| Description |
viii, 258 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
A Galaxy book ; GB498 |
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Galaxy book ; GB498
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| Contents |
History -- A brief literary history of science fiction -- The beginnings -- The first century A.F. (after Frankenstein) -- H.G. Wells (1866-1946) -- The twenties and thirties: a political Europe, a pulpy America -- Anti-science fiction -- The "golden age" and after -- Some achievements of the sixties -- Making waves and crossing lines -- Science fiction in other media -- Science -- The sciences of science fiction -- Scientific method -- Physics and astronomy -- Computers -- Thermodynamics -- Biology -- Psychology -- Pseudoscience -- Vision -- Forms and themes -- Myth and myth-making -- Fantasy -- Utopias -- Imaginary worlds -- Imaginary beings -- Sex and race in science fiction -- Ten representative novels: Frankenstein (1818), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1870), The Time Machine (1895), We (1920), A Voyage to Arcturus (1920), Star Maker (1937), Childhood's End (1953), A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959), The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), The Shockwave Rider (1976) |
| Summary |
For the past century and a half, writers of what we have learned to call "science fiction" have been trying to create a modern conscience for the human race. In the same period many writers in the field have produced trivial, ephemeral works of "popular" fiction. The premise upon which this book is based is that a sufficient number of works of genuine merit have been produced in this field to justify its study as an aspect of modern literature, as well as an important feature of contemporary culture.--From foreword |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [234]-243 |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
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Copy 3 of this book was donated by Lesley Bray in 2000 as part of the collection of her late husband Allan Bray |
| Subject |
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Rabkin, Eric S., author
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| LC no. |
76042615 |
| ISBN |
0195021738 |
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