The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece up to the present day. The author is both an academic literary critic and acclaimed creative writer of the genre. Written in lively, accessible prose it is specifically designed to bridge the worlds of academic criticism and SF fandom.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Definitions
- 2 Science Fiction and the Ancient Novel
- 3 Seventeenth-Century Science Fiction
- 4 Eighteenth-Century Science Fiction
- 5 Early Nineteenth-Century Science Fiction
- 6 Science Fiction 1850–1900
- 7 Jules Verne and H. G. Wells
- 8 The Early Twentieth Century: High Modernist Science Fiction
- 9 Early Twentieth-Century Science Fiction: The Pulps
- 10 Golden Age Science Fiction 1940–1960
- 11 The Impact of New Wave Science Fiction 1960s–1970s
- 12 Science Fiction Screen Media 1960–2000: Hollywood Cinema and Television
- 13 Prose Science Fiction 1970s–1990s
- 14 Late Twentieth-Century Science Fiction: Multimedia, Visual Science Fiction and Others
- Postscript: Twenty-First-Century Science Fiction
- Chronology of Key Titles in Science Fiction and Developments in Science
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
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