Description |
238 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
A Longman paperback |
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Longman paperback.
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Contents |
I. Early landmarks : from the beginnings to 1900. The literary background to science fiction / Mark R. Hillegas -- Jules Verne : the last happy utopianist / Marc Angenot -- The science fiction of H.G. Wells / John Huntington. II. Two formative traditions. Utopia and science fiction / Raymond Williams -- Science fiction and the scientific world-view / Patrick Parrinder. III. Science fiction today : aspects of a contemporary literature. The cold war in science fiction, 1940-1960 / T.A. Shippey -- Science fiction, religion and transcendence / Tom Woodman -- Characterization in science fiction : two approaches. The disappearance of character / Scott Sanders ; The alien encounter, or, Ms Brown and Mrs Le Guin / Patrick Parrinder -- American science fiction since 1960 / J.A. Sutherland -- British science fiction / Christopher Priest -- European science fiction / Franz Rottensteiner |
Analysis |
Science fiction History and criticism |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
Subject |
Science fiction -- History and criticism.
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Science fiction -- History.
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Author |
Parrinder, Patrick, 1944-
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LC no. |
78040686 |
ISBN |
0582489288 |
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0582489296 (paperback) |
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