| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 97 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
What do existential elevators, sentient mattresses, paranoid androids, humans and other aliens have in common? For one thing, they want answers. The fact (yes fact) that there are no answers (except, perhaps, for "42") causes some humans (and other aliens) to face this empty madness we call life with Sisyphus-like defiance. Others choose to sulk or skulk or annihilate themselves. Another thing these creatures have in common is that they are all born mad, "and some remain so". One is .. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Adams, Douglas, 1952-2001 fast |
| Subject |
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Fantasy.
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Phenomenology & Existentialism.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011379703 |
| ISBN |
9781443824385 |
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1443824380 |
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1282776827 |
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9781282776821 |
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9786612776823 |
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661277682X |
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