domingo, 25 de enero de 2026

Cometas

 

    from

A Bibliography of Literary Theory, Criticism and Philology

http://bit.ly/abibliog

by José Ángel García Landa

(University of Zaragoza, Spain)

 

 

Comets

 

 

Asimov, Isaac. Frontiers. Essays. Nightfall, Inc., cop. 1987, 1988, 1989.

_____. Fronteras y otros ensayos. Trans. Josep Ferrer i Aleu. Barcelona; Edicones B, 1994.*

Bayle, Pierre. Pensées diverses sur la comète. 1682-3.

Burnham, Robert. See and Enjoy Comet Hale-Bopp: The Great Comet. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1997.

Calder, Nigel. The Comet Is Coming! The Feverish Legacy of Mr Halley. London: BBC Books, 1980.

Davis, M., P. Hut and R. A. Muller. "Extinction of Species by Periodic Comet Showers." Nature 308 (1984): 715-17.

García Landa, José Angel. "Like a Comet I Was Wonder'd At: Shakespeare y las supernovas." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 27 April 2012.*

         http://vanityfea.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/like-comet-i-was-wonderd-at-shakespeare.html

         2012

Gould, Stephen Jay. "The Godfather of Disaster." In Gould, Bully for Brontosaurus. 1991. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1992. 367-81.* (William Whiston, comets, catastrophes).

_____. "El padrino del desastre." In Gould, "Brontosaurus" y la nalga del ministro. Trans. Joandomènec Ros. (Biblioteca Divulgación Científica). Barcelona: Planeta DeAgostini, 2008. 422-38.*

Lewis, John S. Rain of Iron and Ice: The Very Real Threat of Comet and Asteroid Bombardment. Reading (MA): Addison-Wesley, 1996.

Maupertuis, Pierre-Louis Moreau de. Lettre sur la comète de 1742. 1742.

Mirabel, Igor Félix. "El cometa Halley: Observaciones en radio-ondas." Cruz Ansata 7/8 (1984-85): 49-64.*

Newton, Isaac. De mundi systemate. (Posthumous pub., written in Latin before Principia; on Physics, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Gravity, orbits, solar system, tides, Moon, planets, comets).

_____. De mundi systemate Liber Isaacci Newtoni. Preface by Andrew Motte. London: Impensis J. Tonson, J. Osborn & T. Longman, 1728.

_____. De mundi systemate. In Operum Newtoni, Tomus Tertius. Isaaci Newtoni Opera quae esctant omnia. Comentariis illustraat Samuel Horsley. London: Excudebat Joannes Nichols, 1782. 177-242.*

_____. A Treatise of the System of the World: Translated into English. London: Printed for F. Fayram, 1728. Online at Google Books:

         https://books.google.es/books?id=rEYUAAAAQAAJ

         2017

_____. El sistema del mundo. [With] Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, "Elogio de Sir Isaac Newton"; Andrew Motte, Prefacio a la edición inglesa de 1728. Ed. Eloy Rada García. (Pensamiento, 47). Oviedo: KRK, 2020.*

Sagan, Carl, and Ann Druyan. Comet. New York and London: Random House, 1985.

Sigüenza y Góngora, Carlos de. El Manifiesto Filosófico contra los Cometas. Science.

Trillo, Manuel. "Un taladro espacial perfora el cometa antes de quedarse sin batería." ABC 17 Nov. 2014.*

         http://prensa.unizar.es/noticias/1411/141117_z0_ABC_15-48.pdf

         2014

Weissman, Paul. "Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: The Big Fizzle Is Coming." Nature 370 (1994): 94-95.

Wright, Jason. "Avi and Oumuamua: Settin the Record Straight." AstroWright 18 July 2023.* (Avi Loeb).

         https://sites.psu.edu/astrowright/2023/07/18/5202/

         2023

 

 

 

 

Films

 

 

Deep Impact. Dir. Mimi Leder. Written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin. Cast: Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilien Schell and Morgan Freeman. Music by James Horner. Special effects Industrial Light & Magic. Ed. David rosenbloom. Prod. des. Leslie Dilley. Photog. Dietrich Lohmann. Exec. prod. Steven Spielberg, Joan Bradshaw and Walter Parkes. Prod. Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown. USA: Dreamworks / Paramount / Amblin, 1998. Spanish DVD: Deep Impact. Madrid: Dreamworks Home Entertainment, 2006.*

 

 

Literature

 

 

Benford, Gregory, and David Brin. Heart of the Comet. Novel. Toronto: Bantam, 1986.

Christopher, John. The Year of the Comet. SF novel. 1955.

Verne, Jules. Hector Servadac. Novel. 1877.

_____. Hector Servadac. In Novels by Jules Verne. Ed. H. C. Harwood.

_____. Off on a Comet (= Hector Servadac, abridged and modernized. Ace Books, 1957.

_____. (Julio Verne). Héctor Servadac: Aventuras y viajes por el mundo solar / Obra escrita en francés por Julio Verne. Madrid: Sáenz de Jubera Hermanos, n.d. Online facsimile at Biblioteca Virtual de la Diputación de Zaragoza.*

         http://www.bivizar.es/i18n/consulta/resultados.cmd?secc_JV=&id=119911&forma=ficha&posicion=36

         2020

Wells, H. G. In the Days of the Comet. Novel. 1906. Introd. Brian W. Aldiss. London: Chatto, 1985.

_____. In the Days of the Comet. In Seven Science Fiction Novels of H. G. Wells. New York: Dover, n. d. 817-1015.*

 

 

 

 

Video

 

 

Guijarro, Josep, et al. "Trump va a tener que revelar información sobre ovnis porque ya ha dado su palabra." Video. YouTube (Negocios TV) 22 Dec. 2025.* (3IAtlas comet).

https://youtu.be/HU8T1wJ2Aos

         2025

Vizner, José. "Claves del día: El mundo en caos político, Europa fuera de juego y  ¿contacto extraterrestre?" Video. YouTube (Negocios TV) 24 Nov. 2025.* (Plus Ukraine peace negotiations, interstellar comet).

         https://youtu.be/4h1LZcuzscM

         2025

Vizner, José, et al. "Claves del día: Trump cede a la presión Epstein, Japón se desploma, Bitcoin arriba y alerta 3i Atlas." Video. YouTube (Negocios TV) 17 Nov. 2025.* (Comet).

https://youtu.be/Jhx5nQoUBUQ

         2025

 

 

 

 

 

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