True stories & other essays. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Francis Spufford.
• Authors: Spufford, Francis, 1964-
• Contents: 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 -- 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.
• Publisher Details: New Haven : Yale University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 824/.92; Essays; Essais (Genre littéraire); essays; LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays; Essays
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0300231601; 9780300231601
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.