Science Fiction Book

Complementing Science-Fiction: The Early Years, which surveys science-fiction published in book form from its beginnings through 1930, the present volume covers all the science-fiction printed in the genre magazines -- Amazing, Astounding; and Wonder, along with offshoots and minor magazines -- from 1926 through 1936. This is the first time this historically important literary phenomenon, which stands behind the enormous modern development of science-fiction, has been studied thoroughly and accurately. The heart of the book is a series of descriptions of all 1,835 stories published during this period, ranging up to 1,000 words per story, plus bibliographic information. Supplementing this are many useful features: detailed histories of each of the magazines, an issue by issue roster of contents, a technical analysis of the art work, brief authors' biographies, poetry and letter indexes, a theme and motif index of approximately 30,000 entries, and general indexes. A long introduction analyzes ideas behind the stories, science involved, commercial aspects, evolution of story types, and social aspects of authors and readers. Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years is not only indispensable for reference librarians, collectors, readers, and scholars interested in science-fiction, it is also of importance to the study of popular culture during the Great Depression in the United States. Most of its data, which are largely based on rare and almost unobtainable sources, are not available elsewhere. The book also includes many corrections of the earlier literature about the genre.

From the 1960s (when the advent of what many call the postmodern style made establishing genres more difficult) to the present day, writers have been incorporating science--not only the commonly thought of science and technology but also the "soft" sciences such as psychology and sociology--into what was previously considered mainstream fiction. This book examines works by Thomas Pynchon, Doris Lessing, and others who incorporate science in fiction and exemplify the movement of mainstream fiction writers toward a new genre termed "span." It also examines works by some science fiction writers who are edging closer to the border of science fiction and slowly over into span. This book maps the boundaries of the new span genre of fiction and thus helps define texts that fall outside the realms of mainstream and science fiction. Diagrams are included and a bibliography and index.

Doomsday Book (novel) - The Doomsday Book is a 1993, (ISBN 0553351672) science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, presented annually to works of science fiction, for 1992-93.

Spaceland (book) - Spaceland is a science fiction novel written by the Silicon Valley professor of mathematics and computer science, Rudy Rucker, and published in 2002 by Tor Books.

Sylvia Engdahl - Sylvia Louise Engdahl (born 1933) is an American science fiction writer. She has published twelve books, including six fiction novels, three nonfiction novels, two science fiction anthologies, and a children's picture book.

The Rediscovery of Man - The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith (ISBN 0915368560) is a 1993 book containing the complete collected short fiction of science fiction author Cordwainer Smith. It was edited by James A.

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