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The mechanics of wonder : the creation of the idea of science fiction / Gary Westfahl.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Westfahl, Gary., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Science fiction.
- Science fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, American.
- Gernsback, Hugo, 1884-1967--Criticism and interpretation.
- Gernsback, Hugo.
- Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood), 1910-1971--Criticism and interpretation.
- Campbell, John W.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256pp.;)
- Other Title:
- Mechanics of Wonder
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool University Press 1998
- Summary:
- The Mechanics of Wonder will arouse debate and force the questioning of presuppositions. No other book so closely examines the origins and development of the idea of science fiction, and it will stand among a small number of crucial texts with which every science fiction scholar or prospective science fiction scholar will have to read.
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