Discusses the most famous translunar literary voyages-from Dante's Paradiso to H.G. Wells's The First Men in the Moon - and examines how humanity's fascination with flight away from the earth coincides with out anxiety about technology and the growing schism between the sciences and the humanities.

The Translunar Narrative in the Western Tradition

Parrett, Aaron

Science & Math

Ashgate Pub Ltd

Long before Neil Armstrong made the first human footprints on the surface of Earth's Moon in 1969, writers have imagined what such a voyage would be like. This book discusses the most famous translunar literary voyages-from Dante's Paradiso to H.G. Wells's The First Men in the Moon-and examines how humanity's fascination with flight away from the earth coincides with our anxiety about technology and the growing schism between the sciences and the humanities. Authors of post-Apollo era novels such as John Updike (Rabbit Redux) and Saul Bellow (Mr. Sammler's Planet) reiterate much of the awe and many of the concerns expressed by their literary predecessors. This study shows how the translunar narrative is an especially fruitful locus for examining the rift between "the two cultures," and how the translunar accounts might also be a place to begin searching for ways to overcome that rift.

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Routledge

When Montana Territory was established in 1864, it was a land of tepees and ramshackle cabins, of lawless vigilantes and miners scraping out meager livings. One hundred and fifty years later, the dramatic changes to the Treasure State are overshadowed only by the startling similarities. On the occasion of Montana's 150th territorial anniversary, and with a perspective born from a lifetime's devotion to the history of his home state, author Aaron Parrett compares where we started with where we are today, and along the way shows us a Montana we never could have previously imagined. "In the tradition of Joseph Kinsey Howard and K. Ross Toole, Aaron Parrett interrogates Montana as both place and idea, revealing that what has long distinguished the state-robust island communities surrounded by a sea of redemptive space-has largely survived." Edwin Dobb U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism "Aaron Parrett has told Montana's story entertainingly without shying from the darker bits. The result is a romp through our state's history that is at once lighthearted and intelligent." Molly Holz Editor, Montana The Magazine of Western History "Aaron Parret's Montana: Then and Now stitches together the tapestry that is Montana's 150-year-long history with the perspective born of years of sincere appreciation and study. This account gives us pause and at the same time gives us hope, that Montana's next generation realizes its role in preserving the unique qualities inherent in the 'last best place.'" Stephanie Ambrose Tubbs Why Sacagawea Deserves the Day Off and Other Lessons of the Lewis and Clark Trail

Montana: Then and Now

History

Americas

Bangtail Press

For a hundred years, the Mars novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs offered readers their first glimpse of life on the red planet. Now join Captain Carter on his maiden voyage to Mars in what is a fully annotated edition of the classic A Princess of Mars, with extensive notes prepared by noted Burroughs scholar Aaron Parrett. And thrill to all-new adventures written in tribute to the novel by Matthew Stover (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, Caine's Law), Daniel Keys Moran (The A.I. War), Chuck Rosenthal (The Heart of Mars) and more! • “A Friend in Thark” by Matthew Stover: A “lost chapter” of A Princess of Mars about a friendship that will become legendary throughout Mars. • “Uncle Jack” by Daniel Keys Moran: A dying man on Mars receives a guest of the most unlikely sort. • “The Whites Apes of Iss” by Mark D'Anna: The untold story of the keeper of the atmosphere factory, and his fateful encounter with a mysterious visitor. • “Gentleman of Virginia” by Michael Kogge: A young Southerner's obsession with Mars leads him to volunteer for the Confederate Army. • “Zero Mars” by Aaron Parrett: Daring young Maizy Theta risks her freedom on Mars to save the life of Hypatia, a promising mathematician on Earth. • “An Island in the Moon” by Chuck Rosenthal: The greatest warlord of Mars returns home and discovers it has changed dramatically from the red planet he knew. With a specially-prepared bibliography of Burroughs resources. This book is not affiliated with, nor has been licensed, approved, or authorized by any entity of the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate or Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.

A Princess of Mars - The Annotated Edition - and New Tales of the Red Planet

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Moran, Daniel Keys

KOGGE, MICHAEL

Stover, Matthew Woodring

ROSENTHAL, CHUCK

Burroughs,Edgar Rice

D'Anna, Mark

Science Fiction

Sword & Planet

"As an historian, essayist, and songwriter, Aaron Parrett has already created a body of work rivaling any Montana writer, but with Maple &amp; Lead, he may have topped himself."-Smith Henderson, author of Fourth of July Creek

Maple & Lead

Short Stories & Anthologies

Drumlummon Institute

Montana Americana Music: Boot Stomping in Big Sky Country

Montana's relationship to Americana music is as wide and deep as the famed Missouri River that inspired countless musicians seated at its shores. From the fiddling of Pierre Cruzatte and George Gibson in the Corps of Discovery to the modern-day loner folk of Joey Running Crane and Cameron Boster, the Treasure State inspires the production of top-notch country music. In the 1950s, bands like the Snake River Outlaws fostered a long-standing love of hillbilly honky-tonk, and in the 1970s, the Mission Mountain Wood Band added a homegrown flavor of its own. Contemporary acts like the Lil' Smokies and songwriter Martha Scanlan promise a vibrant future for the local sound. Author and musician Aaron Parrett explores this history to show what it means to boot stomp in Big Sky Country.

Humor & Entertainment

The History Press

Montana s relationship to Americana music is as wide and deep as the famed Missouri River that inspired countless musicians seated at its shores. From the fiddling of Pierre Cruzatte and George Gibson in the Corps of Discovery to the modern-day loner folk of Joey Running Crane and Cameron Boster, the Treasure State inspires the production of top-notch country music. In the 1950s, bands like the Snake River Outlaws fostered a long-standing love of hillbilly honky-tonk, and in the 1970s, the Mission Mountain Wood Band added a homegrown flavor of its own. Contemporary acts like the Lil Smokies and songwriter Martha Scanlan promise a vibrant future for the local sound. Author and musician Aaron Parrett explores this history to show what it means to boot stomp in Big Sky Country."

History Press Library Editions

Known worldwide as the "Richest Hill on Earth," Butte, Montana, lured immigrants from every part of the world to sweat in the copper mines that powered America in its Gilded Age. Dozens of writers celebrated this "wide-open town" with impassioned novels of the rugged souls who braved the western frontier at the edge of the Continental Divide. They wrote of the opulence of success and the agony of broken dreams. They catalogued the clash between labor and capital as Butte boomed from a crude village of mules and men to prestige as Montana's biggest city with towering buildings of brick and iron. In Literary Butte, award-winning author Aaron Parrett surveys the wealth of literature that has come from the town that calls itself "Butte, America."

Literary Butte: A History in Novels & Film

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

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