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Science fiction : a critical guide / edited by Patrick Parrinder.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction--History and criticism.
- Science fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 238 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Longman, 1979.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0582489288 :
- 0582489296
- OCLC:
- 4494559
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