexts in which to place these characters so that it can ultimately contribute to an ever-evolving poetics of the office.

Author : Lorna Piatti-Farnell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793624607
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Superhero Multiverse written by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Superhero Multiverse focuses on the evolving meanings of the superhero icon in 21st-century film and popular media, with an emphasis on re-adapting, re-imagining, and re-making. With its focus on multimedia and transmedia transformations, The Superhero Multiverse pivots on two important points: firstly, it reflects on the core concerns of the superhero narrative—including the relationship between ‘superhero comics’ and ‘superhero films’, the comics roots of superhero media, matters of canon and hybridity, and issues of recycling and stereotyping in superhero films and media texts. Secondly, it considers how these intersecting textual and cultural preoccupations are intrinsic to the process of remaking and re-adapting superheroes, and brings attention to multiple ways of materializing these iconic figures in our contemporary context.

Author : K. Eason
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0756417562
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How the Multiverse Got Its Revenge written by K. Eason and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Space pirate Rory Thorne and her crew trace an abandoned ship to vicious advanced alien tech and a sentient floral plant designed to be a massive biological weapon.

Author : Doug Pilley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781633937741
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Multiverse written by Doug Pilley and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the multiverse there are worlds that live beyond our imaginations. Worlds where magic exists, and ghost stories are real. Where artificial intelligence is sentient, and where virtual reality is more real than reality. Each story takes you on a journey, often ending up where you least expect it.

Author : Ira Nayman
Publisher : Elsewhen Press
ISBN 13 : 9781908168092
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Welcome to the Multiverse written by Ira Nayman and published by Elsewhen Press. This book was released on 2013-03-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel follows the first case for Noomi Rapier, rookie investigator with The Transdimensional Authority: the organization that regulates travel between dimensions. Noomi and Crash Chumley must find a dead man's accomplices and discover what they were planning to do with a modified transdimensional machine.

Author : K. Eason
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 075641749X
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse written by K. Eason and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-08-25 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Princess Rory Thorne must use the fairy blessings gifted to her at birth to change the multiverse--or possibly destroy it--in the first book in a humorous new space opera duology. The Princess Rory Thorne--eldest daughter, amateur arithmancer, blessed by fairies--always imagined she'd inherit her father's throne and govern the interplanetary Thorne Consortium. Then her father is assassinated, her mother gives birth to a son, and Rory is betrothed to Prince Ivar of the Tadeshi Free Worlds as a peace offering. But when Rory arrives on the space station Urse, she uncovers a treacherous plot to unseat Ivar and usurp his throne... Vernor Moss, Minister of Energy in the Tadeshi Free Worlds, wants to be king. Having conspired to name himself Regent to the minor (and somewhat idiotic) prince, he anticipates that he will someday rule in all but name. But the Regent wasn't counting on Rory Thorne, a princess with thirteen fairy blessings, the most important of which is take no bullshit. With only her bodyguard and her arithmancer-Vizier, Rory must outmaneuver the Regent and rescue the Prince. But in order to succeed, she may just have to start a war."--Provided by publisher.

Author : S. G. Wilson
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 1984895788
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Me vs. the Multiverse: Pleased to Meet Me written by S. G. Wilson and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you suddenly met someone who's you--only better? That's what happens in this hilarious new series for fans of Stuart Gibb's Moon Base Alpha and quirky sci-fi animated shows like Rick and Morty and Regular Show. It all starts with a note folded into the shape of an origami octopus: "Hi, Me. Yes, you. You're me, and I'm you." If you believe this and the other origami notes that follow--which middle schooler Meade Macon absolutely, positively does NOT--the concept of parallel dimensions is true, and there is a convention full of alternate versions of Meade waiting for his RSVP. It's got to be a joke. Except . . . the octopus is an origami fold Meade thought he invented. And the note writer has a lot of intel on him that nobody else should know. I mean, he's told his best friend Twig a lot about himself, but he's definitely kept mum about that time he sleepwalk-peed into his Lego container when he was six. Could Me Con be a real thing? And should he go?

Author : Kevin R. Grazier
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319150723
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hollyweird Science written by Kevin R. Grazier and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lighthearted, quirky, and upbeat, this book explores the portrayal of science and technology on both the big and little screen -- and how Hollywood is actually doing a better job of getting it right than ever before. Grounded in the real-word, and often cutting-edge, science and technology that inspires fictional science, the authors survey Hollywood depictions of topics such as quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and alien worlds. Including material from interviews with over two dozen writers, producers, and directors of acclaimed science-themed productions -- as well as scientists, science fiction authors, and science advisors -- Hollyweird Science examines screen science fiction from the sometimes-conflicting vantage points of storytellers, researchers, and viewers. Including a foreword by Eureka co-creator and executive producer Jaime Paglia, and an afterword by astronomer and science fiction author Michael Brotherton, Ph.D., this book is accessible to all readers from the layperson to the armchair expert to the professional scientist, and will delight all of them equally.

Author : Carmelo Esterrich
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978815271
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Star Wars Multiverse written by Carmelo Esterrich and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-13 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star Wars may have started out as a film about a Manichean battle between good and evil, but as countless filmmakers, novelists, animators, fan artists and even cosplayers have taken the opportunity to play in the fictional world George Lucas created, it has expanded into something far greater, resulting in a richly layered and diverse Star Wars multiverse. Drawing from a full range of Star Wars media, including comics, children’s books, fan films, and television shows like Clone Wars and The Mandalorian, Carmelo Esterrich explores how these stories set in a galaxy far far away reflect issues that hit closer to home. He examines what they have to say about political oppression, authoritarianism, colonialism, discrimination, xenophobia, and perpetual war. Yet he also investigates subtler ways in which the personal is political within the multiverse, including its articulations of gender and sexuality, its cultural hierarchies of language use, and its complex relationships between humans, droids and myriad species. This book demonstrates that the Star Wars multiverse is not just a stage for thrilling interstellar battles, but also an exciting space for interpretation and discovery.

Author : Zachry Wheeler
Publisher : Mayhematic Press
ISBN 13 : 0998204935
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Max and the Multiverse written by Zachry Wheeler and published by Mayhematic Press. This book was released on 2017-02-05 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An award-winning sci-fi comedy about a nerdy teen who tumbles through the multiverse. It's spring break and Max is stuck at home all by himself. Just the way he likes it. He games online, feasts on junk, and wonders why his cat can suddenly talk. Thanks to a bizarre mishap, Max has started shifting between parallel universes whenever he falls asleep. A curious affliction, and one that steadily erodes his sanity. Day after day, he awakes to a strange new reality and struggles to make sense of his surroundings. But then one day he awakes to a hyper-advanced version of Earth where humans have colonized space. Determined to fulfill a lifelong dream, Max and his cyborg cat venture into the black, only to entangle themselves in an intergalactic conflict. Max and the Multiverse is a Readers' Favorite® 5-Star Selection and a Global Ebook Awards Gold Medal Winner "One of the finest pieces of sci-fi satire I have ever read." —Eric Michael Craig, Rivenstone Press "In my opinion, Zachry Wheeler is the heir apparent to Douglas Adams." —Ben Ragunton, TG Geeks "A roller coaster of a trip, fast-paced and filled with excitement." —Geoff Habiger, Readers' Favorite "A delightful tour de farce! Brilliantly absurd and absurdly brilliant." —Victor Acquista, Podfobler Productions "Holy smokes! Wheeler is the funniest living author I've read." —S. Shane Thomas, Science Fantasy Hub