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A strong acid, such as hydrochloric acid, at concentration 1 mol dm −3 has a pH of 0, while a strong alkali like sodium hydroxide, at the same concentration, has a pH of 14. Since pH is a logarithmic scale, a difference of one in pH is equivalent to a tenfold difference in hydrogen ion concentration.
Fantasy Press was an American publishing house specialising in fantasy and science fiction titles. Established in 1946 by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach [1] in Reading, Pennsylvania, it was most notable for publishing the works of authors such as Robert A. Heinlein and E. E. Smith. [1]
Machines That Think was reprinted in 1992 by Wings Books as War with the Robots. (However, one story — " I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream " by Harlan Ellison — was removed.) Each story has introductory notes by Warrick, author of The Cybernetic Imagination in Science Fiction (1981), explaining the significance of the story in the context ...
Simon & Schuster also launched a new science fiction imprint called Simon451 that would publish titles across science fiction and fantasy with an emphasis on ebooks and online communities. [64] The name of the imprint was inspired by Ray Bradbury 's book Fahrenheit 451 (the temperature at which books burn). [ 64 ]
This is a list of science fiction and fantasy publishers, publishers of science fiction, SF studies, speculative fiction, fantasy literature, and related genres. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Marcon is a full-spectrum fantasy and science fiction convention based in Columbus, Ohio, and was on Easter weekend in 2013 but moved to Mother's Day weekend starting in 2014. [1] It is now operated by the Columbus-based Science Oriented Literature, Art, and Education Foundation, a non-profit educational corporation. [ 2 ]
His earlier books were in the science fiction, fantasy and historical genres. [2] In 1989, Roberts published his first historical mystery, The King's Gambit, set in ancient Rome. The book was nominated for the Edgar Award as best mystery of the year. [5] The book was first in Maddox's SPQR series of mysteries. [2]
Sphere's involvement in science fiction was furthered with its Sphere Science Fiction Classics series published throughout the 1970s, which included The World of Null-A and The Pawns of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt, Arthur C. Clarke's The Sands of Mars and Larry Niven's Neutron Star. [8]