| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 348 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Part 1 Introduction -- Part 2 Brief historical surveys of science fiction subgenres -- Part 3 Representative science fiction authors : -- Isaac Asimov -- Margaret Atwood -- Octavia E. Butler -- Samuel R. Delany -- Philip K. Dick -- William Gibson -- Nicola Griffith --Joe Haldeman -- Robert A. Heinlein -- Nalo Hopkinson -- Ursula K. Le Guin -- Ian McDonald -- China Miéville -- George Orwell -- Marge Piercy -- Frederik Pohl -- Kim Stanley Robinson -- Neal Stephenson -- H.G. Wells. -- Part 4 Discussions of individual texts : -- The time machine -- The war of the worlds / H.G. Wells -- Nineteen eighty-four / George Orwell -- I, robot / Isaac Asimov -- The space merchants / Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kormbluth -- Starship troopers / Robert A. Heinlein -- Do androids dream of electric sheep? / Philip K. Dick -- The dispossessed / Ursula K. LeGuin -- The forever war / Joe Haldeman -- Woman on the edge of time / Marge Piercy -- Trouble on Triton / Samuel R. Delany -- Neuromancer / William Gibson -- The handmaid's tale / Margaret Atwood -- "Xenogenesis" trilogy / Octavia Butler -- Snow crash / Neal Stephenson -- Ammonite / Nicola Griffith -- "Mars" trilogy / Kim Stanley Robinson -- Midnight Robber / Nalo Hopkinson -- Perdido Street Station / China Miéville -- River of Gods / Ian MacDonald |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-340) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Science fiction, English -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Science fiction, American -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Science fiction -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Science fiction.
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Science fiction, American.
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Science fiction, English.
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Science-Fiction
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Science-Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Thomas, Anne-Marie
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| LC no. |
2008044598 |
| ISBN |
9781444310351 |
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1444310356 |
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