Leigh Brackett: Golden Age Space Opera Tales
Leigh Brackett
Publisher: Midwest Journal Press
Summary
Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on such films as The Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959) and The Long Goodbye (1973). She also worked on an early draft of The Empire Strikes Back (1980), elements of which remained in the film; she died before the film went into production. She was the first woman shortlisted for the Hugo Award. Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, melodramatic adventure, interplanetary battles, chivalric romance, and risk-taking. Set mainly or entirely in outer space, it usually involves conflict between opponents possessing advanced abilities, futuristic weapons, and other sophisticated technology. The term has no relation to music, as in a traditional opera, but is instead a play on the terms "soap opera", a melodramatic television series, and "horse opera", which was coined during the 1930s to indicate a clichéd and formulaic Western movie. Space operas emerged in the 1930s and continue to be produced in literature, film, comics, television, and video games. The Golden Age of Pulp Magazine Fiction derives from pulp magazines (often referred to as "the pulps") as they were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 to the late 1950s. The term pulp derives from the cheap wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed. In contrast, magazines printed on higher-quality paper were called "glossies" or "slicks". (Wikipedia) The pulps gave rise to the term pulp fiction. Pulps were the successors to the penny dreadfuls, dime novels, and short-fiction magazines of the 19th century. Although many writers wrote for pulps, the magazines were proving grounds for those authors like Robert Heinlein, Louis LaMour, "Max Brand", Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, and many others. The best writers moved onto longer fiction required by paperback publishers. Many have never been out of print, even long after their passing. This collection contains... - TERROR OUT OF SPACE - THE STELLAR LEGION - THE BLUE BEHEMOTH - THE DRAGON-QUEEN OF VENUS - THE CITADEL OF LOST SHIPS - THE VANISHING VENUSIANS - CHILD OF THE SUN - OUTPOST ON IO - LAST CALL FOR SECTOR 9G - LORD OF THE EARTHQUAKE - SHANNACH - THE LAST - THE JEWEL OF BAS - CONVERSATION WITH LEIGH BRACKETT Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Now.
Available since: 07/04/2020.
