Author: Charles L. Harness
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 057512542X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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A science fiction novel of revenge and retribution set against a background of galactic civilisations.

Author: Charles L. Harness
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 057512542X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 172

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A science fiction novel of revenge and retribution set against a background of galactic civilisations.

Author: Brian M. Stableford
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 089370265X
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 194

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Well-known critic Brian Stableford, a former professor at the University of Reading, contributes "a fascinating and valuable attempt to grapple with the questions of why SF authors write what they write, and why SF readers like what they like"-Interzone. Contents: Introduction; Approaches to the Sociology of Literature; The Analysis of Communicative Functions; The Evolution of Science Fiction as a Publishing Category; The Expectations of the Science Fiction Reader; Themes and Trends in Science Fiction; and Conclusion: The Communicative Functions of Science Fiction. Complete with Notes and References, Bibliography, and Index.

Author: Thomas M. Disch
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472068968
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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A last judgment on the genre from science fiction's foremost critic

Author: David Langford
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 0809573482
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Book Description
Starcombing contains eighty-five newly collected pieces of David Langford's witty commentary on the SF/fantasy scene - columns, articles, reviews, essays, even a few short-short stories from the famous 'Futures' page in Nature. Compulsive reading, crammed with insights and laughs.

Author: Don D'Ammassa
Publisher: Infobase Learning
ISBN: 1438140622
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 2098

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Presents articles on the science fiction genre of literature, including authors, themes, significant works, and awards.

Author: David G. Hartwell
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312864842
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 518

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Finally in trade paperback, the best historical overview anthology of 20th-century SF

Author: David Pringle
Publisher: Gateway
ISBN: 1473208076
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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From one of the best-known editors in modern science fiction, this lively and authoritative guide will appeal to both newcomers and connoisseurs of the genre alike. Informative and readable, David Pringle's choices focus on landmark works by the likes of Ray Bradbury, Alfred Bester and J.G. Ballard, unearth less prominent talents such as Ian Watson, Octavia Butler and Joanna Russ, and highlight breakthrough novels by William Gibson and Philip K. Dick. An essential guide to science fiction literature.

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Languages : en
Pages : 566

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Author: Patrick Parrinder
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000378780
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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This book, first published in 1979, presents a portrait of science fiction as a distinct form of serious and creative literature. Contributors are drawn from Britain, America and Europe, and range from well-known academic critics to young novelists. The essays establish the common properties of science fiction writing, and assess the history and significance of a field in which critical judgements have often been unreliable. The material ranges from the earliest imaginative journeys to the moon, to later developments of British, American and European science fiction.