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Notes © 1977 by oxford university press, inc. first published by oxford university press, new york, 1977 first issued as an oxford university press paperback, 1977 printed in the united states of america by robert scholes, professor of english, brown university, and eric s. rabkin, professor of english, university of michigan, ann arbor 12 unnumbered pp including titles, indica, contents table, foreword by the authors + 260pp including four bibliographies, 14pp index = 270 pp cover design by susan gebel cover photograph © glen heller, 1976 an oxford paperback 386 £1.50 net in the u.k. contents: i. history 1. a brief literary history of science fiction: the beginnings / the first century a.f. (after frankenstein) / h. g. wells / the twenties and thirties: a literary europe; a pulp america / anti-science fiction / the "golden age" and after / some achievements of the sixties / making waves and crossing lines 2. science fiction in other media ii. science 3. the sciences of science fiction: scientific method / physics and astronomy / computers / thermodynamics / biology / psychology / pseudoscience iii. vision 4. forms and themes: myth and myth-making / fantasy / utopias / imaginary worlds / imaginary beings / sex and race in science fiction 5. ten representative novels: "frankenstein" (1818) / "20,000 leagues under the sea" (1870) / "the time machine" (1895) / "we" (1920) / "a voyage to arcturus" (1920) / "star maker" (1937) / "childhood's end" (1953) / "a canticle for leibowitz" (1959) / "the left hand of darkness" (1969) / "the shockwave rider" bibliographies index Comments and Reviews Add a Comment or Review about this book See Also ![]() Next by Publisher This Book: Price Guide : Add Valuation : Add Image : Add Video : Add Missing Info : Make Correction : Add to List : Add See Also : Add Tag : Credits : BBCode
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