Murray Smith S Ed (14 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 16pp. 25cm. Front cover illustration by Noel Counihan. Tanned, brittle and with archive tape applied to most page margins, gutters and spine. Lacking small pieces from margins, but text complete. A POOR copy, with contributions from: Nettie Palmer, Katharine Susannah Prichard, John Manifold, Eric Lambert, A.D.Hope, etc.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp.56, 44, 100. 25cm. Double-column. Black and white illustrations. Soft covers. Good copies. (1970-1972).

Condition: New. Contemporary Hollywood Cinema brings together leading international cinema scholars to explore the technology, institutions, film makers and movies of contemporary American film making. Editor(s): Neale, Steve; Smith, Murray. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations, 20 halftones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; APF; KNTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530. . 1998. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . …

Condition: New. Contemporary Hollywood Cinema brings together leading international cinema scholars to explore the technology, institutions, film makers and movies of contemporary American film making. Editor(s): Neale, Steve; Smith, Murray. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations, 20 halftones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; APF; KNTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 530. . 1998. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 178pp. 5.5 x 7.5 in. ; color pictorial cover by Timmons ; "The lead and cover story is part one (of two) of "The Fairy Chessmen" by Lewis Padgett (a pseudonym for Henry Kuttner working with C.L. Moore.) It is roughly a century into the future, and the world is at war.again. After World War Two, the governments of Eurasia had crumbled, and reformed as the Falangists. They and America are the two superpowers and implacable enemies. Thanks to atom-bomb-proof shields and robot warfare, the war has stalemated for years. Most Americans live deceptively peaceful lives in scattered communities on the surface, while the warmen toil in vast underground cities whose actual locations are closely guarded secrets. Low Chicago might be below the ruins of Old Chicago, or anywhere in the Midwest. Of course, in such conditions claustrophobia and other mental illnesses are a continuing concern, and it's up to the Department of Psychometrics to keep the warmen in good mental health. Which is why it's concerning that Cameron, the head of the department, has been having hallucinations of eyeball doorknobs and talking clocks. He's trying to keep it a secret, but his help is desperately needed by the War Department. It seems they have captured a scientific formula from the enemy, one that drives anyone who studies it mad (sometimes giving them strange powers in the process. For example, the levitating man who thinks he's Muhammad's corpse.) There are time travel shenanigans involved, and one character seems determined to produce a specific future. The title comes from "fairy chess", variants of the strategy game that use changed rules, such as a knight that can only capture backwards, or a 10×10 board. The formula changes the rules of physics, sometimes in mid-equation, and scientifically trained minds crack under the strain. A nifty throwaway (probably) bit is the existence of "fairylands", miniature cities with tiny robots that people play with ala the Sims. There's also an amusing typo when one character claims he's "half misogynist" when he means "misanthrope.".The cliffhanger is neat: "The edges of the spoon thickened, curled, spread into cold metallic lips. And kissed him." ; "N Day" by Philip Latham (pen name of R.S. Richardson) concerns an astronomer who discovers the sun is about to go nova. He tells the world, but is dismissed as a crackpot. (Had there been more time, someone would have checked his math and found him correct.) As a result, he finds his spine for the first time in decades.; "Veiled Island" by Emmett McDowell takes place on Venus (the pulp Venus of swamps and jungles.) A three-person anthropological team goes in search of the title island to investigate reports of a new variant of human. Apparently, unlike Earth, Venus just keeps producing new human variants out of the swamps which then climb up the ladder of civilization as they travel to the other side of the planet.; "A Matter of Length" by Ross Rocklynn (pen name of Ross Louis Rocklin) takes place in a far future with galactic travel. A stable mutation has created a new kind of human, the "double-brained" Hypnos, who have the ability to hypnotize ordinary humans. They are not physically distinguishable from other humans, but can be detected by "Sensitives." Hypnos face severe prejudice, and there's a war going on between societies that want to exterminate them and those that tolerate them. ; "The Plants" by Murray Leinster takes place on a planet with only one form of life. Plants with flowers that follow the sun.or anything unusual that happens. Four men whose spaceship was sabotaged crash-land on the planet. Are they more in danger from the pirates that sabotaged the ship for its precious cargo.or from the plants? ; "Fine Feathers" by George O. Smith is the final fiction piece. It's a science fiction retelling of the fable "The Bird with Borrowed Feathers" -- SKJAM! reviews ; wear, else G. Book.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New. These essays, by film scholars and philosophers, address the nature of cinematic representation, notions of authorship and intentionality in our understanding and appreciation of films, ideology, aesthetics and the nature and place of emotion in film spectatorship. Editor(s): Allen, Richard; Smith, Murray. Num Pages: 486 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 692. . 1999. Paperback. . . . . …

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New. These essays, by film scholars and philosophers, address the nature of cinematic representation, notions of authorship and intentionality in our understanding and appreciation of films, ideology, aesthetics and the nature and place of emotion in film spectatorship. Editor(s): Allen, Richard; Smith, Murray. Num Pages: 486 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 692. . 1999. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Condition: New. Contemporary Hollywood Cinema brings together leading international cinema scholars to explore the technology, institutions, film makers and movies of contemporary American film making. Editor(s): Neale, Steve; Smith, Murray. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations, 20 halftones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; APF; KNTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680. . 1998. Hardback. . . . . …

Condition: New. This volume of essays gives impetus to a growing movement in film theory in which many of the assumptions that have governed film theory of the last 20 years are being questioned and overturned. Topics addressed include authorship, emotion, ideology, representation and expression in film. Editor(s): Allen, Richard; Smith, Murray. Num Pages: 486 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF; HPN; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 882. . 1997. Hardback. . . . .…

Condition: New. Contemporary Hollywood Cinema brings together leading international cinema scholars to explore the technology, institutions, film makers and movies of contemporary American film making. Editor(s): Neale, Steve; Smith, Murray. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations, 20 halftones, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; APF; KNTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680. . 1998. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Condition: New. This volume of essays gives impetus to a growing movement in film theory in which many of the assumptions that have governed film theory of the last 20 years are being questioned and overturned. Topics addressed include authorship, emotion, ideology, representation and expression in film. Editor(s): Allen, Richard; Smith, Murray. Num Pages: 486 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: APFA; HPCF; HPN; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 882. . 1997. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A charming and varied selection of works diving into a range of ancient tales, with a focus on Norse and Greek mythologies. A very smart selection of 7 unusual mythological titles.Each volume in this set offers valuable and distinct insight into the mythological legacies or a range of cultures, primarily focused on Norse mythology.Volume 3 features charming vignette illustrations throughout, depicting a variety of scenes from Greek mythology.Volume 6 features an original book ribbion, a vibrantly coloured frontispiece, and 7 further colour plates, to accompany Macgregor's engaging retelling of Viking tales. Collated, complete. Bound in original cloth and paper. Externally, very smart. Mild shelf wear. The odd marks to boards. Fading to vol3 spine. Sunning to vol2 covers. Occasional age toning to endpapers. Front hinges of vols 1 and 2 starting. Front hinge of vol3 slightly starting. Some leaves of vol2 unopened. Bookseller sticker to rear paste down of vol3. Mark to vol4 rear board. Rubbing to vol4 spine. The odd handling mark. Attempted removal of presentation sticker to vol6 front paste down. Tear to p.81 of vol6. Possible removal of vol7 front free endpaper. Very Good Indeed 5" by 3"; 7" by 4.5"; 6" by 4.5"; 6" by 5"; 6.5" by 5.5". None; Not Stated; Monro S. Orr (illustrator). book.…