[PDF] Critical Survey Of Science Fiction And Fantasy Literature eBook

Author : Paul Di Filippo
Publisher :
Page : 1478 pages
File Size : 14,53 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Fantasy literature
ISBN : 9781682172827

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Provides descriptions of hundreds of famous and well-regarded works of science fiction and fantasy, summarizing plots and analyzing the works in terms of their contributions to literature.

Author : Neil Barron
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 30,63 MB
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Fantasy fiction
ISBN : 0893706094

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"Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review" was founded in 1979 to provide comprehensive coverage of all the major and minor books being released in the genre at that time. This was the golden era of SF publishing, with a thousand titles (old and new) hitting the stands and the bookshelves each and every year. From the older classics to the newest speculative fiction, this was the period when the best and the brightest shined forth their talents. SF&FBR included reviews by writers in the field, by amateur critics, and by litterateurs and University professors. Over a thousand books were covered during the single year of publication, many of them having been reviewed no where else, before or since. The January 1980 issue includes a comprehensive index of all the works featured during the preceding year. This reprint will be a welcome addition to the literature of science fiction and fantasy criticism. Neil Barron is a retired bibliographer and literary critic, editor of the acclaimed "Anatomy of Wonder" series. Robert Reginald was the publisher for twenty-five years of Borgo Press, and has authored over 110 books of his own."

Author : Farah Mendlesohn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 16,79 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786435038

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Science fiction is often considered the genre of ideas and imagination, which would seem to make it ideal for juveniles and young adults; however, the ideas are often dispensed by adults. This book considers the development of science fiction for children and teens between 1950 and 2010, exploring why it differs from science fiction aimed at adults. In a broader sense, this critical examination of 400 texts sheds light on changing attitudes toward children and teenagers, toward science education, and toward the authors' expectations and sociological views of their audience.

Author : Neil Barron
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 28,36 MB
Release : 2004-12-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :

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This classic work is an essential tool for collection development, research, reference, and readers' advisory work."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 39,70 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 094102878X

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, A Checklist, 1700-1974, Volume Two of Two, contains Contemporary Science Fiction Authors II.

Author : Gary Westfahl
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 16,29 MB
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786442972

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Essays in this volume demonstrate how science fiction can serve as a bridge between the sciences and the humanities. The essays show how early writers like Dante and Mary Shelley revealed a gradual shift toward a genuine understanding of science; how H.G. Wells first showed the possibilities of combining scientific and humanistic perspectives; how writers influenced by Gernsback's ideas, like Isaac Asimov, illustrated the ways that literature could interact with science and assist in its progress; and how more recent writers offer critiques of science and its practitioners.

Author : Peter Brigg
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 10,6 MB
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786480297

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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.