Filippo: 332 books

This book explores the tangled relationship between literary production and epistemological foundation as exemplified in one of the masterpieces of Italian literature. Filippo Andrei argues that Giovanni Boccaccio's Decameron has a significant though concealed engagement with philosophy, and that...

Paul Di Filippo is one of Science Fiction's finest short story writers, wild, witty, exuberantly imaginative; Babylon Sisters and Other Posthumans is a generous showcase of his strange, transformative, and powerful hard science fiction visions. The fourteen stories collected here are glimpses...

With twenty tales, a bold lack of restraint, and amazing stylistic diversity, Di Filippo makes strange bedfellows of a range of characters—from Jayne Mansfield to Pythagoras to Disney “imagineers” to the Virgin Mary—fit together inside a bountiful collection of surprises, humor, and the very,...

This eclectic, wide-ranging collection of some of Di Filippo's newest stories—plus one newly excavated gem from nearly thirty years past—illustrates the enormous territory encompassed by modern fantastical fiction in general, and this writer's realm in particular. From the sheer Lovecraftian weirdness...

Literary allusions abound in this volume as Di Filippo recasts a classic Melville story of slave rebellion at sea—with aliens; “Ailoura” tells the Puss in Boots fairy tale as a space opera romp; “Observable Things” has Cotton Mather encountering with Robert E. Howard’s Solomon Kane; and...

This volume contains twelve stories which, for one reason or another, have lain uncollected after their initial publication, an era spanning the years 1986 to 1999. Additionally, four never-sold stories of roughly the same vintage—pulled from Di Filippo's files, with the oldest dating from 1984—see...

A novelette by Paul Di Filippo"The war between the sexes, long thought to be extinguished, is heating up! It has been obvious to anyone who has bothered to look during the past year. But the cause has been more obscure. It is not a natural affair! The animosity is being stoked by agents provocateurs...

«One absolute knock-out story… that is among the most exciting pieces of fiction I’ve read in years» [Cory Doctorow]Wikiworld is a future with no line between real and virtual worlds, when technologies allow for a global direct democracy and when citizens' personal data are available through eye...

Narrativa - racconto lungo (32 pagine) - La seduzione può essere un’arma mortale anche quando percorre strade insolite. Per esaltare le pagine delle sue sceneggiature, Giordano registra di nascosto le conversazioni private della gente. Un giorno conosce un’attrice che, per gioco, decide...

Narrativa - racconto (19 pagine) - A volte è inevitabile diventare vittime di chi ci vuole bene Nella vita di Fabio Trevi tutto andava alla grande finché le cose hanno iniziato ad andare malissimo. Talmente male che adesso, nel cuore del ricco quartiere Parioli, ha la camicia sporca di sangue...

This superb guide brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and well-known scholars of Roman topography, archeology and art, to a broad English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated throughout with clear maps, drawings, and plans, Rome...

Scientific and philosophical perspectives on hallucination: essays that draw on empirical evidence from psychology, neuroscience, and cutting-edge philosophical theory. Reflection on the nature of hallucination has relevance for many traditional philosophical debates concerning the nature of...

THIS ISSUE CONTAINS THE ROLE OF BURINS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ART THROUGH TRACE ANALYSIS AT THE UPPER PALAEOLITHIC SITE OF POLESINI CAVE (LATIUM, ITALY) Flavia Venditti, Cristina Lemorini, Magda Bordigoni, Daniela Zampetti, Mario Amore, Antonio Tagliacozzo THE STATE OF THE LATE NEOLITHIC POTTERY...

« Avec ce superbe ouvrage, Di Filippo se pose en maître suprême du steampunk. Un brillant mélange de style victorien authentique, d’intrigues baroques et d’art de la narration inventif. Unique. » Booklist Trois récits steampunk lancés à toute vapeur ! La reine Victoria...