Bibliograph

Science fiction, history, science, vision, Robert Scholes, Eric S. Rabkin

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Science fiction, history, science, vision, Robert Scholes, Eric S. Rabkin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-243) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Science fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

3169662

Responsibility statement

Robert Scholes, Eric S. Rabkin

Series statement

A Galaxy book, GB498

Sub title

history, science, vision

Table Of Contents

History -- A brief literary history of science fiction -- The beginnings -- The first century A.F. (after Frankenstein) -- H.G. Wells (1866-1946) -- The twenties and thirties: a political Europe, a pulpy America -- Anti-science fiction -- The "golden age" and after -- Some achievements of the sixties -- Making waves and crossing lines -- Science fiction in other media -- Science -- The sciences of science fiction -- Scientific method -- Physics and astronomy -- Computers -- Thermodynamics -- Biology -- Psychology -- Pseudoscience -- Vision -- Forms and themes -- Myth and myth-making -- Fantasy -- Utopias -- Imaginary worlds -- Imaginary beings -- Sex and race in science fiction -- 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 (1976)

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