tailieunhanh - Black Amazon of Mars

Tham khảo sách 'black amazon of mars', giải trí - thư giãn, truyện ngắn phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | feedboo is Black Amazon of Mars Brackett Leigh Published 1951 Categorie s Fiction Action Adventure Science Fiction Short Stories Source http etext 32664 1 About Brackett Leigh Brackett December 7 1915 in Los Angeles California - March 18 1978 was a writer of science fiction mystery novels and best known to the general public Hollywood screenplays most notably The Big Sleep 1945 Rio Bravo 1959 The Long Goodbye 1973 and The Empire Strikes Back 1980 . Brackett s first published science fiction story was Martian Quest which appeared in the February 1940 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. Her earliest years as a writer 1940-1942 were her most productive in numbers of stories written however these works show a writer still engaged in mastering her craft. The first of her science fiction stories still attempt to emphasize a quasi-scientific angle with problems resolved by an appeal to the usually imaginary chemical biological or physical laws of her invented worlds. As Brackett became more comfortable as an author this element receded and was replaced by adventure stories with a strong touch of fantasy. Occasional stories have social themes such as The Citadel of Lost Ships 1943 which considers the effects on the native cultures of alien worlds of Earth s expanding trade empire. Brackett s first novel No Good from a Corpse published in 1944 was a hard-boiled mystery novel in the tradition of Raymond Chandler. Hollywood director Howard Hawks was so impressed by this novel that he had his secretary call in this guy Brackett to help William Faulkner write the script for The Big Sleep 1946 . The film starring Humphrey Bogart and written by Leigh Brackett William Faulkner and Jules Furthman is considered one of the best movies ever made in the genre. At the same time Brackett s science fiction stories were becoming more ambitious. Shadow Over Mars 1944 was her first novel-length science fiction story and though still somewhat rough-edged marked the .