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True to the Spirit: Film Adaptation and the Question of Fidelity Colin MacCabe (Distinguished Professor of English and Film, Distinguished Professor of English and Film, University of Pittsburgh) 9780195374674
RRP: $54.20SciFier: $34.74Adaptation persists as a major area of inquiry in both film and literary studies. Over the past two decades, scholars have extended the debate well beyond George Bluestone's influential Novels into... -
Japan from Anime to Zen by David Watts Barton
RRP: $19.45SciFier: $17.22This friendly guide offers concise but detailed demystifications of more than 85 aspects of ancient and modern Japan. It can be read in sequence, or just dipped into, depending on the moment's need... -
The Traces of Jacques Derrida's Cinema Timothy Holland (Assistant Professor, Dept. of Film and Media, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Film and Media, Emory University) 9780197694374
SciFier: $107.74Situated at the intersection of film and media studies, literary theory, and continental philosophy, The Traces of Jacques Derrida's Cinema provides a trenchant account of the role of cinema in the... -
Brazilian Women's Filmmaking: From Dictatorship to Democracy Leslie Marsh 9780252078736
SciFier: $43.92At most recent count, there are no fewer than forty-five women in Brazil directing or codirecting feature-length fiction or documentary films. In the early 1990s, women filmmakers in Brazil were... -
Isles of the Emberdark: A Cosmere Novel Brandon Sanderson 9781399634526
GollanczRRP: $34.75SciFier: $17.38From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a legendary standalone novel that navigates the seas and the stars of a far-future Cosmere. Illustrated by Esther Hi'ilani Candari... -
A Century in 16mm: The Remaking of Cinema Gregory A. Waller (Provost Professor Emeritus of Cinema and Media Studies, Provost Professor Emeritus of Cinema and Media Studies, Indiana University) 9780197687178
SciFier: $47.48When the small cameras and portable projectors that used 16mm film stock emerged in 1923, they allowed--for the first time in history--the possibility that anyone could make, show, and watch movies... -
Beneath Ariel Sullivan 9781035072309
RRP: $30.58SciFier: $21.36Hundreds of years before the Illum ruled supreme, humanity risked everything to rebuild after a devastating war in this explosive dystopian romance and prequel to Conform.Twenty-three-year-old Sasha... -
A Century in 16mm: The Remaking of Cinema Gregory A. Waller (Provost Professor Emeritus of Cinema and Media Studies, Provost Professor Emeritus of Cinema and Media Studies, Indiana University) 9780197687161
SciFier: $159.27When the small cameras and portable projectors that used 16mm film stock emerged in 1923, they allowed--for the first time in history--the possibility that anyone could make, show, and watch movies... -
Piper at the Gates of Dusk: A gripping dystopian tale of bravery and brotherhood for fans of THE HUNGER GAMES and PROJECT HAIL MARY from the author of A Monster Calls Patrick Ness 9781529528992
RRP: $23.62SciFier: $17.53"Ness doesn't just tell stories - he illuminates the human heart." Cassandra Clare"Heartbreaking and brutally human." Neal Shusterman, author of ScytheIn New World, there were no secrets. Everyone... -
Performance Costume: New Perspectives and Methods Professor Sofia Pantouvaki (Aalto University, Finland) 9781350098800
SciFier: $37.40Costume is an active agent for performance-making; it is a material object that embodies ideas shaped through collaborative creative work. A new focus in recent years on research in the area of... -
Anxious Cinephilia: Pleasure and Peril at the Movies Sarah Keller (Assistant Professor of English and Cinema Studies, Colby College) 9780231180870
RRP: $34.75SciFier: $29.18The advent of new screening practices and viewing habits in the twenty-first century has spurred a public debate over what it means to be a "cinephile." In Anxious Cinephilia, Sarah Keller places... -
Ecocinema Theory and Practice Stephen Rust 9780415899437
SciFier: $66.80Ecocinema Theory and Practice is the first collection of its kind-an anthology that offers a comprehensive introduction to the rapidly growing field of eco-film criticism, a branch of critical... -
Horror Film: A Critical Introduction Murray Leeder (University of Calgary, Canada) 9781501314438
SciFier: $57.34Throughout the history of cinema, horror has proven to be a genre of consistent popularity, which adapts to different cultural contexts while retaining a recognizable core. Horror Film: A Critical... -
The Sound of Things to Come: An Audible History of the Science Fiction Film Trace Reddell 9780816683130
RRP: $33.35SciFier: $27.05A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science fiction cinema Including original readings of classics like The Day the Earth Stood... -
The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama Scott MacDonald (Professor of Art History, Professor of Art History, Hamilton College) 9780190052133
SciFier: $62.38The Sublimity of Document: Cinema as Diorama is a collection of in-depth, substantive interviews with moving-image artists working "avant-doc, that is, making films that explore the territory between... -
Believe Me by Tahereh Mafi
RRP: $12.50SciFier: $8.63The breath-taking and heart-pounding final instalment in the New York Times bestselling fantasy series SHATTER ME. Perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Victoria Aveyard and... -
Manhattan in Reverse Peter F. Hamilton 9781509868711
RRP: $12.50SciFier: $9.34Across seven original tales from master of science fiction Peter F. Hamilton, Manhattan in Reverse offers captivating glimpses into incredible worlds - with characters old and new.'Each short story... -
Global Animation Theory: International Perspectives at Animafest Zagreb Professor Franziska Bruckner (St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria) 9781501365010
SciFier: $50.03This book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched. Scanning historical and current trends in animation through different perspectives... -
A Traveler's Guide to the Stars by Les Johnson
RRP: $30.58SciFier: $29.32A brief guide to the real science of interstellar travelWith known exoplanets now numbering in the thousands and initiatives like 100 Year Starship and Breakthrough Starshot advancing the idea of... -
Anxious Cinephilia: Pleasure and Peril at the Movies Sarah Keller (Assistant Professor of English and Cinema Studies, Colby College) 9780231180863
SciFier: $131.09The advent of new screening practices and viewing habits in the twenty-first century has spurred a public debate over what it means to be a "cinephile." In Anxious Cinephilia, Sarah Keller places... -
The Sustainable Legacy of Agnes Varda: Feminist Practice and Pedagogy Colleen Kennedy-Karpat (Bilkent University, Turkey) 9781350240940
SciFier: $44.47Drawing especially on the encounters and relationships that defined her exceptional career, The Sustainable Legacy of Agnes Varda outlines a sustainable legacy for the celebrated director and visual... -
Collecting Fashion by Alexandra Carl
RRP: $80.55SciFier: $58.37In order for fashion to march forward, it must possess the ability to look back. For the fashion obsessed, one s archive is surely a testament to the act of preservation and, of course, a... -
The Theory and Practice of Motion Design: Critical Perspectives and Professional Practice R. Brian Stone (The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA) 9781138490802
SciFier: $54.53This collection offers an expansive, multiplatform exploration of the rapidly-expanding area of motion design and motion graphics, taking into account both theoretical questions and creative... -
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 40x40: Bad Reputation / I Love Rock-n-Roll by Jazzlyn Stone
Z2 comicsRRP: $26.40SciFier: $18.51Comics biggest talents come together to form an exciting all woman team of creators and bring you stories to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Joan Jett's seminal albums!"BAD REPUTATION and I LOVE... -
Literary Art in Digital Performance by PhD Francisco J. Ricardo (Independent scholar, USA)
SciFier: $41.95"Literary Art in Digital Performance" examines a dozen works of digital literature, a category comprising creative works that are principally (but not exclusively) textual in character, and which... -
Babel and Babylon by Miriam Hansen
RRP: $56.92SciFier: $48.65Although cinema was invented in the mid-1890s, it was a decade more before the concept of a "film spectator" emerged. As the cinema began to separate itself from the commercial entertainments in... -
Watch Me (Shatter Me: The New Republic, Book 1) Tahereh Mafi 9780008718145
RRP: $13.89SciFier: $10.44OVER 8 MILLION COPIES SOLD. THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING SERIES AND TIKTOK SENSATION IS BACK! "Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance" Lauren Kate,... -
A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse Frank Viva 9781943145232
RRP: $9.72SciFier: $7.62Join a young explorer and his best friend, Mouse, on a sea journey to Antarctica, where they make new friends with penguins and a whale - and have all kinds of fun. Young readers won't stop grinning... -
Seven Devils by Elizabeth May
GollanczRRP: $13.89SciFier: $10.20THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES TOP FIVE BESTSELLER'Moves at a cracking pace and, with neat plot twists and cliffhangers, is page-turning fun' GuardianSeven resistance fighters will free the galaxy from the... -
Tarzan Alive by Philip Jose Farmer
RRP: $27.79SciFier: $23.48Through the tales of Edgar Rice Burroughs, generations of readers have thrilled to the adventures of Lord Greystoke (aka John Clayton, but better known as Tarzan of the Apes). In this biography... -
The Sound of Things to Come: An Audible History of the Science Fiction Film Trace Reddell 9780816683123
RRP: $137.61SciFier: $109.28A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science fiction cinema Including original readings of classics like The Day the Earth Stood... -
Festival & Game of the Worlds by Cesar Aira (New Directions)
RRP: $19.45SciFier: $14.86In Festival, the genius postmodern sci-fi filmmaker Alec Steryx is the star guest of a film festival in an unnamed country. But he's brought a surprise: his nonagenarian mother. Everyone is baffled:... -
Comics and the City: Urban Space in Print, Picture and Sequence Jorn Ahrens 9780826440198
SciFier: $48.64"Comics and the City" deals with possibly the most important aspect of the aesthetics and narratives of comics - urban topography and environment. This collection of essays covers a variety of... -
Destruction, Ethics, and Intergalactic Love: Exploring Y: The Last Man and Saga Peter Admirand (Dublin City University, Ireland) 9781032305172
RRP: $48.64SciFier: $47.07This book offers a creative and accessible exploration of two comic book series: Y: The Last Man and Saga It examines themes pertinent to the 21st century and its challenges, such as those of... -
The Ayahuasca Visions of Pablo Amaringo Howard G. Charing 9781594773457
SciFier: $64.64Recognized as one of the world's great visionary artists, Pablo Amaringo was renowned for his intricate, colorful paintings inspired by his shamanic visions. A master communicator of the ayahuasca... -
Repair: Sustainable Design Futures Markus Berger 9781032154077
RRP: $51.42SciFier: $51.14A collection of timely new scholarship, Repair: Sustainable Design Futures investigates repair as a contemporary expression of empowerment, agency, and resistance to our unmaking of the world and the... -
Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead: Typhoon Wesley Chu 9781982117818
RRP: $26.40SciFier: $20.14In this riveting, "gory, and action-packed" (Jonathan Maberry) survival thriller, set in the expansive world of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead series, three people from different walks of life in... -
The Caretaker Doon Arbus 9780811229494
RRP: $22.23SciFier: $19.57Following the death of a renowned and eccentric collector-the author of Stuff, a seminal philosophical work on the art of accumulation-the fate of the privately endowed museum he cherished falls to a... -
Carson the Magnificent Bill Zehme 9781451645279
RRP: $27.80SciFier: $20.34A much-anticipated biography-twenty years in the making-of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted... -
Tolkien and the Mystery of Literary Creation by Giuseppe Pezzini (Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
RRP: $41.70SciFier: $36.58Taking his readers into the depths of a majestic and expansive literary world, one to which he brings fresh illumination as if to the darkness of Khazad-dum, Giuseppe Pezzini combines rigorous...