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Title Science fiction : a critical guide / edited by Patrick Parrinder
Published London ; New York : Longman, 1979

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Description 238 pages ; 23 cm
Series A Longman paperback
Longman paperback.
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.
Science fiction -- History.
Author Parrinder, Patrick, 1944-
LC no. 78040686
ISBN 0582489288
0582489296 (paperback)