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The dreams our stuff is made of : how science fiction conquered the world / Thomas M. Disch.
Van Pelt Library PN3433.5 .D57 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Disch, Thomas M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction--History and criticism.
- Science fiction.
- Literature and society.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Free Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- In a scintillating and often scathing account of the impact of science fiction on American culture, noted sci-fi writer and critic Thomas Disch traces the genre's phenomenal growth from the supernatural tales of Edgar Allan Poe to the multicultural workplace of "Star Trek".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0684824051
- OCLC:
- 38130716
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