True Stories : And Other Essays.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (355 pages)
Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- contents -- INTRODUCTION: 'TRUE STORIES' -- Cold -- Winter Night -- Ice -- Worst Journey -- Shackleton -- Read my Toes -- Borealism -- Huntford's Nansen, Huntford's Scott -- The Uses of Antarctica -- Red -- Siberian Journal -- The Soviet Moment -- Plenty -- Responsible Fiction, Irresponsible Fact -- Idols of the Marketplace -- Unicorn Husbandry -- 1. Unicorn husbandry -- 2. Mirrorball -- 3. Pretending to be Russian, pretending (not) to be a novelist -- 4. Otherwise -- 5. History and comedy -- 6. Feasibility studies -- Sacred -- Dear Atheists -- Contra Dawkins -- Puritans -- Who is God? An Answer for Children -- C.S. Lewis as Apologist -- What can Science Fiction Tell us About God? -- Uneasy in Iran -- Wild Theism -- The Past as Zombie Hazard, and Consolation -- Three Ways of Writing Faith -- Unapologetically Yours (1) -- Unapologetically Yours (2) -- Technical -- Difference Engine -- Boffins -- Printed -- Half in Praise -- Kipling's Jungle -- Robinson's Mars -- The Amazing Terence -- You Could Read Forever -- This Grand Cause of Terror -- Bats of Some Kind -- In Memoriam, IAIN M. Banks -- The Dyer's Elbow -- Sources and Acknowledgements -- Notes -- INDEX.
An irresistible collection of favorite writings from an author celebrated for his bravura style and sheer unpredictability.