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In sports, a dynasty is a team or individual that dominates their sport or league for an extended length of time. Some leagues usually maintain official lists of dynasties, [ citation needed ] often as part of a hall of fame , [ citation needed ] but in many cases, whether a team or individual has achieved a dynasty is subjective .
Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia is a 2021 reference work written by science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl and published by ABC-Clio/Greenwood.The book contains eight essays on the history of science fiction, eleven thematic essays on how different topics relate to science fiction, and 250 entries on various science fiction subgenres, authors, works, and motifs.
The term zhiguai is an allusion to a passage in the inner chapters of the Zhuangzi. [4]During the Six Dynasties, xian were a common subject of zhiguai stories. [5] They often had "magical" Tao powers including the abilities to "walk...through walls or stand...in light without casting a shadow".
A sports novel is a genre of novel that focuses on the theme of sports and athletics in general. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The characters, especially the protagonist , are typically athletes , with a setting in the real world (typically in present-day or recent history), and a plot that revolves around sports competitions .
"A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content." [13] Basil Davenport. 1955. "Science fiction is fiction based upon some imagined development of science, or upon the extrapolation of a tendency in society." [14] Edmund ...
The co-editor of the science fiction journal Extrapolation and a professor of English at the University of Georgia, Isaiah Lavender III, notes the usefulness of the dictionary for academic analysis of issues, saying "Having these origin dates in mind can help a student or scholar build a framework to analyze something like the concept of the ...
A prolific genre-hopper, Akwaeke Emezi has already conquered the genres of literary fiction, romance, memoir, and YA fantasy. Now, Emezi turns their sharp, lyrical eye to noir with a novel ...
David Wang's thesis is that modernity was already beginning to appear in fiction published in the late Qing Dynasty of China, defined by Wang as beginning in 1849, around the start of the Taiping rebellion, rather than only appearing after the Qing Dynasty concluded in 1912. This is the first English-language full-length book written by a ...