Billion year spree : the true history of science fiction / Brian W. Aldiss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aldiss, Brian W. (Brian Wilson), 1925-2017.

Contributor:

November, David.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science fiction, English--History and criticism.

Science fiction, English.

Science fiction, American--History and criticism.

Science fiction, American.

Literature and science--English-speaking countries.

Literature and science.

English-speaking countries.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copies)

Adams, Mark B. (autograph) (Adams Collection copiy 1)

Physical Description:

339 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First U. S. edition.

Place of Publication:

Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1973.

Summary:

Discusses the works of Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Lucian, H.G. Wells, John W. Campbell, and others from Victorian times to the present.

Contents:

Introduction

The Origins of the Species: / Mary Shelley

"A Clear-Sighted, Sickly Literature": / Edgar Allan Poe

Pilgrim Fathers: / LUCIAN AND ALL THAT

The Gas-Enlightened Race: / VICTORIAN VISIONS

The Man Who Could Work Miracles: / H.G. WELLS

The Flight from Urban Culture: / WELLS' COEVALS

To Barsoom and Beyond: / ERB and the Weirdies

In the Name of the Zeitgeist: / MAINLY THE THIRTIES

The Future on a Chipped Plate: / THE WORLD OF JOHN W. CAMPBELL'S "ASTOUNDING"

After the Impossible Happened: / THE FIFTIES AND ONWARDS, AND UPWARDS

The Stars My Detestation: / YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW

ENVOI

CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX.

Notes:

Jacket by David November.

Bibliography: pages [323]-325.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Adams Collection copies wanting dustjacket.

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 204133

ISBN:

0385088876

OCLC:

661708