Mermaids and Mastodons
Mermaids and Mastodons

Author: Richard Carrington

Publisher:

Published: 1957

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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Strange, mythical, and extinct animals and their history in fact and legend.

The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968: Who's who, A-L
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968: Who's who, A-L

Author:

Publisher: Chicago : Advent: Publishers

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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This massively comprehensive work of science fiction and fantasy bibliography is already a library standard. It consists of an alphabetical listing of hundreds of authors, anthologists, editors, artists, etc., with biographical sketches where available, and compilations of their science fiction and fantasy works. The contents of most collections and anthologies are listed. In most cases the entries include bibliographic data for all known English-language editions and forms, as well as some foreign translations. Each author's entry also includes listings of books and short stories which form connected series, such as Robert Heinlein's famous Future History. Large 8 1/2 x 11 inch pages in two columns of small print.

Kraken and The Colossal Octopus
Kraken and The Colossal Octopus

Author: Bernard Heuvelmans

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-12-22

Total Pages: 423

ISBN-13: 1317847016

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First published in 2003. From Part One: ‘Our ignorance of the marine world is much greater still. It is such that I do not hesitate to claim that, in the ocean, everything is still possible! Faced with the immensity of Neptune's realm, a certain degree of gullibility is preferable to blind incredulity. If it was claimed tomorrow that a real mermaid had been captured – not just an ugly manatee, but a creature boasting Marilyn Monroe's bust and the tail of a coelacanth - the attitude of the zoologist who wished to see it would be much more scientifically justifiable that that of his colleague who would merely shrug the news away. The sea covers more than three fifths of the surface of the globe, but our ships cross it only along rather narrow and fixed paths.’ This book looks at the science behind the stories.